Henry Jackman

Henry Pryce Jackman (born 1974) is an English composer, conductor, arranger, pianist, musician, and songwriter. He is best known for composing music for major hit films such as Kong: Skull Island, X-Men: First Class, Wreck-It Ralph, Puss in Boots, Monsters vs. Aliens, Captain Phillips, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Kick-Ass, Kick-Ass 2, Big Hero 6, and The Interview, as well as the video games Uncharted 4: A Thief's End and Disney Infinity 2.0.

For other people named Henry Jackman, see Henry Jackman (disambiguation).

Henry Jackman
Birth name	Henry Pryce Jackman
Born	1974 (age 45–46) Hillingdon, London, 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
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Remote Control Productions

Life and career

Jackman was born in Hillingdon, London.[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.[2] "This Could Be Heaven", released from the album, was also co-written by Jackman and used on the movie The Family Man[3] 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).[4] 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, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Captain America: Civil War. His first major video game score was Uncharted 4: A Thief's End.

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. His uncle Gregg Jackman is a sound engineer and producer who has worked with the King's Singers and Barclay James Harvest;[5] Henry and his uncle both worked on Moa's 1999 album Universal.[6] His grandfather, Bill Jackman, played clarinet on "When I'm Sixty-Four" on The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.[7]

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)

Film scores

Main composer

Year	Title	Director(s)	Notes
2008	Secrets of the Furious Five	Raman Hui	Composed with Hans Zimmer & John Powell Short film
2009	Monsters vs. Aliens	Conrad Vernon Rob Letterman	Replaced Mark Mothersbaugh Additional Music by Ryeland Allison & Marc Bonilla
	Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space	Peter Ramsey	Additional Music by Matthew Margeson
2010	Henri 4	Jo Baier	Composed with Hans Zimmer
	Kick-Ass	Matthew Vaughn	Composed with Marius de Vries, Ilan Eshkeri & John Murphy
	Gulliver's Travels	Rob Letterman	Additional Music by Christopher Willis & Dominic Lewis
2011	Winnie the Pooh	Stephen J. Anderson Don Hall	Additional Music by Christopher Willis Also score producer
	X-Men: First Class	Matthew Vaughn	Additional Music by Christopher Willis, Noah Sorota, Dominic Lewis & Matthew Margeson
	Puss in Boots	Chris Miller	Additional Music by Dominic Lewis & Matthew Margeson
	Small Fry	Angus MacLane	Short film
2012	Man on a Ledge	Asger Leth	Additional Music by Stephen Hilton, Dominic Lewis & Matthew Margeson
	Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos	Raman Hui	Composed with Matthew Margeson Short film
	Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter	Timur Bekmambetov	Additional Music by Dominic Lewis & Matthew Margeson
	Wreck-It Ralph	Rich Moore	Replaced Thomas Newman Additional Music by Dominic Lewis & Matthew Margeson
2013	G.I. Joe: Retaliation	Jon M. Chu	Additional Music by Dominic Lewis, Junkie XL & Matthew Margeson
	This Is the End	Seth Rogen Evan Goldberg	Additional Music by Marc Bonilla, Dominic Lewis & Matthew Margeson
	Turbo	David Soren	Additional Music by Paul Mounsey & Halli Cauthery
	Kick-Ass 2	Jeff Wadlow	Composed with Matthew Margeson Additional Music by Jason Soudah Also score producer
	Captain Phillips[8]	Paul Greengrass	Additional Music By Al Clay & Jack Dolman
2014	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	Anthony Russo Joe Russo	Additional Music by Dominic Lewis & Matthew Margeson
	Big Hero 6[9]	Don Hall Chris Williams	Additional Music by Dominic Lewis & Paul Mounsey
	The Interview	Seth Rogen Evan Goldberg	Additional Music by Dominic Lewis
	Kingsman: The Secret Service	Matthew Vaughn	Composed with Matthew Margeson Additional Music by Alex Belcher, Dominic Lewis & Jason Soudah
2015	Pixels	Chris Columbus	Additional Music by Halli Cauthery
2016	The 5th Wave[10]	J Blakeson	Additional Music by Alex Belcher & Andrew Kawczynski
	The Birth of a Nation	Nate Parker	Additional Music by Anthony Willis
	Captain America: Civil War	Anthony Russo Joe Russo	Additional Music by Alex Belcher & Halli Cauthery
	Jack Reacher: Never Go Back	Edward Zwick	Additional Music by Alex Belcher & Paul Mounsey
2017	Kong: Skull Island	Jordan Vogt-Roberts	Additional Music by Alex Belcher, Halli Cauthery & Stephen Hilton
	Kingsman: The Golden Circle	Matthew Vaughn	Composed with Matthew Margeson Additional Music by Alex Belcher, Ryan Taubert & Jason Soudah
	Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle	Jake Kasdan	Replaced James Newton Howard Additional Music by Halli Cauthery & Paul Mounsey
2018	Trial by Fire	Edward Zwick	Additional Music by Alex Belcher
	The Predator	Shane Black	Original Predator themes by Alan Silvestri Additional Music by Alex Belcher, Halli Cauthery & Matthew Margeson
	Ralph Breaks the Internet	Rich Moore Phil Johnston	Additional Music by Anthony Willis & Jeff Morrow
2019	Io	Jonathan Helpert	Composed with Alex Belcher
	Detective Pikachu	Rob Letterman	Additional Music By Evan Goldman, Kazuma Jinnouchi & Jeff Morrow
	American Skin	Nate Parker
	21 Bridges	Brian Kirk	Composed with Alex Belcher. Additional music by Maverick Dugger
	Extraction	Sam Hargrave
	Jumanji: The Next Level	Jake Kasdan	Additional Music by Anthony Willis, Kazuma Jinnouchi & Jeff Morrow
2020	Cherry	Anthony Russo Joe Russo

Other

Year	Title	Director(s)	Notes
2006	The Da Vinci Code	Ron Howard	Synthesizer programmer Main score composed by Hans Zimmer
	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Gore Verbinski	Additional Music composed with Lorne Balfe, Klaus Badelt, Tom Grie & Nick Glennie-Smith Main score composed by Hans Zimmer
	The Holiday	Nancy Meyers	Additional Music composed with Atli Örvarsson, Lorne Balfe, Tansy Aked, Ryeland Allison & Heitor Pereira Main score composed by Hans Zimmer
2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Gore Verbinski	Additional Music composed with Lorne Balfe, Tom Grie, Nick Glennie-Smith, Geoff Zanelli, Heitor Pereira & Atli Örvarsson Main score composed by Hans Zimmer
	The Simpsons Movie	David Silverman	Additional Music composed with Jim Dooley, Heitor Pereira, Ryeland Allison, Lorne Balfe, Michael A. Levine, & Atli Örvarsson Main score composed by Hans Zimmer Title Theme composed by Danny Elfman
2008	Kung Fu Panda	John Stevenson Mark Osborne	Additional Music composed with James McKee Smith Main score composed by Hans Zimmer & John Powell
	Hancock	Peter Berg	Additional Music composed with James McKee Smith & James Ashton Thomas Main score composed by John Powell
	The Dark Knight	Christopher Nolan	Synthesizer programmer & arranger Main score composed by Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard
	Vantage Point	Pete Travis	Additional Music composed with Clay Duncan & Ryeland Allison Main score composed by Atli Örvarsson
2009	It's Complicated	Nancy Meyers	Additional Music Main score composed by Hans Zimmer & Heitor Pereira
2016	Money Monster	Jodie Foster	Score producer Main score composed by Dominic Lewis

Television scores

Year	Title	Notes
2009	Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space	Television special
2010	Kung Fu Panda Holiday	Television special
2013–2016	Turbo FAST	Composed with Ali Dee Theodore and Halli Cauthery Pilot episode only
2015	The Man in the High Castle	Composed with Dominic Lewis

Video game scores

Year	Title	Notes
1991	Exile[11]	Title music
1992	Zyconix[11]	Music and sound effects
1992	M.C. Kids[11]	Commodore 64 version
2007	Colin McRae: Dirt[11]	"Stasis" track
2014	Disney Infinity 2.0	Main Theme
2015	Just Cause 3	Additional music by Zach Abramson
2016	Uncharted 4: A Thief's End[12]	First game in the series to be scored by Jackman, also features some music by Greg Edmonson, the previous composer in the series
2017	Uncharted: The Lost Legacy[13]	Follow-up standalone expansion to Uncharted 4, also 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[14]	Turbo	Nominated
2014	BAFTA Award for Best Film Music[15]	Captain Phillips	Nominated
2017	BAFTA Games Award for Best Music[16]	Uncharted 4: A Thief's End	Nominated
2017	National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers[17]	Uncharted 4: A Thief's End	Won

References

1. "Henry Jackman biography". Billboard.com. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
2. The Greatest Music Never Sold. Hal Leonard. 2007. p. 15. ISBN 9780879309053.
3. "The Family Man soundtrack review". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
4. "36th Annual Annie Nominations and Awards Recipients". Annieawards.org. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
5. "Gregg Jackman biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
6. "Universal album credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
7. "Andrew Price Jackman biography". Bjharvest.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
8. "Henry Jackman Scoring Paul Greengrass' 'Captain Phillips'". Filmmusicreporter.com.
9. "Henry Jackman to Score Disney's 'Big Hero 6′". Filmmusicreporter.com. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
10. "Henry Jackman to Score 'The 5th Wave'". Filmmusicreporter.com. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
11. "Henry Jackman". MobyGames. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
12. "Uncharted 4: A Thief's End game director confirming Jackman as composer". Twitter.com. 6 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
13. "Uncharted: The Lost Legacy game director confirming Jackman as composer". Twitter.com. 4 December 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
14. "41st Annual Annie Awards Live Blog: 'Frozen' Wins Best Animated Feature". Deadline.com. 1 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
15. "Baftas 2014: full list of winners". The Guardian. 16 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
16. "Winners List for the British Academy Games Awards in 2017". Bafta.org. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
17. "NAVGTR Awards (2016)". National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers.

External links

• Henry Jackman on Myspace
• Henry Jackman on IMDb
• Interview Henry Jackman at FilmMusicSite