Rupert Gregson-Williams

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:EngvarB Template:BLP sources Template:Infobox musical artist Rupert Gregson-Williams is a British composer, conductor, and record producer, best known for his film, video game, and television scores. His filmography includes Hotel Rwanda, for which he was awarded the European Film composer award, Hacksaw Ridge, Wonder Woman, Aquaman and its sequel, Over the Hedge, Bee Movie, Abominable, Back to the Outback, Made of Honor, The Holiday, The Legend of Tarzan, and numerous films by Happy Madison Productions, many of which star Adam Sandler. He composed music for the video game Battlefield 2: Modern Combat. His notable works in television include Veep, Catch-22, and The Crown.

Educated at choir school, Lancing College, and St John's College, Cambridge, he is the younger brother of film composer Harry Gregson-Williams. He is a member of Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions team of composers.

He has received a nomination for two Primetime Emmy Awards and is a recipient of a BMI Award and a European Film Award.

Filmography

Feature films

1990s

Year	Title	Director	Studio(s)	Notes
1998	Urban Ghost Story	Geneviève Joliffe	Template:Unbulleted list	Template:N/A
	The Prince of Egypt	Brenda Chapman Steve Hickner Simon Wells	DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Pictures	Conductor (Score composed by Hans Zimmer)
1999	Virtual Sexuality	Nick Hurran	Columbia Pictures	Template:N/A
	Shockers: Dance	Richard Clark	Blue Orange Productions	Television film

2000s

Year	Title	Director	Studio(s)	Notes
2000	The Road to El Dorado	Eric "Bibo" Bergeron Don Paul	DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Pictures	Conductor (Score composed by Hans Zimmer and John Powell)
2001	Princess of Thieves	Peter Hewitt	Granada Productions	Template:N/A
	Hawkins	Robin Shepperd	Template:N/A	Television film
	My Beautiful Son	Paul Seed	Template:Unbulleted list	Television film
	Lego Jack Stone	Robert Dorney	Template:N/A	Short film
2002	Thunderpants	Peter Hewitt	Pathé	Template:N/A
	Plots with a View	Nick Hurran	Miramax Films	Template:N/A
2003	What a Girl Wants	Dennie Gordon	Warner Bros. Pictures	Template:N/A
	Crime Spree	Brad Mirman	DEJ Productions	Template:N/A
	The Night We Called It a Day	Paul Goldman	Icon Entertainment	Template:N/A
2004	Hotel Rwanda	Terry George	United Artists	Co-composed with Andrea Guerra & Afro Celt Sound System
	King Arthur	Antoine Fuqua	Touchstone Pictures	Additional music (Score composed by Hans Zimmer)
2005	Love + Hate	Dominic Savage	BBC Films	Template:N/A
	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	Steve Box Nick Park	DreamWorks Animation Aardman Animations DreamWorks Pictures	Additional music (Score composed by Julian Nott)
2006	Over the Hedge	Template:Unbulleted list	Template:Unbulleted list	Also orchestrator and conductor. Music Executive Produced by Hans Zimmer First score for an animated film
	The Holiday	Nancy Meyers	Columbia Pictures	Conductor (Score composed by Hans Zimmer)
	Click	Frank Coraci	Happy Madison Productions Columbia Pictures	Template:N/A
2007	I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry	Dennis Dugan	Happy Madison Productions Universal Pictures	Template:N/A
	Bee Movie	Template:Unbulleted list	Template:Unbulleted list	Music Executive Produced by Hans Zimmer
2008	Made of Honor	Paul Weiland	Columbia Pictures	Template:N/A
	You Don't Mess with the Zohan	Dennis Dugan	Happy Madison Productions Columbia Pictures	Template:N/A
	Bedtime Stories	Adam Shankman	Happy Madison Productions Walt Disney Pictures	Template:N/A
2009	The Maiden Heist	Peter Hewitt	Yari Film Group	Template:N/A

2010s

Year	Title	Director	Studio(s)	Notes
2010	Grown Ups	Dennis Dugan	Happy Madison Productions Columbia Pictures	Template:N/A
2011	Just Go with It			Template:N/A
	Zookeeper	Frank Coraci	Happy Madison Productions Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Columbia Pictures	Template:N/A
	Jack and Jill	Dennis Dugan	Happy Madison Productions Columbia Pictures	Co-composed with Waddy Wachtel
2012	That's My Boy	Sean Anders		Template:N/A
	Here Comes the Boom	Frank Coraci		Template:N/A
2013	Grown Ups 2	Dennis Dugan		Template:N/A
2014	Blended	Frank Coraci	Happy Madison Productions Warner Bros. Pictures	Template:N/A
	Postman Pat: The Movie	Mike Disa	Icon Productions	Template:N/A
	Winter's Tale	Akiva Goldsman	Village Roadshow Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures	Co-composed with Hans Zimmer
2015	Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2	Andy Fickman	Happy Madison Productions Columbia Pictures	Template:N/A
	The Ridiculous Six	Frank Coraci	Happy Madison Productions Netflix	Co-composed with Elmo Weber
	Open Season: Scared Silly	David Feiss	Template:Unbulleted list	Co-composed with Dominic Lewis
2016	The Do-Over	Steven Brill	Happy Madison Productions Netflix	Template:N/A
	The Legend of Tarzan	David Yates	Warner Bros. Pictures	Template:N/A
	Hacksaw Ridge	Mel Gibson	Summit Entertainment	Replaced John Debney
2017	Sandy Wexler	Steven Brill	Happy Madison Productions Netflix	Template:N/A
	Wonder Woman	Patty Jenkins	Warner Bros. Pictures DC Films	Template:N/A
2018	The Week Of	Robert Smigel	Happy Madison Productions Netflix	Template:N/A
	Terminal	Vaughn Stein	RLJE Films	Co-composed with Anthony Clarke
	Aquaman	James Wan	Warner Bros. Pictures DC Films	Template:N/A
2019	Murder Mystery	Kyle Newacheck	Happy Madison Productions Netflix	Template:N/A
	Abominable	Jill Culton	Template:Unbulleted list	Also voice of Everest's humming voice

2020s

Year	Title	Director	Studio(s)	Notes
2020	Hubie Halloween	Steven Brill	Happy Madison Productions Netflix	Template:N/A
2021	Fatherhood	Paul Weitz	Netflix Columbia Pictures	Template:N/A
	Back to the Outback	Clare Knight Harry Cripps	Netflix Netflix Animation Weed Road Pictures Reel FX Animation Studios	Template:N/A
2022	Home Team	Charles Kinnane Daniel Kinnane	Happy Madison Productions Netflix	Template:N/A
2023	Murder Mystery 2	Jeremy Garelick	Happy Madison Productions Echo Films Netflix	Template:N/A
	The Out-Laws	Tyler Spindel	Happy Madison Productions Netflix	Template:N/A
	Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom	James Wan	Warner Bros. Pictures DC Studios	Template:N/A
2024	The Union	Julian Farino	Closest to the Hole Productions Municipal Pictures Netflix	Template:N/A
	Brothers	Max Barbakow	Amazon MGM Studios Legendary Pictures	Template:N/A
	Dear Santa	Bobby Farrelly	Paramount+	Template:N/A

Television

Year	Programme	Notes
1988	Crimestoppers	Theme
1995	Jake's Progress	Music assistant
1999	Extremely Dangerous
1999Template:En dash2003	At Home with the Braithwaites
2000	Take a Girl Like You
2001	Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
2001	The Wonderful World of Disney
2004	William and Mary
2004	Long Way Round
2005Template:En dash2007	The Last Detective	Co-composed with Alastair King
2006	Born Equal
2009	The Prisoner
2012	Veep	Co-composed with Christopher Willis
2014	Agatha Raisin: The Quiche of Death
2015	Virtuso
2016Template:En dash2017	The Crown	Title music composed by Hans Zimmer Composed with Lorne Balfe
2017	The Alienist	Composed the first season
2019	Catch-22	Co-composed with Harry Gregson-Williams
2019	Catherine the Great
2021	Behind Her Eyes
2022	The Gilded Age	Co-composed with Harry Gregson-Williams
2024	The Perfect Couple

Video games

Year	Title	Studio	Notes
2005	Battlefield 2: Modern Combat	Digital Illusions CE	Co-composed with Tobias Marberger

Awards

Year	Work	Organization	Category	Result	Ref
2002	Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story: Part 2	Emmy Award	Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore)	Template:Nom
2007	Bee Movie	International Animated Film Association	Best Music in a Feature Production	Template:Nom
2017	The Crown: Hyde Park Corner	Emmy Award	Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)	Template:Nom

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