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Clay Duncan
Clay Duncan is an American music composer and synthesist for film, television and video games. He has contributed music to dozens of films including ''Michael Clayton'', ''Iron Man'' and ''Transformers'' as well as TV shows ''Blade: The Series'' and ''The Grid''. Originally from Mississippi, he attended school at the University of Miami before relocating to Los Angeles, California. Duncan is a member of Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions but has also worked with , |
Music Composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and definition The term is descended from Latin, ''compōnō''; literally "one who puts together". The earliest use of the term in a musical context given by the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' is from Thomas Morley's 1597 ''A Plain and Easy Introduction to Practical Music'', where he says "Some wil be good descanters ..and yet wil be but bad composers". "Composer" is a loose term that generally refers to any person who writes music. More specifically, it is often used to denote people who are composers by occupation, or those who work in the tradition of Western classical music. Writers of exclusively or primarily songs may be called composers, but since the 20th century the terms 'songwriter' or 'singer-songwriter' are more often used, partic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remote Control Productions (American Company)
Remote Control Productions, Inc. is a film score company run by composer Hans Zimmer and based in Santa Monica, California. Originally known as Media Ventures Entertainment Group, which was conceived and founded by Zimmer and Jay Rifkin, the company changed its name after the partners both filed lawsuits against each other. Remote Control Productions has been responsible for the scores for a number of successful live-action films including the ''Pirates of the Caribbean films, Pirates of the Caribbean'' movies, ''Iron Man (2008 film), Iron Man'', ''Gladiator (2000 film), Gladiator'', ''Mission: Impossible 2'', ''The Last Samurai'', ''Transformers (film), Transformers'', ''Hancock (film), Hancock'', ''Kingdom of Heaven (film), Kingdom of Heaven'', ''The Da Vinci Code (film), The Da Vinci Code'', ''Inception'', ''Sherlock Holmes (2009 film), Sherlock Holmes'' and its sequel, and ''The Dark Knight Trilogy'', along with successful animated films such as the ''Shrek (film series), Shre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Television Composers
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Living People
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Ramin Djawadi
Ramin Djawadi (born 19 July 1974) is an Iranian-German film score composer, conductor, and record producer. He is known for his scores for the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'', for which he was nominated for Grammy Awards in 2018 and 2020. He is also the composer for the HBO ''Game of Thrones'' prequel series, ''House of the Dragon'' (2022–present). He has scored films such as ''Clash of the Titans (2010 film), Clash of the Titans'', ''Pacific Rim (film), Pacific Rim'', ''Warcraft (film), Warcraft'', ''A Wrinkle in Time (2018 film), A Wrinkle in Time'', ''Iron Man (2008 film), Iron Man'' and ''Eternals (film), Eternals''. Television series including ''3 Body Problem (TV series), 3 Body Problem'', ''Prison Break'', ''Person of Interest (TV series), Person of Interest'', ''Jack Ryan (TV series), Jack Ryan'', ''Westworld (TV series), Westworld'', and ''Fallout (American TV series), Fallout'' and video games such as ''Medal of Honor (2010 video game), Medal of Honor'', ''Gears of War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christophe Beck
Jean-Christophe Beck (born in 1968) is a Canadian television and film score composer. He is best known for his collaborations with Disney and its subsidiaries, which include composing the soundtracks of '' The Muppets'' (2011) and '' Muppets Most Wanted'' (2014), '' Frozen'' (2013) and '' Frozen 2'' (2019), the Marvel Cinematic Universe films '' Ant-Man'' (2015), '' Ant-Man and the Wasp'' (2018), and '' Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania'' (2023) as well as the TV miniseries '' WandaVision'' (2021), '' Hawkeye'' (2021), and '' Agatha All Along'' (2024) for Marvel Studios, and '' Free Guy'' (2021) for 20th Century Studios, as well as Disney's 100th anniversary logo. He composed the scores for several of Shawn Levy's films, including '' Big Fat Liar'' (2002), '' Just Married'' (2003), '' Cheaper by the Dozen'' (2003), ''The Pink Panther'' (2006), '' The Internship'' (2013), and '' Free Guy'' (2021). Notably, he won an Emmy Award in 1998 for his work on the television series '' B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Jablonsky
Steve Jablonsky (born October 9, 1970) is an American composer for film, television, and video games, best known for his musical scores in the ''Transformers'' film series, ''Desperate Housewives'', and '' The Sims 3''. Some of his frequent collaboration partners include film directors Michael Bay and Peter Berg, and fellow composer Hans Zimmer. Early life Jablonsky's mother was born in a Japanese internment camp. He went to the University of California, Berkeley for college and studied computer science at first, but switched to music composition a year later. After graduation, he became an intern at Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions after cold calling the studio to ask if they needed any help. During that time, Jablonsky met Harry Gregson-Williams, a fellow composer of Zimmer, and started working as his assistant. Later, he became more engaged with Zimmer and started composing for works such as ''Desperate Housewives'' and the ''Transformers'' film series. Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Newton Howard
James Newton Howard (born June 9, 1951) is an American film composer, orchestrator and music producer. He has scored over 100 films and is the recipient of a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, and nine nominations for Academy Awards. His film scores include ''Pretty Woman'' (1990), '' The Prince of Tides'' (1991), '' The Fugitive'' (1993), ''Dinosaur'' (2000), '' The Village'' (2004), ''King Kong'' (2005), ''Batman Begins'' (2005) and its sequel ''The Dark Knight'' (2008) (both composed with Hans Zimmer), '' Michael Clayton'' (2007) and the ''Fantastic Beasts'' trilogy (2016–2022). He has collaborated extensively with directors M. Night Shyamalan and Francis Lawrence, having scored eight of Shyamalan's films since ''The Sixth Sense'' (1999) and all of Lawrence's films since '' I Am Legend'' (2007). He has also worked with other directors such as Edward Zwick, Michael Hoffman, P. J. Hogan, Andrew Davis, Lawrence Kasdan, Joe Johnston, Taylor Hackford, Ivan Reitman, Joel Schumacher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Elfman
Daniel Robert Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American film composer, singer, songwriter, and musician. He came to prominence as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter for the new wave band Oingo Boingo in the early 1980s. Since scoring his first studio film in 1985, Elfman has garnered international recognition for composing over 100 feature film scores, as well as compositions for television, stage productions, and the concert hall. Elfman has frequently worked with directors Tim Burton, Sam Raimi, and Gus Van Sant, contributing music to nearly 20 Burton projects, including '' Pee-Wee's Big Adventure'', ''Beetlejuice'', ''Batman'', '' Edward Scissorhands'', '' Batman Returns'', '' Mars Attacks!'', '' Sleepy Hollow'', '' Big Fish'' and '' Alice in Wonderland'', as well as scoring Raimi's '' Darkman'', '' A Simple Plan'', ''Spider-Man'', '' Spider-Man 2'', '' Oz the Great and Powerful'', and '' Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness'', and Van Sant's Academy Award-winn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Gregson Williams
Harry Gregson-Williams (born 13 December 1961) is a British composer, conductor, orchestrator, and record producer. He has composed music for video games, television and films including the ''Metal Gear'' series, ''Spy Game'', ''Phone Booth'', '' Man on Fire'', '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian'', ''Déjà Vu'', '' X-Men Origins: Wolverine'', '' The Martian'', '' Team America: World Police'', ''Antz'', ''The Tigger Movie'', ''Chicken Run'' and its sequel, the ''Shrek'' franchise, '' Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas'', ''Flushed Away'', ''Arthur Christmas'', '' Early Man'', ''Catch-22'', and ''Gladiator II''. He is also the older brother of fellow composer Rupert Gregson-Williams. Gregson-Williams worked with several film directors such as Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Andrew Adamson, Ben Affleck, Joel Schumacher, Antoine Fuqua, Niki Caro, Nick Park, and Dan Ireland. Education Gregson-Williams won a musical scholarship to St John' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
