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John Debney
American score composer
Glendale, United States • b. 1956-08-18
John Debney is credited on 140 releases across 81 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1987–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
140
Pressings credited
81
Albums
5
Decades active
12
In collections
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 like comedy, horror, science fiction, thriller, fantasy, and action-adventure. He is a long-time collaborator of Disney and has written music for their films, television series, and theme parks. He has frequently collaborated with film directors including Brian Robbins, Jon Favreau, Garry Marshall, Tom Shadyac, Peter Hyams, Mark Dindal, and Brad Anderson. Debney has been the recipient of three Primetime Emmy Awards and was nominated for an Academy Award for his score for Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ (2004).
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Credited work
140 releases · 81 albums · active 1987–2024
- Performance · 277
- Other credits · 42
- Production · 38
Studios: The Eastwood Scoring Stage · Todd-AO Scoring Stage · Paramount Recording Studios · The Bakery Recording Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- John Williams (4)
- Jerry Goldsmith
- John Barry
- Erich Kunzel
- Lady Luna And The Devil
- Danny Elfman
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