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Nick Glennie-Smith
London, England, UK
Nickolas Glennie-Smith (3 October 1951 – 16 August 2026) was an English film score composer, conductor and musician, who was a frequent collaborator with Hans Zimmer, contributing…
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Nickolas Glennie-Smith (3 October 1951 – 16 August 2026) was an English film score composer, conductor and musician, who was 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 also composed the scores for the films Home Alone 3 (1997), The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), We Were Soldiers (2002), Secretariat (2010), the score for the Disney direct-to-video animated film The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998), Lauras Stern (2004), The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island and A Sound of Thunder (both 2005). Glennie-Smith was a part of Hans Zimmer's film score company Remote Control Productions, for which he conducted music for the soundtracks on Transformers (2007–2017), X-Men: First Class and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (both 2011). He was Zimmer's accompanist on the score for Man of Steel (2013). He was the master composer of the music in the French theme park le Puy du Fou. He 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, under the group name Gentlemen Without Weapons.
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2021
Laura's Star
Movie Original Music Composer
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2020
Bloodshot
Movie Conductor
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2020
Bad Boys for Life
Movie Conductor
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2018
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Movie Conductor
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2018
Smallfoot
Movie Conductor
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2017
Hans Zimmer: Live in Prague
Movie Self - Keyboards
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2017
Despicable Me 3
Movie Conductor
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2015
The Little Prince
Movie Conductor
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2014
Heaven Is for Real
Movie Original Music Composer
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2014
Winter's Tale
Movie Conductor
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2013
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Movie Conductor
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2013
Captain Phillips
Movie Conductor
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2013
Despicable Me 2
Movie Conductor
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2013
Gangster Squad
Movie Conductor
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2012
Wreck-It Ralph
Movie Conductor
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2012
Savages
Movie Conductor
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2012
Battleship
Movie Conductor
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2011
Rango
Movie Conductor
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2010
Secretariat
Movie Original Music Composer
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2009
Surrogates
Movie Conductor
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2009
All About Steve
Movie Conductor
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2008
The Ties That Bind Us
Movie Music
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2006
Children of Glory
Movie Music
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2006
The Da Vinci Code
Movie Conductor
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2005
The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island
Movie Original Music Composer
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2005
A Sound of Thunder
Movie Original Music Composer
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2004
Laura's Star
Movie Original Music Composer
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2004
Thunderbirds
Movie Conductor
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2004
Ella Enchanted
Movie Original Music Composer
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2003
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Movie Conductor
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2002
We Were Soldiers: Getting It Right
Movie Music
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2002
The New Guy
Movie Additional Music
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2002
We Were Soldiers
Movie Original Music Composer
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2001
Attila
Movie Compositor
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2000
Highlander: Endgame
Movie Original Music Composer
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1999
Michelle Kwan Skates to Disney's Greatest Hits
Movie Music
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1998
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
Movie Original Music Composer
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1998
The Man in the Iron Mask
Movie Original Music Composer
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1997
Home Alone 3
Movie Original Music Composer
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1997
Fire Down Below
Movie Music
