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

! Two If by Sea

| Bill Bennett

| Morgan Creek Productions
Warner Bros. Pictures

|

The Rock

| Michael Bay

| Hollywood Pictures

| with Hans Zimmer & Harry Gregson-Williams

rowspan="3" | 1997

! Fire Down Below

| Félix Enríquez Alcalá

| Warner Bros. Pictures

| {{N/A}}

Home Alone 3

| Raja Gosnell

| 20th Century Fox

| {{N/A}}

Cyclops, Baby

| D. J. Caruso

| Touchstone Pictures

| Short film

rowspan="3" | 1998

! The Man in the Iron Mask

| Randall Wallace

| Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
United Artists

| {{N/A}}

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

| Darrell Rooney

| Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
DisneyToon Studios

| Direct-to-video film

Max Q

| Michael Shapiro

| Touchstone Television
ABC

| Television film

1999

! Michelle Kwan Skates to Disney's Greatest Hits

| Steve Binder

| ABC Family

| 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

! Highlander: Endgame

| Doug Aarniokoski

| Dimension Films

| with Stephen Graziano

2001

! Attila

| Dick Lowry

| Alphaville Films

| Gerard Butler

2002

! We Were Soldiers

| Randall Wallace

| Paramount Pictures

| {{N/A}}

rowspan="2" | 2004

! Ella Enchanted

| Tommy O'Haver

| Miramax Films

| {{N/A}}

Laura's Star

| {{ill|Piet De Rycker|fr}}
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| rowspan="2" | Warner Bros. Pictures

| with Hans Zimmer and Henning Lohner

rowspan="2" | 2005

! A Sound of Thunder

| Peter Hyams

| {{N/A}}

The Little Polar Bear 2 – The Mysterious Island

| {{ill|Piet De Rycker|fr}}
{{ill|Thilo Rothkirch|de|Thilo Graf Rothkirch}}

|Warner Bros. Pictures
Rothkirch Cartoon Film

| with Hans Zimmer

2006

! Children of Glory

| Krisztina Goda

| C2 Pictures

| {{N/A}}

2010

! Secretariat

| Randall Wallace

| Walt Disney Pictures

| {{N/A}}

2013

! A Belfast Story

| Nathan Todd

| Adnuco Pictures

| {{N/A}}

2014

! Heaven Is for Real

| Randall Wallace

| TriStar Pictures

| {{N/A}}

2021

! Laura's Star

| Joya Thome

| Warner Bros. Pictures

| with Hans Zimmer and Henning Lohner

= As Other =

class="wikitable"
Year

! Title

! width="100x" | Director(s)

! width="250x" | Composer(s)

! width="250px" | Role

1986

!When the Wind Blows

|Jimmy T. Murakami

|Roger Waters

| rowspan="3" |Musician: Synthesizers

1990

!Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

|Tom Stoppard

| rowspan="2" | Stanley Myers

rowspan="2" |1991

!Cold Heaven

|Nicolas Roeg

K2

|Franc Roddam

| Hans Zimmer
Chaz Jankel

| rowspan="2" |Composer of Additional Music

rowspan="3" |1993

!Calendar Girl

|John Whitesell

| rowspan="3" |Hans Zimmer

Cool Runnings

|Jon Turteltaub

|Orchestrator & Composer of Additional Music

The House of the Spirits

|Bille August

|Orchestrator & Musician: Piano

rowspan="4" |1994

!Monkey Trouble

|Franco Amurri

|Mark Mancina

|Composer of Additional Music

The Lion King

|Roger Allers

Rob Minkoff

| rowspan="3" |Hans Zimmer

|Choral Conductor & Composer of Additional Music

Renaissance Man

|Penny Marshall

|Orchestrator & Composer of Additional Music

Drop Zone

|John Badham

| rowspan="2" |Composer of Additional Music

rowspan="5" |1995

!Bad Boys

|Michael Bay

|Mark Mancina

Crimson Tide

|Tony Scott

| rowspan="5" |Hans Zimmer

|Orchestrator & Conductor

Beyond Rangoon

|John Boorman

|Conductor & Composer of Additional Music

Two Deaths

|Nicolas Roeg

|Conductor

Nine Months

|Chris Columbus

| rowspan="3" |Composer of Additional Music

1996

!The Preacher's Wife

|Penny Marshall

1997

!Smilla's Sense of Snow

|Bille August

|Harry Gregson-Williams
Hans Zimmer

rowspan="2" |2000

!The Tigger Movie

|Jun Falkenstein

|Harry Gregson-Williams

|Conductor

Mission: Impossible 2

|John Woo

|Hans Zimmer

|Musician: Synthesizers

2001

!Just Visiting

|Jean-Marie Poiré

| rowspan="2" |John Powell

| rowspan="4" |Composer of Additional Music

rowspan="2" |2002

!D-Tox

|Jim Gillespie

The New Guy

|Ed Decter

|Ralph Sall

2003

!Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

|Gore Verbinski

|Klaus Badelt
Hans Zimmer

rowspan="2" |2004

!Thunderbirds

|Jonathan Frakes

|Ramin Djawadi
Hans Zimmer

|Conductor

King Arthur

|Antoine Fuqua

| rowspan="3" |Hans Zimmer

|Conductor & Composer of Additional Music

rowspan="3" |2006

!The Da Vinci Code

|Ron Howard

|Choral Conductor & Composer of Additional Music

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

|Gore Verbinski

| rowspan="3" |Conductor & Composer of Additional Music

Déjà Vu

|Tony Scott

|Harry Gregson-Williams

rowspan="4" |2007

!Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

|Gore Verbinski

|Hans Zimmer

Transformers

|Michael Bay

|Steve Jablonsky

| rowspan="47" |Conductor

License to Wed

|Ken Kwapis

|Christophe Beck

The Simpsons Movie

|David Silverman

|Hans Zimmer

rowspan="3" |2008

!Vantage Point

|Pete Travis

|Atli Örvarsson

The Forbidden Kingdom

|Rob Minkoff

|David Buckley

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

|Raja Gosnell

|Heitor Pereira

rowspan="5" |2009

!Angels & Demons

|Ron Howard

|Hans Zimmer

Imagine That

|Karey Kirkpatrick

|Mark Mancina

Surrogates

|Jonathan Mostow

|Richard Marvin

It's Complicated

|Nancy Meyers

|Hans Zimmer
Heitor Pereira

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

|Michael Bay

| rowspan="2" |Steve Jablonsky

rowspan="3" |2010

!A Nightmare on Elm Street

|Samuel Bayer

You Again

|Andy Fickman

|Nathan Wang

How Do You Know

|James L. Brooks

| rowspan="3" |Hans Zimmer

rowspan="7" |2011

!Rango

|Gore Verbinski

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

|Rob Marshall

A Little Bit of Heaven

|Nicole Kassell

|Heitor Pereira

Winnie the Pooh

|Stephen Anderson

Don Hall

| rowspan="2" |Henry Jackman

X-Men: First Class

|Matthew Vaughn

Your Highness

|David Gordon Green

| rowspan="3" |Steve Jablonsky

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

|Michael Bay

rowspan="3" |2012

!Battleship

|Peter Berg

Savages

|Oliver Stone

|Adam Peters

Wreck-It Ralph

|Rich Moore

| rowspan="3" |Henry Jackman

rowspan="8" |2013

!G.I. Joe: Retaliation

|Jon M. Chu

This Is the End

|Seth Rogen

Evan Goldberg

Gangster Squad

|Ruben Fleischer

|Steve Jablonsky

Despicable Me 2

|Pierre Coffin
Chris Renuad

|Heitor Pereira
Pharrell Williams

Man of Steel

|Zack Snyder

| rowspan="2" |Hans Zimmer

The Lone Ranger

|Gore Verbinski

Pacific Rim

|Guillermo del Toro

|Ramin Djawadi

Captain Phillips

|Paul Greengrass

|Henry Jackman

rowspan="5" |2014

!Winter's Tale

|Akiva Goldsman

|Hans Zimmer
Rupert Gregson-Williams

300: Rise of an Empire

|Zack Snyder

|Junkie XL

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

|Marc Webb

|Hans Zimmer
Pharrell Williams
Johnny Marr
Mike Einziger
Junkie XL
Steve Mazzaro
Andrew Kawczynski

Million Dollar Arm

|Craig Gillespie

|A. R. Rahman

Transformers: Age of Extinction

|Michael Bay

|Steve Jablonsky

rowspan="4" |2015

!Run All Night

|Jaume Collet-Serra

|Junkie XL

Pixels

|Chris Columbus

|Henry Jackman

The Little Prince

|Mark Osborne

|Hans Zimmer
Richard Harvey

Black Mass

|Scott Cooper

| rowspan="2" |Junkie XL

rowspan="2" |2016

!Deadpool

|Tim Miller

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

|Zack Snyder

|Hans Zimmer
Junkie XL

rowspan="8" |2017

!Fist Fight

|Richie Keen

|Dominic Lewis

Sandy Wexler

|Steven Brill

|Rupert Gregson-Williams

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

|Joachim Rønning
Espen Sandberg

|Geoff Zanelli

Despicable Me 3

|Pierre Coffin

Kyle Balda

|Heitor Pereira

Transformers: The Last Knight

|Michael Bay

|Steve Jablonsky

Hans Zimmer: Live in Prague

|Tim Van Someren

|Hans Zimmer

|Musical director

Geostorm

|Dean Devlin

|Lorne Balfe

| rowspan="13" |Conductor

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

|Jake Kasdan

|Henry Jackman

rowspan="5" |2018

! Game Over, Man!

|Kyle Newacheck

| Steve Jablonsky

Smallfoot

|Karey Kirkpatrick

|Heitor Pereira

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

|Ari Sandel

|Dominic Lewis

Ralph Breaks the Internet

|Rich Moore
Phil Johnston

|Henry Jackman

Aquaman

|James Wan

|Rupert Gregson-Williams

rowspan="4" |2019

!Dark Phoenix

|Simon Kinberg

| rowspan="2" |Hans Zimmer

The Lion King

|Jon Favreau

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

| Joachim Rønning

| Geoff Zanelli

Jumanji: The Next Level

| Jake Kasdan

| Henry Jackman

rowspan="2" |2020

! Bad Boys for Life

| Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah

| Lorne Balfe

Bloodshot

| David S. F. Wilson

| Steve Jablonsky

rowspan="4" |2022

! Minions: The Rise of Gru

| Kyle Balda

| Heitor Pereira

| Booth Reader

Bullet Train

| David Leitch

| Dominic Lewis

|rowspan="3"| Conductor

The Son

| Florian Zeller

| Hans Zimmer

Strange World

| Don Hall

| Henry Jackman

rowspan="3"| 2024

! Despicable Me 4

| Chris Renaud

| Heitor Pereira

|rowspan="2"| Booth Reader

Dear Santa

| Bobby Farrelly

| Rupert Gregson-Williams

Mufasa: The Lion King

| Barry Jenkins

| Dave Metzger

| Songs Conductor

References

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