Geoff Zanelli
Geoffrey Zanelli (born September 28, 1974) is an American composer[1] working primarily in the medium of film, television, and video game scores.[2] His early career was notable for scoring additional music on roughly 30 film scores written by Hans Zimmer, John Powell, Harry Gregson-Williams and Steve Jablonsky including several blockbuster films. He has since moved on to more solo work, winning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special for his score to the miniseries Into the West.
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| Birth name | Geoffrey Zanelli |
| Born | 28 September 1974 Westminster, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Film score, television score |
| Occupation(s) | Composer |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Labels | Remote Control Productions |
| Associated acts | Hans Zimmer, John Powell, Ramin Djawadi, Harry Gregson-Williams, Klaus Badelt, Blake Neely |
| Website | www |
Aside from film and television scores, Zanelli also works with recording artists, writing arrangements for Steve Martin, Edie Brickell, Robbie Williams, The Webb Sisters, Mest and Story of the Year. He is credited as a guitarist/bassist/synthsist on the song "I'm Not Dead" from recording artist Pink.[3]
Life and work
Zanelli is from Westminster, California, and is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music.[4][5] Zanelli began his musical career as a guitar player and songwriter for local acts in Southern California. While attending the prestigious Berklee College of Music on scholarship, Zanelli dual majored in Film Scoring and Music Production/Engineering. He was the recipient of both the Doug Timm Award in recognition of his film scoring work and the Music Production and Engineering Scholar Award.[6]
In 1994, Hans Zimmer met Zanelli. Believing him to be a promising young talent, Zimmer invited him to Los Angeles to join his group of film composers. Zanelli earned a reputation as a workhorse while working as an engineer on the debut album from Goldfinger as well as Zimmer's Oscar Award-nominated score for The Preacher's Wife.
Zanelli's experience and desire to collaborate led him to work with British composer John Powell on his first Hollywood feature, Face/Off. Throughout the following years he built the foundation for his scoring career, composing with Powell, Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams and Steve Jablonsky on many feature films, including: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,[7] Rango[8] and the Golden Globe-nominated scores for The Last Samurai[9] and Pearl Harbor.[10][11]
One of his earliest solo works, Steven Spielberg's miniseries Into The West, earned him an Emmy.[12] In approximately one year, Zanelli scored the films Disturbia, Hitman, Outlander, Delgo, Ghost Town and Gamer. Harking back to his days as a songwriter, he co-wrote the song "Don't Make Me Wait" for Disturbia. He currently writes at Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions.[13]
In early 2013, influential film blog Ain't It Cool News called his score for The Odd Life Of Timothy Green the best score of 2012.[14] In 2017, he composed the score to Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, picking up the mantle from long-time series composer Hans Zimmer. In June 2018, he composed the score, with Jon Brion, in Christopher Robin.[15]
Filmography
Film
As primary score composer
As composer of additional music
Television
| Year | Title | Network(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Die Motorrad-Cops | RTL | Episode: "Am Abgrund" |
| Fear | MTV | 3 episodes | |
| 2000-03 | SportsCentury | ESPN | 8 episodes |
| 2002 | National Geographic Explorer | National Geographic | Episode: "Lost Subs: Disaster at Sea" |
| Live from Baghdad | HBO | Television film Composed with Steve Jablonsky | |
| 2003 | Threat Matrix | ABC | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2005 | Into the West | TNT | Miniseries; 6 episodes
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special |
| 2010 | The Pacific | HBO | Miniseries; 10 episodes Composed with Blake Neely Theme music by Hans Zimmer Nominated- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special |
| 2013 | Killing Kennedy | National Geographic | Television film |
| Christmas in Conway | ABC |
Video games
| Year | Title | Publisher | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Champions of Norrath | Sony Online Entertainment | Composed with Inon Zur |
| 2009 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized | Activision | N/A |
| 2010 | Call of Duty: Black Ops | Nintendo DS version | |
| 2011 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 | ||
| TBA | Star Citizen | Cloud Imperium Games | Upcoming
Composed with Pedro Camacho |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special | Into the West | Won |
| International Film Music Critics Awards | Best Original Score for a Television Series | Into the West | Nominated | |
| 2008 | ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards | Top Box Office Films | Disturbia | Nominated |
| 2010 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special | The Pacific | Won |
| 2019 | International Film Music Critics Awards | Best Original Score for a Comedy Film | Christopher Robin | Nominated |
| Hollywood Music in Media Awards | Best Original Score in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Film | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Nominated |
References
- "Geoff Zanelli - Official Website for the Emmy Award-winning Composer". Geoff Zanelli. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- "Biography - Geoff Zanelli". Geoff Zanelli. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- "P!nk - I'm Not Dead". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- "Geoff Zanelli | Berklee College of Music". www.berklee.edu. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- "Geoff Zanelli | Berklee College of Music". www.berklee.edu. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- "Biography - Geoff Zanelli". Geoff Zanelli. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - Geoff Zanelli". Geoff Zanelli. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- "Rango - Geoff Zanelli". Geoff Zanelli. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- "The Last Samurai - Geoff Zanelli". Geoff Zanelli. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- "Pearl Harbor - Geoff Zanelli". Geoff Zanelli. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- "Biography - Geoff Zanelli". Geoff Zanelli. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- "Into the West - Geoff Zanelli". Geoff Zanelli. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- "Biography - Geoff Zanelli". Geoff Zanelli. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- "AIN'T IT COOL NEWS' SCOREKEEPER names 'The Odd Life of Timothy Green' best film score of 2012 - Geoff Zanelli". Geoff Zanelli. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- Mithaiwala, Mansoor (6 March 2018). "Disney's Christopher Robin Trailer Arrives". Screen Rant. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - Geoff Zanelli". Geoff Zanelli. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- "The Last Samurai - Geoff Zanelli". Geoff Zanelli. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
External links
- Official Website
- Geoff Zanelli on Twitter
- Geoff Zanelli on IMDb
- Article about Zanelli's Emmy win for Into The West
- Soundtrack.net's coverage of the recording of Zanelli's score for Disturbia
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