Simon Franglen is an English composer of classical and film music. He is also a record producer and former musician. His credits include four of the list of top grossing films and six of the

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of all time. His film work includes a number of well-known movies, including ''

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'', for which he received

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and

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nominations for the theme song, and for being the producer of "

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" from ''

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'', for which he won a Record of The Year Grammy Award. Other film credits range from David Fincher's '' Seven'',''

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'', ''

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'', to arranging music for the

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'' and ''

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''.

Music career

Franglen has worked with

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, Monica,

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. Currently there are over four hundred music credits to Franglen on

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Early career

After showing skill with synthesisers whilst working in London recording studios as a student, Franglen was hired by

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as a

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programmer, working on

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. He left Sarm West Studios to become an independent producer for acts like The Associates and a composer for commercials and TV. He composed the famous Direct Line jingle.

Pop work

Franglen was persuaded by engineer/producer

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to move to the US, where he became a top Los Angeles session musician and programmer. Alongside his career on film music, Franglen has been involved in a huge number of singles and albums that have charted highly, since the early 1990s. These include: "

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" (

) " Change The World" (

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) " For You I Will" ( Monica) " I Swear" ( All 4 One) " I Have Nothing" (

) " No Matter What" (

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) and his remix of E.Y.C.'s "One More Chance" was the leading version on the single release which peaked at number 25 in the UK charts. He has produced a wide variety of material, from UK grime rappers such as Ironik and Chip to classical tenors including Rolando Villazon.

Film score work

Franglen moved into film music when he was introduced to the composer John Barry late in the production of the score for '' Dances with Wolves'' and collaborated on the

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. He continued to work with Barry for a number of years, including on ''

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''. Other long-term collaborations were with the film composers

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James Horner James Roy Horner (August 14, 1953 – June 22, 2015) was an American film composer. He worked on more than 160 film and television productions between 1978 and 2015. He was known for the integration of choral and electronic elements alongside tr ...

, and

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, for whom he created the trademark dystopian electronica for '' Seven'' by David Fincher. He worked with producer

on the

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for '' The Bodyguard'' and later, produced Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor's "Come What May" with Foster for director

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's ''

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'', where he separately acted as vocal producer for the film songs. In 1997, he worked for the first time with James Horner on the score for ''Titanic'', for which he won a

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as producer of "

". He reconnected with Horner for ''

'', spending almost 11 months working on the score; he acted as Electronic Music Arranger and also co-wrote and co-produced the Golden Globe and Grammy nominated theme song. Horner and Franglen continued to work closely together from 2009 on films such as ''

'', Franglen initially acting as arranger, then moving to score producer.

Recent work

In 2016, a year after the death of his friend and colleague,

, Franglen co-composed the score to ''

'', which Horner had commenced. He won an ASCAP award for his work. 2016 also included original music for director Terrence Malick's film '' Voyage of Time''. In December 2016, he premiered a new fifteen minute 3-dimensional orchestral immersive work in what CNN called 'The World's Highest Art Space' - a 240 speaker immersive experience featuring four separate complete orchestral parts, Chinese Solo instruments, choir and bells on the 2000 ft high 126th floor of the

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, Shanghai, China. In early 2017, he worked with Pink Floyd at

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, producing 3D mixes of some of their best known tracks for an immersive installation room at the

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exhibition, Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains. Over 400,000 people visited the exhibition and the installation will tour around the world. Franglen was responsible for the production and further composition of the music throughout Pandora–The World of Avatar which opened at Walt Disney World in Florida in May 2017, taking over duties from James Horner in 2015. In 2018, an album of selected music from the park was released by Walt Disney Music album. He scored ''Together'', a film by director

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which premiered at SXSW in late 2017 and at the 2018

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. In 2018, he composed the scores to ''

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'' directed by

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, the MGM TV series '' The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair'' by director

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. In 2019, he premiered a new large scale orchestral and choral work for live performance, the oratorio "The Birth of Skies and Earth", based on the great Chinese creation myths. A ninety-minute work, with libretto in Mandarin Chinese, it premiered in Shanghai, with 176 musicians on stage, featuring a 90 piece orchestra, 80 voice choir, and six soloist singers. Subsequently, it toured around China. In late 2019, he composed the score to Xiaolong Zheng's ''Turandot, The Three Bracelets'', a large-budget Chinese historical action fantasy for release in 2021. In late 2020, he composed the score to the documentary film about the saving of the

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from ''Jihadists – The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu'' (based on the novel '' The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu''), directed by Otto Bell. In early 2021, he will be composing the score to the mythological epic, ''

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'', directed by

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. In late 2022, he will premiere a new opera. In 2019 it was announced that he had been hired to write new songs and music for '' Avatar: The Way of Water'' and '' Avatar: Fire and Ash''.

Other work

Franglen accompanied

for her first live performance in 27 years at the Inauguration of President Bill Clinton in Washington DC. He also toured with her for the subsequent come-back tour.

Recognition and awards

At the 21st edition of the Ischia Global Film & Music Festival in Italy, Franglen won the Ischia Film & Music Award.

Family

The composer and producer Nick Franglen is his brother. The musician and writer

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was his great uncle.

Film credits

* ''

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'' (1990) -

- Synthesizer Programming * '' Shattered'' (1991) -

- Keyboards, Synclavier Programming * ''

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'' (1991) -

- Additional Synthesizer Programming * ''

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'' (1991) -

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- Synclavier Programming * '' The Bodyguard'' (1992) -

- Synthesizer Programming * '' FernGully: The Last Rainforest'' (1992) -

- Synclavier Programming * ''

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'' (1992) -

- Synclavier Programming, Synthesizers, Drum Programming * ''

Cool Runnings ''Cool Runnings'' is a 1993 American sports comedy film directed by Jon Turteltaub from a screenplay by Lynn Siefert, Tommy Swerdlow, and Michael Goldberg, and a story by Siefert and Michael Ritchie. It is loosely based on the debut of the J ...

'' (1993) -

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- Synclavier Programming * ''

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'' (1993) -

- Synthesizer Programming * '' Seven'' (1995) -

- Programming * '' Crash'' (1996) -

- Electronic Music Preparation * '' The Preacher's Wife'' (1996) -

- Additional Synthesizer Programming * '' Space Jam'' (1996) -

- Synclavier Programming * '' Contact'' (1997) -

- Synclavier Programming * ''

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'' (1997) -

- Synthesizer Programming * ''

'' (1997) -

- Synthesizers, Instrumental Solo, Producer "My Heart Will Go On" * '' Quest for Camelot'' (1998) -

Patrick Doyle Patrick Doyle (born 6 April 1953) is a Scottish composer and occasional actor best known for his film scores. During his 50-year career in film, television and theatre, he has composed the scores for over 60 feature films. A longtime collaborato ...

- Additional Synthesizer Programming * ''

'' (2001) - Craig Armstrong - Producer, Vocal Production, Engineer * ''

'' (2009) -

- Electronic Music Arranger, Composer - Theme song (Golden Globe nomination) * ''

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'' (2010) -

- Synthesizer Programming * ''

'' (2012) -

- Arranger * ''

'' (2012） -

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- Arranger, Programming * '' Wolf Totem'' (2015) -

- Score Producer, Arranger * '' Southpaw'' (2015) -

- Score Producer, Arranger * ''

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'' (2015) -

- Score Producer, Arranger * ''

'' (2015) -

- Arranger, Synthesizer Programming * ''

'' (2016) -

& Simon Franglen - Co-composer * ''Living in the Age of Airplanes'' (2016) -

- Score Producer, Arranger * ''

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'' (2016) - Series Composer * '' Voyage of Time'' (2016) - Composer * '' Terrence Malick's 'Together''' (2018) - Composer * '' The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair'' (2018) - Composer * ''

'' (2018) - Composer * ''

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, The Three Bracelets'' (2019 / 2020) - Composer * '' Notre-Dame on Fire'' (2022) - Composer. * '' Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva'' (2022) - Composer (score) * '' Avatar: The Way of Water'' (2022) - Composer * '' Avatar: Fire and Ash'' (2025) - Composer * '' Avatar 4'' (2029) - Composer * '' Avatar 5'' (2031) - Composer

Music credits

* ''River of Love'' (1990) -

- Synclavier Programming * ''Rechording'' (1991) - David Foster - Arranger, Programming * ''Dreams to Dream'' (1991) -

Linda Ronstadt Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is an American singer who has performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country, light opera, the Great American Songbook, and Latin music. Ronstadt has earned 11 Grammy Awards, three A ...

- Synclavier Programming * '' Attitude & Virtue'' (1991) - Corey Hart - Engineer, Arranger, Synclavier Programming, Assistant Producer * ''

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'' (1992) -

Miki Howard Alicia Michelle "Miki" Howard (born September 30, 1960) is an American R&B singer who had top 10 hit songs in the mid-1980s and early 1990s, including "Baby, Be Mine" (1987), "Come Share My Love" (1986) and "Love Under New Management" (1990). ...

- Synclavier Programming * '' World Falling Down'' (1992) -

Peter Cetera Peter Paul Cetera Jr. ( ; born September 13, 1944) is a retired American musician best known for being a frontman, vocalist, and bassist for the American rock band Chicago from 1967 until his departure in 1985. His career as a recording artist ...

- Synclavier Programming * '' The Vanishing Race'' (1993) -

Air Supply Air Supply is an Australian soft rock duo formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1975, consisting of Englishman Graham Russell (vocals, guitar) and Australian Russell Hitchcock (vocals). With record sales of 100 million worldwide, they had a suc ...

- Synclavier Programming * '' The Colour of My Love'' (1993) -

- Synclavier Programming * '' Back to Broadway'' (1993) -

- Synclavier Programming * '' The One Thing'' (1993) -

Michael Bolton Michael Bolotin (born February 26, 1953), known professionally as Michael Bolton, is an American singer and songwriter. Bolton performed in the hard rock and heavy metal music genres from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, both on his early solo a ...

- Additional Synthesizer Programming * '' Groove On'' (1994) -

Gerald LeVert Gerald Edward Levert (July 13, 1966 – November 10, 2006) was an Americans, American singer-songwriter and Music Producer, producer. Levert performed with his brother, Sean Levert, and friend Marc Gordon with the R&B vocal group, LeVert. Le ...

- Synclavier Programming * '' Dream Away'' (1994) - Babyface &

Lisa Stansfield Lisa Jane Stansfield (born 11 April 1966) is an English singer, songwriter, and actress. Her career began in 1980 when she won the singing competition ''Search for a Star''. After appearances in various television shows and releasing her first ...

- Synclavier Programming * ''Through the Fire'' (1994) -

Peabo Bryson Robert Peapo "Peabo" Bryson ( ; born April 13, 1951) is an American singer and songwriter. He is known for singing soul ballads (often as a duet with female singers) including the hit singles " Tonight, I Celebrate My Love", "You're Looking Like ...

- Synclavier Programming * ''Love Lights the World'' (1994) - David Foster - Synclavier Programming * '' Join the Band'' (1994) -

Take 6 Take 6 is an American a cappella gospel sextet formed in 1980 on the campus of Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama. The group integrates jazz with spiritual and inspirational lyrics. Take 6 has received several Grammy Awards as well as D ...

- Synclavier Programming, Drum Programming * '' Something to Remember'' (1995) -

- Synclavier Programming * '' Q's Jook Joint'' (1995) -

- Synthesizer Programming * ''

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'' (1995) -

- Keyboards, Drum Programming, Percussion, Synthesizer Programming, Synclavier Programming * ''Remember Me This Way'' (1995) - Jordan Hill - Synclavier Programming * '' Secrets'' (1996) -

- Synclavier Programming * ''

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'' (1996) - Celine Dion - Synclavier Programming * '' For You I Will'' (1997) - Monica - Synclavier Programming * ''

'' (1997) - Celine Dion - Producer, Arranger, Keyboards, Drum Programming, Synthesizer Programming, Synclavier Programming, Bass * '' Open Road'' (1997) -

Gary Barlow Gary Barlow (born 20 January 1971) is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality. He is the lead singer of the pop group Take That. Barlow is one of the United Kingdom's most successful songwriters, having writ ...

- Synclavier Programming, Drum Programming * ''Love is a Miracle'' (1997) -

Andy Lau Andy Lau Tak-wah ( zh, order=t,j, t=劉德華, j=Lau4 Dak1 Waa4; born Lau Fook-wing; 27 September 1961), is a Hong Kong actor, singer-songwriter and film producer. He was named the "Fourth Tiger" among the Five Tiger Generals of TVB in the 1 ...

- Producer, Arranger, Keyboards, Drum Programming, Synclavier Programming, Bass * '' EV3'' (1997) -

En Vogue En Vogue is an American vocal girl group whose original lineup consisted of singers Terry Ellis, Dawn Robinson, Cindy Herron, and Maxine Jones. Formed in Oakland, California, in 1989, En Vogue reached No. 2 on the US Hot 100 with the singl ...

- Synclavier Programming * '' Flesh and Bone'' (1997) -

Richard Marx Richard Noel Marx (born September 16, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter. He has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Marx's first number one success as a songwriter came in 1984 with " What About Me?", which was recorded by Kenny Rogers ...

- Synclavier Programming, Keyboard Programming, Keyboards, Drum Programming * ''

Let's Talk About Love ''Let's Talk About Love'' is the fifteenth studio album and fifth English-language album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released on 14 November 1997 by Sony Music. The follow-up to the commercially successful '' Falling into You'' (1996), ''Le ...

'' (1997) - Celine Dion - Synclavier Programming * '' My Love is Your Love'' (1998) -

- Synclavier Programming * '' Never Say Never'' (1998) -

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- Synclavier Programming * ''Mona Lisa's Tears'' (1998) - Terry Lin - Synclavier Programming * '' Where We Belong'' (1998) -

- Associate Producer, Arranger, Keyboards, Engineer, Drum Programming * ''Whistle Down The Wind'' (1998) -

Tina Arena Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena (born 1 November 1967) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, musical theatre actress and record producer. She is one of Australia's highest-selling artists and has sold over 10 million records worldwid ...

- Producer, Arranger, Keyboard Programming, Engineer * '' One Wish'' (1999) -

Deborah Cox Deborah Cox (born July 13, 1974) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. Born and raised in Toronto, she began performing on television commercials at age 12, and entered various talent shows in her teenage years before ...

- Synclavier Programming * '' "Come What May" (2001) Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor - Producer, Programming, Vocal Producer * '' The Heat'' (2000) - Toni Braxton - Keyboards, Programming * '' Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer)'' (2009) - Ironik,

Chip (rapper) Jahmaal Noel Fyffe (born 26 November 1990), better known by his stage name Chip (formerly Chipmunk), is an English rapper from Tottenham, London. In the past 14 years, he has collaborated with the likes of Skepta, T.I., Meek Mill, D-Block Europ ...

Elton John Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, songwriter and pianist. His music and showmanship have had a significant, lasting impact on the music industry, and his songwriting partnership with l ...

* '' A New Day Has Come'' (2002) - Celine Dion - Producer, Arranger, Keyboards, Synthesizer Programming * ''

Pulse In medicine, the pulse refers to the rhythmic pulsations (expansion and contraction) of an artery in response to the cardiac cycle (heartbeat). The pulse may be felt ( palpated) in any place that allows an artery to be compressed near the surfac ...

'' (2010) - Toni Braxton - Producer

Installations and 3D

Shanghai Tower The Shanghai Tower is a 128-story, megatall skyscraper located in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai.

* Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains * Pandora–The World of Avatar

References

External links

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