Steve Jablonsky (born October 9, 1970) is an American

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for

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and

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s, best known for his musical scores in the ''Transformers'' film series. Some of his frequent collaboration partners include film directors

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and

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, and fellow composer

Hans Zimmer Hans Florian Zimmer (; born 12 September 1957) is a German film score composer and music producer. He has won two Academy Awards, Oscars and four Grammy Awards, Grammys, and has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards, Emmys and a Tony Awar ...

Early life

Jablonsky's mother was born in a Japanese internment camp. He went to the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

for college and studied computer science at first, but switched to music composition a year later. After graduation, he became an intern at

's Remote Control Productions, after

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the studio to ask if they needed any help. During that time, Jablonsky met

Harry Gregson-Williams Harry Gregson-Williams (born 13 December 1961) is a British composer, conductor, orchestrator, and record producer. He has composed music for video games, television and films including the ''Metal Gear'' series, '' Spy Game'', ''Phone Booth'' ...

, a fellow composer of Zimmer, and started working as his assistant. Later he became more engaged with Zimmer and started composing for works such as ''

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'' and the ''Transformers'' film series.

Career

Jablonsky has composed the

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s to the films ''

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'' (2003), '' Steamboy'' (2004), '' The Island'' (2005), ''

Transformers ''Transformers'' is a media franchise produced by American toy company Hasbro and Japanese toy company Takara Tomy. It primarily follows the Autobots and the Decepticons, two alien robot factions at war that can transform into other forms, suc ...

'' (2007), ''

D-War ''D-War'' (Korean: 디워, released in North America as ''Dragon Wars: D-War''), is a 2007 South Korean action-adventure fantasy film written and directed by Shim Hyung-rae, and starring Jason Behr, Amanda Brooks, Robert Forster, and Elizabeth ...

'' (2007), '' Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' (2009), '' Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' (2011), ''

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'' (2012), ''

Ender's Game ''Ender's Game'' is a 1985 military science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card. Set at an unspecified date in Earth's future, the novel presents an imperiled humankind after two conflicts with an insectoid alien species they dub ...

'' (2013) (replacing renowned film composer

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), '' Transformers: Age of Extinction'' (2014), and '' Transformers: The Last Knight'' (2017). He was also a contributor on '' Team America: World Police'' (2004) among many others. In addition, he helped compose some of the music to the

'' Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty'', and composed the theme music for BBC's ''

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'' in 2003. He also has written music for the television show ''

'' (2004 - 2012) since the fourth episode. His track "Trailblazing" served as the opening theme for

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and

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, as well as the soundtrack to the TNA Hall of Fame induction of Sting. Jablonsky also wrote the music for '' Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars'', taking the place of the former ''

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'' music composer Frank Klepacki, who was unable to write the game's score due to his involvement with '' Universe at War: Earth Assault''. Jablonsky has worked for Harry Gregson-Williams at

Media Ventures Remote Control Productions, Inc. is a film score company run by composer Hans Zimmer and based in Santa Monica, California. Originally known as Media Ventures Entertainment Group, which was conceived and founded by Jay Rifkin and Hans Zimmer, th ...

, the music production company which was conceived and founded by

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, for seven years. His most recent projects include the scores for the South Korean film ''

'', ''

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'' for the

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gaming console, and music for '' The Sims 3''. Currently, Jablonsky is employed at Zimmer's studio, Remote Control Productions, having been mentored by the company's members Zimmer and

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, as well as former members

and

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. In February 2015, Jablonsky was hired to compose the score for the film ''

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''. He also composed the soundtrack for '' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows'', the sequel to ''

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'', and the 2016

film ''

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'', starring

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and

Kurt Russell Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. He began acting on television at the age of 12 in the Westerns on television, western series ''The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV series), The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters'' (19 ...

Filmography

Film

Additional music credits

Television

Video games

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jablonsky, Steven 1970 births American film score composers American male film score composers American musicians of Japanese descent American people of Polish descent American television composers La-La Land Records artists Living people Male television composers Place of birth missing (living people) University of California, Berkeley alumni Varèse Sarabande Records artists Video game composers