SIMON FRANGLEN
BIO
Simon Franglen is a Grammy-winning and Golden Globe-nominated composer, arranger and music producer. He served as arranger and synth programmer on scores for four of the top grossing films of all time (Avatar, Titanic, Skyfall and Spectre), and his credits include six of the best-selling pop albums of all time. He received a Grammy Award for Record of the Year for his production on the smash hit “My Heart Will Go On” from James Cameron's Titanic, and received Golden Globe, Grammy Award and World Soundtrack Award nominations for co- writing and producing the theme song “I See You” from Cameron’s Avatar. Upcoming projects include co-composing the score for director Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven, which he completed following the tragic death of his long-time colleague and friend, composer James Horner. He and Horner collaborated for the past several years on the music for Disney World’s upcoming Avatar World, a highly-anticipated, immersive attraction scheduled to open in 2017. He has written music for Terrence Malick’s astonishing Voyage of Time to be released late 2016. Other projects include a groundbreaking immersive suite for four orchestras, choir and bells to be premiered in 3D at the top of the 2000ft high Shanghai Tower at the end of 2016. Franglen has worked for decades as an arranger, programmer and producer with many of Hollywood’s leading composers including John Barry, Howard Shore, Thomas Newman, Alan Silvestri and most notably James Horner, with whom he worked for nearly twenty years. Franglen contributed to projects as diverse as creating the disturbing electronica for David Fincher’s seminal Se7en, producing the vocals for Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge and scoring One Direction’s chart topping 3D concert film This is Us. With over four hundred music credits, Franglen also has worked with an array of pop, RnB and classical artists including Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Celine Dion, Luciano Pavarotti and Madonna. He had a very successful decade-long relationship with David Foster. During the 1990’s, Franglen’s credits included a quarter of the US Billboard No.1 records during a single five-year period. Franglen is a visiting professor at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and a Guest Professor at the China National Academy of Art.
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS CENTRAL OHIO FILM CRITICS MAGNIFICENT SEVEN ASSOCIATION NOMINATION (2017) Best Score
INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS AWARD NOMINATION (2016) Breakthrough Film Composer of the Year
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INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN CRITICS AWARD NOMINATION (2016) Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure/Thriller Film
GRAMMY NOMINATION (2011) Producers Best Song Written for Motion Picture, AVATAR Television or Other Visual Media
GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATION (2010) AVATAR Best Original Song
WORLD SOUNDTRACK AWARD AVATAR NOMINATION (2010) Best Original Song Written for a Film
GRAMMY AWARD (1998) TITANIC Record of the Year
FEATURE FILM
BRAHMASTRA Karan Johar, Ranbir, Kapoor, Namit Malhotra, Dharma Productions prods. Ayan Mukherjee, dir.
AVATAR 3 James Cameron, Jon Landau, prods. Twentieth Century Fox James Cameron, dir. *Composer
AVATAR 2 James Cameron, Jon Landau, prods. Twentieth Century Fox James Cameron, dir. *Composer
PEPPERMINT Gary Lucchesi, Eric Reid, Tom Rosenberg, STX Entertainment Richard S. Wright, prods. Pierre Morel, dir.
OCEAN’S 8 Gary Ross, susan Elkins, Steven Soderbergh, Warner Bros. Pictures Jon Kilik, prods. *Orchestrator Gary Ross, dir.
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VOYAGE OF TIME: LIFE’S JOURNEY Dede Gardner, Brad Pitt, Nicolas Gonda, Sarah Sophisticated Films Green, Grant Hill, Bill Pohlad, Sophokles *Additional Music, Writer, Performer Tasioulis, prods. Terrence Malick, dir.
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN Todd Black, Roger Birnbaum, prods. MGM Antoine Fuqua, dir. *Co-Composer, Music Producer, Arranger
THE 33 Robert Katz, Edward McGurn, Mike Medavoy, Alcon Entertainment prods. *Score Producer, Additional Score Patricia Riggen, dir. Arrangements
SPECTRE Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson, prods. Columbia Pictures Sam Mendes, dir. *Arranger, Synth Programming
WOLF TOTEM Yin Cao, Xavier Castrano, William Kong, China Film Co. Peikang La, Alan Wang, Jianshai Xu, Diojia *Score Producer, Arranger Zhao, prods. Jean-Jacques Annaud, dir,
SOUTHPAW Todd Black, Antoine Fuqua, Jason Escape Artists Blumenthal, Alan Riche, Peter Riche, Steve *Score Producer, Arranger Tisch, Jerry Ye, prods. Antoine Fuqua, dir.
LIVING IN THE AGE OF AIRPLANES Brian J. Terwilliger, Bryan H. Carroll, prods. Terwilliger Productions Brian J. Terwilliger, dir. *Score Producer, Arranger
ONE DAY IN AUSCHWITZ Steve Purcell, Leslie Wilson, prods. USC Shoah Foundation Institute Steve Purcell, dir. *Score Producer, Arranger
ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US Simon Cowell, Morgan Spurlock, Adam Fulwell 73 Milano,Ted Kenney, Ben Winston, prods. *Composer Morgan Spurlock, dir.
SKYFALL Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson, prods. Eon Productions Sam Mendes, dir. *Additional Arrangements and Programming
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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Avi Arad, Matt Daly, Matthew Tolmach, Laura Columbia Pictures Ziskin, prods. *Arranger Marc Webb, dir.
DAY OF THE FALCON Tarak Ben Ammar, prod. Quinta Communications Jean-Jacques Annaud, dir. *Arranger
THE KARATE KID Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Ken Stovitz, Columbia Pictures James Lassiter, Jerry Weintraub, prods. *Synth Programming Harald Zwart, dir.
AVATAR James Cameron , John Landau, Prods. Twentieth Century Fox James Cameron, dir. *Music Producer, Music & Lyrics, Arranger
MOULIN ROUGE! Baz Luhrmann, Fred Baron, Martin Brown, Twentieth Century Fox prods. *Vocal Production & Engineering Baz Luhrmann, dir.
BICENTENNIAL MAN Chris Columbus, Gail Katz, Michael 1492 Pictures Barnathan, Laurence Mark, Neal Miller, *Song Producer Wolfgang Petersen, Mark Radcliffe, prods. Chris Columbus, dir.
THE MAGIC SWORD: QUEST FOR Dalisa Cohen, prod. CAMELOT Frederik Du Chau, dir. Warner Bros. *Additional Synth Programming
TITANIC James Cameron , John Landau, Prods. Twentieth Century Fox James Cameron, dir. *Song Producer, Musician
CONTACT Robert Zemeckis, Steve Starkey, prods. Warner Bros. Robert Zemeckis, dir. *Score Synth Programmer
VOLCANO Neal H. Mortiz, Andrew Z. Davis, prods. Twentieth Century Fox Mick Jackson, dir *Music Programmer
CRASH David Cronenber, prod. Alliance Communications Corp. David Cronenber, dir. *Electronic Music Preparation
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THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT Renny Harlin, Shane Black, Stephanie Austin, Forge prods. *Synclavier Programming Renny Harlin, dir.
SE7EN Phyllis Carlyle, Arnold Kopelson, prods. Paramount Studios David Fincher, dir. *Computer Music Programmer
FRIDAY Patricia Charbonnet, prod. Newline Cinema F. Gary Gray, dir. *Composer, Performer
COP & 1/2 Paul Maslansky, prod. Imagine Films Entertainment Harry Winkler, dir. *Electronic Music Engineer
CHAPLIN Richard Attenborough, Mario Kassar, prods. Carolco Pictures Richard Attenborough, dir. *Synth Programming
THE BODYGUARD Kevin Costner, Lawrence Kasdan, Jim Wilson, Kasdan Pictures prods. *Synth Programming Mick Jackson, dir.
FERNGULLY: THE LAST RAINFOREST Peter Faiman, Wayne Young, prods. FAI Films Bill Kroyer, dir. *Programmer
THE TAKING OF BEVERLY HILLS Graham Henderson, prod. Nelson Entertainment Sidney J. Furie, dir. *Writer
IF LOOKS COULD KILL Neil Meron, Craig Zadan, prods. Warner Bros. William Dear, dir. *Synclavier Programming
TELEVISION THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HARRY Jean-Jacques Annaud, Lyn Green, Richard QUEBERT AFFAIR Levine, Fabio Conversi, Tarak Ben Ammar, MGM Television exec prods. *Composer Jean-Jacques Annaud, dir.
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ICE Craig Forrest, prod. eOne Television Ntoine Fuqua, dir. *Composer
BORN TO RUN (TV MOVIE) Bruce Binkow, Peter McAlevery, prods. Twentieth Century Fox *Composer
EYE CONTACT (TV MOVIE) Colin McKeown, Martin Tempia, prods. Channel 4 Television *Composer
THE REAL EDDY ENGLISH Colin McKeown, Martin Tempia, prods. Channel 4 Television *Composer
SELECTED MUSIC CREDITS:
Celine Dion (‘My Heart Will Go On’ & Multiple Albums and Singles) Barbra Streisand (Multiple Albums) Michael Jackson (Multiple Albums) Whitney Houston (‘The Bodyguard’ & Multiple Albums and Singles) Eric Clapton (‘Change the World’) Toni Braxton (‘Unbreak My Heart’ & Multiple Albums and Singles) Quincy Jones (‘Q’s Jook Joint’ and Multiple Albums) The Corrs (Multiple Albums and Singles) Carole King Mary J. Blige Tom Jones Luciano Pavarotti Andrew Lloyd Webber Madonna
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