Henry Jackman

Henry Pryce Jackman (born 1 June 1974) is a British film and television score composer, conductor and arranger. He composed music for films such as Kick-Ass and its sequel, X-Men: First Class, Captain Phillips, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Interview, Pixels, Captain America: Civil War, Kong: Skull Island, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and its sequels, Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, Ron's Gone Wrong, Red One, Smurfs, five Walt Disney Animation Studios films, including Winnie the Pooh, Wreck-It Ralph, Big Hero 6 and Strange World and three DreamWorks Animation films, including Monsters vs. Aliens, Puss in Boots and Turbo. Outside of film, he has also scored television series including The Man in the High Castle, The Comey Rule and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and video games including Battlefield 6, Disney Infinity, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy and Just Cause 3.

He is also known for collaborating with directors including the Russo brothers, Matthew Vaughn, Rich Moore, Don Hall, Chris Miller, Rob Letterman, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Edward Zwick, Jake Kasdan and Sam Hargrave; conductor Nick Glennie-Smith; scoring mixer Alan Meyerson and Chris Fogel; and violinists Bruce Dukov, Charlie Bisharat, and Eun-Mee Ahn.

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 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, Pirates of the Caribbean: 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 spin-off to Kung Fu Panda). Jackman has since composed soundtracks for films such as Monsters vs. Aliens, Henri 4, Gulliver's Travels, X-Men: First Class, Winnie the Pooh, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Wreck-It Ralph, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War and Ron's Gone Wrong. His most successful video game scores were Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy and Just Cause 3.

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 Albums Voyager (1996): additional music programming Earthbound (1997): drum programming The Seduction of Claude Debussy (1999): album co-producing Universal (1999): album producing Weather (1999): rhythm programming and sound designing Togetherland (2001): album producing Utopia (2003): album producing Transfiguration (2005): album producing Acoustica (2007): album producing

Songs "Flaming Star" (1992): remixing and remastering "At the Beginning" (1997): keyboarding, programming and string arranging "Women of Ireland" (1997): additional music programming "Weather (Henry Jackman Remix)" (1998): co-writing, co-producing and remixing "Written in the Stars" (1999): programming "I Believe" (1999): programming and mixing "This Could Be Heaven" (2001): co-writing, co-producing and programming "Time to Fly" (2001): co-writing, co-producing and co-mixing "A Grave Situation" (2015): co-writing and co-producing "Fate Is Fluid" (2015): co-writing and co-producing "The Crown Prince's Speech" (2015): co-writing and co-producing "Too Good For This World" (2015): co-writing and co-producing "Louisiana Hero" (2021): writing and producing "New Friends" (2021): co-writing and co-producing "The Comedown" (2021): writing and producing "The Future of Friendship / New Friends" (2021): co-writing and co-producing

Filmography Films Feature films 2000s Year Title Director(s) Company credits Note(s) 2009 Monsters vs. Aliens Rob LettermanConrad Vernon Paramount PicturesDreamWorks Animation Replaced Mark MothersbaughHenry Jackman's first score for an animated film.Additional Music by Marc Bonilla

2010s

2020s Year Title Director(s) Company credits Note(s) 2020 Extraction Sam Hargrave NetflixAGBOThematic EntertainmentIndia Take One ProductionsT.G.I.M. Films Co-composed with Alex BelcherAdditional Music by Maverick Dugger2021 Cherry Apple TV+Apple Original FilmsThe Hideaway EntertainmentAGBOEndeavor ContentAdditional Music by Alex Belcher & Jack Dolman Ron's Gone Wrong Sarah SmithJean-Philippe Vine20th Century Studios20th Century AnimationLocksmith Animation Additional Music by Halli Cauthery, Alex Kovacs & Anthony Willis 2022 The Gray Man NetflixAdditional Music by Alex Belcher & Jack Dolman Strange World Don Hall Walt Disney PicturesWalt Disney Animation StudiosWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios theme music composed by Wilfred JacksonAdditional Music by Jeff Morrow, Halli Cauthery, Antonio Di Iorio, Maverick Dugger, Evan Goldman and Alex Kovacs 2023 Extraction 2 Sam Hargrave NetflixWild StateAGBOT.G.I.M. FilmsCo-composed with Alex BelcherAdditional Music by Evan Goldman, Tom Hodge & Jon Monroe 2024 Red OneJake KasdanAmazon MGM StudiosMetro-Goldwyn-MayerSeven Bucks ProductionsChris Morgan ProductionsThe Detective AgencyBig Indie Pictures Additional Music by Antonio Di Iorio, Evan Goldman, Maverick Dugger, Alex Kovacs & Anthony Willis 2025 Smurfs Chris Miller Paramount PicturesParamount AnimationDomain Entertainment Additional Music by Halli Cauthery, Evan Goldman, Antonio Di Iorio & Alex KovacsOriginal songs by Rihanna 2026 The Bluff Frank E. FlowersAmazon MGM StudiosAGBOCinestar PicturesBig Indie PicturesPurple Pebble PicturesAdditional Music by Alex Kovacs Behemoth!Tony GilroySearchlight PicturesCo-composed with James Newton Howard, Alan Silvestri, Brandon Roberts, Michael Giacchino, Nami Melumad, Michael Abels, Emily Bear, and Lukas Frank Jumanji: Open World Jake KasdanSony Pictures ReleasingColumbia PicturesMatt Tolmach ProductionsSeven Bucks ProductionsThe Detective Agency 2027 Godzilla x Kong: Supernova Grant SputoreWarner Bros. PicturesLegendary Pictures Toho Co. Ltd.

Additional music Short films

Television TV series YearTitle Notes 2013–2016 Turbo FASTWith Halli Cauthery 2015 The Man in the High CastleWith Dominic Lewis 2020 The Comey Rule Miniseries 2021 The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Video games Year Title Studio / Publisher Notes 2007 Cars Mater-National Championship THQ Colin McRae: DirtCodemasters 2009 Brütal LegendElectronic Arts Score composed by Peter McConnell SpongeBob's Truth or SquareTHQ Score composed by Steve Belfer Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield, The Blue Hawaiians, Jimmy Levine, Robert Crew, Alex Wilkinson, John O'Kennedy, Barry Fasman and Beth Ertz 2013 Disney InfinityDisney Interactive Studios Themes only ScoreScore composed by Chuck E. Myers Lego Marvel Super Heroes Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Themes only ScoreScore composed by Rob Westwood 2014 Disney Infinity 2.0Disney Interactive Studios Themes only ScoreScore composed by Chuck E. Myers, Kevin Manthei and James Dooley 2015 Disney Infinity 3.0Disney Interactive Studios Themes only ScoreScore composed by Chuck E. Myers, Kevin Manthei and James Dooley Just Cause 3Square Enix Europe Lego DimensionsWarner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Themes only Score 2025 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege XUbisoft Battlefield 6 Electronic Arts

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 2009 International Film Music Critics Award for Breakout Composer of the Year 2010 ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office Films Monsters vs. Aliens 2011 Annie Award for Best Music in a Television Production Kung Fu Panda Holiday 2011 World Soundtrack Award for Discovery of the Year X-Men: First Class & Gulliver's Travels 2011 International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for an Animated Feature Film Puss in Boots 2012 Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production Puss in Boots 2012 Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production Winnie the Pooh 2012 ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office Films Puss in Boots 2012 ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office Films X-Men: First Class 2013 Annie Award for Music in an Animated Feature Production Wreck-It Ralph 2013 ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office Films Wreck-It Ralph 2013 International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for a Comedy Film This Is the End 2014 Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music in an Animated Feature Production Turbo 2014 BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Captain Phillips 2017 BAFTA Games Award for Best Music Uncharted 4: A Thief's End 2017 National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Uncharted 4: A Thief's End