Steve Jablonsky

Steve Jablonsky is yet another of the countless Hans Zimmer apprentices. He has been the composer of choice for Michael "Shaky Camera" Bay ever since The Island. Jablonsky scored all three of Bay's Transformers films, the score for the first film being a highly popular blend of derivative musical elements from various Zimmer scores, though still entertaining on the surface level. He also wrote scores for the Bay-produced horror remakes of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Amityville Horror, The Hitcher, Friday the 13th, and A Nightmare on Elm Street. Other films he has scored are the Korean dragon film D-War and the spoof Your Highness. In the realm of video games, Jablonsky has contributed music to Command and Conquer 3, Gears of War 2 and 3, and The Sims 3. But his best score is for the animated film Steamboy, directed by Katsuhiro Otomo of Akira fame. Although the action material is still based on short, simplistic ostinatos, the score has adventurous whimsy, acoustic variety, and a pleasant main theme. Otherwise, he has yet to distinguish himself from the numerous Zimmer clones.

Steamboy

Transformers