John Debney
Sound
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, including comedy, horror, science fiction, thriller, fantasy, and action-adventure. He is a long-time collaborator of The Walt Disney Company, having written music for their films, television series, and theme parks. He has also collaborated with film directors such as Jon Favreau, Garry Marshall, Tom Shadyac, Peter Hyams, John A. Davis, Brad Anderson, Howard Deutch, Mark Dindal, Robert Rodriguez, and Paul Tibbitt. Debney has been the recipient of three Primetime Emmy Awards and an Academy Award nomination for his score for Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ (2004). The son of Disney Studios producer Louis Debney (Zorro, The Mickey Mouse Club), John was born and raised in Glendale, California, nearby to Disney. He began guitar lessons at age six and played in rock bands in college. Debney earned his B.A. degree in Music Composition from the California Institute of Arts in 1979. After ending his career with Disney, Debney worked for Mike Post. Debney furthered his hands-on training by working with Hanna-Barbera composer Hoyt Curtin. After this, Debney went on to score television projects as diverse as Disneyland, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, SeaQuest DSV, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, The Cape, The Lazarus Man, Piggsburg Pigs!, The Further Adventures of SuperTed, Doctor Who, Cagney and Lacey, Tiny Toon Adventures, The Young Riders, The New Yogi Bear Show, Police Academy: The Animated Series, Fame, Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, Dragon's Lair, Freshman Dorm, Pop Quiz, and Dink, the Little Dinosaur, for which he won an Emmy for Best Main Title. In the early 1990s, Debney began to score indie films and Disneyland attractions. In 1991, Debney composed the music for Phantom Manor and It's a Small World (also used at Disneyland from 1993 to 2002) in Disneyland Paris and SpectroMagic at Magic Kingdom. In 1993, he scored his first studio feature, the Disney comedy Hocus Pocus starring Bette Midler. In 1994, Debney wrote Friends Forever with Greg Scelsa from Greg & Steve's album We All Live Together, Vol. 5. Debney has since gone on to have a career composing scores for many films, including Cats & Dogs, The Passion of the Christ, Bruce Almighty, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Elf, Sin City, Chicken Little, Liar Liar, Spy Kids, The Scorpion King, The Princess Diaries, and Predators. Debney has also composed scores for the video games Lair and The Sims Medieval. In 2010, he composed the theme music for the Nickelodeon television series Supah Ninjas. He composed some of Disney Parks's Nighttime Spectaculars, including World Of Colour Celebrate! in Disney's California Adventure, The Magic, The Memories And You! and Celebrate the Magic in Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom and Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland in Tokyo Disneyland, as well as an arrangement of "When You Wish Upon a Star" as a fanfare for the Walt Disney Pictures logo from 1985 to 2006. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Debney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers
Original Music Composer
Age 64 (now 69)
The Strongest Man in the World
as John (Student)
Age 18 (now 69)
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
Original Music Composer
Age 69
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
Original Music Composer
Age 68 (now 69)
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
Original Music Composer
Age 67 (now 69)
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Original Music Composer
Age 64 (now 69)
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
as Music Man
Age 64 (now 69)
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Original Music Composer
Age 62 (now 69)
Silent Night: A Song for the World
as Self
Age 62 (now 69)
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
as Self
Age 62 (now 69)
Ice Age: Collision Course
Original Music Composer
Age 59 (now 69)
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Original Music Composer
Age 58 (now 69)
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Original Music Composer
Age 52 (now 69)
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Additional Music
Age 51 (now 69)
By His Wounds We Are Healed: Making 'The Passion of the Christ'
By His Wounds We Are Healed: Making 'The Passion of the Christ'
Music
Age 50 (now 69)
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
as Self
Age 49 (now 69)
Keeping Up with the Steins
Original Music Composer
Age 49 (now 69)
Zathura: A Space Adventure
Original Music Composer
Age 49 (now 69)
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
Original Music Composer
Age 49 (now 69)
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Original Music Composer
Age 48 (now 69)
Christmas with the Kranks
Original Music Composer
Age 48 (now 69)
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Original Music Composer
Age 47 (now 69)
The Passion of the Christ
Original Music Composer
Age 47 (now 69)
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Original Music Composer
Age 45 (now 69)
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Original Music Composer
Age 45 (now 69)
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
Original Music Composer
Age 43 (now 69)
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
Music
Age 43 (now 69)
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Original Music Composer
Age 43 (now 69)
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Original Music Composer
Age 42 (now 69)
Justice League of America
Original Music Composer
Age 41 (now 69)
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Original Music Composer
Age 41 (now 69)
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
Original Music Composer
Age 37 (now 69)
The Flintstones: Hollyrock a Bye Baby
Original Music Composer
Age 37 (now 69)
The Yum Yums: The Day Things Went Sour
Music
Age 33 (now 69)
The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck
Original Music Composer
Age 31 (now 69)
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
Original Music Composer
Age 28 (now 69)
Fitness and Me: Why Exercise?
Original Music Composer
Age 27 (now 69)
The Strongest Man in the World
as John (Student)
Age 18 (now 69) The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers
Original Music Composer
Age 64 (now 69)
Gathering insights...
IMDB
nm0002201