John Debney Biography (1957-)

Born 1957; son of Louis Debney (a producer and production coordinator). Addresses: Manager: Kraft-Engel Management, 15233 Ventura Blvd., Suite 200,Sherman Oaks, CA 91403.

Gender: Male
Occupation: Composer, conductor, orchestrator

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Music conductor, Runaway Brain, Buena Vista, 1995
Music conductor, Sudden Death, 1995
Music conductor and synthesizer programming, Carpool, Warner Bros., 1996
Orchestrator, Getting Away with Murder, Savoy Pictures, 1996
Music conductor, Liar Liar, Universal, 1997
Music conductor, The Relic, Paramount, 1997
Music conductor, I'll Be Home for Christmas, Buena Vista, 1998
Conductor, Relative Values, First Look Pictures Releasing, 2000
Conductor and producer, The Emperor's New Groove (animated), BuenaVista, 2000
Music score producer, See Spot Run, 2001
Score conductor and producer, Heartbreakers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,2001
Music score coproducer, Cats & Dogs, 2001
Soundtrack producer, The Passion of the Christ, Newmarket Film Group, 2004
Orchestra conductor, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, 2004
Film Appearances
Himself, That's a Wrap, 2004
Television Work
Series
Conductor, Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, 1987
Conductor, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (animated), 1988
Music performer, The Edge ... and Beyond, Arts and Entertainment,1988
Specials
Conductor, Rose-Petal Place, syndicated, 1985
Television Appearances
Episodic
Himself, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 2004
Himself, Entertainment Tonight, syndicated, 2004
Himself, Today, NBC, 2004
WRITINGS
Film Scores
Halloween Treat, 1982
The Curse, 1987
The Wild Pair (also known as The Devil's Odds), Trans World, 1987
Not Since Casanova, 1988
Seven Hours to Judgment, Trans World, 1988
The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck, 1988
The Housekeeper, Castle Hill, 1989
Jetsons: The Movie (animated), Universal, 1990
Hocus Pocus, Buena Vista, 1993
Gunmen, Dimension Films, 1994
Little Giants, Warner Bros., 1994
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (also known as White Fang2), Buena Vista, 1994
Cutthroat Island (also known as L'ile aux pirates, Corsari, and Die Piratenbraut), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1995
Houseguest, Buena Vista, 1995
Runaway Brain, Buena Vista, 1995
Sudden Death, 1995
Chameleon, 1995
Carpool, Warner Bros., 1996
Getting Away with Murder, Savoy Pictures, 1996
I Know What You Did Last Summer, Columbia/Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1997
Liar Liar, Universal, 1997
The Relic (also known as Das Relikt), Paramount, 1997
I'll Be Home for Christmas, Buena Vista, 1998
Paulie, DreamWorks, 1998
Dick (also known as Dick, les coulisses de la presidence),Columbia/TriStar/Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1999
End of Days, Universal, 1999
Inspector Gadget, Buena Vista, 1999
Lost and Found, Warner Bros., 1999
Komodo, 1999
My Favorite Martian (also known as My Favourite Martian), Buena Vista, 1999
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, Columbia/Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1999
The Hands behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story, Buena Vista, 1999
Michael Jordan to the Max (documentary), Giant Screen Sports, 2000
Relative Values, First Look Pictures Releasing, 2000
The Replacements, Warner Bros., 2000
The Emperor's New Groove (animated), Buena Vista, 2000
See Spot Run, Warner Bros., 2001

Spy Kids, Dimension Films, 2001
Heartbreakers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2001
Cats & Dogs, Warner Bros., 2001
(Uncredited) Scary Movie 2 (also known as Scarier Movie), Miramax, 2001
The Princess Diaries, Buena Vista, 2001
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (animated), Paramount, 2001
Snow Dogs (also known as Chiens des neiges), Buena Vista, 2002
Dragonfly (also known as Im Zeichen der Libelle), Universal, 2002
The Scorpion King, Universal, 2002
Hobbs End, 2002
Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams, Miramax, 2002
Swimfan (also known as Swimf@n and Tell Me You Love Me), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2002
The Tuxedo, DreamWorks, 2002
The Hot Chick, Buena Vista, 2002
Most (short film; also known as The Bridge), 2003
(Themes) Malibu's Most Wanted, Warner Bros., 2003
Bruce Almighty, Universal, 2003
Elf, New Line Cinema, 2003
Welcome to Mooseport, Fox Film Corp., 2004
The Passion of the Christ, Newmarket Film Group, 2004
The Whole Ten Yards, Warner Bros., 2004
Raising Helen, Buena Vista, 2004
The Princess Diaries 2: The Royal Engagement, Buena Vista, 2004
Christmas with the Kranks, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2004
That's a Wrap (documentary short film), New Line Home Video, 2004
Tag Along with Will Farrell (documentary short film), New Line Home Video, 2004
Santa Mania (short film), New Line Home Video, 2004
Lights, Camera, Puffin! (documentary short film), New Line Home Video, 2004
Kids on Christmas (documentary short film), New Line Home Video, 2004
How They Made the North Pole (documentary short film), 2004
Film School for Kids (documentary short film), New Line Home Video, 2004
Deck the Halls (documentary short film), New Line Home Video, 2004
Christmas in Tinseltown (documentary short film), New Line Home Video, 2004
The Pacifier, Buena Vista, 2005
Chicken Little (animated), Buena Vista, 2005
Lucky 13, 2005
Film Additional Music
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (also known as Looney Tunes Back in Action: The Movie), Warner Bros., 2003
Spider-Man, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2004
Television Music
Episodic
Cagney & Lacey, CBS, 1982
Fame, NBC, 1982
"Sir Timothy's Quest," Dragon's Lair, ABC, 1984
Fortune Dance, ABC, 1986
Star Trek: The Next Generation (also known as Star Trek: TNG), 1987
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (animated), 1988
Dink, the Little Dinosaur, CBS, 1989
And theme, The Young Riders, ABC, 1989
Tiny Toon Adventures (animated; also known as Steven SpielbergPresents ... Tiny Toon Adventures), 1990
Freshman Dorm, CBS, 1992
(And theme) Sisters, NBC, 1992-95
Against the Grain, NBC, 1993
Harts of the West, CBS, 1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (also known as DS9, Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: DS9), 1993
Jack's Place, ABC, 1993
(And theme) SeaQuest DSV (also known as SeaQuest 2032), NBC, 1993-95
(Theme) The Lazarus Man, syndicated and TNT, 1996
(And theme) The Pretender, NBC, 1996
"Mir, Mir Off the Wall: Parts 1 & 2," The Cape, syndicated, 1997
Movies
Yogi's Great Escape (animated), 1988
Trenchcoat in Paradise, CBS, 1989
The Face of Fear, CBS, 1990
A Seduction in Travis County, CBS, 1991
Into the Badlands, USA Network, 1991
Still Not Quite Human (also known as Not Quite Human III),1992
Sunstroke, USA Network, 1992
For Love and Glory, CBS, 1993
And song, Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby (animated), ABC, 1993
And songs, I Yabba-Dabba Doo! (animated), ABC, 1993
Jonny's Golden Quest (animated), USA Network, 1993
Praying Mantis, USA Network, 1993
In Pursuit of Honor, HBO, 1995
Kansas, 1995
Justice League of America, 1997
Running Mates, TNT, 2000
G-Savior (also known as Gundam Savior), 2000
(Theme) Christmas Rush (also known as Breakaway), TBS, 2002
Television Songs
Movies
"Scrappy's Rap," Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (animated), Cartoon Network, 1988
Television Music
Specials
Rose-Petal Place, syndicated, 1985
Disneyland's Summer Vacation Party, NBC, 1986
The Day My Kid Went Punk, ABC, 1987
Carmilla, Showtime, 1989
The Eyes of the Panther, Showtime, 1989
The Turn of the Screw, Showtime, 1989
The Halloween Tree, syndicated, 1993
The Town Santa Forgot, NBC, 1993
"Goodnight Moon," Goodnight Moon and Other Sleepytime Tales, HBO and HBO Family, 1999
Pilots
Changing Patterns, CBS, 1987
Vidiots, CBS, 1991
SeaQuest DSV, 1993
Class of '61, ABC, 1993
Doctor Who (also known as Doctor Who: The Movie), Fox, 1996
The Cape, syndicated, 1996
Also wrote score to The Pretender, NBC.

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