The Music of Con Air

Copyright © 1997 Touchstone Pictures & Jerry Bruckheimer, Inc.

Music by

Mark Mancina and Trevor Rabin

Music Supervisor

Kathy Nelson

Supervising Music Editor

Bob Badami

Music Editors

Will Kaplan and Zigmund M. Gron

Assistant Music Editor

Shannon Erbe

Orchestrations by

Nick Glennie-Smith, Bruce Fowler and Gordon Goodwin

Score Conducted by

Nick Glennie-Smith and Gordon Goodwin

Score Recorded and Mixed at

Todd-AO Scoring Stage and The Village Recorders

Orchestra Recorded and Mixed by

Steve Kempster

Orchestra Contractor

Sandy DeCrescent

Music Preparation by

Dominic Fidelibus and Booker White

Score Supervisors

Paul Linford and Christopher Ward

Soundtrack Available on

Hollywood Records

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Michael Jackman

Date of Birth: October 12, 1968 (57 years old)

Birthplace: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Citizenship: Australia and United Kingdom

Motion Pictures (My List)

2006: The Prestige — Robert Angier and Gerald Root

2011: Real Steel — Charlie Kenton

2024: Deadpool & Wolverine — James “Logan” Howlett / Wolverine

Awards (My List)

2012: People’s Choice Award — Winner for Favorite Action Movie Actor and Nominated for Favorite Movie Actor (Real Steel)

2025: Critics’ Choice Super Award — Winner for Best Actor in a Superhero Movie (Deadpool & Wolverine)

2025: Saturn Award — Winner for Best Supporting Actor in a Film (Deadpool & Wolverine)

Matt Damon

Matthew Paige Damon

Date of Birth: October 8, 1970 (55 years old)

Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Education: Harvard University (dropped out)

Occupation

• Actor
• Screenwriter
• Producer

Motion Pictures (My List)

Actor

1988: The Good Mother — Extra

2002: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron — Spirit (voice)

2008: Ponyo — Kôichi (voice in English dub in 2009)

2017: Thor: Ragnarok — Actor Loki (uncredited)

2022: Thor: Love and Thunder — Actor Loki

Awards & Honors

2003: Western Heritage Award — Winner of Theatrical Motion Picture

2007: Hollywood Walk of Fame

Carolwood Records

A sister country music imprint to the Lyric Street Records label, part of the Disney Music Group, created on October 2, 2008, and located in Nashville, Tennessee.

Founded: October 2, 2008; 17 years ago

Headquarters: Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Genre: Country

Defunct: November 3, 2009

Parent: Disney Music Group

Cast and Filmmakers of Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)

Matt Damon — Narrator of Spirit

Matt Damon has been honored for his work both as an actor and screenwriter. He won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Screenplay (Shared with Ben Affleck) for the acclaimed drama Good Will Hunting. He also received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor for his performance in the title role. Damon later earned a Golden Globe Award nomination for his work in the title role of Anthony Minghella’s The Talented Mr. Ripley. Damon starred in the spy thriller The Bourne Identity, based on the Robert Ludlum bestseller which opened in June, 2002. Other film credits include Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven in which he joined an all-star ensemble cast including George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt; Billy Bob Thornton’s All the Pretty Horses, opposite Penelope Cruz; and Robert Redford’s The Legend of Bagger Vance, with Will Smith and Charlize Theron. Damon first came to the attention of critics and audiences with his portrayal of a guilt-ridden Gulf War veteran in Courage Under Fire. He then starred in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Rainmaker, and appeared in the title role of Steven Spielberg’s Oscar®-winning World War II drama Saving Private Ryan. His film credits also include John Dahl’s Rounders, the Kevin Smith films Chasing Amy and Dogma, School Ties and Mystic Pizza, in which he made his feature film debut. He recently appeared on stage in London’s West End in This is Our Youth, a play by Kenneth Lonergan in which Damon co-starred with Casey Affleck and Summer Phoenix. He also co-stars with Casey Affleck in the Fall 2002 theatrical release of Gerry, directed by Gus Van Sant.

James Cromwell — Colonel

James Cromwell, one of the industry’s busiest actors, earned an Oscar® nomination for his performance as Farmer Hoggett in the sleeper hit Babe. He also shared in the Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for the casts of The Green Mile and L.A. Confidential. In addition, Cromwell has recently received two Emmy Award nominations, one for his portrayal of William Randolph Hearst in RKO 281, and another for his guest role as a terminally ill Catholic Bishop in ER. Cromwell also stars as the President of the United States in The Sum of All Fears, based on the Tom Clancy novel. Among his many other film credits are Space Cowboys, Snow Falling on Cedars, The General’s Daughter, Babe: Pig in the City, Deep Impact, Star Trek: First Contact, The Education of Little Tree, The People vs. Larry Flynt and Revenge of the Nerds. He has also starred in such long-form projects as CBS’s live airing of Fail Safe, A Death in the Family, A Slight Case of Murder, Indictment: The McMartin Trial, In a Child’s Name, The Wall, A Christmas Without Snow, Deadly Game and Once an Eagle. In addition, Cromwell has starred in several series, most recently playing the title role in Citizen Baines. Apart from his acting work, Cromwell is involved in an organization called “Hecel Oyakapi” (The People Tell It This Way) dedicated to assisting the Lakota people in preserving their language and culture through the arts. As a result of his role in Babe, he is also actively involved in PETA and a number of other animal causes.

Daniel Studi — Little Creek

Daniel Studi grew up in Oklahoma in the ways of the Cherokee Indians. He was raised to learn and respect the traditions of all the different Native American tribes, so his input into his character in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron was invaluable. The son of famed Native American actor Wes Studi, Daniel previously appeared with his father in the television movie Crazy Horse. Studi has also worked on the regional stage, appearing in presentations of Black Elk Speaks and Stravinsky’s A Soldier’s Tale.

Kelly Asbury — Director

Kelly Asbury, a 19-year veteran in animation, made his directorial debut with Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. He served as a story supervisor on DreamWorks’ first traditionally animated feature The Prince of Egypt, along with Lorna Cook. Asbury was also a story artist on the animated hits Shrek and Chicken Run. Asbury began his career at Walt Disney Feature Animation in 1983, where he remained for the next 12 years. While at Disney, he worked as a storyboard artist on such films as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Toy Story and James and the Giant Peach. He served as an art director on the Roger Rabbit short Roller Coaster Rabbit and as an assistant art director on Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. In addition to film work, Asbury wrote and illustrated a number of published children’s books, including the Halloween-themed titles “Witch Dot”, “Frankensquare” and “Candy Corn”, which hit stores in Fall 2001. He also wrote and illustrated the children’s books “Where Is Snowy’s Nose?”, “Rusty’s Red Vacation”, “Bonnie’s Blue House” and “Yolanda’s Yellow School” and provided the artwork for the books “Turkey Time” and “Thanksgiving Parade”. Due out in Fall 2002, his newest book, “Dummy Days: America’s Favorite Ventriloquists From Radio and Early TV”, is a vintage photo-filled volume targeted for adults, which features commentary from film critic and entertainment historian Leonard Maltin.

Lorna Cook — Director

Lorna Cook has worked in the animation arena for more than 25 years. She teamed with Kelly Asbury when they worked as story supervisors for DreamWorks Pictures’ traditionally animated epic The Prince of Egypt. Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron marks her directorial debut. Prior to joining DreamWorks, Cook worked as a story artist on a number of animated hits, including Mulan and The Lion King. She also served as an animator on the lead character Belle in Beauty and the Beast and on The Secret of NIMH. Cook’s additional animation credits include stints as a directing animator on such films as All Dogs Go to Heaven, The Land Before Time and An American Tail. She began her career as an assistant animator on the character of Elliot the Dragon in the musical feature Pete’s Dragon (uncredited), in which the animated Elliot interacted with a live-action cast.

Mireille Soria — Producer

Mireille Soria counts Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron as her first producing credit for an animated feature, though she has an extensive background in live-action film and television. Prior to taking the producing reins for Spirit, she had a producing deal at Fox Family Pictures, where she produced the romantic Cinderella story Ever After, starring Drew Barrymore and Anjelica Huston. Soria also executive produced the Disney Channel horror comedy Under Wraps. She had previously held the post of vice president of production for Walt Disney Pictures from 1990 to 1995. During her tenure, she oversaw the development and production of such projects as The Mighty Ducks and its two sequels, Cool Runnings and 1994’s live-action version of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book. Soria had come to Disney from the Steve Tisch Company, where she was a vice president, and also produced several projects. Her producing credits there included the pilot and 13 episodes of the series Dirty Dancing, the telefilms Victim of Love and Out on the Edge and the OBS Afterschool Special Lies of the Heart. She also developed a number of feature film and cable and network television projects. Soria began her career in 1982 as manager of dramatic series development at ABC. Two years later, she joined Columbia Pictures Television as director of current programs. In 1985, she returned to ABC as director of dramatic series development and was responsible for developing the groundbreaking series thirtysomething. Soria is producing DreamWorks’ next traditionally animated feature Sinbad.

Jeffrey Katzenberg — Producer

Jeffrey Katzenberg is a principal partner in DreamWorks SKG, a multifaceted entertainment company co-founded by him, Steven Spielberg and David Geffen in October 1994. Katzenberg produced DreamWorks’ computer animated blockbuster Shrek, which won the first-ever Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature. Shrek was also one of the top-grossing films of 2001 and is the second highest grossing animated feature of all time. The film’s many honors also include Best Animated Film awards from a number of critics’ organizations, including the Broadcast Film Critics and the Los Angeles Film Critics, as well as Golden Globe and Producers Guild award nominations. Katzenberg also served as an executive producer on DreamWorks’ clay-animated hit Chicken Run, which was named the best-reviewed movie of 2000, in addition to winning awards for Best Animated Feature from several critics’ groups. He was also an executive producer on the animated epic The Prince of Egypt, which won an Oscar® for Best Original Song (“When You Believe”) and on The Road to El Dorado.

John Fusco — Screenwriter

John Fusco is no stranger to writing about the American West, having scripted the hit Westerns Young Guns and Young Guns II. Fusco also served as an executive producer on both films, which starred Emilio Estevez as Billy the Kid. Additionally, Fusco wrote and produced the biopic The Babe, starring John Goodman as the legendary Babe Ruth; wrote the Native American political thriller Thunderheart, starring Val Kilmer and Sam Shepard; and wrote Loch Ness, starring Ted Danson as a scientist trying to prove the existence of the fabled monster. In 1983, Fusco’s first screenplay, written at New York University, brought him the national FOCUS Award for Best Screenplay. The following year he again won the FOCUS Award for Best Screenplay for his second student script, a blues movie titled Crossroads. Subsequently brought to the screen by director Walter Hill, Crossroads received widespread critical acclaim. The film also featured a popular soundtrack by Ry Cooder, showcasing one of Fusco’s personal heroes, Sonny Terry, on harmonica. Fusco has three projects in production: an all-Native American miniseries, Dreamkeeper; the feature film Hidalgo, about endurance horse racing; and Rebels, a Revolutionary War epic.

Hans Zimmer — Music

Hans Zimmer won the 2001 Golden Globe Award, in addition to receiving his seventh Oscar® nomination, for the award-winning hit Gladiator. In 1994, he won both the Academy Award® and a Golden Globe Award for his score for the blockbuster The Lion King, which also spawned one of the most successful soundtrack recordings ever. Zimmer has also garnered Oscar® nominations for The Prince of Egypt, The Thin Red Line, As Good As It Gets, Rain Man and The Preacher’s Wife. This year, he received a Golden Globe nomination for his score for Pearl Harbor. Zimmer’s music for The Lion King has been continuing to draw applause in the award-winning stage production of the musical. The show earned the 1998 Tony Award for Best Musical, as well as a Grammy Award for the Best Original Cast Album. The composer also reunited with The Lion King songwriters Elton John and Tim Rice for DreamWorks’ animated musical The Road to El Dorado. Zimmer has composed the music for more than 70 feature films, most recently collaborating again with Gladiator director Ridley Scott on Black Hawk Down and Hannibal. Zimmer’s diverse list of credits also includes Crimson Tide, for which he won a Grammy, Thelma & Louise, Driving Miss Daisy, Mission: Impossible II, The Peacemaker, The Rock, Broken Arrow, Nine Months, Beyond Rangoon, Cool Runnings, A League of Their Own, Black Rain, Backdraft, Green Card, True Romance, Days of Thunder and My Beautiful Laundrette. In addition to his composing work, Zimmer heads DreamWorks’ film music division. His appointment marks the first time that a composer has headed the music department of a major studio since the days of Dimitri Tiomkin at MGM and Alfred Newman at Twentieth Century Fox.

Bryan Adams — Songs

Bryan Adams has enjoyed success in a music career spanning more than 25 years and encompassing chart-topping records, sold-out concerts and Oscar®-nominated songs. He has earned three Academy Award® nominations and three Golden Globe nominations for Best Song, the first in 1992 for “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You”, from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. In 1996, he received his second Oscar® and Golden Globe nominations for “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman”, from Don Juan DeMarco and the following year, he garnered nominations for “I Finally Found Someone”, his duet with Barbra Streisand from The Mirror Has Two Faces. In addition, “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” brought Adams a Grammy Award and an MTV Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, and also holds the record for the longest running No. 1 single in British music history. The single was also one of Adams chart-topping soundtrack hits in the United States, along with “Heaven”, “All for Love” (with Rod Stewart and Sting) and “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman”. Adams’ many other honors include four ASCAP Awards, an American Music Award and 17 Canadian Juno Awards. In his native Canada, he was awarded the Officer of the Order of Canada and, in 1990, was named that country’s Artist of the Decade. In all, Adams’ worldwide sales have exceeded 60 million copies and have included such hits as “Summer of ‘69”, “Run to You”, “Straight from the Heart” and “Cuts Like a Knife”. He has also lent his talents to a number of philanthropic endeavors, including The Prince’s Trust, Greenpeace, Amnesty International, the establishment of whale sanctuaries and finding a cure for breast cancer. Apart from his music, Adams put together two books of black and white photographs of notable Canadian and British women, all the proceeds of which went to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and the Haven Trust (a breast cancer hospice program in the UK). He was also chosen to photograph Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth for her jubilee celebration.

Kathy Altieri — Production Designer

Kathy Altieri joined the DreamWorks animation team in 1994. Her first project for the studio was The Prince of Egypt, on which she served as an art director. Her previous animation credits include work as a background supervisor on Aladdin, the featurette The Prince and the Pauper and the Roger Rabbit short Tummy Trouble. She was also a background painter for such animated successes as The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and another Roger Rabbit short Roller Coaster Rabbit. Altieri attended the University of California, Los Angeles as an Art major and also studied at Pasadena’s Art Center College of Design for three years.

Nick Fletcher — Editor

Nick Fletcher served as the supervising editor on DreamWorks’ animated musical epic The Prince of Egypt. Before joining DreamWorks in 1995, Fletcher worked at Amblimation in London, where he served as supervising editor for An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. He was also co-supervising editor for We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story and Balto, and was the animation editor for Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Born in Wales, Fletcher began his career at John Wood Sound Studios in London, working on commercials. He then moved on to Richard Williams Animation in 1981.

James Baxter — Supervising Animator: Spirit

James Baxter is one of the most renowned and respected talents in the field of animaton. Prior to taking on the challenging task of animating the title character in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Baxter was the senior supervising animator for the lead character of Tulio in DreamWorks’ The Road to El Dorado. He was also an animator on the central character of Moses in DreamWorks’ The Prince of Egypt. Baxter had previously served as a supervising animator on such memorable characters as Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Rafiki in The Lion King and Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. His animation work also includes The Rescuers Down Under and The Little Mermaid. Born in England, Baxter attended West Surrey College of Art and Design. He began his career at Walt Disney Studios London as an in-between artist and animator on Roger and Jessica Rabbit for Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Fabio Lignini — Supervising Animator: The Colonel

Fabio Lignini served as a supervising animator for the character of Moses’ brother Aaron in DreamWorks’ The Prince of Egypt and as an animator on The Road to El Dorado. Currently, he is working on DreamWorks’ upcoming animated feature Sinbad. Prior to joining DreamWorks, Lignini worked at Amblimation Studios in London, where he served as a senior animator on the features Balto, We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story and An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. Lignini had earlier worked as a freelance animator and director on several award-winning short films in his native Brazil. He co-directed Alex, which won a Caracol Award for the Best Animated Short at the ninth annual International Festival of Latin American Cinema in Havana, Cuba. Lignini also directed the five-minute short When Bats are Silent, which went on to win five awards, including the Debut Prize at the second Los Angeles International Animation Celebration, as well as the Debut Prize at the second Hiroshima International Animation Festival in Japan. The film also garnered a Best Animated Film Award at Fest Rio in Rio de Janeiro and the Coral Negro Award for the Best Animated Short at the eighth annual Festival of Latin American Cinema.

William Salazar — Supervising Animator: Rain

William Salazar was the supervising animator on the character of Young Moses in The Prince of Egypt. He then served as a lead animator on the main character Tulio in The Road to El Dorado. Salazar is one of the lead animating talents on DreamWorks’ animated feature Sinbad. Hailing from Corsica, France, Salazar graduated from Paris’ animation school CFT-Gobelins in 1980. He went on to work at Amblimation, where he served as an assistant animator on An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, as an animator on We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story and as a supervising animator on the three comedic dogs, Nikki, Kaltag and Star, in Balto.

Pres Romanillos — Supervising Animator: Little Creek

Pres Romanillos worked as an animator on DreamWorks’ The Road to El Dorado. Before coming to DreamWorks, Romanillos had been a supervising animator on Mulan and was also an animator on the features The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Pocahontas. Romanillos graduated from New York City’s School of Visual Arts in 1988. The following year, he landed a job at Disney in Los Angeles, where he began his animation training. His earliest credits include stints as an assistant animator on such animated hits as The Little Mermaid, The Rescuers Down Under, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin.

Dr. Deb Bennett — Horse Consultant

Dr. Deb Bennett is a renowned horse expert, with a Ph.D. in vertebrate paleontology and a strong interest in the anatomy and biomechanics of fossil animals, especially horses. Her research interests also include the history of domestication and bloodlines of individual horse breeds. She is Director of the Equine Studies Institute, a seminar colloquium whose focus is higher education in horsemanship.

Dr. Stuart Sumida — Horse Consultant

Dr. Stuart Sumida is a paleontologist and Professor at California State University San Bernardino. He has worked on more than 20 animated and live-action films as an anatomical consultant. He specializes in vertebrate paleontology and anatomy, focusing on the comparative anatomy and biomechanics of vertebrates. Sumida holds a Ph.D. from UCLA. Before coming to CSU San Bernardino, he taught in the Department of Anatomy and at the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago.

Geoff Zanelli

Geoffrey Zanelli

Date of Birth: September 28, 1974 (51 years old)

Birthplace: Westminster, California, USA

Education: Berklee College of Music

Occupation: Score composer and member of Remote Control Productions (since 1996)

Instruments

• Bass Guitar
• Guitar
• Keyboards
• Piano

Website: geoffzanelli.com

Motion Pictures (My List)

Music Department

1998: Endurance (documentary) — Additional Music

2001: Just Visiting — Additional Music

2001: Pearl Harbor — Additional Arrangement

2003: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl — Additional Music

2003: Veronica Guerin (uncredited)

2006: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest — Additional Music

2007: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End — Additional Music

2011: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides — Additional Music

2012: The Odd Life of Timothy Green — Featured Musician

2013: The Lone Ranger — Additional Music and On-Camera Music Arranger

2022: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (uncredited)

Composer

2012: The Odd Life of Timothy Green

2017: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

2018: Christopher Robin — with Jon Brion

2019: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Television

2003: Threat Matrix — Additional Music (1 episode)

Collaborators

• Klaus Badelt
• Jerry Bruckheimer
• Nick Glennie-Smith
• Steve Jablonsky
• Alan Meyerson
• John Powell
• Jay Rifkin
• Gore Verbinski
• Hans Zimmer

Awards

HMMA Awards

2019: Nominated (Maleficent: Mistress of Evil)

IFMCA Awards

2019: Nominated (Christopher Robin)

Jerry Bruckheimer (film producer)

Jerome Leon Bruckheimer

Prolific producer of films released by Disney and Touchstone Pictures. Titles have included Con Air, Armageddon, Enemy of the State, Gone in 60 Seconds, Coyote Ugly, Remember the Titans, Pearl Harbor, Bad Company, the Pirates of the Caribbean films, Veronica Guerin, King Arthur, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, and The Lone Ranger. Earlier, with Don Simpson, he produced The Ref, Crimson Tide, The Rock. Bruckheimer’s first-look production deal with Disney, which began in 1991, ended in 2014.

Date of Birth: September 21, 1943 (82 years old)

Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, USA

Education: University of Arizona (BA; Bachelor of Arts)

Occupation

• Film producer
• Television producer
• Soundtrack producer

Motion Pictures (My List)

Producer

1994: The Ref — Executive Producer with Don Simpson

1995: Crimson Tide — with Don Simpson

1995: Dangerous Minds — with Don Simpson

1996: The Rock — with Don Simpson

1997: Con Air

1998: Armageddon

1998: Enemy of the State

2000: Gone in 60 Seconds

2000: Coyote Ugly

2000: Remember the Titans

2001: Pearl Harbor — with Michael Bay

2002: Bad Company

2003: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

2003: Veronica Guerin

2004: King Arthur

2004: National Treasure

2006: Glory Road

2006: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

2006: Déjà Vu

2007: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

2007: National Treasure: Book of Secrets

2009: Confessions of a Shopaholic

2009: G-Force
2010: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

2010: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

2011: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

2013: The Lone Ranger

2017: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

2024: Young Woman and the Sea

Television (My List)

Producer

1996: Dangerous Minds — Executive Producer (1 episode)

1998: Max Q: Emergency Landing (film)

2022–23: National Treasure: Edge of History (6 episodes)

Collaborators

• Ben Affleck
• Bob Badami
• Michael Bay
• Orlando Bloom
• Nicolas Cage
• Johnny Depp
• Ted Elliot
• Harry Gregson-Williams
• Gene Hackman
• Ed Harris
• Keira Knightley
• Trevor Rabin
• Jay Rifkin
• Terry Rossio
• Geoffrey Rush
• Denzel Washington
• Geoff Zanelli
• Hans Zimmer

The Music of The Rock (1996 film)

Copyright © 1996 Hollywood Pictures Company, Don Simpson Productions, Inc. and Jerry Bruckheimer, Inc.

Music Composed by

Nick Glennie-Smith and Hans Zimmer

Supervising Music Editor

Bob Badami

Music Editor

John Finklea

Assistant Music Editors

Shannon Erbe and Sienna Pascarella

Executive in Charge of Music for

The Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group

Kathy Nelson

Score Production Services by

Media Ventures

Score Arranged by

Nick Glennie-Smith and Hans Zimmer

Additional Music by

Harry Gregson-Williams

The Chase by

Don Harper

Orchestration by

Bruce Fowler

Suzette Moriarty

Ladd McIntosh

Walt Fowler

Dennis Dreith

Score Recorded / Mixed by

Alan Meyerson

Music Recorded at

Paramount / Sony

Music Preparation

Dominic Fidelibus

Music Contractor

Sandy DeCrescent

Assistants to Composers

Emma Burnham, Marc Streitenfeld, Justin Burnett

Soundtrack Available on

Hollywood Records

2012 Buena Vista Home Entertainment releases

Labels

• Disney
• Touchstone Home Entertainment
• Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment
• ABC Studios

BVHE Releases

Blu-ray / Blu-ray 3D / DVD Releases (My List)

• January 17: Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) [25th Anniversary Edition]
• January 17: Dead Poets Society (1989)
• January 24: Real Steel (2011) — DVD-Video
• March 20: The Muppets (2011) — Disney DVD
• April 3: War Horse (2011) — DVD-Video
• May 15: Father of the Bride: 2-Movie Collection (1991–95) [Father of the Bride: 20th Anniversary Edition]
• June 5: John Carter
• June 5: The Color of Money (1986) [25th Anniversary Edition]
• June 5: Cocktail (1988)
• June 5: Ransom (1996) [15th Anniversary Edition]
• June 19: Newsies (1992) [20th Anniversary Edition]
• June 19: Sister Act: 2-Movie Collection (1992–93) [Sister Act: 20th Anniversary Edition]
• June 19: Evita (1996) [15th Anniversary Edition]
• July 3: Phenomenon (1996)
• July 3: The Horse Whisperer (1998)
• July 3: Step Up (2006)
• August 7: Adventures in Babysitting (1987) [25th Anniversary Edition]
• August 7: The Preacher’s Wife (1996)
• August 7: Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) [15th Anniversary Edition]
• August 7: Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997) [15th Anniversary Edition]
• August 7: High Fidelity (2000)
• August 21: Disneynature’s Chimpanzee
• August 21: Pocahontas: 2-Movie Collection (1995–98) 
• August 28: Once Upon a Time: The Complete First Season (2011–12)
• September 4: The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
• September 4: Cold Creek Manor (2003) [10th Anniversary Edition]
• September 18: Ed Wood (1994)
• September 18: Judge Dredd (1995)
• September 25: Arachnophobia (1990)
• October 2: People Like Us
• November 6: Beaches (1988)
• November 6: Sweet Home Alabama [10th Anniversary Edition]
• November 13: Brave
• November 13: Pixar Short Films Collection Vol. 2 (2007–12)
• December 4: The Odd Life of Timothy Green
• December 11: Dick Tracy (1990)
• December 11: The Joy Luck Club (1993)
• December 11: Heavyweights (1995)

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Narration of Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

Narrated by Academy Award®-winner Matt Damon

 

“The story that I want to tell you cannot be found in a book. They say the history of the West was written from the saddle of a horse, but it’s never been told from the heart of one… not ‘till now. I was born here in this place that would come to be called the Old West, but to my kind, the land was ageless. It had no beginning and no end, no boundary between earth and sky. Like the wind in the buffalo grass we belonged here. We would always belong here. They say the mustang is the spirit of the West. Whether that West was won or lost in the end, you’ll have to decide for yourself, but the story I want to tell you is true. I was there, and I remember. I remember the sun and the sky and the wind calling my name in a time when wild horses ran free.”

“And so I grew from colt to stallion as wild and reckless as thunder over the land, racing with the eagle, soaring with the wind. Flying? There were times I believed I could.”

“Like my father before me I became leader of the Cimarron herd and with that honor… came responsibility.”

“Something new came upon the land one night — something that would change my life forever — and so, my journey began.”

“A wiser horse might have turned and run, but I wanted to know what strange creatures were here.”

“I was scared, and I didn’t know what was going to happen to me, but at least my mother and the herd were safe.”

“I remember the first time I saw a rattler curled up in my path. This one didn’t look like a rattler, but I was still thinking… snake.”

“My heart galloped through the skies that night, back to my herd, where I belonged, and I wondered if they missed me as much as I missed them.”

“He was called Little Creek and he seemed different from the rest.”

“There was just no end to the strange ways of the Two-leggeds.”

“Sometimes a horse has gotta do what a horse has gotta do. And this was one of those times.”

“I wasn’t sure what happened back there and I wasn’t about to stop and ask. All I knew was that I was headed home.”

“I couldn’t believe it. One moment I was free, and the next… more ropes.”

“I couldn’t understand it. She treated this scrawny Two-legged like one of our kind, prancing around him like a love-struck yearling. It was downright unnatural.”

“Mares!”

“Okay, I admit it, she was charming… in a stubborn irritating kind of way. So, I let her show me her world.”

“For the first time in my life, I felt my heart torn two ways.”

“I had to hand it to that boy — he just wouldn’t give up.”

“I knew this was hard for her and that she was scared, but more than anything I wanted to share my homeland with her.”

“I lay beside her that night, hoping… praying that somehow she would be okay.”

“I didn’t know why we were brought here. What I did know was we had to find a way to escape and get back home.”

“That was the moment I understood. They were headed to my homeland, and I had to stop them.”

“I don’t know where he came from or how he got there. But I sure was happy to see him.”

“Oh, yes.”

“I’ve been waiting so long to run free, but that good-bye was harder than I ever imagined. I’ll never forget that boy, and how we won back our freedom together.”

The screenplay was scripted by

John Fusco

David Midthunder

Birthdate: August 8, 1962 (63 years old)

Birthplace: Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana, USA

Nationally: American (Sioux Nation)

Education: University of Utah

Occupation: Actor

Relatives: Angelique (wife) and Amber Midthunder (daughter)

Motion Pictures (My List)

Actor

2004: Hidalgo — Black Coyote
2013: The Lone Ranger — Fuller’s Native American Scout
2019: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil — Forest Spiritual Fey #2

Additional Crew

2004: Hidalgo — Dialogue Consultant

Television (My List)

Actor

2003: Dreamkeeper (miniseries) — Eagle Boy

2023: Echo — Ancestor (3 episodes)

Producer

2006: Silent Thunder (documentary) — Associate Producer

Additional Crew

2003: Dreamkeeper (miniseries) — ADR Voice

2006: Silent Thunder (documentary) — Cultural Advisor

Collaborators

• John Fusco
• Amber Midthunder
• Angelique Midthunder

Brothers Under the Sun (Bryan Adams’ song)

I had a dream - of the wide open prairie

I had a dream - of the pale morning sky

I had a dream - that we flew on golden wings

And we were the same - just the same - you and I

Follow you heart - little child of the west wind

Follow the voice - that’s calling you home

Follow your dreams - but always remember me

I am your brother - yeah under the sun

We are like birds of the feather

We are two hearts joined together

We will be forever as one

My brother under the sun

Whenever you hear - the wind and the canyon

Whenever you see - the buffalo run

Wherever you go - I’ll be there beside you

‘Cause you are my brother - my brother under the sun

We are like birds of the feather

We are two hearts joined together

We will be forever as one

My brother under the sun

Under the sun (2x)

My brother under the sun

Written by

Bryan Adams, Steve Jablonsky and Gretchen Peters

Produced by

Steve Jablonsky and Bryan Adams

Engineered by

Kevin Globerman, Slamm Andrews, Phil Western

Copyright © 2002 Badams Music Limited (ASCAP) / Songs of SKG (BMI) / SKG Songs (ASCAP)

The song Brothers Under the Sun by Bryan Adams appears to convey a message of unity, brotherhood, and the lasting bond between individuals. The lyrics describe a dream where the narrator envisions flying on golden wings with someone, emphasizing their shared experiences and similarities.

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

Music from the Original Motion Picture

Available on CD from A&M Records / UMG Soundtracks

Disneyland Resort

Disneyland Resort celebrates 70th Anniversary

Founded: July 17, 1955; 70 years ago

Founded: Walt Disney

Location: 1313 S. Disneyland Dr., Anaheim, CA 92802

Website: disneyland.disney.go.com

Theme Parks (My List)

Disneyland Park (1955)

1. Main Street, USA
2. Adventureland
3. Frontierland
4. Fantasyland
5. Tomorrowland
6. New Orleans Square (1966)
7. Mickey’s Toontown (1993)

Disney California Adventure (2001)

1. Buena Vista Street (formerly known as Sunshine Plaza; 2001–12)
2. Hollywood Land
3. Grizzly Peak
4. Pixar Pier (formerly known as Paradise Pier; 2001–18)
5. Cars Land (2012)
6. Avengers Campus (2021)

Lebo M.

Lebohang Morake

Lebo M. is known as the “voice and spirit of The Lion King”. Once a teenage singer in Soweto, the GRAMMY® Award winner and Tony® nominee’s music brings audiences to tears with hauntingly inspiring African rhythms and melodies. Lebo’s talents have been hailed by the worldwide press in superlatives that might describe the most delightfully poetic of musical deities. Since his arrival in America, Lebo has attracted music industry giants such as Quincy Jones, Jimmy Cliff and Hans Zimmer as mentors, allies and collaborators. Lebo has performed and produced four albums, Rhythm of the Pride Lands (Disney), Deeper Meaning (Gallo) and The Lion King (Japanese and Hamburg cast recordings). Other credits include The Power of One, Back on the Block and Listen Up with Quincy Jones; the feature films Outbreak (Warner Bros.), Congo (Paramount) and Born to Be Wild (Warner Bros.); he is the composer and co-producer of The Legend of Tarzan theme song, “Opar”; and the Disney television special People. He has performed on the Academy Awards® and the Essence Awards Show, with Vanessa Redgrave at Kthimi-The Return in Kosovo, and been honored by Artists for a Free South Africa.

Date of Birth: July 11, 1964 (61 years old)

Birthplace: Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa

Occupation

• African vocal performer
• Songwriter/producer/arranger

Instrument: Vocals

Relatives

• Boiki Morake (father)
• Nomvula Morake (mother)
• Tshepiso E. Morake (brother)
• Viveca Gipson (1st ex-wife)
• Nandi Ndlovu Morake (wife)
• Z. Naledi Morake (daughter)
• Nthabiseng Morake
• Refilwe Morake (daughter)

Motion Pictures (My List)

Music Department

1994: The Lion King — African Vocal Solos and Improvisations, Choral Arrangement and Conducting

1998: Mighty Joe Young — Choir Direction and Arrangements

1999: Tarzan — Vocal Contractor (uncredited)

2000: Dinosaur — Choir Conductor and Additional Vocal Arrangements

2004: The Lion King 1½ (video) — Vocal Score and Lyrics

2004: One by One (short) — Music Arranger/Producer and Lead Vocal Performance

2005: Tarzan II (video) — African Chorus Arranger/Producer and Vocal Contractor, Johannesburg

2019: The Lion King — African Vocal and Choir Arrangements Creator/Producer, African Music Consultant

2024: Mufasa: The Lion King — Choral Conductor

Composer

2004: One by One (short)

Albums (My List)

1995: Rhythm of the Pride Lands — Performer, Song Co-Producer/Arranger, Vocal Arrangements, Lyrics & Music and Lead Vocal

Theatre

Broadway

1997–present: The Lion King — Additional Music & Lyrics, Additional Vocal Score, Vocal Arrangements and Choral Director

Collaborators

• Marlon E. Espino
• Bruce L. Fowler
• Nick Glennie-Smith
• Don L. Harper
• Elton John
• Mark Mancina
• Dave Metzger
• Chris Montan
• Tim Rice
• Jay Rifkin
• Julie Taymor
• John Van Tongeren
• Hans Zimmer

Awards

1995: Grammy Award — Winner for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals (Circle of Life)

1998: Tony Award — Nominated for Best Original Score (The Lion King)

2005: Annie Award — Nominated for Outstanding Music in an Animated Feature Production (The Lion King 1½)

Ted Elliot (screenwriter)

Date of Birth: July 4, 1961 (64 years old)

Birthplace: Santa Ana, California, USA

Occupation: Screenwriter and film producer

Website: wordplayer.com

Motion Pictures (My List)

Writer

1992: Aladdin

1994: The Puppet Masters

2002: Treasure Planet — Story

2003: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl — also Screen Story

2004: King Arthur — Additional Literary Material (uncredited)

2004: National Treasure — Additional Literary Material (uncredited)

2006: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

2007: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

2007: National Treasure: Book of Secrets — Story

2009: G-Force (uncredited)

2011: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

2011: Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code - Wedlocked (short)

2013: The Lone Ranger — also Screen Story

2019: Aladdin — Based on Disney’s Aladdin

Producer

2006: Déjà Vu — Executive Producer

2009: G-Force — Associate Producer

2011: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides — Executive Producer

2013: The Lone Ranger — Executive Producer

Collaborators

• Jerry Bruckheimer
• Ron Clements
• Alan Menken
• John Musker
• Trevor Rabin
• Terry Rossio
• Gore Verbinski
• Hans Zimmer

Terry Rossio

Date of Birth: July 2, 1960 (65 years old)

Birthplace: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Occupation: Screenwriter and film producer

Website: wordplayer.com

Motion Pictures (My List)

Writer

1992: Aladdin

1994: The Puppet Masters

2002: Treasure Planet — Story

2003: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl — also Screen Story

2004: King Arthur — Additional Literary Material (uncredited)

2004: National Treasure — Additional Literary Material (uncredited)

2006: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

2006: Déjà Vu

2007: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

2007: National Treasure: Book of Secrets — Story

2009: G-Force (uncredited)

2011: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides — also Screen Story

2011: Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code - Wedlocked (short)

2013: The Lone Ranger — also Screen Story

2017: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales — also Story

2019: Aladdin — Based on Disney’s Aladdin

Producer

2006: Déjà Vu — Executive Producer

2009: G-Force — Associate Producer

2011: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides — Executive Producer

2013: The Lone Ranger — Executive Producer

2017: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales — Executive Producer

Collaborators

• Jerry Bruckheimer
• Ron Clements
• Alan Menken
• John Musker
• Trevor Rabin
• Terry Rossio
• Gore Verbinski
• Hans Zimmer

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Formerly

• Buena Vista Film Distribution Company (1953–60)
• Buena Vista Distribution Company (1960–87)
• Buena Vista Pictures Distribution (1987–2007)

Founded: June 23, 1953; 72 years ago

Founder: Walt Disney

Location: 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521

Labels (My List)

• Disney
• Touchstone Pictures
• Hollywood Pictures
• Disneynature
• Marvel Studios

Highest-grossing films in North America

1. Avengers: Endgame (2019)
2. Black Panther (2018)
3. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
4. Inside Out 2 (2024)
5. Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
6. The Avengers (2012)
7. Incredibles 2 (2018)
8. The Lion King (2019)
9. Beauty and the Beast (2017)
10. Finding Dory (2016)
11. Frozen II (2019)
12. Moana 2 (2024)
13. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
14. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
15. Toy Story 4 (2019)
16. Captain Marvel (2019)
17. The Lion King (1994)
18. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)
19. Lilo & Stitch (2025)
20. Toy Story 3 (2010)
21. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
22. Iron Man 3 (2013)
23. Captain America: Civil War (2016)
24. Frozen (2013)
25. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
26. Finding Nemo (2003)
27. The Jungle Book (2016)
28. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
29. Inside Out (2015)
30. Aladdin (2019)
31. Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
32. Zootopia (2016)
33. Alice in Wonderland (2010)
34. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
35. Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
36. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)
37. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
38. The Little Mermaid (2023)
39. The Sixth Sense (1999)
40. Up (2009)
41. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
42. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
43. Monsters University (2013)
44. The Incredibles (2004)
45. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
46. The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
47. Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)
48. Moana (2016)
49. Toy Story 2 (1999)
50. Cars (2006)
51. Maleficent (2014)
52. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
53. Brave (2012)
54. Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
55. Doctor Strange (2016)
56. Signs (2002)
57. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
58. WALL•E (2008)
59. Big Hero 6 (2014)
60. National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
61. Aladdin (1992)
62. Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
63. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
64. Coco (2017)
65. Ratatouille (2007)
66. Thor: The Dark World (2013)
67. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
68. Armageddon (1998)
69. Cinderella (2015)
70. Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
71. Tangled (2010)
72. Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
73. Pearl Harbor (2001)
74. Toy Story (1995)
75. Cars 2 (2011)
76. Thunderbolts* (2025)
77. Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
78. Black Widow (2021)
79. Lincoln (2012)
80. Ant-Man (2015)
81. Pretty Woman (1990)
82. National Treasure (2004)
83. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
84. Tron: Legacy (2010)
85. Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
86. Tarzan (1999)
87. The Help (2011)
88. Wild Hogs (2007)
89. Three Men and a Baby (1987)
90. Eternals (2021)
91. The Proposal (2009)
92. A Bug’s Life (1998)
93. The Waterboy (1998)
94. Elemental (2023)
95. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
96. One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
97. Cars 3 (2017)
98. Lilo & Stitch (2002)
99. The Santa Clause (1994)
100. The Jungle Book (1967)

Motion Pictures (My List)

1980s

1982: Tron

1983: Never Cry Wolf

1986: Flight of the Navigator

1986: Tough Guys

1987: Tin Men

1987: Ernest Goes to Camp

1987: Adventures in Babysitting

1987: Can’t Buy Me Love

1987: Hello Again

1988: Shoot to Kill

1988: Ernest Saves Christmas

1989: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

1989: An Innocent Man

1989: Blaze

1990s

1990: Stella

1990: Ernest Goes to Jail

1990: Betsy’s Wedding

1990: Taking Care of Business

1990: Green Card

1991: White Fang

1991: Oscar

1991: The Rocketeer

1991: The Doctor

1991: Paradise

1991: Deceived

1992: Straight Talk

1992: Encino Man

1992: Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

1992: 3 Ninjas

1992: Captain Ron

1992: The Mighty Ducks

1992: Consenting Adults

1992: The Distinguished Gentleman

1992: The Muppet Christmas Carol

1993: Alive

1993: Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

1993: The Adventures of Huck Finn

1993: Super Mario Bros.

1993: Guilty as Sin

1993: What’s Love Got to Do with It

1993: Son-in-Law

1993: Hocus Pocus

1993: Another Stakeout

1993: The Joy Luck Club

1993: The Program

1993: Cool Runnings

1993: The Three Musketeers

1994: The Air Up There

1994: Iron Will

1994: Blank Check

1994: D2: The Mighty Ducks

1994: When a Man Loves a Woman

1994: Renaissance Man

1994: I Love Trouble

1994: Angels in the Outfield

1994: In the Army Now

1994: Color of Night

1994: Quiz Show

1994: A Low Down Dirty Shame

1994: Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book

1995: Houseguest

1995: Man of the House

1995: A Goofy Movie

1995: Judge Dredd

1995: Operation Dumbo Drop

1995: Dead Presidents

1995: Powder

1995: Tom and Huck

1996: Muppet Treasure Island

1996: Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco

1996: James and the Giant Peach

1996: Spy Hard

1996: Eddie

1996: Kazaam

1996: First Kid

1996: D3: The Mighty Ducks

1996: 101 Dalmatians

1996: The Preacher’s Wife

1997: Metro

1997: Jungle 2 Jungle

1997: Grosse Pointe Blank

1997: Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion

1997: Gone Fishin’

1997: George of the Jungle

1997: Nothing to Lose

1997: Air Bud

1997: G.I. Jane

1997: Flubber

1997: Mr. Magoo

1998: He Got Game

1998: Mafia!

1998: The Parent Trap

1998: Beloved

1998: Mighty Joe Young

1999: My Favorite Martian

1999: The Other Sister

1999: 10 Things I Hate About You

1999: Instinct

1999: Summer of Sam

1999: Inspector Gadget

1999: The 13th Warrior

1999: The Insider

2000s

2000: High Fidelity

2000: Keeping the Faith

2000: Disney’s The Kid

2000: Remember the Titans

2000: 102 Dalmatians

2000: O Brother, Where Art Thou?

2001: Double Take

2001: The Princess Diaries

2001: Corky Romano

2002: Snow Dogs

2002: The Rookie

2002: Bad Company

2002: Reign of Fire

2002: Tuck Everlasting

2002: The Santa Clause 2

2002: The Hot Chick

2003: The Jungle Book 2

2003: Holes

2003: Freaky Friday

2003: Under the Tuscan Sun

2003: Cold Creek Manor

2003: The Haunted Mansion

2003: Calendar Girls

2004: Miracle

2004: Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen

2004: The Ladykillers

2004: The Alamo

2004: Raising Helen

2004: Around the World in 80 Days

2004: The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

2004: Mr. 3000

2004: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

2005: The Pacifier

2005: Ice Princess

2005: A Lot Like Love

2005: Herbie: Fully Loaded

2005: Dark Water

2005: Sky High

2005: Valiant

2006: Glory Road

2006: Eight Below

2006: The Shaggy Dog

2006: Stay Alive

2006: The Wild

2006: Stick It

2006: Invincible

2006: The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

2007: Bridge to Terabithia

2007: The Invisible

2007: Underdog

2007: The Game Plan

2007: Dan in Real Life

2007: Enchanted

2008: College Road Trip

2008: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

2008: WALL•E

2008: Beverly Hills Chihuahua

2008: Bedtime Stories

2009: Confessions of a Shopaholic

2009: Race to Witch Mountain

2009: G-Force

2009: Surrogates

2009: Disney’s A Christmas Carol

2009: Old Dogs

2010s

2010: When in Rome

2010: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

2010: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

2010: Step Up 3D

2010: Secretariat

2011: Mars Needs Moms

2011: Disneynature’s African Cats

2011: Fright Night

2011: The Muppets

2012: John Carter

2012: Disneynature’s Chimpanzee

2012: People Like Us

2012: The Odd Life of Timothy Green

2012: Frankenweenie

2013: Oz the Great and Powerful

2013: The Lone Ranger

2013: Planes

2013: The Fifth Estate

2013: Delivery Man

2013: Saving Mr. Banks

2014: Need for Speed

2014: Muppets Most Wanted

2014: Disneynature’s Bears

2014: Million Dollar Arm

2014: Planes: Fire & Rescue

2014: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

2014: Into the Woods

2015: McFarland, USA

2015: Tomorrowland

2015: The Good Dinosaur

2016: The Finest Hours

2016: Alice Through the Looking Glass

2016: The BFG

2016: Pete’s Dragon

2016: The Light Between Oceans

2018: A Wrinkle in Time

2018: Christopher Robin

2018: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

2019: Dumbo

2019: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

2020s

2020: Onward

2021: Cruella

2021: Jungle Cruise

2022: Lightyear

2023: Haunted Mansion

2023: The Marvels

2024: Young Woman and the Sea

2025: Snow White

2025: Elio

2025: Freakier Friday

2025: Tron: Ares

Upcoming

Zootopia 2 (November 26, 2025)

Hoppers (March 6, 2026)

Toy Story 5 (June 19, 2026)

Moana (Live-action film) (July 10, 2026)

Avengers: Doomsday (December 18, 2026)

Gatto (2027)

Frozen III (2027)

Avengers: Secret Wars (2027)

Gavin Greenaway

Gavin Greenaway is a British Emmy® Award-winning pianist, composer and conductor with an extensive catalogue of achievements: conducting over 100 feature film and television soundtracks, composing for major entertainment and cultural events, and producing and songwriting with chart-topping artists.

Date of Birth: June 15, 1964 (61 years old)

Birthplace: London, England, UK

Education: Strode’s College and Trinity College of Music

Occupation

• Score orchestrator/conductor
• Pianist
• Veteran of Remote Control Productions (since 1990s)

Instrument: Piano

Website: gavingreenaway.com

Biography

Gavin Greenaway was born on June 15, 1964 in London, England, United Kingdom. His career in the music industry began at Sir George Martin’s iconic AIR Studios on Oxford Street where he assisted on a variety of projects including Elvis Costello’s seminal Shipbuilding with the legendary Chet Baker. Following studies at Trinity College of Music, he quickly established himself as an in-demand composer for theatre, film and television.

Commissioned to compose “something incredible” to accompany the nightly firework display at Walt Disney World’s EPCOT, Florida he created the symphonic Reflections of Earth which played there every night for 20 years and went on to win an Emmy® Award. Greenaway contributed music to numerous movies as well as writing and producing songs with Bryan Adams and Trevor Horn for DreamWorks.

Known for having the “best ears in the business”, Greenaway has fostered long-standing relationships with many of the world’s eminent music creators, conducting scores for the likes of Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, John Powell, Junkie XL, and Daft Punk, and albums for artists including Andrea Bocelli, George Michael and Sir Paul McCartney.

In recent years, he has been instrumental in bringing some of our best loved soundtracks to the live stage, including world premiere performances of the live-to-picture productions.

In 2018, Greenaway was appointed Musical Director for The World of Hans Zimmer with concerts across Europe. Gavin, who Zimmer says he trusts “more than I trust myself” conducts the large symphony orchestra and presents an immersive multi-media extravaganza.

Motion Pictures (My List)

Music Department

1998: Endurance (documentary) — Music Conductor

2001: Pearl Harbor — Conductor

2002: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron — Music Conductor

2006: The Prestige — Conductor

2008: Iron Man — Conductor

2010: Tron: Legacy — Conductor

2011: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides — Choir Conductor

2014: Captain America: The Winter Soldier — Conductor

2016: Captain America: Civil War — Conductor

2017: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 — Orchestra Conductor

2017: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales — Choir Conductor

2018: Mary Poppins Returns — Score Conductor

2021: Black Widow — Conductor

2021: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings — Score Conductor

2023: The Little Mermaid — Songs Orchestra Conductor

Others

1999–2000: ABC 2000 Today (TV special) — Theme Music

2018: Spider-Man (video game)

Collaborators

• Pedro Eustache
• Nick Glennie-Smith
• Harry Gregson-Williams
• Rupert Gregson-Williams
• Steve Jablonsky
• Henry Jackman
• Alan Meyerson
• John Powell
• Jay Rifkin
• Geoff Zanelli
• Hans Zimmer

Awards

2000: Emmy Award — Winner for Outstanding Achievement in a Craft in News and Documentary Programming - Music (ABC 2000 Today)

Industrial Light & Magic

A Lucasfilm Ltd. Company

Founded: May 26, 1975; 50 years ago

Founder: George Lucas

Location

• Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California (1975–78)
• San Rafael, Marin County, California (1978–2005)
• 1 Letterman Dr., San Francisco, CA 94129

Parent: Lucasfilm Ltd.

Website: ilm.com

Motion Pictures (My List)

1988: Willow

1988: Who Framed Roger Rabbit

1990: Arachnophobia

1991: The Rocketeer

1993: Alive
1996: 101 Dalmatians

1997: Flubber
1998: Deep Rising
1998: Mighty Joe Young

2000: Mission to Mars
2001: Pearl Harbor
2002: Big Trouble
2002: Signs
2003: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2004: Hidalgo — Special Visual Effects and Animation
2004: The Village
2005: The Pacifier
2005: Herbie: Fully Loaded
2005: Chicken Little
2005: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2006: Eight Below
2006: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
2007: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
2007: National Treasure: Book of Secrets

2008: Iron Man
2008: WALL•E
2008: Miracle at St. Anna
2009: Confessions of a Shopaholic

2010: Iron Man 2

2011: I Am Number Four
2011: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2012: The Avengers
2013: The Lone Ranger — Visual Effects and Animation
2014: Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2015: Strange Magic
2015: Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015: Tomorrowland
2015: Ant-Man
2016: Captain America: Civil War
2016: Doctor Strange
2017: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017: Thor: Ragnarok
2018: Black Panther
2018: A Wrinkle in Time
2018: Avengers: Infinity War
2018: Ant-Man and the Wasp
2019: Captain Marvel
2019: Avengers: Endgame
2019: Aladdin

2020: Artemis Fowl
2021: Black Widow
2021: Jungle Cruise

2021: Eternals
2022: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022: Thor: Love and Thunder
2022: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

2023: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

2023: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

2023: The Little Mermaid

2023: Haunted Mansion

2023: The Marvels

2024: Deadpool & Wolverine

2025: Thunderbolts*

2025: Lilo & Stitch

2025: The Fantastic Four: First Steps

2025: Tron: Ares

Television (My List)

2015: Agent Carter (Season 1)

2018–24: Station 19

2021: WandaVision (miniseries)

2021–23: Loki

2021: Hawkeye (miniseries)

2022: The Guardians of the Galaxy Special (special)

2022–23: Willow

2023: The Santa Clauses (Season 2)

2024: Echo (miniseries)

2024: Station 19 (Season 7, 5 episodes)

2025: Ironheart

Others

1997: DreamWorks Pictures

2022: Disney (Walt Disney Pictures, 2006–11)

Awards (My List)

Academy Awards

1989: Winner for Best Visual Effects (Who Framed Roger Rabbit)

1989: Nominated for Best Visual Effects (Willow)

1999: Nominated for Best Visual Effects (Mighty Joe Young)

2002: Nominated for Best Visual Effects (Pearl Harbor)

2004: Nominated for Best Visual Effects (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl)

2006: Nominated for Best Visual Effects (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)

2007: Winner for Best Visual Effects (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest)

2008: Nominated for Best Visual Effects (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End)

2009: Nominated for Best Visual Effects (Iron Man)

2011: Nominated for Best Visual Effects (Iron Man 2)

2013: Nominated for Best Visual Effects (The Avengers)

2014: Nominated for Best Visual Effects (The Lone Ranger)

2015: Nominated for Best Visual Effects (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)

2017: Nominated for Best Visual Effects (Doctor Strange)