John Cardon Debney is an American score composer and conductor, who has won several Academy Awards for his compositions. He is best known for composing the scores for Jetsons: The Movie (1990), Little Giants (1994), Liar Liar (1997), The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999), Cats and Dogs (2001), Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001), Spy Kids (2001), Elf (2003), Bruce Almighty (2003), Zathura (2005), Barnyard (2006), The Ant Bully (2006), Everyone's Hero (2006), Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3 (2004 and 2007), Hotel for Dogs (2009), and Aliens in the Attic (2009).
He composed the 1985 Touchstone Pictures fanfare and Classic rendition of the Walt Disney Pictures logo fanfare.
For Disney, he has composed several films listed below.
Compositions for Disney Feature Films[]
| Year | Film | Position | Subsidiary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Sport Goofy in Soccermania | Music | Walt Disney Animation Studios |
| 1993 | Hocus Pocus | Walt Disney Pictures | |
| 1994 | White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf | ||
| 1995 | Runaway Brain | Walt Disney Animation Studios | |
| 1999 | My Favorite Martian | Walt Disney Pictures | |
| 1999 | Inspector Gadget | ||
| 2000 | The Emperor's New Groove | Score Composed and Conducted | Walt Disney Animation Studios |
| 2001 | The Princess Diaries | Music | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 2002 | Snow Dogs | ||
| 2004 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | ||
| 2005 | The Pacifier | ||
| 2005 | Chicken Little | Score Composed and Conducted | Walt Disney Animation Studios |
| 2009 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | Music | Walt Disney Pictures |
| Old Dogs | |||
| 2016 | The Jungle Book | ||
| 2022 | Hocus Pocus 2 |
Compositions for Disney Parks[]
| Song |
|---|
| Splash Mountain |
| Haunted Mansion Holiday |
| Phantom Manor |
| It's a Small World (Disneyland Paris, Disneyland (1993 - 2002)) |
Gallery[]
John Debney at premiere of Swing Vote in July 2008.
John Debney speaks at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con.
John Debney at the premiere of The Jungle Book in April 2016.
External links[]
John Debney on Wikipedia- John Debney on IMDb
- John Debney on YouTube
- John Debney on Facebook
- John Debney on Instagram
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