Henry Jackman Biography
Musical artist
Henry Pryce Jackman (born 1 June 1974) is an English composer. He composed music for films such as Kong: Skull Island, X-Men: First Cl*, Winnie the Pooh, Wreck-It Ralph, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Puss in Boots, Monsters vs. Aliens, Captain Phillips, Kick-*, Kick-* 2, Turbo, Big Hero 6, Ron's Gone Wrong, The Interview, Detective Pikachu and Strange World as well as the video games Uncharted 4: A Thief's End and Disney Infinity 2.0.
Life and career
Jackman was born in Hillingdon, London. He studied cl*ical music at St. Paul's Cathedral Choir School, Eton College, Framlingham College and New College, Oxford, 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 Han*. 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 Cl*, Winnie the Pooh, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Wreck-It Ralph, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Captain America: Civil War. His first major video game score was Uncharted 4: A Thief's End.
In March 2022, Reservoir Media acquired the rights to Jackman's catalog.
Family
Henry 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
- Mike Oldfield, "Women of Ireland" (1997): co-produced, programming
- Elton John & LeAnn Rimes, "Written in the Stars" (1999): programming
- Jocelyn Brown, "I Believe" (1999): programming, mixing
- Seal, "This Could Be Heaven" (2000): co-written, co-produced, programming
Albums
- Mike Oldfield, Voyager (1996): co-produced, programming
- Sally Oldfield, Flaming Star
- Conner Reeves, Earthbound (1998): programming
- Michael Gordon, Weather (1998): production, sound design
- Art of Noise, The Seduction of Claude Debussy (1999): "Born on a Sunday" co-produced, co-written
- Moa, Universal (1999): writing, producing, mixing
- Maryanna Matiss, Time to Fly (2001): writing, producing, mixing
- Seal, Togetherland (2001/unreleased): producing, programming
- Hans Zimmer, The Holiday OST (2006): co-writing
- Vantage Point OST (2008): co-writing
- various artists, Monsters vs. Aliens OST (2009): writing
Solo albums
- Utopia (WestOneMusic, 2003)
- Transfiguration (KPM Music, 2005)
- Acoustica (KPM Music, 2007)
Filmography
Main composer
Other
Television scores
Video game scores
Awards and nominations
See also
- Music of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
References
External links
- Henry Jackman on Myspace
- Henry Jackman at IMDb
- Interview Henry Jackman at FilmMusicSite
