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Composer Harry Gregson-Williams was tutored for a career in music from a very early age. After attending a "Dickensian" music school in England from the age of six and spending several years in Egypt and Kenya teaching music and sports, he made his movie debut in 1993 with the score for serial killer Brit pic White Angel.

He broke into Hollywood by writing additional music for action pics Broken Arrow and The Rock, and composed the score for Smilla's Sense Of Snow (1997). Subsequent high profile scores include (big breath) Antz, Enemy Of The State, Chicken Run, Spy Kids, Spy Game, Shreks 1 and 2, Veronica Guerin, Man On Fire, Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason, Team America: World Police, and Miss Congeniality 2: Armed And Fabulous, and Kingdom Of Heaven. And if he's not written a recent Hollywood score, there's always a chance it was composed by his brother Rupert (who provided the music for Hotel Rwanda).

Upcoming Harry Gregson-Williams scores include Ridley Scott's Domino and The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe. One person he won't be working with again is Armageddon helmer Michael Bay, whom he calls "the most odious director alive".

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