Harry Gregson-Williams

Harry Gregson-Williams is one of those invisible giants I keep championing. The English composer scored the Metal Gear series, The Chronicles of Narnia, Chicken Run and plenty more, blending orchestra with electronics until a whole world feels inevitable. Almost nobody leaves a film humming the composer's name, yet the goosebumps in that one scene are entirely his doing. As a Cambridge-trained craftsman he could coast on prestige, but he keeps building atmospheres rather than showing off. I love that the magic is meant to disappear into the picture. That's the discipline of a real score, and he has it in spades.

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Name (English)

Harry Gregson-Williams

Name (Japanese)

ハリー・グレッグソン＝ウィリアムズ

Reading

はりー・ぐれっぐそん＝うぃりあむず

Born

December 13, 1961 (age 64)

Origin

Sussex, United Kingdom

Occupation

composer / film score composer / manufacturer / recording artist / conductor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Ox

University

St John's College

• Official sitehttps://www.harrygregsonwilliams.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/harrygwmusic/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Gregson-Williams
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%B0%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%EF%BC%9D%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314623

Tags

• composer
• film score composer
• manufacturer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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