John Debney is an American composer and conductor whose work spans film, television, video games, and theme park attractions. The son of Disney producer Louis Debney, he grew up in Glendale, California, close to the Walt Disney Studios, earned a degree in music composition from the California Institute of the Arts in 1979, and began his career writing and orchestrating music for Disney before moving into television.
Through the 1980s and 1990s he scored series as varied as A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, The Young Riders, Star Trek: The Next Generation (US, 1987), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (US, 1993), Seaquest DSV (US, 1993), and The Cape, winning several Primetime Emmy Awards along the way. Decades later he returned to episodic scoring with his large-orchestra music for Seth MacFarlane's The Orville.
His feature breakthrough was the lavish symphonic swashbuckler Cutthroat Island (US, 1995), still among his most admired scores. Debney has since become one of Hollywood's most versatile and prolific composers, moving between comedy (Liar Liar, Bruce Almighty, Elf (US, 2003)), family and animated films (Hocus Pocus (US, 1993), The Emperor's New Groove, Chicken Little, The Jungle Book), action (Iron Man 2 (US, 2010), Sin City (US, 2005), Predators (US, 2010)), and musicals (The Greatest Showman). His score for Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ (2004) earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score, and in 2005 he became the youngest recipient of ASCAP's Henry Mancini Award. A frequent conductor of his own music, he remains highly active, with recent credits including Hocus Pocus 2, Kevin Costner's Horizon: An American Saga, and The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants.
Lair
United States / 2014-04-08
La-La Land Records LLLCD 1286
2xCD (Album) / 39 Tracks / 115:33 m:s
Looney Tunes: Back In Action: The Deluxe Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Jerry Goldsmith
United States / 2021-01-08
Varèse Sarabande (CD Club)
2xCD (Album) / 79 Tracks / 123:27 m:s
Looney Tunes: Back In Action (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Jerry Goldsmith
United States / 2003-11-18
Varèse Sarabande 302 066 523 2
1xCD (Album) / 21 Tracks / 36:30 m:s
Looney Tunes: Back In Action (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Jerry Goldsmith
Germany / 2003-11-04
Colosseum Schallplatten VSD-6523
1xCD (Album) / 21 Tracks / 37:08 m:s
Luck (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
John Debney
United States / 2025-06-10
Intrada (Special Collection) ISC 517
2xCD (Album) / 29 Tracks / 102:17 m:s
Meet Dave
United States / 2008-07-01
Varèse Sarabande 302 066 906 2
1xCD (Album) / 27 Tracks / 42:45 m:s
Meet Dave
Germany / 2008-06-30
Colosseum Music Entertainment CVS 6906.2
1xCD (Album) / 27 Tracks / 42:45 m:s
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
United States / 2008-07-29
Varèse Sarabande 302 066 916 2
1xCD (Album) / 30 Tracks / 76:30 m:s
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Germany / 2008-07-29
Colosseum Music Entertainment CVS 6916.2
1xCD (Album) / 30 Tracks / 76:30 m:s
The Orville: New Horizons (Original Television Soundtrack)
John Debney
United States / 2023-03-03
Hollywood Records
Digital (Album) / 72 Tracks / 277:05 m:s
The Orville: Season 1 (Original Television Soundtrack)
John Debney
United States / 2019-01-25
20th Century Fox TV Records
Digital (Album) / 55 Tracks / 150:07 m:s
The Orville: Season 1 (Original Television Soundtrack)
John Debney
United States / 2019-01-22
La-La Land Records LLLCD 1493
2xCD (Album) / 55 Tracks / 150:33 m:s
The Orville: Season 1 (Original Television Soundtrack)
John Debney
United States / 2019-07-30
La-La Land Records LLLLP 2007
2xLP (Album) / 30 Tracks / 86:22 m:s
Passion of the Christ
United States / 2004-02-24
Sony Classical 92046
1xCD (Album) / 15 Tracks / 54:10 m:s
Passion of the Christ (Expanded Tenth Anniversary Edition)
John Debney
United States / 2014-12-02
La-La Land Records LLLCD1329
2xCD (Album)
Passion of the Christ (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
John Debney
Netherlands / 2019-04-05
Music On Vinyl (At the Movies) MOVATM055
1xLP (Album)
Predators (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
John Debney
United States / 2010-07-27
La-La Land Records LLLCD 1141
1xCD (Album) / 24 Tracks / 68:37 m:s
Predators (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
John Debney
United States / 2024-03-01
Hollywood Records D004469225
Digital (Album) / 24 Tracks / 68:25 m:s
The Relic
United States / 2013-01-15
La-La Land Records LLLCD 1237
1xCD (Album) / 20 Tracks / 66:33 m:s
SeaQuest DSV
Variant: To Be or Not To Be / Knight of Shadows / Such Great Patience
John Debney
Germany / 1995-02-14
Colosseum Schallplatten VSD-5565
1xCD (Album) / 14 Tracks / 29:25 m:s
SeaQuest DSV: The Deluxe Edition (Original Television Soundtrack)
John Debney
United States / 2020-06-12
Varèse Sarabande (CD Club)
2xCD (Album) / 58 Tracks / 131:28 m:s
SeaQuest DSV: The Deluxe Edition (Original Television Soundtrack)
John Debney
United States / 2021-04-02
Varèse Sarabande
Digital (Album) / 50 Tracks / 111:59 m:s
Sin City
Germany / 2005-12-06
Colosseum Schallplatten VSD 6644
1xCD (Album) / 24 Tracks / 55:57 m:s
Sin City: The Deluxe Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Variant: Milky Clear Vinyl
Graeme Revell
United States / 2026-04-24
Varèse Sarabande
1xLP (Album)