Henry Pryce Jackman (born 1 June 1974)^[1] is an English composer. He composed music for films such as Kong: Skull Island, X-Men: First Class, Puss in Boots, Monsters vs. Aliens, Captain Phillips, Kick-Ass, Kick-Ass 2, Wreck-It Ralph, Turbo, Big Hero 6, Pixels, Ron's Gone Wrong, The Interview and Pokémon: Detective Pikachu as well as the video games Uncharted 4: A Thief's End and Disney Infinity 2.0. He has also collaborated with film directors such as Don Hall, Stephen J. Anderson, Rob Letterman, Matthew Vaughn, Raman Hui, Russo brothers, Jake Kasdan, Sam Hargrave and Rich Moore.

Jackman was born in Hillingdon, London.^[2] He studied classical music at St. Paul's Cathedral Choir School, Eton College, Framlingham College and New College, Oxford, University of Oxford.

Jackman has done programming and production work with artists including Mike Oldfield (Voyager), Sally Oldfield (Flaming Star), Trevor Horn/Art of Noise (The Seduction of Claude Debussy), Elton John and Gary Barlow. He co-produced Seal's unreleased 2001 album Togetherland.^[3] "This Could Be Heaven", released from the album, was also co-written by Jackman and used on the movie The Family Man^[4] and included on the deluxe edition of Seal's compilation album Hits.

Jackman has released three albums, Utopia (2003), Transfiguration (2005), and Acoustica (2007; with Augustus Isadore).

Jackman had various minor roles on film scores since 2006, generally working with mentor Hans Zimmer, including for The Da Vinci Code (music programmer), The Dark Knight (music arranger) and additional music for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, The Simpsons Movie, Kung Fu Panda and Hancock. In 2009, Jackman, Zimmer and John Powell won the 2008 Annie Award for Music in an Animated Television Production or Short Form for their work on DreamWorks Animation's Secrets of the Furious Five (a spin-off to Kung Fu Panda).^[5] Jackman has since composed soundtracks for films such as Monsters vs. Aliens, Henri 4, Gulliver's Travels, X-Men: First Class, Winnie the Pooh, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Wreck-It Ralph, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War and Ron's Gone Wrong. His first major video game score was Uncharted 4: A Thief's End.

In March 2022, Reservoir Media acquired the rights to Jackman's catalog.^[6]

Henry Jackman is the son of keyboardist and arranger Andrew Pryce Jackman, who was a member of The Syn and worked for many years with Chris Squire of Yes. His uncle Gregg Jackman is a sound engineer and producer who has worked with the King's Singers and Barclay James Harvest;^[7] Henry and his uncle both worked on Moa's 1999 album Universal.^[8] His grandfather, Bill Jackman, played clarinet on "When I'm Sixty-Four" on The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.^[9]

• "Flaming Star" (1992): remixing and remastering
• "At the Beginning" (1997): keyboarding, programming and string arranging
• "Women of Ireland" (1997): additional music programming
• "Weather (Henry Jackman Remix)" (1998): co-writing, co-producing and remixing
• "Written in the Stars" (1999): programming
• "I Believe" (1999): programming and mixing
• "This Could Be Heaven" (2001): co-writing, co-producing and programming
• "Time to Fly" (2001): co-writing, co-producing and co-mixing
• "A Grave Situation" (2015): co-writing and co-producing
• "Fate Is Fluid" (2015): co-writing and co-producing
• "The Crown Prince's Speech" (2015): co-writing and co-producing
• "Too Good For This World" (2015): co-writing and co-producing
• "Louisiana Hero" (2021): writing and producing
• "New Friends" (2021): co-writing and co-producing
• "The Comedown" (2021): writing and producing
• "The Future of Friendship / New Friends" (2021): co-writing and co-producing

• Voyager (1996): additional music programming
• Earthbound (1997): drum programming
• The Seduction of Claude Debussy (1999): album co-producing
• Universal (1999): album producing
• Weather (1999): rhythm programming and sound designing
• Togetherland (2001): album producing
• Utopia (2003): album producing
• Transfiguration (2005): album producing
• Acoustica (2007): album producing

• Barnyard (2006) (music producer)
• Les Européens (2006) (music co-composer) ("Mamma Roma" segment only)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) (additional music composer)
• The Da Vinci Code (2006) (music programmer)
• The Holiday (2006) (additional music composer and pianist) (credited as "Henry Pryce Jackman")
• Bee Movie (2007) (additional music composer)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) (additional music composer)
• The Simpsons Movie (2007) (additional music composer)
• Hancock (2008) (additional music composer)
• Kung Fu Panda (2008) (additional music composer)
• The Dark Knight (2008) (synthesizer programmer)
• Vantage Point (2008) (additional music composer)
• It's Complicated (2009) (additional music composer)
• Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) (music composer)
• Gulliver's Travels (2010) (music composer)
• Henri 4 (2010) (music composer)
• Kick-Ass (2010) (music co-composer)
• Puss in Boots (2011) (music composer)
• Rango (2011) (music producer) (uncredited)
• Winnie the Pooh (2011) (music composer and score producer)
• X-Men: First Class (2011) (music composer)
• Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) (music composer)
• Man on a Ledge (2012) (music composer)
• Wreck-It Ralph (2012) (music composer)
• Captain Phillips (2013) (music composer)^[10]
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) (music producer)
• G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) (music composer)
• Kick-Ass 2 (2013) (music composer and soundtrack producer)
• This Is the End (2013) (music composer)
• Turbo (2013) (music composer)
• Big Hero 6 (2014) (music composer)^[11]
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) (music composer)
• Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) (music composer)
• The Interview (2014) (music composer)
• Pixels (2015) (music composer)
• Captain America: Civil War (2016) (music composer)
• Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016) (music composer)
• Money Monster (2016) (music producer)
• The 5th Wave (2016) (music composer)^[12]
• The Birth of a Nation (2016) (music composer)
• Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) (music composer)
• Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) (music composer)
• Kong: Skull Island (2017) (music composer and score producer)
• Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) (music composer and score producer)
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) (music producer)
• The Predator (2018) (music composer)
• Trial by Fire (2018) (music composer)
• 21 Bridges (2019) (music co-composer)
• American Skin (2019) (music composer)
• Io (2019) (music co-composer)
• Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) (music composer)
• Mosul (2019) (music composer)
• Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019) (music composer)
• Extraction (2020) (music co-composer)
• Cherry (2021) (music composer)
• Ron's Gone Wrong (2021) (music composer)
• The Gray Man (2022) (music composer and score mixer)
• Strange World (2022) (music composer)^[13]
• Extraction 2 (2023) (music co-composer)^[14]
• Red One (2024) (music composer)
• Untitled Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire sequel (2027) (music composer)

• Secrets of the Furious Five (2008) (music composer)
• B.O.B.'s Big Break (2009) (theme music composer)
• Toy Story Toons: Small Fry (2011) (music composer)
• Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter: The Great Calamity (2012) (additional music composer)
• Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos (2012) (music composer)
• Back from the Brink: Saved from Extinction (2019) (music producer)
• The Loot (2025) (music composer)

• HBO First Look (2009) (music composer) (1 episode only)
• Gravity Falls (2012–2016) (musician) (41 episodes only)
• Turbo FAST (2013–2016) (music composer) (49 episodes only)
• The Man in the High Castle (2015) (music composer) (10 episodes only)
• Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2015–2019) (musician) (77 episodes only)
• Demon Force (2018) (music composer) (1 episode only)
• Amphibia (2019–2022) (musician) (58 episodes only)
• Hailey's On It! (2023) (musician) (19 episodes only)

• Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space (2009) (music composer)
• Kung Fu Panda Holiday (2010) (music composer)

• The Comey Rule (2020) (music composer)
• The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) (music composer)

• Exile (1991) (title music composer)^[15]
• Zyconix (1992) (musician)^[15]
• M.C. Kids (1992) (music composer) (Commodore 64 version only)^[15]
• Cars Mater-National Championship (2007) (music composer)
• Colin McRae: Dirt (2007) (music composer) ("Stasis" track only)^[15]
• Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) (music producer)
• Brütal Legend (2009) (music composer)
• SpongeBob's Truth or Square (2009) (music co-composer)
• Disney Infinity (2013) (theme music composer) (two tracks "Sugar Rush" and "Sugar Rush Showdown" only)
• Lego Marvel Super Heroes (2013) (theme music composer)
• Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes (2014) (main theme music composer) ("Sugar Rush Showdown" track only)
• Disney Infinity 3.0: Star Wars (2015) (theme music composer) (Starter Pack Edition version and "Sugar Rush Showdown" track only)
• Disney Infinity: Toy Box 2.0 (2015) (theme music composer) ("Sugar Rush Showdown" track only)
• Just Cause 3 (2015) (music composer and score producer)
• Lego Dimensions (2015) (music co-composer)
• Just Cause 3: Bavarium Sea Heist (2016) (music composer)
• Just Cause 3: Mech Land Assault (2016) (music composer)
• Just Cause 3: Sky Fortress (2016) (music composer)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (2016) (music composer and score producer)^[16]
• Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (2017) (music composer and score producer)^[17]
• Disney Dreamlight Valley (2022) (theme music composer) (two tracks "Best Friends" and "Wreck-It Ralph" only)
• Disney Dreamlight Valley: A Rift in Time (2023) (theme music composer) (two tracks "Best Friends" and "Wreck-It Ralph" only)

• Music of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

• Henry Jackman on Myspace
• Henry Jackman at IMDb
• Interview Henry Jackman at FilmMusicSite