Glennie–Smith, Nick

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GLENNIESMITH, Nick

(Nicholas GlennieSmith, Nick Glenny Smith)

PERSONAL

Born in London, England.

Addresses: Contact Ingenuity Entertainment, 9000 Sunset Blvd., Suite 300, West Hollywood, CA 90069. Manager Blue Focus Management, 15233 Ventura Blvd., Suite 200, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403.

Career: Composer, conductor, music producer, and music arranger. Musician and member of musical groups and musician on various albums. Affiliated with Media Ventures (a music production company). Also a jingle writer for advertisements. Also known as Nicholas GlennieSmith.

Member: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

Awards, Honors: ASCAP awards, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, top box office films, 1997, for The Rock, 1999, for The Man in the Iron Mask, and 2003, for We Were Soldiers.

CREDITS

Film Conductor:

I'll Do Anything, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1994.

The Lion King (animated), Buena Vista, 1994.

Beyond Rangoon, Columbia, 1995.

Two Deaths, Castle Hill, 1995.

The Preacher's Wife, Buena Vista, 1996.

Con Air, Buena Vista, 1997.

The Man in the Iron Mask, United Artists, 1998.

The Tigger Movie (animated), Buena Vista, 2000.

We Were Soldiers (also known as Wir waren Helden ), Paramount, 2002.

Film Orchestrator:

The House of the Spirits (also known as Aandernes hus, A casa dos espiritos, and Das Geisterhaus ), Miramax, 1993.

I'll Do Anything, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1994.

Renaissance Man (also known as Army Intelligence and By the Book ), Buena Vista, 1994.

Film Music Arranger:

Wild West, Samuel Goldwyn, 1992.

Choral arranger, The Lion King (animated), Buena Vista, 1994.

The Rock, Buena Vista, 1996.

Film Musician:

(As Nick Glenny Smith) When the Wind Blows (animated), Channel Four Films, 1986.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Cinecom International, 1990.

Cold Heaven, Hemdale, 1992.

Hear My Song, Miramax, 1992.

The Peacemaker, DreamWorks Distribution, 1997.

Mission: Impossible 2, Paramount, 2000.

Film Work; Other:

Music associate, Iron Maze, Castle Hill, 1992.

Music producer, The Rock, Buena Vista, 1996.

Film Appearances:

We Were Soldiers: Getting It Right, Paramount, 2002.

RECORDINGS

Soundtracks:

The Rock: Original Motion Picture Score, Hollywood Records, 1996.

Home Alone 3: Music From the Motion Picture, Hollywood Records, 1997.

The Man In the Iron Mask: Music From the United Artists Motion Picture, Milan Records, 1998.

Return to Pride Rock: Songs Inspired By Disney's The Lion King IISimba's Pride, Disney Records, 1998.

Highlander: Endgame, Gnp Crescendo, 2000.

We Were Soldiers (also known as Wir waren Helden ), Paramount, 2002.

The Lion King: Special Edition, Disney Records, 2003.

WRITINGS

Film Scores:

The Rock, Buena Vista, 1996.

TwoIfbySea (also known as Stolen Hearts ), Warner Bros., 1996.

Cyclops, Baby, Buena Vista, 1997.

Fire down Below, Warner Bros., 1997.

Home Alone 3, Twentieth CenturyFox, 1997.

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, Buena Vista Home Video, 1998.

The Man in the Iron Mask, United Artists, 1998.

Highlander: Endgame, Miramax, 2000.

(And song "Mansions of the Lord") We Were Soldiers (also known as Wir waren Helden ), Paramount, 2002.

Love and Honor, Buena Vista, 2004.

Film Music; Additional Music:

Calendar Girl, Columbia, 1993.

Cool Runnings, Buena Vista, 1993.

Point of No Return (also known as The Assassin ), Warner Bros., 1993.

Drop Zone, Paramount, 1994.

Monkey Trouble (also known as Pet ), New Line Cinema, 1994.

Renaissance Man (also known as Army Intelligence and By the Book ), Buena Vista, 1994.

Bad Boys, Columbia, 1995.

Beyond Rangoon, Columbia, 1995.

Crimson Tide, Buena Vista, 1995.

Nine Months, Twentieth CenturyFox, 1995.

Just Visiting (also known as Les visiteurs en amerique ), Buena Vista, 2001.

The New Guy, Columbia, 2002.

Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Buena Vista, 2003.

Television Music:

Song "Waterways and Windmills," Book of Love (movie), Showtime, 1990.

Max Q (movie; also known as Max Q: Emergency Landing ), ABC, 1998.

Michelle Kwan Skates to Disney's Greatest Hits (special), ABC, 1999.

The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne (series), CBC, SciFi Channel, and syndicated, 2000.

Attila (miniseries; also known as Attila the Hun ), USA Network, 2001.

Attila: The Making of an Epic MiniSeries (documentary special), USA Network, 2001.

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