Timothy Williams (composer)


Timothy Williams is an English composer, conductor, and orchestrator known for his film, television, and video game scores. A graduate of the National Film and Television School, Williams has won numerous awards and currently holds over 110 feature film credits, including Brightburn, Get Out, Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Deadpool 2 and Robert Duvall's Wild Horses. He is a frequent collaborator of musician and composer Tyler Bates, Robert Duncan and Benjamin Wallfisch.

Early life and education

Williams went to St. Michaels University School in Victoria, Canada, at the same time as Leslie Hope, Andrew Sabiston, Kenneth Oppel, and Bert Archer. He then attended the National Film and Television School in England and furthered his studies at UCLA Extension and the ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop.

Career

Theatre

Williams wrote the musical Napoleon, which opened in 1994 at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto. It was nominated for a Dora Award for Best New Musical. EMI released a Highlights Album on their Angel Broadway label. In 1996, he relocated to England and worked with Directors Gale Edwards and Francesca Zambello to rework Napoleon until its opening at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London's West End Theatre District in 2000. Napoleon did a run at NYMF in 2015, which was a reimagining of the original show with an entirely new book and many new songs.
In July 2017, a lavish new production ""Napoleon"" opened at the Charlotte Theater in Seoul for a limited three-month. It quickly became the number one selling ticket of the summer. It feature a cast of 54 including B.A.P's Daehyun and BTOB's Changsub alongside famous musical actors such as Lim Tae Kyung, Michael Lee, and Han Ji Sang. It was directed by Richard Ouzounian and features all new sets, costumes, projections, orchestrations and was translated into Korean. It received glowing reviews. It is repped in Asia by Broadway Asia

Film

Williams has scored numerous award-winning feature films including Brightburn, Wild Horses, written, directed and starring Robert Duvall, Josh Hartnett and James Franco; "We Summon The Darkness", "Piney The Lonesome Pine", starring Jonathan Pryce and Simon Pegg, Walking with the Enemy, starring Ben Kingsley, the score for which was on the eligible list for the 2015 Academy Awards, and won Best Picture at FLIFF, I.T. directed by John Moore starring Pierce Brosnan, I'm Not Ashamed, directed by Brian Baugh, nominated for Best picture at the 2017 Dove Awards, Diablo, starring Scott Eastwood and Walton Goggins which won Best Picture at the San Diego film festival, The Butterfly Circus which won over 35 Best Picture awards, the Tom Hanks produced WWII documentary Beyond All Boundaries, Red Sky for which Tim Williams was nominated Best Composer and Music Editor by Motion Picture Sound Editors.
He has received numerous awards including two Motion Picture SE Golden Reel Award nominations, four Thea Award wins, 10 ASCAP Plus Awards and best score at the 24FPS Festival for "Butterfly Circus".
Recent films include Brightburn, which was listed among of the best scores of 2019 in Film Music Magazine, Piney - The Lonesome Pine, starring Simon Pegg and Jonathan Pryce, and We Summon The Darkness directed by Marc Meyers, which won best score at Screamfest LA..
He scored additional music on many major films including Get Out, Hobbs & Shaw, Guardians of the Galaxy, Deadpool 2, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Conan the Barbarian, 300, Watchmen, Super, Sucker Punch, Doomsday, Shark Night 3D.

Orchestrations and conducting

In addition to orchestrating and conducting all the above, Williams also orchestrated and/or conducted the scores to Deadpool 2, The Spy Who Dumped Me, Christopher Robin, Hidden Figures, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, It, Premium Rush, Green Hornet, The Way, The Day The Earth Stood Still, Halloween, Slither, and Half Past Dead. Williams has orchestrated for Tyler Bates, Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz, Robert Duncan, and Bruce Broughton. He conducted for the soundtrack to Valve's Dota 2 and orchestrated Zella Day's album Kicker and "Love is Alive" from Lea Michele's album.

TV

Williams scored the AMC/Shudder Creepshow, the FOX Pilot Richard Lovely, and the Disney Pilot Madison High and additional music on the Cartoon Network animated series Sym-Bionic Titan, ABC's Missing as well as Fox's The Exorcist, Season 2. He orchestrated the TV series Castle, Whispers, Last Resort, Timeless, and S.W.A.T.

Video Games

He contributed music for the video game score of Rise of the Argonauts with composer Tyler Bates and contributed additional music on '. He orchestrated and conducted ' and .

Live spectacle

Williams has also written music and arranged for over 55 live and spectacle shows for Disney, Universal Studios and Seaworld, including Universal's adaptation of "Wicked", Disney's "Aladdin" at California Adventure, Disney's Tangled – The Musical, Disney's "Snow White", Disney's "Believe", Disney's "Wishes", Disney's "Twice Charmed", Seaworld's "Blue Horizons", Seaworld's "Believe", Disney's "Candlelight Reflection", Disney's "Rhythms of The World", Disney's "Glow in the Park", Disney's "Buzz Lightyears Big Mission", Universal Studio's "Sorciere" and Universal's "Peter Pan" and Napoleon, the West End show. He composed the score for the Georgia Aquarium's "Dolphin Tales". At least 15 shows are currently playing around the world. He has won 4 Thea awards and a Dora Award for the projects "Aladdin – A Disney Spectacular", Universal's "Peter Pan", and "Voice of an Angel" and "Beyond All Boundaries". Timothy arranged the music for the opening of Shanghai Disneyland, which was later turned into "Lunar New Year" for the "World of Color Show" at California Adventure. Williams most recently composed and arranged the Jurassic World Live Tour for Universal Studios.

Awards and nominations

He won Best Original Soundtrack for The Butterfly Circus at the 24 FPS International Film Festival, 8 ASCAP Plus Awards and was nominated for best composer for Red Sky by Motion Picture Sound Editors and best soundtrack by the Hollywood in Music Media Awards. He had won four Thea Awards for his work in themed entertainment.
He has over 30 soundtracks released on labels Sony Records, Milan Records, Lakeshore Records, Disney, EMI Broadway Asia, and First Night Records.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2002A Time for DancingPeter GilbertComposer additional music
2002Half Past DeadOrchestrator
2005Gotham CafeJack Edward SawyersComposer
2005The Devil's RejectsRob ZombieOrchestrator & conductor
2005'Wes LlewelynComposer
2006SlitherJames GunnOrchestrator
2006300Zack SnyderOrchestrator, conductor, choral arranger & composer of additional music
2007A Dog's BreakfastDavid HewlettComposer
2007AberrationDouglas Elford-ArgentComposer
2007The PassageMark HellerComposer
2007HalloweenRob ZombieOrchestrator & conductor
2008DoomsdayNeil MarshallOrchestrator, conductor & composer of additional music
2008The Day the Earth Stood StillScott DerricksonOrchestrator & conductor
2009Up in the AirWes LlewelynComposer
2009Star CrossedMark HellerComposer
2009The Butterfly CircusJoshua WeigelComposer
2009Beyond All BoundariesDavid BriggsComposer
2009WatchmenZack SnyderComposer additional music, orchestrator & conductor
2010The Brazen BullDouglas Elford-ArgentComposer
2010The Mulberry TreeMark HellerComposer
2010The WayEmilio EstevezOrchestrator & conductor.
2010SuperJames GunnComposer additional music
2011Blood Soldiers: InterrogationJake ThorntonComposer
2011The Lutefisk WarsChristopher Panneck
David E. Hall		Composer
2011The Green HornetMichel GondryOrchestration
2011Sucker PunchZack SnyderComposer additional music, orchestrator & conductor
2011Conan the BarbarianMarcus NispelComposer additional music, orchestrator & conductor
2011The EntitledAaron WoodleyOrchestrator & conductor
2012The History of Future FolkJeremy Kipp Walker
John Anderson Mitchell		Composer
2012The Darkest HourChris GorakOrchestrator
2012Premium RushDavid KoeppOrchestrator & conductor
2013Walking with the EnemyMark SchmidtComposer
2014Red SkyMario Van PeeblesComposer
2014Guardians of the GalaxyJames GunnComposer additional music, orchestrator & conductor
2014FragmentedDouglas Elford-ArgentComposer
2014DebugDavid HewlettComposer
2014The Sun Devil and the PrincessSteven AyromlooiComposer
2015Wild HorsesRobert DuvallComposer
2015DiabloLawrence RoeckComposer
2015Kill Me, DeadlyDarrett SandersOrchestrator
2016I'm Not AshamedBrian BaughComposer
2016I.T.John MooreComposer
2016'Aaron WoodleyOrchestrator
2016Hidden FiguresTheodore MelfiConductor
2017The TankKellie MadisonComposer
2017Get OutJordan PeeleComposer additional music, orchestrator & conductor
2017Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2James GunnArranger, synth programmer, conductor, & lead orchestrator
2017David F. SandbergConductor
2017ItAndy MuschiettiConductor
201724 Hours to LiveBrian SmrzComposer additional music
2018Deadpool 2David LeitchConductor, orchestrator & programmer
2018The Spy Who Dumped MeSusanna FogelConductor, orchestrator & programmer
2018Christopher RobinMarc ForsterConductor
2018The Darkest MindsJennifer Yuh NelsonConductor
2018NocturneAndy Schuler
Sean Michael Williams		Composer
2018Perfect PairNeil JacksonComposer
2019BrightburnDavid YaroveskyComposer
2019A Modern MagicianMark HellerComposer
2019We Summon the DarknessMarc MeyersComposer
2019Piney The Lonesome PineTodd Edwards & Timothy HootenComposer
2019Hobbs & ShawDavid LeitchComposer additional music, orchestrator & conductor
2019It Chapter TwoAndy MuschiettiConductor

Television

YearTitleNotes
2014Last ResortOrchestrator - 13 episodes
2014Madison High Composer
2015The WhispersLead orchestrator - 13 episodes
2015-16CastleOrchestrator
2016QuanticoLead orchestrator
2017EmpireConductor
2017The ExorcistComposer additional music
2016-18TimelessLead orchestrator
2017-19S.W.A.T.Lead orchestrator
2019Creepshow Composer
2019Richard Lovely Composer

Video games