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John Debney

John Debney is a composer born on August 18, 1956 in Glendale, California, USA. He is known for Iron Man 2, Bruce Almighty and The Greatest Showman. GloboWatch shows where to watch one of his movies and TV shows, country by country.

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Born
August 18, 1956
Place of birth
Glendale, California, USA

Biography

John Cardon Debney (born August 18, 1956) is an American composer and conductor of film, television, and video game scores. His work encompasses a variety of mediums and genres, including comedy, horror, science fiction, thriller, fantasy, and action-adventure. He is a long-time collaborator of The Walt Disney Company, having written music for their films, television series, and theme parks. He has also collaborated with film directors such as Jon Favreau, Garry Marshall, Tom Shadyac, Peter Hyams, John A. Davis, Brad Anderson, Howard Deutch, Mark Dindal, Robert Rodriguez, and Paul Tibbitt. Debney has been the recipient of three Primetime Emmy Awards and an Academy Award nomination for his score for Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ (2004). The son of Disney Studios producer Louis Debney (Zorro, The Mickey Mouse Club), John was born and raised in Glendale, California, nearby to Disney. He began guitar lessons at age six and played in rock bands in college. Debney earned his B.A. degree in Music Composition from the California Institute of Arts in 1979. After ending his career with Disney, Debney worked for Mike Post. Debney furthered his hands-on training by working with Hanna-Barbera composer Hoyt Curtin. After this, Debney went on to score television projects as diverse as Disneyland, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, SeaQuest DSV, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, The Cape, The Lazarus Man, Piggsburg Pigs!, The Further Adventures of SuperTed, Doctor Who, Cagney and Lacey, Tiny Toon Adventures, The Young Riders, The New Yogi Bear Show, Police Academy: The Animated Series, Fame, Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, Dragon's Lair, Freshman Dorm, Pop Quiz, and Dink, the Little Dinosaur, for which he won an Emmy for Best Main Title. In the early 1990s, Debney began to score indie films and Disneyland attractions. In 1991, Debney composed the music for Phantom Manor and It's a Small World (also used at Disneyland from 1993 to 2002) in Disneyland Paris and SpectroMagic at Magic Kingdom. In 1993, he scored his first studio feature, the Disney comedy Hocus Pocus starring Bette Midler. In 1994, Debney wrote Friends Forever with Greg Scelsa from Greg & Steve's album We All Live Together, Vol. 5. Debney has since gone on to have a career composing scores for many films, including Cats & Dogs, The Passion of the Christ, Bruce Almighty, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Elf, Sin City, Chicken Little, Liar Liar, Spy Kids, The Scorpion King, The Princess Diaries, and Predators. Debney has also composed scores for the video games Lair and The Sims Medieval. In 2010, he composed the theme music for the Nickelodeon television series Supah Ninjas. He composed some of Disney Parks's Nighttime Spectaculars, including World Of Colour Celebrate! in Disney's California Adventure, The Magic, The Memories And You! and Celebrate the Magic in Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom and Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland in Tokyo Disneyland, as well as an arrangement of "When You Wish Upon a Star" as a fanfare for the Walt Disney Pictures logo from 1985 to 2006. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Debney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

  1. 2024The Garfield MovieMusic
  2. 2022Hocus Pocus 2Music
  3. 2022LuckMusic
  4. 2022Marry MeMusic
  5. 2021Clifford the Big Red DogMusic
  6. 2020I Still BelieveMusic
  7. 2019Dora and the Lost City of GoldMusic
  8. 2019Isn't It RomanticMusic
  9. 2017The Greatest ShowmanMusic
  10. 2017Young SheldonMusic
  11. 2017Home AgainMusic
  12. 2016Ice Age: Collision CourseMusic
  13. 2016Mother's DayMusic
  14. 2016The Jungle BookMusic
  15. 2015The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of WaterMusic
  16. 2014Stonehearst AsylumMusic
  17. 2014The CobblerMusic
  18. 2014Walk of ShameMusic
  19. 2013JobsMusic
  20. 2013The CallMusic
  21. 2012A Thousand WordsMusic
  22. 2011New Year's EveMusic
  23. 2011Dream HouseMusic
  24. 2011The Change-UpMusic
  25. 2011No Strings AttachedMusic
  26. 2010PredatorsMusic
  27. 2010Iron Man 2Music
  28. 2010Valentine's DayMusic
  29. 2009Aliens in the AtticMusic
  30. 2009Hannah Montana: The MovieMusic
  31. 2008Meet DaveMusic
  32. 2007Evan AlmightyMusic
  33. 2006BarnyardMusic
  34. 2006The Ant BullyMusic
  35. 2005Cheaper by the Dozen 2Music
  36. 2005Zathura: A Space AdventureMusic
  37. 2005Chicken LittleMusic
  38. 2005The Adventures of Sharkboy and LavagirlMusic
  39. 2005Sin CityMusic
  40. 2005The PacifierMusic
  41. 2004Christmas with the KranksMusic
  42. 2004The Princess Diaries 2: Royal EngagementMusic
  43. 2004The Whole Ten YardsMusic
  44. 2004The Passion of the ChristMusic
  45. 2003ElfMusic
  46. 2003Bruce AlmightyMusic
  47. 2002The Hot ChickMusic
  48. 2002The TuxedoMusic
  49. 2002Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost DreamsMusic
  50. 2002The Scorpion KingMusic
  51. 2001The Princess DiariesMusic
  52. 2001Cats & DogsMusic
  53. 2001Spy KidsMusic
  54. 2000The Emperor's New GrooveMusic
  55. 2000The ReplacementsMusic
  56. 1999End of DaysMusic
  57. 1999Inspector GadgetMusic
  58. 1997I Know What You Did Last SummerMusic
  59. 1997Liar LiarMusic
  60. 1993Hocus PocusMusic