John Debney
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John Debney (born Burbank, California, 18 August 1956) is an award-winning prolific American film composer who received an Oscar nomination for his score for Mel Gibson`s The Passion of the Christ.
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[edit] Biography
He was the composer for many successful family and comedic films of the 1990s and 2000s, such as Hocus Pocus (1993), Liar Liar (1997), The Emperor's New Groove (2000), The Princess Diaries (2001) Spy Kids 1 & 2 (2001 and 2002), Elf (2003), Bruce Almighty (2003), The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004), Chicken Little (2005), and Barnyard (2006).
Debney is most widely known for his versatile style of film scoring, which can be seen in 2004 when he composed the dramatic and daunting music to Mel Gibson's highly controversial Passion of the Christ, and, in the same year scored two Garry Marshall family films, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, and Raising Helen.
The Passion of the Christ (2004) is probably the most universally well known project Debney has had in his entire career, and because of his excellent dramatic score, he received his first academy award nomination in 2005.
He has been typically typecast in family and comedic films because of the numerous ones he has scored throughout his career, but he is also known for his popular action adventure scores, such as Zathura (2005) and Scorpion King (2002), and dramatic works, such as Duma (2005), Dragonfly (2002),
One of Debney's most well known and popular works among film score fans is his bombastic and complex Cutthroat Island (1995) score, in which Debney provided the movie with one of the most highly acclaimed film scores of the 1990s, which many now consider to be a classic in the history of film scoring. Reviews: http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/cutthroat_island.html
To this day, Debney continues to be busy as always as one of the most sought after composers working in Hollywood today.
[edit] Filmography
In production:
Sin City 3 (2008) (unconfirmed)
Iron Man (2008) (unconfirmed)
Sin City 2 (2008) (unconfirmed)
Lair (2007) (VG) (confirmed by composer's official website)
Big Stan (2007) (unconfirmed) (themes)
Evan Almighty (2007) (confirmed by composer's official website)
Georgia Rule (2007) (confirmed by composer's official website)
Past Films and TV:
Everyone's Hero (2006)
Idlewild (2006)
Barnyard (2006)
The Ant Bully (2006)
Keeping Up with the Steins (2006)
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)
Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)
Chicken Little (2005)
Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (2005)
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005) (theme)
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D (2005)(co-composer)
Duma (2005)
Sin City (2005)(co-composer)
The Pacifier (2005)
Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
Raising Helen (2004)
The Whole Ten Yards (2004)
The Passion of the Christ (2004) *(2005 Academy Award Nomination)
Welcome to Mooseport (2004)
Elf (2003)
Bruce Almighty (2003)
Most (2003)
The Hot Chick (2002)
The Tuxedo (2002)
Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002) (co-composer)
The Scorpion King (2002)
Dragonfly (2002)
Snow Dogs (2002)
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)
The Princess Diaries (2001)
Cats & Dogs (2001)
Heartbreakers (2001)
Spy Kids (2001)
See Spot Run (2001)
The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
The Replacements (2000)
Michael Jordan to the Max (2000)
End of Days (1999)
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
Dick (1999)
Inspector Gadget (1999)
Lost & Found (1999/I)
My Favorite Martian (1999)
I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998)
Paulie (1998)
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
Liar Liar (1997)
The Relic (1997)
"The Cape" (1996) TV Series (unknown episodes) *(2 Emmy Nominations and 1 Emmy win)
Cutthroat Island (1995)
Sudden Death (1995)
In Pursuit of Honor (1995) (TV)
"SeaQuest DSV" TV Series *(1 Emmy win)
Houseguest (1995)
Little Giants (1994)
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994)
Gunmen (1994)
Jetsons: The Movie (1990)
"The Young Riders" (1989) TV Series (unknown episodes) *(1 Emmy win)
[edit] Awards
Emmy Awards/Nominations:
1990: Nominated: Outstanding Achievement in Main Title Theme Music for: "The Young Riders" (1989)
1991: Won: Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for: "The Young Riders" (1989)
1994: Won: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Main Title Theme Music for: "SeaQuest DSV" (1993)
1997: Won: Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for: "The Cape" (1996)
Nominated: Outstanding Main Title Theme Music for: "The Cape" (1996)
Academy Awards/Nominations:
2005: Nominated: Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score for: "The Passion of the Christ" (2004)
Annie Awards/Nominations:
2001: Nominated: Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music Score an Animated Feature Production for: The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
2007: Nominated : Best Music in an Animated Feature Production for: The Ant Bully (2006)
