Steve Jablonsky facts for kids

Steve Jablonsky (born October 9, 1970) is an American composer. He writes music for movies, TV shows, and video games. He is most famous for creating the music for the Transformers movies and the game The Sims 3. Steve often works with directors like Michael Bay and Peter Berg, and fellow composer Hans Zimmer.

Steve's Early Life

Steve Jablonsky's mother was born in a Japanese internment camp. He went to the University of California, Berkeley for college. He first studied computer science, but changed to music a year later.

After college, he got an internship at Hans Zimmer's company, Remote Control Productions. He simply called them to ask if they needed help! There, Steve met Harry Gregson-Williams, another composer. Steve started as his assistant. Later, he worked more closely with Hans Zimmer. He began composing for big projects like Desperate Housewives and the Transformers movies.

Steve's Music Career

Steve Jablonsky has created music for many popular films. These include The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), The Island (2005), and several Transformers movies (2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2017). He also composed for Battleship (2012) and Ender's Game (2013).

He also contributed to the music for the video game Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. Steve wrote the main music for BBC's Seven Wonders of the Industrial World in 2003. He also composed music for the TV show Desperate Housewives for many years. His song "Trailblazing" was even used for wrestling events like WrestleMania X8.

Steve also wrote the music for the video game Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. He also composed music for Gears of War 3 and the very popular game The Sims 3.

Currently, Steve works at Hans Zimmer's studio, Remote Control Productions. He learned a lot from Zimmer and other talented composers there. In 2024, the rock band Weezer even invited him to help write music for their "Voyage to the Blue Planet Tour."

In 2015, Steve composed the music for the movie The Last Witch Hunter. He also worked on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows and the 2016 film Deepwater Horizon.

Film Music

Steve Jablonsky has composed music for many films. Here are some of his notable works:

Additional Film Music

Steve Jablonsky also helped with music for these films:

TV Show Music

Steve Jablonsky has also composed for television:

Video Game Music

Steve Jablonsky has created music for many video games:

See also

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