John Debney

John Debney is one of the industry's most prolific, versatile, and talented composers, and yet a good majority of his scores are for silly comedies or kid's films. Yet Debney's heroic, swashbuckling, energetic score to the flop Cutthroat Island alone proves that he belongs with the best of them. It's true that Debney mostly gets lightweight assignments like The Princess Diaries, Liar Liar, Inspector Gadget, Jimmy Neutron, The Hot Chick, No Strings Attached, The Change-Up, and the mighty, unbeatable Hannah Montana: The Movie. Yet he also writes heart-wrenching scores for sensitive and dramatic subjects in films like The Passion of the Christ, Dragonfly, The Stoning of Soraya M, and Dream House. He frequently works with director Jon Favreau, having provided the scores to Elf, Zathura, and Iron Man 2. Although the latter was not as good a film as the first, Debney's score was leaps and bounds above the score that Ramin Djawadi provided for Iron Man 1. Debney is also great at action, with scores like End of Days, The Scorpion King, Sin City, and Predators to prove it. One of his grandest scores is for the much-maligned PS3 game Lair. No matter the quality of the game, Debney provided a huge orchestral score fit for a fantasy epic, with numerous memorable themes and unabashed emotion. Even comedies like Chicken Little, Meet Dave, and Evan Almighty have grand music that wouldn't sound out of place in an action-packed summer blockbuster. In addition, he has written music for the Disney theme parks, from the dark rides of Fantasyland and Disneyland Paris's Phantom Manor to the Disneyland 60th Anniversary edition of World of Color at California Adventure. Debney is also one of the most thoughtful and friendly composers out there, and he deserves all the success he has, and then some.

Chicken Little

Cutthroat Island**

Dragonfly
Dream House
The Emperor's New Groove

End of Days

Evan Almighty
Heartbreakers (theme by Danny Elfman)
Hocus Pocus

Iron Man 2
The Jungle Book*

Lair**
League of Gods

The Mummy 3 (Additional Score)

The Passion of the Christ*

Predators
The Relic

The Scorpion King

The Sims Medieval (Volumes 1, 2)

Sin City (with Robert Rodriguez, Graeme Revell)

Spy Kids (with Danny Elfman, Harry Gregson-Williams)
Texas Rising (with Bruce Broughton)

The Young Riders

Zathura