Geoff Zanelli

American composer (born 1978)

Geoff Zanelli

Birth name| Geoffrey Zanelli
Born|  (1974-09-28) September 28, 1974 (age 50)
Westminster, California, U.S.
Genres| Film score, television score, video game score
Occupation(s)| Composer, orchestrator
Instruments| Piano, keyboards, guitar, bass
Years active| 1997–present
Website| www.geoffzanelli.com

Musical artist

Geoffrey Zanelli (born September 28, 1974) is an American composer working primarily in the medium of film, television, and video game scores. His early career was notable for scoring additional music on roughly 30 film scores written by Hans Zimmer, John Powell, Harry Gregson-Williams, and Steve Jablonsky including several blockbuster films. He has since moved on to more solo work, winning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special for his score to the miniseries Into the West.

Aside from film and television scores, Zanelli also works with recording artists, writing arrangements for Steve Martin, Edie Brickell, Robbie Williams, The Webb Sisters, Mest and Story of the Year. He is credited as a guitarist/bassist/keyboardist on the song "I'm Not Dead" from recording artist Pink.[1]

## Life and career

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Zanelli was born on September 28, 1974, in Westminster, California.[2] He graduated in 1996 from Berklee College of Music.[3]

In 1994, at 19 years old, Zanelli met Hans Zimmer, believing him to be a promising young talent, Zimmer invited him to Los Angeles to join his group of film composers. Zanelli worked as an engineer on the debut album from Goldfinger as well as Zimmer's score for The Preacher's Wife.[4]

Zanelli's experience and desire to collaborate led him to work with British composer John Powell on his first Hollywood feature, Face/Off. Throughout the following years he built the foundation for his scoring career, composing with Powell, Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams, and Steve Jablonsky on many feature films, including: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Rango and the Golden Globe-nominated scores for The Last Samurai and Pearl Harbor.[2]

One of his earliest solo works, Steven Spielberg's miniseries Into the West, earned him an Emmy.[5] In approximately one year, Zanelli scored the films Disturbia, Hitman, Outlander, Delgo, Ghost Town and Gamer.[2]

In early 2013, film blog Ain't It Cool News called his score for The Odd Life of Timothy Green the best score of 2012.[6] In 2017, he composed the score to Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, picking up the mantle from long-time series composer Hans Zimmer.[7] In June 2018, he composed the score, with Jon Brion, in Christopher Robin.[8]

## Filmography

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### Film

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#### As primary score composer

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Studio / Publisher  | Notes

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2004  | House of D | David Duchovny | Bob Yari Productions
Lionsgate Films |
Secret Window | David Koepp | Columbia Pictures
Sony Pictures Releasing | Composed with Philip Glass
2007  | Hitman | Xavier Gens | Dune Entertainment
EuropaCorp
20th Century Fox |
Disturbia | D. J. Caruso | DreamWorks Pictures
The Montecito Picture Company
Paramount Pictures |
2008  | Delgo | Marc F. Adler
Jason Maurer  | Fathom Studios
Freestyle Releasing |
Outlander | Howard McCain  | The Weinstein Company
Virtual Studios |
Ghost Town | David Koepp  | Spyglass Entertainment
DreamWorks Pictures
Paramount Pictures  |
2009  | Gamer | Mark Neveldine
Brian Taylor | Lakeshore Entertainment
Lionsgate Films  | Composed with Robert Williamson
2011  | You May Not Kiss the Bride | Rob Hedden | Showcase Entertainment
Freestyle Releasing  |
Beneath the Darkness | Martin Guigui  | Sunset Pictures
Image Entertainment |
2012  | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | Peter Hedges | Scott Sanders Productions
Walt Disney Pictures |
2013  | Once Upon a Time in Queens | David Rodriguez  | Grindstone Entertainment
Lionsgate Films  |
Louder Than Words | Anthony Fabian | Identity Films
ARC Entertainment  |
2014  | School Dance | Nick Cannon | N'Credible Entertainment
Lionsgate Films  |
2015  | The Scorpion King 4:
Quest for Power | Mike Elliott | Universal 1440 Entertainment
Universal Pictures |
Mortdecai | David Koepp  | Odd Lot Entertainment
Infinitum Nihil
Lionsgate Films  | Composed with Mark Ronson
No Stranger Than Love | Nick Wernham  | Innis Lake Entertainment
Orion Pictures
Momentum Pictures |
2016  | Bling | Kyung Ho Lee
Wonjae Lee  | Digiart Productions
Digital Idea
Momentum Pictures  |
Masterminds | Jared Hess | Michaels-Goldwyn
Relativity Media |
2017  | The Ottoman Lieutenant | Joseph Ruben | Eastern Sunrise Films
Paladin  |
Pirates of the Caribbean:
Dead Men Tell No Tales | Joachim Rønning
Espen Sandberg | Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Walt Disney Pictures  | Themes by Geoff Zanelli and Hans Zimmer
2018  | Traffik | Deon Taylor | Codeblack Films
Summit Entertainment |
Christopher Robin | Marc Forster | 2DUX²
Walt Disney Pictures  | Replaced Jóhann Jóhannsson
Composed with Jon Brion
2019  | The Intruder | Deon Taylor  | Screen Gems
Primary Wave Entertainment
Sony Pictures Releasing  |
Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs | Sung-ho Hong
Moo-Hyun Jang
Young Sik Uhm  | Locus Creative Studios
Next Entertainment World |
Black and Blue | Deon Taylor  | Hidden Empire Film Group
Screen Gems  |
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Joachim Rønning  | Roth Films
Walt Disney Pictures  | Replaced James Newton Howard
2020  | You Should Have Left | David Koepp  | Blumhouse Productions
Universal Pictures  |
Fatale | Deon Taylor  | Hidden Empire Film Group
Summit Entertainment  |
2021  | The House Next Door:
Meet the Blacks 2 | Hidden Empire Film Group  |
2023  | Fear |
The Hill | Jeff Celentano | Rainmaker Films
Briarcliff Entertainment |
Leo | Robert Marianetti
Robert Smigel
David Wachtenheim  | Happy Madison Productions
Netflix |

#### As composer of additional music

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Composer  | Notes

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1997  | Face/Off | John Woo | John Powell |
1998  | Antz | Eric Darnell
Tim Johnson | John Powell
Harry Gregson-Williams | Also orchestrator
1999  | Endurance | Leslie Woodhead
Bud Greenspan | John Powell  |
Chill Factor | Hugh Johnson | Hans Zimmer
John Powell  |
2000  | The Road to El Dorado | Don Paul
Bibo Bergeron
Jeffrey Katzenberg | Also technical advisor
Chicken Run | Peter Lord
Nick Park | John Powell
Harry Gregson-Williams  |
Hannibal | Ridley Scott | Hans Zimmer  |
2001  | Just Visiting | Jean-Marie Poiré | John Powell  |
Pearl Harbor | Michael Bay | Hans Zimmer  |
2002  | Eye See You | James Gillespie | John Powell  |
The Time Machine | Simon Wells | Klaus Badelt |
Passionada | Dan Ireland | Harry Gregson-Williams  |
K-19: The Widowmaker | Kathryn Bigelow | Klaus Badelt  |
Equilibrium | Kurt Wimmer |
2003  | Ned Kelly | Gregor Jordan | Klaus Badelt
Bernard Fanning |
Pirates of the Caribbean:
The Curse of the Black Pearl | Gore Verbinski | Klaus Badelt  |
Veronica Guerin | Joel Schumacher | Harry Gregson-Williams  | Uncredited
Matchstick Men | Ridley Scott  | Hans Zimmer  |
The Last Samurai | Edward Zwick |
2004  | Catwoman | Pitof | Klaus Badelt  |
Shark Tale | Vicky Jenson
Bibo Bergeson
Rob Letterman | Hans Zimmer  |
2006  | Pirates of the Caribbean:
Dead Man's Chest | Gore Verbinski  |
2007  | Pirates of the Caribbean:
At World's End |
2008  | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | Eric Darnell
Tom McGrath | Will.i.am
Hans Zimmer  |
2009  | Angels & Demons | Ron Howard | Hans Zimmer  |
2010  | Clash of the Titans | Louis Leterrier | Ramin Djawadi |
2011  | Rango | Gore Verbinski  | Hans Zimmer  |
Pirates of the Caribbean:
On Stranger Tides | Rob Marshall |
2013  | The Lone Ranger | Gore Verbinski  |
2017  | Justice League | Zack Snyder | Danny Elfman |

### Television

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Year  | Title  | Network(s)  | Notes

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2000  | Die Motorrad-Cops | RTL | Episode: "Am Abgrund"
Fear | MTV | 3 episodes
2000-03  | SportsCentury | ESPN | 8 episodes
2002  | National Geographic Explorer | National Geographic | Episode: "Lost Subs: Disaster at Sea"
Composer of additional music
Composed by Steve Jablonsky
Live from Baghdad | HBO | Television film
Composer of additional music
Composed by Steve Jablonsky
2003  | Threat Matrix | ABC | Episode: "Pilot"
Composer of additional music
Composed by Steve Jablonsky
2005  | Into the West | TNT | Miniseries; 6 episodes
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score)
2010  | The Pacific | HBO  | Miniseries; 10 episodes
Composed with Blake Neely
Theme music by Hans Zimmer
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score)
2013  | Killing Kennedy | National Geographic  | Television film
Christmas in Conway | ABC
2022  | The First Lady | Showtime |

### Video games

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Year  | Title  | Publisher  | Notes

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2004  | Champions of Norrath | Sony Online Entertainment | Composer of additional music
Composed by Inon Zur
2007  | Shrek the Third | Activision | Composer of additional music
Composed by Winifred Phillips
2009  | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized |
2010  | Call of Duty: Black Ops | Nintendo DS version
2011  | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Defiance |
TBA  | Star Citizen: Squadron_42 | Cloud Imperium Games

## Awards and nominations

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Year  | Award  | Category  | Work  | Result

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2006  | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score) | Into the West | Won
International Film Music Critics Awards | Best Original Score for a Television Series  | Into the West | Nominated
2008  | ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards | Top Box Office Films  | Disturbia | Nominated
2010  | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score) | The Pacific: Part 10 (shared with Blake Neely and Hans Zimmer) | Nominated
2019  | International Film Music Critics Awards | Best Original Score for a Comedy Film  | Christopher Robin | Nominated
Hollywood Music in Media Awards | Best Original Score in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Film | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Nominated

## References

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1. ^ "P!nk - I'm Not Dead". Discogs. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
2. ^ a b c "Geoff Zanelli Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
3. ^ "Geoff Zanelli". Berklee College of Music. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
4. ^ Schweiger, Daniel (May 23, 2017). "Interview with Geoff Zanelli". Film Music Institute. Archived from the original on March 7, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
5. ^ "Into The West". Academy Awards. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
6. ^ "ScoreKeeper's Top Ten Film Scores of 2012!!!". Aint It Cool News. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
7. ^ Barker, Andrew (August 16, 2016). "'Pirates of the Caribbean' Taps Composer Geoff Zanelli". Variety. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
8. ^ Mithaiwala, Mansoor (March 6, 2018). "Disney's Christopher Robin Trailer Arrives". Screen Rant. Retrieved March 7, 2018.

## External links

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* Official Website
* Geoff Zanelli at IMDb

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