Nick Glennie-Smith

Nickolas GlennieSmith 3 October 1951 16 August 2026 was an English film score composer conductor and musician who was a frequent collaborator with Hans Zimmer contributing to scores including The Rock nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound the 2006 historical film Children of Glory and the 1993 spy thriller Point of No Return GlennieSmith also composed the scores for the films Home Alone 3 1997 The Man in the Iron Mask 1998 We Were Soldiers 2002 Secretariat 2010 the score for the Disney directtovideo animated film The Lion King II Simbas Pride 1998 Lauras Stern 2004 The Little Polar Bear 2 The Mysterious Island and A Sound of Thunder both 2005 GlennieSmith was a part of Hans Zimmers film score company Remote Control Productions for which he conducted music for the soundtracks on Transformers 20072017 XMen First Class and Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides both 2011 He was Zimmers accompanist on the score for Man of Steel 2013 He was the master composer of the music in the French theme park le Puy du Fou He collaborated with the former Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters He worked on Waters score for the 1986 film When the Wind Blows then provided some of the keyboard overdubbing for the song The Powers that Be on Waters 1987 Radio KAOS album He performed at the 1990 concert The Wall Live in Berlin as a keyboardist alongside Peter Wood He also toured in the 1980s with Cliff Richard again playing keyboards In 1987 he was responsible with producer Vic CoppersmithHeaven and singer Kenny Young for the album Transmissions under the group name Gentlemen Without Weapons