Timothy Williams (born 14 February 1966) is an English/Canadian
composer,
conductor
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Music
* Conductor (music), a person who leads a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra.
* ''Conductor'' (album), an album by indie rock band The Comas
* Conduction, a type of structured free improvisation ...
, and
orchestrator known for his film, television, and video game scores. A graduate of the
National Film and Television School
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, Williams has won numerous awards and is best known for his work on the A24 film ''
Pearl
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'', ''
Finding You'', ''
Brightburn'', ''
Get Out
''Get Out'' is a 2017 American psychological horror film written, co-produced, and directed by Jordan Peele in his directorial debut. It stars Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Lil Rel Howery, LaKeith Stanfield, Bradley Whitford, Caleb L ...
'', ''
Guardians of the Galaxy
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It may more specifically refer to:
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'', ''
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'', ''
Deadpool 2'' and Robert Duvall's ''
Wild Horses.'' He is a frequent collaborator of musician and composer
Tyler Bates,
Robert Duncan and
Benjamin Wallfisch.
Early life and education
Williams went to
St. Michaels University School in
Victoria, Canada
Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. The ...
,
at the same time as
Leslie Hope,
Andrew Sabiston,
Kenneth Oppel, and
Bert Archer. He then attended the
National Film and Television School
The National Film and Television School (NFTS) is a film, television and games school established in 1971 and based at Beaconsfield Studios in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England. It is featured in the 2021 ranking by ''The Hollywood Rep ...
in England and furthered his studies at
UCLA Extension and the
ASCAP
The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) () is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that collectively licenses the public performance rights of its members' musical works to venues, broadca ...
Film Scoring Workshop.
Career
Theatre
Williams wrote the musical
''Napoleon'', which opened in 1994 at the
Elgin Theatre in Toronto. It was nominated for a
Dora Award for Best New Musical. EMI released a Highlights Album on their Angel Broadway label. In 1996, he relocated to England and worked with Directors
Gale Edwards
Gale Edwards (born 14 November 1954) is an Australian theatre director, who has worked extensively throughout Australia and internationally. She has also directed for television and film.
Professional career
Edwards began her career at Adelaid ...
and
Francesca Zambello to rework ''
Napoleon'' until its opening at the
Shaftesbury Theatre
The Shaftesbury Theatre is a West End theatre, located on Shaftesbury Avenue, in the London Borough of Camden. Opened in 1911 as the New Prince's Theatre, it was the last theatre to be built in Shaftesbury Avenue.
History
The theatre was d ...
in London's West End Theatre District in 2000. ''
Napoleon'' did a run at NYMF in 2015, which was a reimagining of the original show with an entirely new book and many new songs.
In July 2017, a lavish new production
''Napoleon'' opened at the Charlotte Theater in Seoul for a limited three-month. It quickly became the number one selling ticket of the summer. It feature a cast of 54 including B.A.P's Daehyun and BTOB's Changsub alongside famous musical actors such as Lim Tae Kyung, Michael Lee, and Han Ji Sang. It was directed by
Richard Ouzounian
Richard Ouzounian (born March 8, 1950) is a Canadian journalist and theatre artist. He was the chief theatre critic for the ''Toronto Star'' and the Canadian theatre correspondent for '' Variety''.
Early life, family and education
Ouzounian was ...
and features all new sets, costumes, projections, orchestrations and was translated into Korean. It received glowing reviews. It is repped in Asia by
Broadway Asia
Broadway Asia is an international Broadway production company based in New York City. It was founded by partners Simone Genatt and Marc Routh in 1991.
History
Broadway Asia is one of the largest production, management, distribution, licensing a ...
. In August 2022,
''Napoleon'' was translated into Dutch and performed in Holland. In September 2022
''Napoleon'' was translated into French and a large scale tribe concert was performed in Seoul, Korea.
Film
Williams has scored numerous award-winning feature films including A24's ''
Pearl
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'', ''
Finding You'', ''
Brightburn'',
''Wild Horses'', written, directed and starring
Robert Duvall
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,
Josh Hartnett and
James Franco
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; "We Summon The Darkness", Disney Jr.'s "Piney The Lonesome Pine", starring Jonathan Pryce and Simon Pegg, ''
Walking with the Enemy'', starring
Ben Kingsley
Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an English actor. He has received various accolades throughout his career spanning five decades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Grammy Award, and tw ...
, the score for which was on the eligible list for the 2015 Academy Awards, and won Best Picture at FLIFF,
''I.T.'' directed by
John Moore starring
Pierce Brosnan
Pierce Brendan Brosnan (; born 16 May 1953) is an Irish actor and film producer. He is best known as the fifth actor to play secret agent James Bond in the Bond film series, starring in four films from 1995 to 2002 ('' GoldenEye'', '' Tomorrow ...
, ''
I'm Not Ashamed'', directed by Brian Baugh, nominated for Best picture at the 2017 Dove Awards,
''Diablo'', starring
Scott Eastwood
Scott Eastwood (born Scott Clinton Reeves; March 21, 1986) is an American actor. His notable films are '' Flags of Our Fathers'' (2006), '' Gran Torino'' (2008), '' Invictus'' (2009), '' The Forger'' (2012), '' Trouble with the Curve'' (2012), ' ...
and
Walton Goggins which won Best Picture at the San Diego film festival, ''
The Butterfly Circus
''The Butterfly Circus'' is a short independent film, created by Joshua and Rebekah Weigel in 2009.
Plot
Set in the depression-era 1930s America, "The Butterfly Circus" is set in a dismal time period, characterized by the unemployed and homeless ...
'' which won over 35 Best Picture awards, the
Tom Hanks
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, he is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is regarded as an American cultural icon. Ha ...
produced WWII documentary ''
Beyond All Boundaries
''Beyond All Boundaries'' is a 2009 short film depicting the battles of World War II. The film is shown in 4D film, 4-D, and includes archive footage and special effects. The short, produced and narrated by Tom Hanks and directed by David Briggs, ...
'', ''
Red Sky'' for which Tim Williams was nominated Best Composer and Music Editor by Motion Picture Sound Editors.
He has received numerous awards including two Motion Picture SE Golden Reel Award nominations, four Thea Award wins, 10 ASCAP Plus Awards and best score at the 24FPS Festival for "Butterfly Circus".
Recent films include ''
Pearl
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'', ''The Swearing Jar'',''
Finding You'', ''
Brightburn'', which was listed among of the best scores of 2019 in Film Music Magazine, ''Piney - The Lonesome Pine'', starring Simon Pegg and Jonathan Pryce, released on Disney Jr., and ''We Summon The Darkness'' directed by Marc Meyers, which won best score at Screamfest LA.
He scored additional music on many major films including ''
Get Out
''Get Out'' is a 2017 American psychological horror film written, co-produced, and directed by Jordan Peele in his directorial debut. It stars Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Lil Rel Howery, LaKeith Stanfield, Bradley Whitford, Caleb L ...
'', ''
Hobbs & Shaw'', ''
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Guardians of the Galaxy is a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
It may more specifically refer to:
Comic book teams
* Guardians of the Galaxy (1969 team), the original 31st-century team f ...
'', ''
Deadpool 2'', ''
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'', ''
Conan the Barbarian
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'', ''
300'', ''
Watchmen
''Watchmen'' is an American comic book maxiseries by the British creative team of writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons and colorist John Higgins. It was published monthly by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987 before being collected in a single-vo ...
'', ''
Super
Super may refer to:
Computing
* SUPER (computer program), or Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer, a video converter / player
* Super (computer science), a keyword in object-oriented programming languages
* Super key (keyboard but ...
'', ''
Sucker Punch'', ''
Doomsday
Doomsday may refer to:
* Eschatology, a time period described in the eschatological writings in Abrahamic religions and in doomsday scenarios of non-Abrahamic religions.
* Global catastrophic risk, a hypothetical event explored in science and fict ...
'', ''
Shark Night 3D''.
Upcoming films include ''Gringa'' and ''Southern Gospel''.
Orchestrations and conducting
In addition to orchestrating and conducting all the above, Williams also orchestrated and/or conducted the scores to ''
Deadpool 2'', ''
The Spy Who Dumped Me'', ''
Christopher Robin
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'', ''
Hidden Figures
''Hidden Figures'' is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by Theodore Melfi and written by Melfi and Allison Schroeder. It is loosely based on the 2016 non-fiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly about African Americ ...
'', ''
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'', ''
It'', ''
Premium Rush'', ''
Green Hornet
The Green Hornet is a superhero created in 1936 by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, with input from radio director James Jewell. Since his 1930s radio debut, the character has appeared in numerous serialized dramas in a wide variety of me ...
'', ''
The Way'', ''
The Day The Earth Stood Still'', ''
Halloween
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'', ''
Slither
Slither may refer to:
* Slithering, a form of limbless terrestrial locomotion
Film and television
* ''Slither'' (1973 film), a comedy directed by Howard Zieff
* ''Slither'' (2006 film), a comedy horror film directed by James Gunn
* "Slither" ...
'', and ''
Half Past Dead''. Williams has orchestrated for
Tyler Bates,
Alan Menken
Alan Irwin Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American composer, best known for his scores and songs for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. His scores and songs for '' The Little Mermaid'' (1989), '' Beauty and the Beast'' (1991), ...
,
Stephen Schwartz,
Robert Duncan, and
Bruce Broughton. He conducted for the soundtrack to
Valve
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's ''
Dota 2
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'' and orchestrated
Zella Day's album Kicker and "Love is Alive" from
Lea Michele
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's album.
TV
Williams scored the AMC/Shudder ''
Creepshow'', the FOX Pilot ''
Richard Lovely
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'str ...
'', and the Disney Pilot ''
Madison High'' and additional music on the Cartoon Network animated series ''
Sym-Bionic Titan'', ABC's ''
Missing
Missing or The Missing may refer to:
Film
*Missing (1918 film), ''Missing'' (1918 film), an American silent drama directed by James Young
*Missing (1982 film), ''Missing'' (1982 film), an American historical drama directed by Costa-Gavras
*Missi ...
'' as well as Fox's ''
The Exorcist
''The Exorcist'' is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin and written for the screen by William Peter Blatty, based on his 1971 novel of the same name. It stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitt ...
'', Season 2. He orchestrated the TV series
''Castle'',
''Whispers'',
''Last Resort'',
''Timeless'', and
''S.W.A.T.''
Video games
He contributed music for the video game score of ''
Rise of the Argonauts
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'' with composer
Tyler Bates and contributed additional music on ''
God of War: Ascension''. He orchestrated and conducted ''
Transformers: The Game'' and ''
Army of Two: The 40th Day''.
Live spectacle
Williams has also written music and arranged for over 55 live and spectacle shows for Disney, Universal Studios and Seaworld, including Universal's adaptation of "Wicked", Disney's "Aladdin" (Thea Award) at California Adventure, Disney's Tangled – The Musical, Disney's "Snow White", Disney's "Believe", Disney's "Wishes", Disney's "Twice Charmed", Seaworld's "Blue Horizons", Seaworld's "Believe", Disney's "Candlelight Reflection", Disney's "Rhythms of The World", Disney's "Glow in the Park", Disney's "Buzz Lightyears Big Mission", Universal Studio's "Sorciere" and Universal's "Peter Pan" and ''
Napoleon'', the West End show. He composed the score for the
Georgia Aquarium
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's "Dolphin Tales". At least 15 shows are currently playing around the world. He has won 4
Thea awards and a
Dora Award for the projects "Aladdin – A Disney Spectacular", Universal's "Peter Pan", and "Voice of an Angel" and "Beyond All Boundaries". Timothy arranged the music for the opening of
Shanghai Disneyland, which was later turned into "Lunar New Year" for the "World of Color Show" at California Adventure. Williams most recently composed and arranged the ''
Jurassic World Live Tour
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'' for Universal Studios.
Awards and nominations
He won Best Original Soundtrack for ''
The Butterfly Circus
''The Butterfly Circus'' is a short independent film, created by Joshua and Rebekah Weigel in 2009.
Plot
Set in the depression-era 1930s America, "The Butterfly Circus" is set in a dismal time period, characterized by the unemployed and homeless ...
'' at the 24 FPS International Film Festival, 8 ASCAP Plus Awards and was nominated for best composer for ''
Red Sky'' by Motion Picture Sound Editors and best soundtrack by the Hollywood in Music Media Awards. He had won four Thea Awards for his work in themed entertainment.
He has over 30 soundtracks released on labels Sony Records, Milan Records, Lakeshore Records, Disney, EMI Broadway Asia, and First Night Records.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
References
Further reading
The Best Scores of 2019GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY ORCHESTRATOR TIMOTHY WILLIAMS SCORES ON RED SKY!WAMG Talks To GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Composer Tyler BatesAcceleration: High-Speed Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction*
ttps://filmmusicreporter.com/2019/03/31/timothy-williams-scoring-david-yaroveskys-brightburn/ Timothy Williams Scoring David Yarovesky’s ‘Brightburn’br>
Interview: Composer Tim Williams Conducts Superhero Horror in BRIGHTBURN
External links
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''Napoleon The Musical'' official website
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1966 births
Living people
Dora Mavor Moore Award winners
English film score composers
English male film score composers
Canadian film score composers
English conductors (music)
21st-century British conductors (music)
21st-century British musicians