Harry Gregson-Williams (born 13 December 1961) is a British

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, conductor, orchestrator, and

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. He has composed music for video games, television and films including the ''

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'' series, '' Spy Game'', '' Phone Booth'', '' Man on Fire'', '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian'', ''

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'', '' X-Men Origins: Wolverine'', '' The Martian'', '' Team America: World Police'', '' Antz'', '' The Tigger Movie'', '' Chicken Run'' and its sequel, the ''Shrek'' franchise, '' Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas'', '' Flushed Away'', '' Arthur Christmas'', '' Early Man'', '' Catch-22'', and ''

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''. He is also the older brother of fellow composer Rupert Gregson-Williams. Gregson-Williams worked with several film directors such as

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, Ben Affleck, Joel Schumacher, Antoine Fuqua, Niki Caro,

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, and Dan Ireland.

Education

Gregson-Williams won a musical scholarship to St John's College School in Cambridge at the age of seven. He was a child chorister at the school and later attended Stowe School, an independent

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in the

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of Stowe in

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, where he was a music scholar. He next went to the

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in London. He learned to play the piano as a child on a Broadwood piano which his father had bought with the winnings from a hundred-to-one bet during the

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Discography

Film

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Television

Video games

Rides

Awards and nominations

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References

External links

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An interview with Harry Gregson-Williams
an interview with Harry Gregson-Williams regarding Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, from EpicenterGames
Harry Gregson-Williams
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