Nick Glennie-Smith

Nick Glennie-Smith (born 3 October 1951 in London, England) is a film composer whose most prominent work is a collaboration with Hans Zimmer on the score to the 1996 action film The Rock as well as work on the 1993 drama Point of No Return. Glennie-Smith has also written scores for the films Home Alone 3, The Man in the Iron Mask, We Were Soldiers, the score for the Disney animated film The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, Lauras Stern, Der kleine Eisbär 2 - Die geheimnisvolle Insel and A Sound of Thunder.

Glennie-Smith's association with Zimmer is through Zimmer's Media Ventures, of which Glennie-Smith was a member.

Glennie-Smith is also known as the master composer of the music in the French theme park le Puy du Fou.

He had a brief collaboration with Roger Waters - first on the 1986 film When the Wind Blows, then some keyboard overdubbing for Waters' 1987 Radio K.A.O.S. album (namely the song "The Powers that Be"), and finally - performing at the legendary 1990 "The Wall Live in Berlin" concert as a keyboardist alongside Peter Wood. He also toured in the 1980s with Cliff Richard, again playing keyboards.