Nick Glennie-Smith
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Nick Glennie-Smith
| image =
| background = non_performing_personnel
| birth_place = London, England
| alias = Nickolas Glennie-Smith
| genre = Film score, rock
| occupation = Musician, composer, conductor
| instrument = Keyboards, guitar
| years_active = 1976–present
}}
Nickolas Glennie-Smith is an English film score composer, conductor, and musician who is a frequent collaborator with Hans Zimmer, contributing to scores including The Rock (nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound), the 2006 historical film Children of Glory and the 1993 spy thriller Point of No Return. Glennie-Smith has also composed the scores for the films Home Alone 3, The Man in the Iron Mask, We Were Soldiers, Secretariat, the score for the Disney direct-to-video animated film The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, Lauras Stern, Der kleine Eisbär 2 - Die geheimnisvolle Insel and A Sound of Thunder.
Glennie-Smith is a part of Hans Zimmer's film score company Remote Control Productions, for which he has conducted music for the soundtracks on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, X-Men: First Class and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. He was Zimmer's accompanist on the score for Man of Steel.
Glennie-Smith is the master composer of the music in the French theme park le Puy du Fou. He has collaborated with the former Pink Floyd bassist, Roger Waters. He worked on Waters' score for the 1986 film When the Wind Blows, then provided some of the keyboard overdubbing for the song "The Powers that Be" on Waters' 1987 Radio K.A.O.S. album. He performed at the 1990 concert The Wall Live in Berlin as a keyboardist alongside Peter Wood. He also toured in the 1980s with Cliff Richard, again playing keyboards. In 1987, he was responsible, with producer Vic Coppersmith-Heaven and singer Kenny Young, for the album Transmissions{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Gentlemen+Without+Weapons |title=Gentlemen Without Weapons Discography at Discogs |publisher=Discogs|access-date=2014-06-28}} under the group name Gentlemen Without Weapons.
Musical career
Glennie-Smith was born in London. In 1975 he started his musical career with the band Wally, performing keyboards on their second album, Valley Gardens. In 1980, he played keyboards on Leo Sayer's album Living in a Fantasy. Also in 1980, he started recording and touring with Cliff Richard, appearing on three albums, I'm No Hero (synthesizer), Wired for Sound (engineer, piano on one song), and The Rock Connection (synthesizer on one song).{{cite AV media notes |title="I'm No Hero" |others=Cliff Richard|year=1980 |publisher=EMI}}{{cite AV media notes |title="Wired for Sound" |others=Cliff Richard|year=1981 |publisher=EMI}}{{cite AV media notes |title="The Rock Connection" |others=Cliff Richard|year=1984 |publisher=EMI}}
Glennie-Smith is also known for his contributions to Roger Daltrey's solo albums, Under a Raging Moon, and Can't Wait to See the Movie, and Paul McCartney's solo albums Press to Play, and Flowers in the Dirt.
He has also worked with many other artists including Phil Collins, Tina Turner, Elvis Costello, Pharrell Williams, Nik Kershaw, Duane Eddy, Katrina & the Waves, and The Adventures.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/nick-glennie-smith-mn0000867271/credits |title=Nick Glennie-Smith | Credits |publisher=AllMusic|date=1951-10-03 |access-date=2014-06-28}}
Filmography
= As primary composer =
class="wikitable sortable" |
Year
! Title ! Director(s) ! Studio(s) ! Notes |
---|
rowspan="2" | 1996
| Morgan Creek Productions | |
The Rock
| with Hans Zimmer & Harry Gregson-Williams |
rowspan="3" | 1997
| {{N/A}} |
Home Alone 3
| {{N/A}} |
Cyclops, Baby
| Short film |
rowspan="3" | 1998
| Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | {{N/A}} |
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
| Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment | Direct-to-video film |
Max Q
| Michael Shapiro | Television film |
1999
! Michelle Kwan Skates to Disney's Greatest Hits | Television film. Reuses music from The Jungle Book (1967), The Aristocats (1970), The Little Mermaid (1989), Aladdin (1992), Hocus Pocus (1993), The Lion King (1994), Hercules (1997), Mulan (1998), and The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998). |
2000
| with Stephen Graziano |
2001
! Attila |
2002
| {{N/A}} |
rowspan="2" | 2004
| {{N/A}} |
Laura's Star
| {{ill|Piet De Rycker|fr}} | rowspan="2" | Warner Bros. Pictures | with Hans Zimmer and Henning Lohner |
rowspan="2" | 2005
| {{N/A}} |
The Little Polar Bear 2 – The Mysterious Island
| {{ill|Piet De Rycker|fr}} |Warner Bros. Pictures | with Hans Zimmer |
2006
| Krisztina Goda | {{N/A}} |
2010
| {{N/A}} |
2013
| Nathan Todd | Adnuco Pictures | {{N/A}} |
2014
| {{N/A}} |
2021
| Joya Thome | with Hans Zimmer and Henning Lohner |
= As Other =
class="wikitable" |
Year
! Title ! width="100x" | Director(s) ! width="250x" | Composer(s) ! width="250px" | Role |
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1986
| rowspan="3" |Musician: Synthesizers |
1990
!Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | rowspan="2" | Stanley Myers |
rowspan="2" |1991 |
K2
| rowspan="2" |Composer of Additional Music |
rowspan="3" |1993
| rowspan="3" |Hans Zimmer |
Cool Runnings
|Orchestrator & Composer of Additional Music |
The House of the Spirits
|Orchestrator & Musician: Piano |
rowspan="4" |1994
|Composer of Additional Music |
The Lion King
| rowspan="3" |Hans Zimmer |Choral Conductor & Composer of Additional Music |
Renaissance Man
|Orchestrator & Composer of Additional Music |
Drop Zone
| rowspan="2" |Composer of Additional Music |
rowspan="5" |1995 |
Crimson Tide
| rowspan="5" |Hans Zimmer |Orchestrator & Conductor |
Beyond Rangoon
|Conductor & Composer of Additional Music |
Two Deaths
|Conductor |
Nine Months
| rowspan="3" |Composer of Additional Music |
1996 |
1997 |
rowspan="2" |2000
|Conductor |
Mission: Impossible 2
|Musician: Synthesizers |
2001
| rowspan="2" |John Powell | rowspan="4" |Composer of Additional Music |
rowspan="2" |2002 |
The New Guy |
2003 |
rowspan="2" |2004
|Conductor |
King Arthur
| rowspan="3" |Hans Zimmer |Conductor & Composer of Additional Music |
rowspan="3" |2006
|Choral Conductor & Composer of Additional Music |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
| rowspan="3" |Conductor & Composer of Additional Music |
Déjà Vu |
rowspan="4" |2007 |
Transformers
| rowspan="47" |Conductor |
License to Wed |
The Simpsons Movie |
rowspan="3" |2008 |
The Forbidden Kingdom |
Beverly Hills Chihuahua |
rowspan="5" |2009 |
Imagine That |
Surrogates |
It's Complicated |
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
| rowspan="2" |Steve Jablonsky |
rowspan="3" |2010 |
You Again |
How Do You Know
| rowspan="3" |Hans Zimmer |
rowspan="7" |2011 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides |
A Little Bit of Heaven |
Winnie the Pooh
| rowspan="2" |Henry Jackman |
X-Men: First Class |
Your Highness
| rowspan="3" |Steve Jablonsky |
Transformers: Dark of the Moon |
rowspan="3" |2012 |
Savages
|Adam Peters |
Wreck-It Ralph
| rowspan="3" |Henry Jackman |
rowspan="8" |2013 |
This Is the End |
Gangster Squad |
Despicable Me 2
|Pierre Coffin |
Man of Steel
| rowspan="2" |Hans Zimmer |
The Lone Ranger |
Pacific Rim |
Captain Phillips |
rowspan="5" |2014 |
300: Rise of an Empire |
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
|Hans Zimmer |
Million Dollar Arm |
Transformers: Age of Extinction |
rowspan="4" |2015 |
Pixels |
The Little Prince |
Black Mass
| rowspan="2" |Junkie XL |
rowspan="2" |2016 |
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice |
rowspan="8" |2017
|Richie Keen |Dominic Lewis |
Sandy Wexler |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales |
Despicable Me 3 |
Transformers: The Last Knight |
Hans Zimmer: Live in Prague
|Tim Van Someren |Musical director |
Geostorm
| rowspan="13" |Conductor |
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle |
rowspan="5" |2018 |
Smallfoot |
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween |
Ralph Breaks the Internet |
Aquaman |
rowspan="4" |2019
| rowspan="2" |Hans Zimmer |
The Lion King |
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil |
Jumanji: The Next Level |
rowspan="2" |2020 |
Bloodshot
| David S. F. Wilson |
rowspan="4" |2022
| Booth Reader |
Bullet Train
|rowspan="3"| Conductor |
The Son |
Strange World
| Don Hall |
rowspan="3"| 2024
|rowspan="2"| Booth Reader |
Dear Santa |
Mufasa: The Lion King
| Songs Conductor |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|322684}}
- {{Discogs artist}}
- [http://hans-zimmer.com/index.php?rub=rcpmember&numid=9 Page at Hans-Zimmer.com]
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