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John Debney

Composer | * 08/18/1956 (67) | Glendale, CA (United States of America (USA))
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). ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Kids & Family | Drama

Known for these Movies & Shows

The story of American showman P.T. Barnum, founder of the circus that became the famous traveling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. ...

The Greatest Showman

PG

2017 | 4.0/5 | 1h 45min
Drama
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A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is forced to flee the jungle, by which he embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of the panthe ...

The Jungle Book

PG

2016 | 3.4/5 | 1h 46min
Kids & Family, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
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With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with t ...

Iron Man 2

12A

2010 | 3.4/5 | 2h 4min
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
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A graphic portrayal of the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life. ...

The Passion of the Christ

18

2004 | 3.7/5 | 2h 7min
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for John Debney

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series Academy Award for Best Original Score Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series
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Movies with John Debney as Actor(6)

as himself2021 Silent Night: A Song for the World
as himself2018 Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
as himself2017 Score: A Film Music Documentary
as himself2006 Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
as himself2002 The Sweatbox
as John (Student)1975 The Strongest Man in the World

Movies with John Debney as Crew(157)

Sound/Original Music Composer2024 Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
Sound/Original Music Composer2024 The Garfield Movie
Sound/Music2023 Bad Luck Spot!
Sound/Music2023 80 for Brady
Crew/Additional Music2023 Hypnotic
Sound/Music2023 Under the Boardwalk
Sound/Sound2023 The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection
Sound/Original Music Composer2023 Spy Kids: Armageddon
Sound/Original Music Composer2022 Marry Me
Sound/Original Music Composer2022 Hocus Pocus 2
Sound/Original Music Composer2022 Luck
Sound/Original Music Composer2021 Home Sweet Home Alone
Sound/Original Music Composer2021 American Underdog
Sound/Original Music Composer2021 Clifford the Big Red Dog
Sound/Original Music Composer2020 Asteroid Hunters
Sound/Original Music Composer2020 Come Away
Sound/Music2020 I Still Believe
Sound/Music2020 Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Sound/Original Music Composer2019 Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Sound/Original Music Composer2019 The Beach Bum
Sound/Original Music Composer2019 Brian Banks
Sound/Music2019 Isn't It Romantic
Sound/Original Music Composer2019 Lake of Death
Sound/Original Music Composer2019 Sextuplets
Sound/Music2018 Beirut
Sound/Original Music Composer2017 The Greatest Showman
Sound/Original Music Composer2017 Home Again
Sound/Music2016 The Young Messiah
Sound/Original Music Composer2016 Ice Age: Collision Course
Sound/Music2016 Mother's Day
Sound/Original Music Composer2016 Scrat: Spaced Out
Sound/Original Music Composer2016 League of Gods
Sound/Music2016 The Jungle Book
Sound/Original Music Composer2015 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Sound/Music2015 Broken Horses
Sound/Original Music Composer2014 Walk of Shame
Sound/Music2014 Stonehearst Asylum
Sound/Original Music Composer2014 Draft Day
Sound/Music2014 The Cobbler
Sound/Original Music Composer2013 Jobs
Sound/Original Music Composer2013 The Call
Sound/Music2013 The Call
Sound/Original Music Composer2012 A Thousand Words
Sound/Original Music Composer2012 Alex Cross
Sound/Original Music Composer2012 The Three Stooges
Sound/Original Music Composer2011 The Double
Sound/Original Music Composer2011 No Strings Attached
Sound/Original Music Composer2011 Dream House
Sound/Music2011 The Change-Up
Sound/Original Music Composer2011 The Fisherman
Sound/Music2011 New Year's Eve
Sound/Original Music Composer2010 Iron Man 2
Sound/Original Music Composer2010 Predators
Sound/Original Music Composer2010 Yogi Bear
Sound/Original Music Composer2010 Valentine's Day
Sound/Original Music Composer2009 Hotel for Dogs
Sound/Music2009 The Stoning of Soraya M.
Sound/Original Music Composer2009 Aliens in the Attic
Sound/Original Music Composer2009 Hannah Montana: The Movie
Sound/Original Music Composer2009 Old Dogs
Sound/Music2008 Swing Vote
Sound/Music2008 The Seed
Sound/Original Music Composer2008 Meet Dave
Sound/Original Music Composer2008 My Best Friend's Girl
Sound/Music2007 Georgia Rule
Sound/Original Music Composer2007 Evan Almighty
Sound/Original Music Composer2006 Everyone's Hero
Sound/Music2006 Keeping Up with the Steins
Sound/Original Music Composer2006 Barnyard
Sound/Conductor2006 Barnyard
Sound/Original Music Composer2006 The Ant Bully
Sound/Music2006 Idlewild
Sound/Music2005 Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Sound/Original Music Composer2005 Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
Sound/Music2005 Duma
Sound/Music2005 The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Sound/Music2005 The Pacifier
Sound/Original Music Composer2005 Zathura: A Space Adventure
Sound/Conductor2005 Zathura: A Space Adventure
Sound/Original Music Composer2005 Sin City
Sound/Conductor2005 Sin City
Sound/Original Music Composer2005 Chicken Little
Sound/Original Music Composer2004 The Whole Ten Yards
Sound/Original Music Composer2004 Welcome to Mooseport
Sound/Original Music Composer2004 The Passion of the Christ
Sound/Music2004 Christmas with the Kranks
Sound/Original Music Composer2004 Raising Helen
Sound/Original Music Composer2004 The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Sound/Original Music Composer2003 Bruce Almighty
Sound/Original Music Composer2003 Elf
Sound/Original Music Composer2002 Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Sound/Original Music Composer2002 The Tuxedo
Sound/Original Music Composer2002 The Hot Chick
Sound/Original Music Composer2002 Snow Dogs
Sound/Original Music Composer2002 Dragonfly
Sound/Original Music Composer2002 The Scorpion King
Sound/Original Music Composer2002 Swimfan
Sound/Original Music Composer2001 Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Sound/Original Music Composer2001 The Princess Diaries
Sound/Original Music Composer2001 Heartbreakers
Sound/Original Music Composer2001 Spy Kids
Sound/Original Music Composer2001 Cats & Dogs
Sound/Music2001 See Spot Run
Sound/Original Music Composer2000 The Replacements
Sound/Original Music Composer2000 The Emperor's New Groove
Sound/Music2000 Michael Jordan to the max
Sound/Music2000 Running Mates
Sound/Music2000 Relative Values
Sound/Original Music Composer1999 Dick
Sound/Original Music Composer1999 Komodo
Sound/Music1999 Inspector Gadget
Sound/Original Music Composer1999 G-Saviour
Sound/Music1999 The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
Sound/Music1999 My Favorite Martian
Sound/Original Music Composer1999 End of Days
Sound/Original Music Composer1999 Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
Sound/Music1999 The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Sound/Music1999 Lost & Found
Sound/Music1998 Paulie
Sound/Music1998 I'll Be Home for Christmas
Sound/Original Music Composer1997 The Relic
Sound/Conductor1997 The Relic
Sound/Original Music Composer1997 Liar Liar
Sound/Conductor1997 Liar Liar
Sound/Original Music Composer1997 I Know What You Did Last Summer
Sound/Conductor1997 I Know What You Did Last Summer
Sound/Original Music Composer1997 Justice League of America
Sound/Original Music Composer1996 Getting Away with Murder
Sound/Original Music Composer1996 Carpool
Sound/Music1996 Chameleon
Sound/Original Music Composer1996 Doctor Who
Sound/Original Music Composer1995 Sudden Death
Sound/Conductor1995 Sudden Death
Sound/Music1995 Houseguest
Sound/Music1995 Runaway Brain
Sound/Original Music Composer1995 In Pursuit of Honor
Sound/Music1995 Cutthroat Island
Sound/Music1994 White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
Sound/Original Music Composer1994 Little Giants
Sound/Music1993 Class of '61
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 The Halloween Tree
Sound/Music1993 For Love and Glory
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 The Town Santa Forgot
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 Hocus Pocus
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 Gunmen
Sound/Music1993 Jonny's Golden Quest
Sound/Music1992 Still Not Quite Human
Sound/Music1992 Sunstroke
Sound/Original Music Composer1991 Into the Badlands
Sound/Music1990 The Yum Yums: The Day Things Went Sour
Sound/Original Music Composer1990 Jetsons: The Movie
Sound/Original Music Composer1989 The Eyes of the Panther
Sound/Music1988 The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck
Crew/Additional Music1987 DTV Monster Hits
Sound/Music1987 Sport Goofy in Soccermania
Sound/Original Music Composer1984 Fitness and Me: Why Exercise?
Sound/Music1983 Backstage at Disney

TV Shows/Series with John Debney as Crew(13)

Sound/Original Music Composer2021 The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers
Sound/Music2017 Santa Clarita Diet
Sound/Music2017 The Orville
Sound/Music2017 Young Sheldon
Sound/Music2015 Texas Rising
Sound/Music2015 American Odyssey
Sound/Music2015 Point of Honor
Sound/Music1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Sound/Music1993 Against the Grain
Sound/Music1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation
Sound/Original Music Composer1982 Fame
Sound/Music1982 Cagney & Lacey
Sound/Original Music Composer1963 Doctor Who

Full Name: John Debney
Born: Saturday, 08/18 1956 (August) in Glendale, CA (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 67 years + 251 days)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN)
Record Label: Varèse Sarabande
Spouses (current/former): Lola Debney
Children: Josh Debney, John Debney Jr., Jason Debney
Father: Louis Debney
Mother: Edith Hungate Debney
John Debney frequently works together with these people:
Robert Rodriguez (47x, Crew)
Terry Walsh (39x, Actor)
Kevin Kaska (21x, Crew)
Jeff Carson (20x, Crew)
Pat Gorman (16x, Actor)
Garry Marshall (13x, Actor)
Max Faulkner (13x, Actor)
Mary Vernieu (12x, Crew)
Steve Oedekerk (11x, Crew)
Cy Town (11x, Actor)
John Scott Martin (11x, Actor)
Jon Favreau (10x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:33779, Added: 05/13/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024