Steve Jablonsky facts for kids

Steve Jablonsky (born October 9, 1970) is an American composer. He writes music for films, television shows, and video games. He is most famous for his music in the Transformers movies, the TV show Desperate Housewives, and the game The Sims 3. Steve often works with film directors Michael Bay and Peter Berg. He also frequently collaborates with fellow composer Hans Zimmer.

Steve Jablonsky's Early Life

Steve Jablonsky was born on October 9, 1970. His mother was born in a Japanese internment camp. Steve went to the University of California, Berkeley for college. He first studied computer science. However, after a year, he changed his major to music composition.

After he graduated, Steve became an intern at Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions. He got this job by calling the studio to ask if they needed help. There, Steve met Harry Gregson-Williams, another composer who worked with Zimmer. Steve started working as Harry's assistant. Later, he worked more closely with Hans Zimmer. This led him to compose music for big projects like Desperate Housewives and the Transformers film series.

Steve Jablonsky's Career in Music

Steve Jablonsky has created music for many movies. These include The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), Steamboy (2004), and The Island (2005). He also composed for the Transformers movies, such as the first one in 2007, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014), and Transformers: The Last Knight (2017). Other films he scored are D-War (2007), Battleship (2012), and Ender's Game (2013). He also helped with music for Team America: World Police (2004).

Besides movies, Steve has worked on video games. He helped compose music for Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. He also wrote the main music for BBC's Seven Wonders of the Industrial World in 2003. From 2004 to 2012, he wrote music for the TV show Desperate Housewives. His song "Trailblazing" was used as the opening theme for WrestleMania X8 and WrestleMania XIX.

Steve also wrote the music for the video game Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. He took over from the previous composer, Frank Klepacki. Steve worked for Media Ventures, a music company started by Jay Rifkin and Hans Zimmer, for seven years. His recent projects include music for the South Korean film D-War, the game Gears of War 3 for the Xbox 360, and music for The Sims 3.

Steve Jablonsky currently works at Zimmer's studio, Remote Control Productions. He learned a lot from composers like Zimmer, Nick Glennie-Smith, Harry Gregson-Williams, and Klaus Badelt. In September 2024, the rock band Weezer invited Steve to write some music for their Voyage to the Blue Planet Tour.

In February 2015, Steve was chosen to compose the music for the movie The Last Witch Hunter. He also created the soundtrack for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, which was a sequel to the 2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. In 2016, he composed for the Peter Berg film Deepwater Horizon, which starred Mark Wahlberg and Kurt Russell.

Steve Jablonsky's Film Music

Film Scores

Additional Music for Films

Steve Jablonsky's Television Music

Steve Jablonsky's Video Game Music

See also

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