Steve Jablonsky

Steve Jablonsky (born October 9, 1970) is an American composer for film, television, and video games, best known for his musical scores in the Transformers film series, Desperate Housewives, and The Sims 3. Some of his frequent collaboration partners include film directors Michael Bay and Peter Berg, and fellow composer Hans Zimmer.

Early life Jablonsky's mother was born in a Japanese internment camp. He went to the University of California, Berkeley for college and studied computer science at first, but switched to music composition a year later. After graduation, he became an intern at Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions after cold calling the studio to ask if they needed any help. During that time, Jablonsky met Harry Gregson-Williams, a fellow composer of Zimmer, and started working as his assistant. Later, he became more engaged with Zimmer and started composing for works such as Desperate Housewives and the Transformers film series.

Career Jablonsky has composed the soundtracks to the films The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), Steamboy (2004), The Island (2005), Transformers (2007), D-War (2007), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), Battleship (2012), Ender's Game (2013) (replacing renowned film composer James Horner), Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014), and Transformers: The Last Knight (2017). He was also a contributor on Team America: World Police (2004) among many others. In addition, he helped compose some of the music to the video game Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and composed the theme music for BBC's Seven Wonders of the Industrial World in 2003. He also has written music for the television show Desperate Housewives (2004 - 2012) since the fourth episode. His track "Trailblazing" served as the opening theme for WrestleMania X8 and WrestleMania XIX, as well as the soundtrack to the TNA Hall of Fame induction of Sting.

Jablonsky also wrote the music for Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, taking the place of the former Command & Conquer music composer Frank Klepacki who was unable to write the game's score due to his involvement with Universe at War: Earth Assault.

Jablonsky has worked for Harry Gregson-Williams at Media Ventures, the music production company which was conceived and founded by Jay Rifkin and Hans Zimmer, for seven years. His most recent projects include the scores for the South Korean film D-War, Gears of War 3 for the Xbox 360 gaming console, and music for The Sims 3.

Currently, Jablonsky is employed at Zimmer's studio, Remote Control Productions, having been mentored by the company's members Zimmer and Nick Glennie-Smith, as well as former members Harry Gregson-Williams and Klaus Badelt. Additionally, Jablonsky was very recently invited in September 2024 by rock band Weezer to write some of the music they performed in their Voyage to the Blue Planet Tour.

In February 2015, Jablonsky was hired to compose the score for the film The Last Witch Hunter. He also composed the soundtrack for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, the sequel to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and the 2016 Peter Berg film Deepwater Horizon, starring Mark Wahlberg and Kurt Russell.

Discography Charted songs As lead artist + List of charted songs, with year, album and chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Album "No Sacrifice, No Victory"2007 1 7 Transformers: The Score

Filmography

Film YearFilmDirectorAdditional musicStudio / developerNotes 1998 Border to Border Thomas Whelan Stage 15 Productions 2003 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Marcus Nispel Jay Flood New Line Cinema 2004 Steamboy Katsuhiro Otomo Sony Pictures Entertainment 2005 The Amityville Horror Andrew Douglas Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The Island Michael Bay Warner Bros. Pictures 2006 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning Jonathan Liebesman Jay Flood New Line Cinema 2007 The Hitcher Dave Meyers Rogue Pictures Incidental music by Holeg Spies Transformers Michael Bay Paramount PicturesDreamWorks Pictures D-War Shim Hyung-rae Jay Flood Freestyle Releasing 2009 Friday the 13th Marcus Nispel New Line CinemaParamount Pictures Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Michael Bay Paramount PicturesDreamWorks Pictures Featuring original song by Linkin Park "New Divide"2010 A Nightmare on Elm Street Samuel Bayer Jay Flood Warner Bros. Pictures New Line Cinema 2011 Your Highness David Gordon Green Universal Pictures Transformers: Dark of the Moon Michael Bay Paramount Pictures 2012 Battleship Peter Berg Universal Pictures 2013 Gangster Squad Ruben Fleischer Warner Bros. Pictures Pain & Gain Michael Bay Clay Duncan Paramount Pictures Ender's Game Gavin Hood Jacob Shea Summit Entertainment Orchestra conducted by Gavin Greenaway Lone Survivor Peter Berg Universal Pictures Composed with Explosions in the Sky 2014 Transformers: Age of Extinction Michael Bay Paramount Pictures Featuring original song By Imagine Dragons "Battle Cry" 2015 The Last Witch Hunter Breck Eisner Lionsgate Films Orchestra conducted by David Shipps and performed by Nashville Music Scoring Orchestra 2016 Keanu Peter Atencio Elgin Thrower Jr. Warner Bros. Pictures Composed with Nathan Whitehead Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Dave Green Paramount PicturesNickelodeon Movies Orchestra conducted by James Sale Replaced Brian Tyler Deepwater Horizon Peter Berg Jon Jablonsky (Drums) Summit Entertainment Featuring original song by Gary Clark Jr. 2017 Transformers: The Last Knight Michael Bay Paramount Pictures Orchestra conducted by Nick Glennie-Smith & James Sale2018 Game Over, Man! Kyle Newacheck Christian Wibe Netflix Skyscraper Rawson Marshall Thurber Universal PicturesLegendary Entertainment Featuring original song by Jamie N Commons "Walls" Morning Express II Randall Miller Mediacorp Onetree Pictures mm2 Entertainment 2020 Spenser Confidential Peter Berg Jared Fly Netflix Bloodshot David S. F. Wilson Columbia PicturesOrchestra conducted by Nick Glennie-Smith 2021 Red Notice Rawson Marshall Thurber Netflix Orchestra conducted by Jasper Randall 2022 DC League of Super-Pets Jared Stern Warner Bros. Pictures Replaced Dominic Lewis 2024 The Tiger's Apprentice Raman Hui Paramount+ Borderlands Eli Roth Lionsgate Films Replaced Nathan Barr 2025 Motor City Potsy Ponciroli Independent Film Company

Additional music credits Score composed by Jongnic Bontemps

Television Year Title Network Notes 1999 Swing Vote ABC Television filmAdditional music onlyScore composed by Harry Gregson-Williams 2002 AFP: American Fighter Pilot CBS Live from Baghdad HBO Television film National Geographic Explorer National Geographic Channel Episode: "Lost Subs: Disaster at Sea" 2003 Seven Wonders of the Industrial World BBC 7 episodes Threat Matrix ABC 3 episodes 2004–2012 Desperate Housewives 157 episodes 2005 The Contender NBC Threshold CBS 2006 Him and Us Television film 2008 Amas de Casa Desesperadas Univision 24 episodes 2009 WWII in HD History Only composed "Trailblazing" 2011 Vietnam in HD 2013 The List Television film Occult A&E 2014 The Last Ship TNT Season 1 2015 You, Me and the Apocalypse NBC 10 episodes 2021 Why Women Kill Paramount+ 3 episodes

Video games Year Title Publisher Notes 2001 Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Konami Additional music onlyMusic composed by Harry Gregson-Williams and Norihiko HibinoE3 Best Original Score 2007 Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars Electronic Arts Composed with Trevor Morris Transformers: The Game Activision Composed with Jonathan Flood, David Whittaker and Adam Hay 2008 Gears of War 2 Microsoft Game Studios 2009 The Sims 3 Electronic Arts Composed CAS, Map View, Buy and Build mode music Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Activision Additional music by Julien-K and Bobby Tahouri 2010 Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Ubisoft Main Title, Cinematics and Front MusicPlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360 versions 2011 Gears of War 3 Microsoft Game Studios 2013 Gears of War: Judgment Composed with Jacob Shea 2014 Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark Activision Composed with Jeff Broadbent, Bobby Tahouri and Troels Brun Folmann