Henry Jackman

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Henry Jackman
Birth name Henry Pryce Jackman
Born 1974 (age 4142)
Hillingdon, Middlesex, England
Genres Film score, EDM, big beat, synthpop, pop rock, hard rock, classical, jazz
Occupation(s) Composer, conductor, arranger, pianist, musician, songwriter
Instruments Piano, keyboards, synthesizer, guitar, drums, violin
Years active 1999–present
Labels Remote Control Productions

Henry Pryce Jackman (born 1974) is an English composer, conductor, arranger, pianist, musician, and songwriter. He is best known for composing major hit films such as X-Men: First Class, Wreck-It Ralph, Captain Phillips, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Big Hero 6 and The Interview. He is also the composer for the upcoming video game Uncharted 4: A Thief's End.

Life and career

Jackman was born in Hillingdon, Middlesex.[1] 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 (Voyager), Sally Oldfield (Flaming Star), Trevor Horn/Art of Noise (The Seduction of Claude Debussy), 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 (2003), Transfiguration (2005) and Acoustica (2007; with Augustus Isadore).

Jackman had various minor roles on film scores since 2006, generally working with mentor Hans Zimmer, including for The Da Vinci Code (music programmer), The Dark Knight (music arranger) and additional music for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, At World's End, 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 (a sequel to Kung Fu Panda). He has since composed soundtracks for Monsters vs. Aliens, Henri IV, Gulliver's Travels, X-Men: First Class, Winnie the Pooh, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Wreck-It Ralph and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. His first major video game score is Uncharted 4: A Thief's End. This game will be available March 18, 2016.

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. Henry Jackman himself and members of Spock's Beard formed the backing band for a one-off live performance by Chris Squire in August 2006. His uncle Gregg Jackman is a sound engineer and producer who has worked with Yes 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 (partial)

Singles

Albums

Solo albums

Film scores

Year Title Director(s) Notes
2008 Secrets of the Furious Five Raman Hui Composed with Hans Zimmer and John Powell
Short film
2009 Monsters vs. Aliens Conrad Vernon
Rob Letterman
N/A
2010 Henri 4 Jo Baier Composed with Hans Zimmer
2010 Kick-Ass Matthew Vaughn Composed with Marius de Vries, Ilan Eshkeri and John Murphy
2010 Gulliver's Travels Rob Letterman N/A
2011 Winnie the Pooh Stephen J. Anderson
Don Hall
N/A
2011 X-Men: First Class Matthew Vaughn N/A
2011 Puss in Boots Chris Miller N/A
2011 Small Fry Angus MacLane Short film
2012 Man on a Ledge Asger Leth N/A
2012 Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos Raman Hui Composed with Matthew Margeson
Short film
2012 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Timur Bekmambetov N/A
2012 Wreck-It Ralph Rich Moore N/A
2013 G.I. Joe: Retaliation Jon M. Chu N/A
2013 This Is the End Seth Rogen
Evan Goldberg
N/A
2013 Turbo David Soren N/A
2013 Kick-Ass 2 Jeff Wadlow Composed with Matthew Margeson
2013 Captain Phillips[2] Paul Greengrass N/A
2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier Anthony Russo
Joe Russo
N/A
2014 Big Hero 6[3] Don Hall
Chris Williams
N/A
2014 The Interview Seth Rogen
Evan Goldberg
N/A
2015 Kingsman: The Secret Service Matthew Vaughn Composed with Matthew Margeson
2015 Pixels Chris Columbus N/A
2016 The 5th Wave[4] J Blakeson N/A
2016 The Birth of a Nation Nate Parker N/A
2016 Captain America: Civil War Anthony Russo
Joe Russo
N/A

Television scores

Year Title Notes
2009 Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space Television special
2010 Kung Fu Panda Holiday Television special
2013–present Turbo FAST N/A

Video game scores

Year Title Notes
2015 Just Cause 3 First game in the series to be scored by Jackman, third game in the series to be scored by a different composer
2016 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End[5] First game in the series to be scored by Jackman

Awards and nominations

Year Award Nominated work Result
2009 Annie Award for Best Music in an Animated Television Production or Short Form Secrets of the Furious Five Won
2009 International Film Music Critics Award for Breakout Composer of the Year Nominated
2010 ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office Films Monsters vs. Aliens Won
2011 Annie Award for Best Music in a Television Production Kung Fu Panda Holiday Nominated
2011 World Soundtrack Award for Discovery of the Year X-Men: First Class & Gulliver's Travels Nominated
2011 International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for an Animated Feature Film Puss in Boots Nominated
2012 Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production Puss in Boots Nominated
2012 Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production Winnie the Pooh Nominated
2012 ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office Films Puss in Boots Won
2012 ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office Films X-Men: First Class Won
2013 Annie Award for Music in an Animated Feature Production Wreck-It Ralph Won
2013 ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office Films Wreck-It Ralph Won
2013 International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for a Comedy Film This Is the End Nominated
2014 Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music in an Animated Feature Production[6] Turbo Nominated
2014 BAFTA Award for Best Film Music[7] Captain Phillips Nominated

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