John Debney
John Cardon Debney (born August 18, 1956) is an American composer and conductor of film, television, and video game scores. His work encompasses a variety of mediums and genres, including comedy, horror, science fiction, thriller, fantasy, and action-adventure. He is a long-time collaborator of The Walt Disney Company, having written music for their films, television series, and theme parks. He has also collaborated with film directors such as Jon Favreau, Garry Marshall, Tom Shadyac, Peter Hyams, John A. Davis, Brad Anderson, Howard Deutch, Mark Dindal, Robert Rodriguez, and Paul Tibbitt.
Debney has been the recipient of three Primetime Emmy Awards and an Academy Award nomination for his score for Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ (2004).
The son of Disney Studios producer Louis Debney (Zorro, The Mickey Mouse Club), John was born and raised in Glendale, California, nearby to Disney. He began guitar lessons at age six and played in rock bands in college. Debney earned his B.A. degree in Music Composition from the California Institute of Arts in 1979.
After ending his career with Disney, Debney worked for Mike Post. Debney furthered his hands-on training by working with Hanna-Barbera composer Hoyt Curtin. After this, Debney went on to score television projects as diverse as Disneyland, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, SeaQuest DSV, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, The Cape, The Lazarus Man, Piggsburg Pigs!, The Further Adventures of SuperTed, Doctor Who, Cagney and Lacey, Tiny Toon Adventures, The Young Riders, The New Yogi Bear Show, Police Academy: The Animated Series, Fame, Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, Dragon's Lair, Freshman Dorm, Pop Quiz, and Dink, the Little Dinosaur, for which he won an Emmy for Best Main Title. In the early 1990s, Debney began to score indie films and Disneyland attractions. In 1991, Debney composed the music for Phantom Manor and It's a Small World (also used at Disneyland from 1993 to 2002) in Disneyland Paris and SpectroMagic at Magic Kingdom. In 1993, he scored his first studio feature, the Disney comedy Hocus Pocus starring Bette Midler.
In 1994, Debney wrote Friends Forever with Greg Scelsa from Greg & Steve's album We All Live Together, Vol. 5.
Debney has since gone on to have a career composing scores for many films, including Cats & Dogs, The Passion of the Christ, Bruce Almighty, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Elf, Sin City, Chicken Little, Liar Liar, Spy Kids, The Scorpion King, The Princess Diaries, and Predators.
Debney has also composed scores for the video games Lair and The Sims Medieval. In 2010, he composed the theme music for the Nickelodeon television series Supah Ninjas.
He composed some of Disney Parks's Nighttime Spectaculars, including World Of Colour Celebrate! in Disney's California Adventure, The Magic, The Memories And You! and Celebrate the Magic in Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom and Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland in Tokyo Disneyland, as well as an arrangement of "When You Wish Upon a Star" as a fanfare for the Walt Disney Pictures logo from 1985 to 2006.
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Movies (189)
Misión bolsa mágica
2026 · Original Music Composer
Tu, yo & la Toscana
2026 · Original Music Composer
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
2025 · Original Music Composer
En sueños
2025 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Horizonte: Una Leyenda Americana - Capítulo 2
2024 · Original Music Composer
Novata Espacial
2024 · Original Music Composer
Horizonte: Una Leyenda Americana - Capítulo 1
2024 · Original Music Composer
The Garfield Movie
2024 · Conductor, Original Music Composer
Bajo el muelle
2023 · Original Music Composer
Miniespías: Armagedón
2023 · Original Music Composer
Hipnosis: Arma Invisible
2023 · Additional Music
Bad Luck Spot!
2023 · Music
La Última Yarda
2023 · Original Music Composer
Abracadabra 2
2022 · Original Music Composer
Luck
2022 · Original Music Composer
Cásate Conmigo
2022 · Original Music Composer
American Underdog: La Historia De Kurt Warner
2021 · Original Music Composer
Mi pobre y dulce angelito
2021 · Original Music Composer
Clifford: El gran perro rojo
2021 · Original Music Composer
Érase una vez...
2020 · Original Music Composer
Jingle Jangle: Una mágica Navidad
2020 · Original Music Composer
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020 · Music Man
Asteroid Hunters
2020 · Original Music Composer
Mientras estés conmigo
2020 · Original Music Composer
Lake of Death
2019 · Original Music Composer
Sextillizos
2019 · Original Music Composer
Brian Banks: Nunca es tarde
2019 · Original Music Composer
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
2019 · Original Music Composer
The Beach Bum
2019 · Original Music Composer
¿No Es Romántico?
2019 · Original Music Composer
Silent Night: A Song for the World
2018 · Self
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
2018 · Self
Beirut
2018 · Original Music Composer
Chiefs
2018 · Original Music Composer
El gran Showman
2017 · Original Music Composer
Flint
2017 · Original Music Composer
Mi nueva yo
2017 · Original Music Composer
Score: A Film Music Documentary
2017 · Self
Creciendo libres
2016 · Original Music Composer
Scrat: Spaced Out
2016 · Original Music Composer
League of Gods
2016 · Original Music Composer
La era de hielo: Choque de mundos
2016 · Original Music Composer
Enredadas... pero felices
2016 · Original Music Composer
El Libro de la Selva
2016 · Original Music Composer
El Mesías
2016 · Original Music Composer
Broken Horses
2015 · Original Music Composer
Bob Esponja: Un héroe fuera del agua
2015 · Original Music Composer
Los secretos de Stonehearst
2014 · Original Music Composer
Zapatero a tus zapatos
2014 · Original Music Composer
La Peor Noche de mi Vida
2014 · Original Music Composer
Decisión final
2014 · Original Music Composer
The After
2014 · Original Music Composer
Best Worst Friends
2013 · Original Music Composer
JOBS: La Vida De Steve Jobs
2013 · Original Music Composer
Línea de emergencia
2013 · Original Music Composer
Alex Cross: En la mente del Asesino
2012 · Original Music Composer
Los Tres Chiflados
2012 · Original Music Composer
Mil Palabras
2012 · Original Music Composer
Año Nuevo
2011 · Original Music Composer
La sombra de la traicion
2011 · Original Music Composer
Detras De Las Paredes
2011 · Original Music Composer
Si fueras yo
2011 · Original Music Composer
Amigos con derechos
2011 · Original Music Composer
El Oso Yogui
2010 · Original Music Composer
Depredadores
2010 · Original Music Composer
Iron Man 2
2010 · Original Music Composer
Snowmen
2010 · Original Music Composer
Día de los Enamorados
2010 · Original Music Composer
Papás a la fuerza
2009 · Original Music Composer
Pequeños Invasores
2009 · Original Music Composer
The Stoning of Soraya M.
2009 · Original Music Composer
Hannah Montana: La película
2009 · Original Music Composer
Hotel para Perros
2009 · Original Music Composer
La novia de mi mejor amigo
2008 · Original Music Composer
Un papá muy poderoso
2008 · Original Music Composer
Tripulación Dave
2008 · Original Music Composer
La Momia: La tumba del emperador dragón
2008 · Additional Music
The Seed
2008 · Music
Regreso del Todopoderoso
2007 · Original Music Composer
Georgia Rule
2007 · Original Music Composer
By His Wounds We Are Healed: Making 'The Passion of the Christ'
2007 · Music
Idlewild
2006 · Original Music Composer
La Granja
2006 · Conductor, Original Music Composer
No Hay Héroe Pequeño
2006 · Original Music Composer
Ant Bully: Las aventuras de Lucas
2006 · Original Music Composer
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006 · Self
Keeping Up with the Steins
2006 · Original Music Composer
Más Barato Por Docena 2
2005 · Original Music Composer
Zathura: Una aventura espacial
2005 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Chicken Little
2005 · Original Music Composer
Persiguiendo un sueño: Basada en una historia real
2005 · Original Music Composer
Las aventuras de Sharkboy y Lavagirl
2005 · Original Music Composer
Duma
2005 · Original Music Composer
Sin City: La Ciudad del Pecado
2005 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Niñera a prueba de balas
2005 · Original Music Composer
Una Navidad De Locos
2004 · Original Music Composer
Elf: That's a Wrap
2004 · Self
El Diario De La Princesa 2
2004 · Original Music Composer
Raising Helen
2004 · Original Music Composer
Mi Vecino el Asesino 2
2004 · Original Music Composer
La pasión de Cristo
2004 · Original Music Composer
Welcome to Mooseport
2004 · Original Music Composer
Elf, el duende
2003 · Original Music Composer
Todopoderoso
2003 · Original Music Composer
Malibu's Most Wanted
2003 · Original Music Composer
Este cuerpo no es mío
2002 · Original Music Composer
El smoking
2002 · Original Music Composer
The Sweatbox
2002 · Self
Swimfan
2002 · Original Music Composer
Mini espías 2: La isla de los sueños perdidos
2002 · Original Music Composer
El rey escorpión
2002 · Original Music Composer
El misterio de la libélula
2002 · Original Music Composer
Frio De Perros
2002 · Original Music Composer
Jimmy Neutrón: El niño genio
2001 · Original Music Composer
El Diario De La Princesa
2001 · Original Music Composer
Como Perros y Gatos
2001 · Original Music Composer
Las estafadoras
2001 · Original Music Composer
Mini Espías
2001 · Original Music Composer
Spot
2001 · Original Music Composer
Las locuras del emperador
2000 · Original Music Composer
Running Mates
2000 · Original Music Composer
Los Suplentes
2000 · Original Music Composer
Relative Values
2000 · Original Music Composer
Michael Jordan to the Max
2000 · Music
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
1999 · Original Music Composer
El Día Final
1999 · Original Music Composer
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
1999 · Music
Elmo en la Tierra de los Gruñones
1999 · Original Music Composer
Aventuras en la Casa Blanca
1999 · Original Music Composer
Inspector Gadget
1999 · Original Music Composer
Komodo
1999 · Original Music Composer
G-Saviour
1999 · Original Music Composer
Lost & Found
1999 · Original Music Composer
Mi Marciano Favorito
1999 · Original Music Composer
Estaré en casa para navidad
1998 · Original Music Composer
Paulie
1998 · Original Music Composer
Justice League of America
1997 · Original Music Composer
Sé lo que hicieron el verano pasado
1997 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Mentiroso Mentiroso
1997 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
La reliquia
1997 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Carpool
1996 · Original Music Composer
Doctor Who - La Película
1996 · Original Music Composer, Theme Song Performance
Getting Away with Murder
1996 · Original Music Composer
Chameleon
1996 · Original Music Composer
La Pirata: La Isla de las Cabezas Cortadas
1995 · Original Music Composer
Muerte súbita
1995 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Runaway Brain
1995 · Original Music Composer
Kansas
1995 · Original Music Composer
En Busca Del Honor
1995 · Original Music Composer
Houseguest
1995 · Original Music Composer
Los pequeños gigantes
1994 · Original Music Composer
Colmillo blanco 2: El mito del lobo blanco
1994 · Original Music Composer
Los Picapiedra: A Hollyrock por un bebé
1993 · Original Music Composer
The Town Santa Forgot
1993 · Original Music Composer
El Árbol de la Noche de Brujas
1993 · Original Music Composer
SeaQuest DSV
1993 · Original Music Composer
For Love and Glory
1993 · Original Music Composer
Praying Mantis
1993 · Original Music Composer
Abracadabra
1993 · Original Music Composer
Gunmen
1993 · Original Music Composer
Class of '61
1993 · Original Music Composer
Jonny's Golden Quest
1993 · Original Music Composer
Los Picapiedra: La Boda De Pebbles
1993 · Original Music Composer
Sunstroke
1992 · Original Music Composer
Still Not Quite Human
1992 · Original Music Composer
Into the Badlands
1991 · Original Music Composer
A Seduction in Travis County
1991 · Original Music Composer
The Face of Fear
1990 · Original Music Composer
Los Supersónicos: La película
1990 · Original Music Composer
The Yum Yums: The Day Things Went Sour
1990 · Original Music Composer
The Eyes of the Panther
1989 · Music
Trenchcoat in Paradise
1989 · Original Music Composer
Carmilla
1989 · Music
The Turn of the Screw
1989 · Music
Seven Hours to Judgment
1988 · Original Music Composer
Not Since Casanova
1988 · Original Music Composer
The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck
1988 · Original Music Composer
The Wild Pair
1987 · Original Music Composer
Yogi's Great Escape
1987 · Songs
DTV: Monster Hits
1987 · Additional Music
The Day My Kid Went Punk
1987 · Original Music Composer
Sport Goofy in Soccermania
1987 · Music
DTV 'Doggone' Valentine
1987 · Original Music Composer
Rose Petal Place: Real Friends
1985 · Original Music Composer
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
1984 · Original Music Composer
Fitness and Me: Why Exercise?
1984 · Original Music Composer
Backstage at Disney
1983 · Music
Deer in the Works
1980 · Music
The Strongest Man in the World
1975 · John (Student)
TV shows (20)
Oswald
2027 · Original Music Composer
The Gray House
2026 · Original Music Composer
Los campeones
2021 · Original Music Composer
El Joven Sheldon
2017 · Original Music Composer
The Orville : Nave Interestelar
2017 · Music
Santa Clarita Diet
2017 · Music
Texas Rising
2015 · Music
American Odyssey
2015 · Music
Point of Honor
2015 · Music
Houdini
2014 · Music
Bonnie & Clyde
2013 · Original Music Composer
Hatfields & McCoys
2012 · Original Music Composer
Against the Grain
1993 · Music
Viaje a las estrellas: Espacio Profundo Nueve
1993 · Music
Las aventuras de los Tiny Toon
1990 · Music
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
1988 · Sound
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987 · Music
Disney Family Album
1984 · Main Title Theme Composer
Cagney & Lacey
1982 · Music
Fame
1982 · Original Music Composer