BIOGRAPHY
JACK McKENZIE is an Award-nominated Scottish Composer, Orchestrator and Arranger for Film, Television and Video Games. A highly versatile writer, his music varies in genre and style, often maintaining a heavy emphasis on story-focused melodic or thematic writing in combination with the integration of unusual and unique contemporary techniques and sounds.
Jack’s most recent projects include Music Preparation with the London Contemporary Orchestra on MARVEL STUDIOS’ DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE (2024), and as an Orchestrator for AARDMAN’s upcoming WALLACE & GROMIT: A VENGEANCE MOST FOWL debuting on BBC/NETFLIX this Christmas.
His music for the critically-acclaimed short documentary KALU: GROWING UP WILD (2023), narrated by GEORGE McGAVIN, earned him a nomination for "Best Original Score (Short Documentary)" at the HOLLYWOOD MUSIC IN MEDIA AWARDS (2023). KALU was further nominated for “Best Original Score - Short Film” at the INTERNATIONAL SOUND AND FILM MUSIC FESTIVAL (2024), alongside his two other scores for HEART OF THE OSA (2024) and SANDCASTLE - THE SECRET LIFE OF POTTERWASPS (2024), resulting in a very rare total of three nominations for one Composer in the same category.
He is a frequent collaborator with fellow Scottish Composer BLAIR MOWAT, composing additional music and arranging for scores such as ITV’s McDONALD & DODDS and AFTER THE FLOOD, BBC’s MEN UP, and for MOWAT's BAFTA-nominated score for NOLLY, written by Russell T. Davies, directed by Peter Hoar and starring Helena Bonham Carter.
As well as a graduate from the prestigious BAFTA and Oscar award-winning National Film and Television School, Jack has received extensive personal mentorship from some of the industry’s most renowned and celebrated composers, including Oscar-winning DARIO MARIANELLI and Emmy-winning ADAM LUKAS. After mentoring with LUKAS, Jack regularly contributes original music to HANS ZIMMER’s BLEEDING FINGERS MUSIC and their partnered Production Music Libraries (SONY/ATV and EXTREME MUSIC)
As a tutor, Jack also creates a variety of educational content for his YouTube Channel as well as lecturing at the ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE of SCOTLAND.
Jack is a founding member and Composer for WILDREACH PRODUCTIONS - a collective of award-winning filmmakers and sound artists, coming together to make innovative films about wildlife, conservation and science as well as branded content.
Together with Director(s)/Cinematographer(s) ROMAN WILLI and MATTEO CLARKE, and alongside SoundDesigner ETIENNE KOMPIS, they form a one-stop shop full-service Production House with a focus on documentaries in Natural History, Science and Conservation.
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