DEBNEY, John 1957–

PERSONAL

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.

Career:

Composer, conductor, and orchestrator.

Awards, Honors:

Emmy Award nomination, outstanding achievement in main title theme music, 1990, Emmy Award, outstanding achievement in music composition for a series, 1991, both for The Young Riders; ASCAP Award, most performed underscore, American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, 1991, 1992; Emmy Award, outstanding individual achievement in main title theme music, 1994, for SeaQuest DSV; Emmy Award, outstanding music composition for a series (dramatic underscore), Emmy Award nomination, outstanding main title theme music, 1997, both for The Cape; ASCAP Award, top box office films, 1998, for Liar Liar; ASCAP Award, top box office films, 1998, for I Know What You Did Last Summer; ASCAP Award, top box office films, 2000, for Inspector Gadget; Annie Award nomination, outstanding individual achievement for music score in an animated feature production, 2001, for The Emperor's New Groove; ASCAP Award, top box office films, 2002, for Cats & Dogs, The Princess Diaries, and Spy Kids; ASCAP Award, top box office films, 2003, for The Scorpion King and Snow Dogs; ASCAP Award (with Robert Rodriguez), top box office films, 2003, for Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams; ASCAP Award, top box office films, 2004, for Bruce Almighty and Elf.

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), Buena Vista, 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.

Television Work; 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 Fang 2), 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 Spielberg Presents … 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.

Television Music; 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.

Television Music; 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.