Henry Jackman


Henry Pryce Jackman is an English composer, conductor, arranger, pianist, musician, and songwriter. He is best known for composing music for major hit films such as ', ', Wreck-It Ralph, Puss in Boots, Monsters vs. Aliens, Captain Phillips, ', ', Kick-Ass, Kick-Ass 2, Big Hero 6, and The Interview, as well as the video games and Disney Infinity 2.0.

Life and career

Jackman was born in Hillingdon, London. He studied classical music at St. Paul's Cathedral Choir School, Eton College, Framlingham College and University of Oxford.
Jackman has done programming and production work with artists including Mike Oldfield, Sally Oldfield, Trevor Horn/Art of Noise, Elton John and Gary Barlow. He co-produced Seal's unreleased 2001 album Togetherland. "This Could Be Heaven", released from the album, was also co-written by Jackman and used on the movie The Family Man and included on the deluxe edition of Seal's compilation album Hits.
Jackman has released three albums, Utopia, Transfiguration, and Acoustica.
Jackman had various minor roles on film scores since 2006, generally working with mentor Hans Zimmer, including for The Da Vinci Code, The Dark Knight and additional music for ', ', 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. He has since composed soundtracks for Monsters vs. Aliens, Henri IV, Gulliver's Travels, ', Winnie the Pooh, ', Wreck-It Ralph, ', and '. His first major video game score was .

Family

Henry Pryce 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; Henry and his uncle both worked on Moa's 1999 album Universal. His grandfather, Bill Jackman, played clarinet on "When I'm Sixty-Four" on The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Discography

Singles

Main composer

Other

Television scores

Video game scores

Awards and nominations