Timothy Williams (composer)
Introduction '''Timothy Williams''' (born 14 February 1966) is an English/Canadian composer, conductor, and orchestrator known for his film, television, and video game scores. A graduate of the National Film and Television School, Williams has won numerous awards and is best known for his award winning work on the A24 film ''Pearl'', ''Finding You'', ''Brightburn'', ''Get Out'', ''Guardians of the Galaxy'', ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'', ''Deadpool 2'' and Robert Duvall's ''Wild Horses.'' He is a frequent collaborator of musician and composer Tyler Bates, Robert Duncan and Benjamin Wallfisch.
Early life and education Williams went to St. Michaels University School in Victoria, Canada, at the same time as Leslie Hope, Andrew Sabiston, Kenneth Oppel, and Bert Archer. He then attended the National Film and Television School in England and furthered his studies at UCLA Extension and the ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop.
Career === Theatre ===Williams wrote the musical ''Napoleon'', which opened in 1994 at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto. It was nominated for a Dora Award for Best New Musical. EMI released a Highlights Album on their Angel Broadway label. In 1996, he relocated to England and worked with Directors Gale Edwards and Francesca Zambello to rework ''Napoleon'' until its opening at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London's West End Theatre District in 2000. ''Napoleon'' did a run at NYMF in 2015, which was a reimagining of the original show with an entirely new book and many new songs.In July 2017, a lavish new production ''Napoleon'' opened at the Charlotte Theater in Seoul for a limited three-month. It quickly became the number one selling ticket of the summer. It feature a cast of 54 including B.A.P's Daehyun and BTOB's Changsub alongside famous musical actors such as Lim Tae Kyung, Michael Lee, and Han Ji Sang. It was directed by Richard Ouzounian and features all new sets, costumes, projections, orchestrations and was translated into Korean. It received glowing reviews. It is repped in Asia by Broadway Asia. In August 2022, ''Napoleon'' was translated into Dutch and performed in Holland. In September 2022 ''Napoleon'' was translated into French and a large scale tribute concert was performed in Seoul, Korea. In May 2023 ''Napoleon'' did a four week run in Seoul.=== Film ===Williams has scored numerous award-winning feature films including A24's ''Pearl'', ''Finding You'', ''Brightburn'', ''Wild Horses'', written, directed and starring Robert Duvall, Josh Hartnett and James Franco; "We Summon The Darkness", Disney Jr.'s "Piney The Lonesome Pine", starring Jonathan Pryce and Simon Pegg, ''Walking with the Enemy'', starring Ben Kingsley, the score for which was on the eligible list for the 2015 Academy Awards, and won Best Picture at FLIFF, ''I.T.'' directed by John Moore starring Pierce Brosnan, ''I'm Not Ashamed'', directed by Brian Baugh, nominated for Best picture at the 2017 Dove Awards, ''Diablo'', starring Scott Eastwood and Walton Goggins which won Best Picture at the San Diego film festival,  ''The Butterfly Circus'' which won over 35 Best Picture awards, the Tom Hanks produced WWII documentary ''Beyond All Boundaries'', ''Red Sky'' for which Tim Williams was nominated Best Composer and Music Editor by Motion Picture Sound Editors.He has received numerous awards including winner of 2023 "Best UK Critics Horror Score", nomination for 2023 "Best International Critics Horror score", and a 2023 Crystal Pine Award nomination for best score,  two Motion Picture SE Golden Reel Award nominations for "Red Sky", four Thea Award wins, 10 ASCAP Plus Awards and winner of best score at the 24FPS Festival for "Butterfly Circus" and best score at LA Screamfest for "We Summon The Darkness".Recent films include ''Your Monster'', ''Pearl'', ''The Swearing Jar'', ''Finding You'', ''Brightburn'', which was listed among of the best scores of 2019 in Film Music Magazine, ''Piney - The Lonesome Pine'', starring Simon Pegg and Jonathan Pryce, released on Disney Jr., and ''We Summon The Darkness'' directed by Marc Meyers, which won best score at Screamfest LA. He scored additional music on many major films including ''Get Out'', ''Hobbs & Shaw'', ''Guardians of the Galaxy'', ''Deadpool 2'', ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'', ''Conan the Barbarian'', ''300'', ''Watchmen'', ''Super'', ''Sucker Punch'', ''Doomsday'', ''Shark Night 3D''.Upcoming films include Lionsgate's ''The Bagman'', ''Intermedium'', ''Founders Day'', and ''Your Monster''.===Orchestrations and conducting===In addition to orchestrating and conducting all the above, Williams also orchestrated and/or conducted the scores to ''Deadpool 2'', ''The Spy Who Dumped Me'', ''Christopher Robin'', ''Hidden Figures'', ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'', ''It'', ''Premium Rush'', ''Green Hornet'',  ''The Way'', ''The Day The Earth Stood Still'', ''Halloween'', ''Slither'', and ''Half Past Dead''. Williams has orchestrated for Tyler Bates, Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz, Robert Duncan, and Bruce Broughton. He conducted for the soundtrack to Valve's ''Dota 2'' and orchestrated Zella Day's album Kicker and "Love is Alive" from Lea Michele's album.===TV===Williams scored the Sony Animation/Netflix series "Agent Elvis", AMC/Shudder ''Creepshow'', the FOX Pilot ''Richard Lovely'', and the Disney Pilot ''Madison High'' and additional music on the Cartoon Network animated series ''Sym-Bionic Titan'', ABC's ''Missing'' as well as Fox's ''The Exorcist'', Season 2.He orchestrated the TV series ''Castle'', ''Whispers'', ''Last Resort'', ''Timeless'', and ''S.W.A.T. ''===Video games===He contributed music for the video game score of ''Rise of the Argonauts'' with composer Tyler Bates and contributed additional music on ''God of War: Ascension''. He orchestrated and conducted ''Transformers: The Game'' and ''Army of Two: The 40th Day''.===Live spectacle===Williams has also written music and arranged for over 55 live and spectacle shows for Disney, Universal Studios and Seaworld, including Universal's adaptation of "Wicked", Disney's "Aladdin" (Thea Award) at California Adventure, Disney's Tangled – The Musical, Disney's "Snow White", Disney's "Believe", Disney's "Wishes", Disney's "Twice Charmed", Seaworld's "Blue Horizons", Seaworld's "Believe", Disney's "Candlelight Reflection", Disney's "Rhythms of The World", Disney's "Glow in the Park", Disney's "Buzz Lightyears Big Mission", Universal Studio's "Sorciere" and Universal's "Peter Pan" and ''Napoleon'', the West End show. He composed the score for the Georgia Aquarium's "Dolphin Tales". At least 15 shows are currently playing around the world. He has won 4 Thea awards and a Dora Award for the projects "Aladdin – A Disney Spectacular", Universal's "Peter Pan", and "Voice of an Angel" and "Beyond All Boundaries". Timothy arranged the music for the opening of Shanghai Disneyland, which was later turned into "Lunar New Year" for the "World of Color Show" at California Adventure. Williams most recently composed and arranged the ''Jurassic World Live Tour'' for Universal Studios.
Awards and nominations Timothy Williams has received numerous awards including winner of 2023 "Best UK Critics Horror Score", nomination for 2023 "Best International Critics Horror score", and a 2023 Crystal Pine Award nomination for best score,  two Motion Picture SE Golden Reel Award nominations for "Red Sky", four Thea Award wins, 10 ASCAP Plus Awards and winner of best score at the 24FPS Festival for "Butterfly Circus" and best score at LA Screamfest for "We Summon The Darkness".He has over 30 soundtracks released on labels Sony Records, Milan Records, Lakeshore Records, Disney, EMI Broadway Asia, and First Night Records.
Filmography === Film ===YearTitleDirectorNotes2002''A Time for Dancing''Peter GilbertComposer additional music''Half Past Dead''Orchestrator2005''Gotham Cafe''Jack Edward SawyersComposer''The Devil's Rejects''Rob ZombieOrchestrator & conductor''The Moment After 2: The Awakening''Wes LlewelynComposer2006''Slither''James GunnOrchestrator''300''Zack SnyderOrchestrator, conductor, choral arranger & composer of additional music2007''A Dog's Breakfast''David HewlettComposer''Aberration''Douglas Elford-ArgentComposer''The Passage''Mark HellerComposer''Halloween''Rob ZombieOrchestrator & conductor2008''Doomsday''Neil MarshallOrchestrator, conductor & composer of additional music''The Day the Earth Stood Still''Scott DerricksonOrchestrator & conductor2009''Up in the Air''Wes LlewelynComposer''Star Crossed''Mark HellerComposer''The Butterfly Circus''Joshua Weigel Composer''Playmobil: The Secret of Pirate Island''Alexander Sokoloff Composer''Beyond All Boundaries''David BriggsComposer''Watchmen''Zack SnyderComposer additional music, orchestrator & conductor  2010''The Brazen Bull''Douglas Elford-ArgentComposer''The Mulberry Tree''Mark HellerComposer''The Way''Emilio EstevezOrchestrator & conductor. ''Super''James GunnComposer additional music2011''Blood Soldiers: Interrogation''Jake ThorntonComposer''The Lutefisk Wars''Christopher PanneckDavid E. Hall Composer''The Green Hornet''Michel GondryOrchestration''Sucker Punch''Zack Snyder Composer additional music, orchestrator & conductor ''Conan the Barbarian''Marcus Nispel Composer additional music, orchestrator & conductor ''The Entitled''Aaron WoodleyOrchestrator & conductor2012''The History of Future Folk''Jeremy Kipp WalkerJohn Anderson MitchellComposer''The Darkest Hour''Chris GorakOrchestrator''Premium Rush''David KoeppOrchestrator & conductor2013''Walking with the Enemy''Mark SchmidtComposer2014''Red Sky''Mario Van PeeblesComposer''Guardians of the Galaxy''James GunnComposer additional music, orchestrator & conductor''Fragmented''Douglas Elford-ArgentComposer''Debug''David HewlettComposer''The Sun Devil and the Princess''Steven Ayromlooi Composer2015''Wild Horses''Robert DuvallComposer''Diablo''Lawrence RoeckComposer''Kill Me, Deadly''Darrett SandersOrchestrator2016''I'm Not Ashamed''Brian BaughComposer''I.T. ''John MooreComposer''Spark: A Space Tail''Aaron WoodleyOrchestrator''Hidden Figures''Theodore MelfiConductor2017''The Tank''Kellie MadisonComposer''Get Out''Jordan PeeleComposer additional music, orchestrator & conductor''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2''James GunnArranger, synth programmer, conductor, & lead orchestrator''Annabelle: Creation''David F. SandbergConductor''It''Andy MuschiettiConductor''24 Hours to Live''Brian SmrzComposer additional music2018''Deadpool 2''David LeitchConductor, orchestrator & programmer''The Spy Who Dumped Me''Susanna FogelConductor, orchestrator & programmer''Christopher Robin''Marc ForsterConductor''The Darkest Minds''Jennifer Yuh NelsonConductor''Nocturne''Andy SchulerSean Michael WilliamsComposer''Perfect Pair''Neil JacksonComposer2019''Brightburn''David YaroveskyComposer''A Modern Magician''Mark HellerComposer''Piney The Lonesome Pine''Todd Edwards & Timothy HootenComposer''Hobbs & Shaw''David LeitchComposer additional music, orchestrator & conductor''It Chapter Two''Andy MuschiettiConductor2020''We Summon the Darkness''Marc MeyersComposer2021''Finding You''Brian BaughComposer''Gringa''EJ FoeresterComposer ''Have You Heard About Greg?'' Steve Ecclesine Conductor''Fist''Andrew McVicarComposer''Southern Gospel''Jeffrey SmithComposer''The Swearing Jar''Lindsay MacKayComposer/Song Producer and Arranger2022''Pearl''Ti WestComposer''She Came from the Woods''Eric and Carson BloomquistComposer ''Catch Your Breath'' Matt Sears Composer''Dayshift''J.J. PerryOrchestrator''DC League of Super-Pets''Jared Stern Sam Levine Orchestrator''Red Notice''Rawson Marshall ThurberOrchestrator''John Wick: Chapter 4''Chad StahelskiOrchestrator2023''Gringa''Marny Eng and EJ FoersterComposer''Tiger's Apprentice''Raman HuiOrchestrator''Fools Paradise''Charlie DayConductor''The Boogeyman''Rob SavageOrchestrator and Conductor''The Bagman''Colm McCarthyComposer''Founders Day''Erik BloomquistComposer''Intermedium''Erik BloomquistComposer''Fixed''Gendy TartakovskyAdditional Music and Orchestrations''Your Monster''Caroline LindyComposer''The Color Purple''Blitz BazawuleSong Arranger''Borderlands''Eli RothOrchestration=== Television ===YearTitleNotes2014Last ResortOrchestrator - 13 episodes Madison High (Disney)Composer2015''The Whispers''Lead orchestrator - 13 episodes2015-16''Castle''Orchestrator2016''Quantico''Lead orchestrator2017''Empire''Conductor''The Exorcist''Composer additional music2016-18''Timeless''Lead orchestrator2017-2021''S.W.A.T. ''Lead orchestrator 2019''Creepshow'' (AMC/Shudder)ComposerRichard Lovely (FOX)Composer2020Piney The Lonesome Pine (Disney Jr.)Composer2022The Night Agent (10 Episodes)Orchestrator2023Agent Elvis Netflix/Sony Animation (10 Episodes)Composer=== Video games ===YearTitleNotes2008''The Rise of the Argonauts''Composer additional music2010''Army of Two: The 40th Day''Composer additional music, orchestrator2012''Call of Duty: Black Ops II''Orchestrator2013''God of War: Ascension''Composer additional music, orchestrator and conductor''Dota 2''Orchestrator and conductor
References
Further reading * The Best Scores of 2019* GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY ORCHESTRATOR TIMOTHY WILLIAMS SCORES ON RED SKY! * WAMG Talks To GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Composer Tyler Bates* Acceleration: High-Speed Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction* From Conan The Barbarian to 300, Watchmen, Rob Zombie and Beyond: Chatting With Film Composer Tyler Bates* Timothy Williams Scoring David Yarovesky’s ‘Brightburn’* Interview: Composer Tim Williams Conducts Superhero Horror in BRIGHTBURN
External links ** *  ''Napoleon The Musical'' official website