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Henry Jackman
Birth name	Henry Pryce Jackman
Born	(1979-04-05) 5 April 1979 London, England, U.K.
Genres	Film score and Television Score, Hard Rock, Comptemporary Classical, Electronic, Rock, Hard Rock, Big Band, Jazz, Pop, EDM, Ethnic, World Music, Synthpop, Pop Rock, Experimental Music, Big Beat, Ambient, Ska, Country, Country Rock, Funk
Occupation(s)	Composer conductor orchestrator producer
Instruments	Piano, keyboards, synthesizer, guitar,
Years active	2000–present

Henry Jackman (born 4 April 1979) is a English composer, conductor and producer. He is known for creating the music for many movies. He has worked on over 160 movies. His best known works are Monsters Vs. Aliens, Winnie The Pooh, Wreck-It Ralph, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Pokemon: Detective Pikachu, It, It Chapter Two, Godzilla: King of The Monsters, Puss in Boots, Rim of The World, Animal Crackers, Turbo, The Book of Boba Fett, Captain America: Cival War, Guardians of The Galaxy: Vol. 3, Jumanji: Welcome to The Jungle, Ron's Gone Wrong, The Invisible Man and Hidden Figures.

Influences

Jackman cites Hans Zimmer, John Powell, Alan Menken, Christophe Beck, Michael Giacchino, James Newton Howard, Jerry Goldsmith, Elmer Bernstein, Alan Silvestri, James Horner, Henry Mancini, John Williams, Howard Shore, Thomas Newman, Danny Elfman, John Debney, Bruce Broughton, Douglas Pipes, Mychael Danna, David Newman, Alexandre Desplat, Marc Shaiman, Harry Gregson-Williams, Lorne Balfe, George Bruns, Oliver Wallace, Leigh Harline, Frank Churchill, Paul Smith, Leonard Bernstein, Patrick Doyle, Joe Hisaishi, Mark Mothersbaugh, Rolfe Kent, Kevin Kiner, Trevor Horn, Buddy Baker, John Barry, Lalo Schifrin, Maurice Jarre, Ennio Morricone, Shirley Walker, Basil Poledouris, Christopher Young, Bear McCreary, J.A.C. Redford, Joel McNeely and Randy Newman as influences.

Early Life

Jackman was born in Hillingdon, London. He studied classical music at St. Paul's Cathedral Choir School, Eton College, Framlingham College & New College, Oxford, University of Oxford in London. He also studied at the USC Thornton School of Music in Los Angeles under the mentorship of Elmer Bernstein. He graduated in 2000 from Screen Scoring.