John Debney
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John Debney Net Worth

John Debney is a highly successful composer in Hollywood, having grown up in Glendale, California and having been inspired by the Disney Studios lot. After earning his B.A. in Music Composition from California Institute of the Arts, Debney worked on various television projects and films, such as Liar Liar, Elf, Iron Man 2, Spy Kids, and I Know What You Did Last Summer. His most successful work to date is Disney's live-action adaptation of The Jungle Book, which he credits to the fact that both the film and the score embraced the history of the original. Debney has won 3 Emmy's and been nominated for 7, he is also an Academy Award nominee, and the youngest recipient of ASCAP's prestigious Henry Mancini Lifetime Achievement Award.
John Debney is a member of Music Department

Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Music Department, Composer, Soundtrack
Birth Day August 18, 1956
Birth Place  Glendale, California, United States
Age 67 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Virgo
Birth name John Cardon Debney
Genres Film scores, soundtracks
Occupation(s) Composer, conductor
Instruments Keyboards
Years active 1984–present
Website www.johndebney.com

💰 Net worth

John Debney, a highly acclaimed musician and composer in the United States, is estimated to have a net worth ranging from $100k to $1 million in 2024. With an impressive career in the music industry, Debney is recognized for his exceptional talent and expertise as a music department member, composer, and soundtrack artist. Known for his versatile skills and ability to create captivating melodies, Debney has contributed to numerous successful projects, earning him a substantial net worth and a prominent position in the industry.

Biography/Timeline

1979

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. Two weeks after graduating from CalArts, he got a job at copying department at Disney. One day, Buddy Baker saw him and had him arrange music that would later be used for different pavilions and rides at EPCOT Center (at Walt Disney World in Florida). After three years at Disney, he freelanced for television Composer 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 in Disneyland Paris and SpectroMagic at Magic Kingdom. In 1993, he scored his first studio feature, the Disney comedy Hocus Pocus starring Bette Midler.

2010

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.

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