Henry Jackman

English composer (born 1974)

For other people named Henry Jackman, see Henry Jackman (disambiguation).

Henry Jackman

Birth name| Henry Pryce Jackman
Born|  (1974-06-01) 1 June 1974 (age 50)
Hillingdon, London, England
Genres| Film and television scores, video game score, EDM, big beat, synth-pop, pop rock, hard rock, classical, jazz
Occupation(s)| Composer, conductor, arranger
Years active| 1999–present
Labels| Remote Control Productions

Musical artist

Henry Pryce Jackman (born 1 June 1974)[1] is an English composer. He composed music for films such as Kong: Skull Island, X-Men: First Class, Puss in Boots, Monsters vs. Aliens, Captain Phillips, Kick-Ass, Kick-Ass 2, Wreck-It Ralph, Turbo, Big Hero 6, Pixels, Ron's Gone Wrong, The Interview, and Detective Pikachu, as well as the video games Uncharted 4: A Thief's End and Disney Infinity 2.0. He has also collaborated with film directors such as Don Hall, Stephen J. Anderson, Rob Letterman, Matthew Vaughn, Raman Hui, Russo brothers, Jake Kasdan, Sam Hargrave and Rich Moore.

## Life and career

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Jackman was born in Hillingdon, London.[2] He studied classical music at St. Paul's Cathedral Choir School, Eton College, Framlingham College and New College, Oxford, University of Oxford.

Jackman has done programming and production work with artists including Mike Oldfield (Voyager), Sally Oldfield (Flaming Star), Trevor Horn/Art of Noise (The Seduction of Claude Debussy), Elton John and Gary Barlow. He co-produced Seal's unreleased 2001 album Togetherland.[3] "This Could Be Heaven", released from the album, was also co-written by Jackman and used on the movie The Family Man[4] and included on the deluxe edition of Seal's compilation album Hits.

Jackman has released three albums, Utopia (2003), Transfiguration (2005), and Acoustica (2007; with Augustus Isadore).

Jackman had various minor roles on film scores since 2006, generally working with mentor Hans Zimmer, including for The Da Vinci Code (music programmer), The Dark Knight (music arranger) and additional music for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, At World's End, The Simpsons Movie, Kung Fu Panda and Hancock. In 2009, Jackman, Zimmer and John Powell won the 2008 Annie Award for Music in an Animated Television Production or Short Form for their work on DreamWorks Animation's Secrets of the Furious Five (a sequel to Kung Fu Panda).[5] He has since composed soundtracks for Monsters vs. Aliens, Henri IV, Gulliver's Travels, X-Men: First Class, Winnie the Pooh, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Wreck-It Ralph, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Captain America: Civil War. His first major video game score was Uncharted 4: A Thief's End.

In March 2022, Reservoir Media acquired the rights to Jackman's catalog.[6]

## Family

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Henry Jackman is the son of keyboardist and arranger Andrew Pryce Jackman, who was a member of The Syn and worked for many years with Chris Squire of Yes. His uncle Gregg Jackman is a sound engineer and producer who has worked with the King's Singers and Barclay James Harvest;[7] Henry and his uncle both worked on Moa's 1999 album Universal.[8] His grandfather, Bill Jackman, played clarinet on "When I'm Sixty-Four" on The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.[9]

## Discography

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### Singles

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* Mike Oldfield, "Women of Ireland" (1997): co-produced, programming
* Elton John & LeAnn Rimes, "Written in the Stars" (1999): programming
* Jocelyn Brown, "I Believe" (1999): programming, mixing
* Seal, "This Could Be Heaven" (2000): co-written, co-produced, programming

### Albums

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* Mike Oldfield, Voyager (1996): co-produced, programming
* Sally Oldfield, Flaming Star
* Conner Reeves, Earthbound (1998): programming
* Michael Gordon, Weather (1998): production, sound design
* Art of Noise, The Seduction of Claude Debussy (1999): "Born on a Sunday" co-produced, co-written
* Moa, Universal (1999): writing, producing, mixing
* Maryanna Matiss, Time to Fly (2001): writing, producing, mixing
* Seal, Togetherland (2001/unreleased): producing, programming
* Hans Zimmer, The Holiday OST (2006): co-writing
* Vantage Point OST (2008): co-writing
* various artists, Monsters vs. Aliens OST (2009): writing

### Solo albums

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* Utopia (WestOneMusic, 2003)
* Transfiguration (KPM Music, 2005)
* Acoustica (KPM Music, 2007)

### Filmography

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#### Main composer

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Year  | Title  | Director(s)  | Studio(s)  | Notes

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2008  | Secrets of the Furious Five | Raman Hui | Paramount Home Entertainment
DreamWorks Animation | Composed with Hans Zimmer & John Powell
Short film
2009  | Monsters vs. Aliens | Conrad Vernon
Rob Letterman | Paramount Pictures
DreamWorks Animation | First score for an animated film
Replaced Mark Mothersbaugh
Additional Music by Ryeland Allison & Marc Bonilla
Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space | Peter Ramsey | DreamWorks Animation | Additional Music by Matthew Margeson
2010  | Henri 4 | Jo Baier | —  | Composed with Hans Zimmer
Kick-Ass | Matthew Vaughn | Universal Pictures
Lionsgate | Composed with Marius de Vries, Ilan Eshkeri & John Murphy
Gulliver's Travels | Rob Letterman  | 20th Century Fox
Dune Entertainment
Davis Entertainment | Additional Music by Christopher Willis & Dominic Lewis
2011  | Winnie the Pooh | Stephen J. Anderson
Don Hall | Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Animation Studios | Additional Music by Christopher Willis
Also score producer
X-Men: First Class | Matthew Vaughn  | 20th Century Fox
Marvel Entertainment | Additional Music by Christopher Willis, Noah Sorota, Dominic Lewis & Matthew Margeson
Puss in Boots | Chris Miller | Paramount Pictures
DreamWorks Animation | Additional Music by Dominic Lewis & Matthew Margeson
Small Fry | Angus MacLane | Walt Disney Pictures
Pixar Animation Studios | Short film
2012  | Man on a Ledge | Asger Leth  | Lionsgate | Additional Music by Stephen Hilton, Dominic Lewis & Matthew Margeson
Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos | Raman Hui  | Paramount Home Entertainment
DreamWorks Animation | Composed with Matthew Margeson
Short film
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter | Timur Bekmambetov | 20th Century Fox
Tim Burton Productions | Additional Music by Dominic Lewis & Matthew Margeson
Wreck-It Ralph | Rich Moore | Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Animation Studios | Replaced Thomas Newman
Additional Music by Dominic Lewis & Matthew Margeson
2013  | G.I. Joe: Retaliation | Jon M. Chu | Paramount Pictures
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Skydance Productions | Additional Music by Dominic Lewis, Tom Holkenborg, & Matthew Margeson
This Is the End | Seth Rogen
Evan Goldberg | Columbia Pictures
Point Grey Pictures | Additional Music by Marc Bonilla, Dominic Lewis & Matthew Margeson
Turbo | David Soren | 20th Century Fox
DreamWorks Animation | Additional Music by Paul Mounsey & Halli Cauthery
Kick-Ass 2 | Jeff Wadlow | Universal Pictures | Composed with Matthew Margeson
Additional Music by Jason Soudah
Also score producer
Captain Phillips[10] | Paul Greengrass | Columbia Pictures
Scott Rudin Productions  | Additional Music By Al Clay & Jack Dolman
2014  | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Anthony Russo
Joe Russo | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Marvel Studios | Additional Music by Dominic Lewis & Matthew Margeson, also features some music by Alan Silvestri, the composer of previous movie
Big Hero 6[11] | Don Hall
Chris Williams | Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Animation Studios | Additional Music by Dominic Lewis & Paul Mounsey
The Interview | Seth Rogen
Evan Goldberg  | Columbia Pictures
Point Grey Pictures
LStar Capital | Additional Music by Dominic Lewis
Kingsman: The Secret Service | Matthew Vaughn  | 20th Century Fox
Marv Films
Cloudy Productions
TSG Entertainment | Composed with Matthew Margeson
Additional Music by Alex Belcher, Dominic Lewis & Jason Soudah
2015  | Pixels | Chris Columbus | Columbia Pictures
Happy Madison Productions
1492 Pictures
LStar Capital | Additional Music by Halli Cauthery
2016  | The 5th Wave[12] | J Blakeson | Columbia Pictures
GK Films
LStar Capital | Additional Music by Alex Belcher & Andrew Kawczynski
The Birth of a Nation | Nate Parker | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Additional Music by Anthony Willis
Captain America: Civil War | Anthony Russo
Joe Russo  | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Marvel Studios | Additional Music by Alex Belcher & Halli Cauthery
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | Edward Zwick | Paramount Pictures
Skydance Media | Additional Music by Alex Belcher & Paul Mounsey
2017  | Kong: Skull Island | Jordan Vogt-Roberts | Warner Bros. Pictures
Legendary Pictures | Additional Music by Alex Belcher, Halli Cauthery & Stephen Hilton
Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Matthew Vaughn  | 20th Century Fox
Marv Films
Cloudy Productions
TSG Entertainment | Composed with Matthew Margeson
Additional Music by Alex Belcher, Ryan Taubert & Jason Soudah
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Jake Kasdan | Columbia Pictures | Replaced James Newton Howard
Additional Music by Halli Cauthery & Paul Mounsey
2018  | Trial by Fire | Edward Zwick | Roadside Attractions | Additional Music by Alex Belcher
The Predator | Shane Black | 20th Century Fox | Original Predator themes by Alan Silvestri
Additional Music by Alex Belcher, Halli Cauthery & Matthew Margeson
Ralph Breaks the Internet | Rich Moore
Phil Johnston | Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Animation Studios | Additional Music by Anthony Willis & Jeff Morrow
2019  | Io | Jonathan Helpert  | Netflix | Composed with Alex Belcher
Detective Pikachu | Rob Letterman  | Warner Bros. Pictures
Legendary Pictures
The Pokémon Company | Additional Music By Evan Goldman, Kazuma Jinnouchi & Jeff Morrow
American Skin | Nate Parker  | Vertical Entertainment |
Mosul | Matthew Michael Carnahan | Netflix | Additional Music by Alex Belcher
21 Bridges | Brian Kirk | STXfilms | Composed with Alex Belcher
Additional music by Maverick Dugger
Jumanji: The Next Level | Jake Kasdan  | Columbia Pictures | Additional Music by Anthony Willis, Kazuma Jinnouchi & Jeff Morrow
2020  | Extraction | Sam Hargrave | Netflix | Composed with Alex Belcher
2021  | Cherry | Anthony Russo
Joe Russo  | Apple TV+ | Additional Music by Alex Belcher & Jack Dolman
Ron's Gone Wrong | Sarah Smith
Jean-Philippe Vine  | 20th Century Studios
20th Century Animation
Locksmith Animation | Additional Music By Halli Cauthery, Alex Kovacs, & Anthony Willis
2022  | The Gray Man | Anthony Russo
Joe Russo  | Netflix |
Strange World[13] | Don Hall  | Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Animation Studios | Additional Music By Halli Cauthery, Alex Kovacs, Evan Goldman, Antonio Di Iorio, and Sven Faulconer.
2023  | Extraction 2[14] | Sam Hargrave  | Netflix | Composed with Alex Belcher
2024  | Red One | Jake Kasdan | Amazon MGM Studios | Additional music by Anthony Willis

#### Other

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Year  | Title  | Director(s)  | Notes

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2006  | The Da Vinci Code | Ron Howard | Synthesizer programmer
Main score composed by Hans Zimmer
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Gore Verbinski | Additional Music composed with Lorne Balfe, Tom Gire, Nick Glennie-Smith, Trevor Morris, John Sposnler & Geoff Zanelli
Main score composed by Hans Zimmer
The Holiday | Nancy Meyers | Additional Music composed with Atli Örvarsson, Lorne Balfe, Tansy Aked, Ryeland Allison & Heitor Pereira
Main score composed by Hans Zimmer
2007  | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Gore Verbinski  | Additional Music composed with Lorne Balfe, Tom Gire, Nick Glennie-Smith, Atli Örvarsson, John Sponsler & Geoff Zanelli
Main score composed by Hans Zimmer
The Simpsons Movie | David Silverman | Additional Music composed with Jim Dooley, Heitor Pereira, Ryeland Allison, Lorne Balfe, Michael A. Levine, & Atli Örvarsson
Main score composed by Hans Zimmer
Title Theme composed by Danny Elfman
2008  | Kung Fu Panda | John Stevenson
Mark Osborne | Additional Music composed with James McKee Smith
Main score composed by Hans Zimmer & John Powell
Hancock | Peter Berg | Additional Music composed with James McKee Smith & James Ashton Thomas
Main score composed by John Powell
The Dark Knight | Christopher Nolan | Synthesizer programmer & arranger
Main score composed by Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard
Vantage Point | Pete Travis | Additional Music composed with Clay Duncan & Ryeland Allison
Main score composed by Atli Örvarsson
2009  | It's Complicated | Nancy Meyers  | Additional Music
Main score composed by Hans Zimmer & Heitor Pereira
2016  | Money Monster | Jodie Foster | Score producer
Main score composed by Dominic Lewis

### Television scores

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Year  | Title  | Notes

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2009  | Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space | Television special
2010  | Kung Fu Panda Holiday | Television special
2013–2016  | Turbo FAST | Composed with Ali Dee Theodore and Halli Cauthery
Pilot episode only
2015  | The Man in the High Castle | Composed with Dominic Lewis
2020  | The Comey Rule | Television miniseries
2021  | The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | Television miniseries; composed with Sven Faulconer

### Video game scores

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Year  | Title  | Notes

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1991  | Exile[15] | Title music
1992  | Zyconix[15] | Music and sound effects
1992  | M.C. Kids[15] | Commodore 64 version
2007  | Colin McRae: Dirt[15] | "Stasis" track
2014  | Disney Infinity 2.0 | Main Theme
2015  | Just Cause 3 | Additional music by Zach Abramson
2016  | Uncharted 4: A Thief's End[16] | First game in the series to be scored by Jackman, also features some music by Greg Edmonson, the previous composer in the series
2017  | Uncharted: The Lost Legacy[17] | Follow-up standalone expansion to Uncharted 4, also scored by Jackman

## Awards and nominations

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Year  | Award  | Nominated work  | Result

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2009  | Annie Award for Best Music in an Animated Television Production or Short Form | Secrets of the Furious Five | Won
2009  | International Film Music Critics Award for Breakout Composer of the Year | Nominated
2010  | ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office Films | Monsters vs. Aliens | Won
2011  | Annie Award for Best Music in a Television Production | Kung Fu Panda Holiday | Nominated
2011  | World Soundtrack Award for Discovery of the Year | X-Men: First Class & Gulliver's Travels | Nominated
2011  | International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for an Animated Feature Film | Puss in Boots | Nominated
2012  | Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production | Puss in Boots | Nominated
2012  | Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production | Winnie the Pooh | Nominated
2012  | ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office Films | Puss in Boots | Won
2012  | ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office Films | X-Men: First Class | Won
2013  | Annie Award for Music in an Animated Feature Production | Wreck-It Ralph | Won
2013  | ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office Films | Wreck-It Ralph | Won
2013  | International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for a Comedy Film | This Is the End | Nominated
2014  | Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music in an Animated Feature Production[18] | Turbo | Nominated
2014  | BAFTA Award for Best Film Music[19] | Captain Phillips | Nominated
2017  | BAFTA Games Award for Best Music[20] | Uncharted 4: A Thief's End | Nominated
2017  | National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers[21] | Uncharted 4: A Thief's End | Won

## See also

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* Music of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

## References

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1. ^ Donelson, Marcy. "Henry Jackman". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
2. ^ "Henry Jackman biography". Billboard.com. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
3. ^ The Greatest Music Never Sold. Hal Leonard. 2007. p. 15\. ISBN 9780879309053.
4. ^ "The Family Man soundtrack review". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
5. ^ "36th Annual Annie Nominations and Awards Recipients". Annieawards.org. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
6. ^ "Reservoir acquires rights in catalog of film score composer Henry Jackman". Music Business Worldwide. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
7. ^ "Gregg Jackman biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
8. ^ "Universal album credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
9. ^ "Andrew Price Jackman biography". Bjharvest.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
10. ^ "Henry Jackman Scoring Paul Greengrass' 'Captain Phillips'". Filmmusicreporter.com.
11. ^ "Henry Jackman to Score Disney's 'Big Hero 6′". Filmmusicreporter.com. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
12. ^ "Henry Jackman to Score 'The 5th Wave'". Filmmusicreporter.com. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
13. ^ "Henry Jackman Scoring Disney's 'Strange World'". Film Music Reporter. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
14. ^ "Henry Jackman & Alex Belcher Scoring Sam Hargrave's 'Extraction 2'". Film Music Reporter. 30 May 2023.
15. ^ a b c d "Henry Jackman". MobyGames. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
16. ^ "Uncharted 4: A Thief's End game director confirming Jackman as composer". Twitter.com. 6 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
17. ^ "Uncharted: The Lost Legacy game director confirming Jackman as composer". Twitter.com. 4 December 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
18. ^ "41st Annual Annie Awards Live Blog: 'Frozen' Wins Best Animated Feature". Deadline.com. 1 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
19. ^ "Baftas 2014: full list of winners". The Guardian. 16 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
20. ^ "Winners List for the British Academy Games Awards in 2017". Bafta.org. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
21. ^ "NAVGTR Awards (2016)". National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers.

## External links

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* Henry Jackman on Myspace
* Henry Jackman at IMDb
* Interview Henry Jackman at FilmMusicSite

Awards for Henry Jackman

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Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in a Feature Production

* Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz (1995)
* Randy Newman (1996)
* Randy Newman (1997)
* Matthew Wilder, David Zippel and Jerry Goldsmith (1998)
* Michael Kamen (1999)
* Randy Newman (2000)
* John Powell and Harry Gregson-Williams (2001)
* Joe Hisaishi (2002)
* Thomas Newman (2003)
* Michael Giacchino (2004)
* Julian Nott (2005)
* Randy Newman (2006)
* Michael Giacchino (2007)
* Hans Zimmer and John Powell (2008)
* Bruno Coulais (2009)
* John Powell (2010)
* John Williams (2011)
* Henry Jackman, Skrillex, Adam Young, Matthew Thiessen, Jamie Houston and Yasushi Akimoto (2012)
* Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez and Christophe Beck (2013)
* John Powell and Jónsi (2014)
* Michael Giacchino (2015)
* Hans Zimmer, Richard Harvey, and Camille (2016)
* Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Germaine Franco, Adrian Molina and Michael Giacchino (2017)
* Michael Giacchino (2018)
* Dan Levy (2019)
* Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste (2020)
* Germaine Franco and Lin-Manuel Miranda (2021)
* Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro and Patrick McHale (2022)
* Daniel Pemberton and Metro Boomin (2023)

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Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production

* Alf Clausen (1997)
* Alf Clausen and Ken Keeler (1998)
* Randy Rogel (1999)
* Alf Clausen (2000)
* Thomas Chase, Steve Rucker and James L. Venable (2001)
* James L. Venable (2002)
* Alf Clausen, Ian Maxtone-Graham and Ken Keeler (2003)
* Robert J. Kral (2004)
* James L. Venable and Jennifer Kes Remington (2005)
* James L. Venable and Jennifer Kes Remington (2006)
* Alf Clausen and Michael Price (2007)
* Henry Jackman, Hans Zimmer and John Powell (2008)
* Guy Moon (2009)
* Jeremy Wakefield, Sage Guyton, Nick Carr and Tuck Tucker (2010)
* Grace Potter and Michael Giacchino (2011)
* John Paesano (2012)
* Christopher Willis (2013)
* Christopher Willis (2014)
* Christopher Willis (2015)
* Scot Stafford, Alexis Harte and JJ Wiesler (2016)
* Christopher Willis (2017)
* Christopher Willis (2018)
* Rob Cairns (2019)
* Kevin Kiner (2020)
* Tim Davies and Gustavo Santaolalla (2021)
* Ego Plum, Dave Wasson and Cosmo Segurson (2022)
* Markus Wormstorm, Nadia Darries and Dineo du Toit (2023)

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