Henry Jackman
Henry Jackman | |
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| Birth name | Henry Pryce Jackman |
| Born | 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 British composer, conductor and producer. He is known for creating the film scores for many movies. He has worked on over 160 feature 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.
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 and the USC Thornton School of Music in Los Angeles under the mentorship of Elmer Bernstein becoming his protégé and graduating in 2000 from Screen Scoring.
Influences
Jackman cites Hans Zimmer, John Powell, Michael Giacchino, Alan Menken, James Newton Howard, Jerry Goldsmith, Elmer Bernstein, Christophe Beck, Alan Silvestri, James Horner, Henry Mancini, Mychael Danna, Randy Newman, Howard Shore, Danny Elfman, John Williams, Buddy Baker, John Debney, Bruce Broughton, John Barry, Lalo Schifrin, Maurice Jarre, Ennio Morricone, Brian Tyler, Alexandre Desplat, David Newman, Leonard Bernstein, Patrick Doyle, Bernard Herrmann, Harry Gregson-Williams, Mark Mancina, Richard Gibbs, Marc Shaiman, Basil Poledouris, Shirley Walker, Joe Hisaishi, Elliot Goldenthal, Trevor Horn, Douglas Pipes, Bear McCreary, George S. Clinton, Irwin Kostal, Leigh Harline, Paul Smith, Frank Churchill, Oliver Wallace, George Bruns, Mark Mothersbaugh, Gustavo Santaolalla, Carter Burwell, Kevin Kiner, Rolfe Kent, George Gershwin, Mark Snow, Craig Armstrong, Michel Legrand, Trevor Rabin, Angelo Badelamenti, Thomas Newman, Lorne Balfe, Heitor Pereira, Steve Jablonsky, Ramin Djawadi, Geoff Zanelli, Koji Kondo, Dave Grusin, Alfred Newman, Christopher Young, Mark Isham, Randy Edelman, Stephen James Taylor, Mark Watters, Yoko Shimomura, Arnold Schoenberg, Ludwig van Beethoven, Maurice Ravel, Edward Elgar, Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss, Claude Debussy, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Van Dyk Parks, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, J.A.C. Redford and Joel McNeely as influences.
Yet overall he actually cites Hans Zimmer, John Powell, Alan Menken, Christophe Beck, Michael Giacchino, James Newton Howard, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Elmer Bernstein, Alan Silvestri, James Horner, Henry Mancini, Howard Shore, Danny Elfman, John Debney, Bruce Broughton, Mychael Danna, David Newman, Alexandre Desplat, Oliver Wallace, Leonard Bernstein, Buddy Baker, John Barry, Lalo Schifrin, Maurice Jarre, Ennio Morricone, Shirley Walker, Basil Poledouris, Joel McNeely and Randy Newman as his artistic influences and being key inspirations to his music. They were his heroes while he was growing up.