# John Debney

John Debney is a composer, born 18 August 1956, known for The Garfield Movie (2024), The Sweatbox (2002) and In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover (2020).

Also known as John C. Debney · Composer · Born 1956-08-18

John Debney is a composer working in English cinema. Clapnumber holds 184 titles for John Debney, from The Strongest Man in the World in 1975 to The Man with the Bag in 2026. By decade, that is 2 in the 1970s, 15 in the 1980s, 44 in the 1990s, 57 in the 2000s, 41 in the 2010s and 24 in the 2020s. Those titles are mostly adventure, animation and comedy.
## Filmography
- [The Man with the Bag](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-man-with-the-bag) (2026) — Music Director — Upcoming
- [You, Me & Tuscany](https://clapnumber.com/movies/you-me-tuscany) (2026) — Music Director
- [The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-spongebob-movie-search-for-squarepants) (2025) — Music Director
- [In Your Dreams](https://clapnumber.com/movies/in-your-dreams) (2025) — Music Director
- [Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2](https://clapnumber.com/movies/horizon-an-american-saga-chapter-2) (2024) — Music Director
- [Space Cadet](https://clapnumber.com/movies/space-cadet) (2024) — Music Director
- [Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1](https://clapnumber.com/movies/horizon-an-american-saga-chapter-1) (2024) — Music Director
- [The Garfield Movie](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-garfield-movie) (2024) — Music Director
- [Under the Boardwalk](https://clapnumber.com/movies/under-the-boardwalk) (2023) — Music Director
- [Spy Kids: Armageddon](https://clapnumber.com/movies/spy-kids-armageddon) (2023) — Music Director
- [Hypnotic](https://clapnumber.com/movies/hypnotic) (2023) — Other Crew
- [Bad Luck Spot!](https://clapnumber.com/movies/bad-luck-spot) (2023) — Music Director
- [80 for Brady](https://clapnumber.com/movies/80-for-brady) (2023) — Music Director
- [Hocus Pocus 2](https://clapnumber.com/movies/hocus-pocus-2) (2022) — Music Director
- [Luck](https://clapnumber.com/movies/luck-2) (2022) — Music Director
- [Marry Me](https://clapnumber.com/movies/marry-me) (2022) — Music Director
- [American Underdog](https://clapnumber.com/movies/american-underdog) (2021) — Music Director
- [Home Sweet Home Alone](https://clapnumber.com/movies/home-sweet-home-alone) (2021) — Music Director
- [Clifford the Big Red Dog](https://clapnumber.com/movies/clifford-the-big-red-dog) (2021) — Music Director
- [Come Away](https://clapnumber.com/movies/come-away) (2020) — Music Director
- [Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey](https://clapnumber.com/movies/jingle-jangle-a-christmas-journey) (2020) — Music Director
- [In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover](https://clapnumber.com/movies/in-search-of-the-sanderson-sisters-a-hocus-pocus-hulaween-takeover) (2020) — Actor
- [Asteroid Hunters](https://clapnumber.com/movies/asteroid-hunters) (2020) — Music Director
- [I Still Believe](https://clapnumber.com/movies/i-still-believe) (2020) — Music Director
- [Lake of Death](https://clapnumber.com/movies/lake-of-death) (2019) — Music Director
- [Sextuplets](https://clapnumber.com/movies/sextuplets) (2019) — Music Director
- [Brian Banks](https://clapnumber.com/movies/brian-banks) (2019) — Music Director
- [Dora and the Lost City of Gold](https://clapnumber.com/movies/dora-and-the-lost-city-of-gold) (2019) — Music Director
- [The Beach Bum](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-beach-bum) (2019) — Music Director
- [Isn't It Romantic](https://clapnumber.com/movies/isnt-it-romantic) (2019) — Music Director
- [Silent Night: A Song for the World](https://clapnumber.com/movies/silent-night-a-song-for-the-world) (2018) — Actor
- [Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash](https://clapnumber.com/movies/hocus-pocus-25th-anniversary-halloween-bash) (2018) — Actor
- [Beirut](https://clapnumber.com/movies/beirut) (2018) — Music Director
- [Chiefs](https://clapnumber.com/movies/chiefs) (2018) — Music Director
- [The Greatest Showman](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-greatest-showman) (2017) — Music Director
- [Home Again](https://clapnumber.com/movies/home-again-2) (2017) — Music Director
- [Score: A Film Music Documentary](https://clapnumber.com/movies/score-a-film-music-documentary) (2017) — Actor
- [Growing Up Wild](https://clapnumber.com/movies/growing-up-wild) (2016) — Music Director
- [Scrat: Spaced Out](https://clapnumber.com/movies/scrat-spaced-out) (2016) — Music Director
- [League of Gods](https://clapnumber.com/movies/league-of-gods) (2016) — Music Director
- [Ice Age: Collision Course](https://clapnumber.com/movies/ice-age-collision-course) (2016) — Music Director
- [Mother's Day](https://clapnumber.com/movies/mothers-day-2) (2016) — Music Director
- [The Jungle Book](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-jungle-book-2) (2016) — Music Director
- [The Young Messiah](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-young-messiah) (2016) — Music Director
- [Broken Horses](https://clapnumber.com/movies/broken-horses) (2015) — Music Director
- [The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-spongebob-movie-sponge-out-of-water) (2015) — Music Director
- [Stonehearst Asylum](https://clapnumber.com/movies/stonehearst-asylum) (2014) — Music Director
- [The Cobbler](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-cobbler) (2014) — Music Director
- [Walk of Shame](https://clapnumber.com/movies/walk-of-shame) (2014) — Music Director
- [Draft Day](https://clapnumber.com/movies/draft-day) (2014) — Music Director
- [Jobs](https://clapnumber.com/movies/jobs) (2013) — Music Director
- [The Call](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-call-2) (2013) — Music Director
- [Alex Cross](https://clapnumber.com/movies/alex-cross) (2012) — Music Director
- [The Three Stooges](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-three-stooges) (2012) — Music Director
- [A Thousand Words](https://clapnumber.com/movies/a-thousand-words) (2012) — Music Director
- [New Year's Eve](https://clapnumber.com/movies/new-years-eve) (2011) — Music Director
- [The Double](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-double-2) (2011) — Music Director
- [Dream House](https://clapnumber.com/movies/dream-house-3) (2011) — Music Director
- [The Change-Up](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-change-up) (2011) — Music Director
- [No Strings Attached](https://clapnumber.com/movies/no-strings-attached) (2011) — Music Director
- [Yogi Bear](https://clapnumber.com/movies/yogi-bear) (2010) — Music Director
- [Ultimate Iron Man: The Making of 'Iron Man 2'](https://clapnumber.com/movies/ultimate-iron-man-the-making-of-iron-man-2) (2010) — Music Director
- [Predators](https://clapnumber.com/movies/predators) (2010) — Music Director
- [Iron Man 2](https://clapnumber.com/movies/iron-man-2) (2010) — Music Director
- [Valentine's Day](https://clapnumber.com/movies/valentines-day) (2010) — Music Director
- [Old Dogs](https://clapnumber.com/movies/old-dogs) (2009) — Music Director
- [Aliens in the Attic](https://clapnumber.com/movies/aliens-in-the-attic) (2009) — Music Director
- [The Stoning of Soraya M.](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-stoning-of-soraya-m) (2009) — Music Director
- [Hannah Montana: The Movie](https://clapnumber.com/movies/hannah-montana-the-movie) (2009) — Music Director
- [Hotel for Dogs](https://clapnumber.com/movies/hotel-for-dogs) (2009) — Music Director
- [My Best Friend's Girl](https://clapnumber.com/movies/my-best-friends-girl) (2008) — Music Director
- [Swing Vote](https://clapnumber.com/movies/swing-vote) (2008) — Music Director
- [Meet Dave](https://clapnumber.com/movies/meet-dave) (2008) — Music Director
- [The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-mummy-tomb-of-the-dragon-emperor) (2008) — Other Crew
- [The Seed](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-seed-2) (2008) — Music Director
- [Evan Almighty](https://clapnumber.com/movies/evan-almighty) (2007) — Music Director
- [Georgia Rule](https://clapnumber.com/movies/georgia-rule) (2007) — Music Director
- [By His Wounds We Are Healed: Making 'The Passion of the Christ'](https://clapnumber.com/movies/by-his-wounds-we-are-healed-making-the-passion-of-the-christ) (2007) — Actor
- [Idlewild](https://clapnumber.com/movies/idlewild) (2006) — Music Director
- [Barnyard](https://clapnumber.com/movies/barnyard) (2006) — Other Crew

## Worked with
- [Ajay](https://clapnumber.com/celebrities/ajay) — Hotel for Dogs
- [Varun Sharma](https://clapnumber.com/celebrities/varun-sharma) — The Garfield Movie
- [Zendaya](https://clapnumber.com/celebrities/zendaya) — The Greatest Showman
- [Jason Isaacs](https://clapnumber.com/celebrities/jason-isaacs) — The Tuxedo
- [Harvey Guillen](https://clapnumber.com/celebrities/harvey-guillen) — The Garfield Movie
- [Samuel L Jackson](https://clapnumber.com/celebrities/samuel-l-jackson) — The Garfield Movie
- [Benj Pasek](https://clapnumber.com/celebrities/benj-pasek) — The Greatest Showman
- [Justin Paul](https://clapnumber.com/celebrities/justin-paul) — The Greatest Showman
- [Namit Malhotra](https://clapnumber.com/celebrities/namit-malhotra) — The Garfield Movie
- [Don Cheadle](https://clapnumber.com/celebrities/don-cheadle) — Hotel for Dogs
- [Sarah Finn](https://clapnumber.com/celebrities/sarah-finn) — Hotel for Dogs
- [Paul D Austerberry](https://clapnumber.com/celebrities/paul-d-austerberry) — The Tuxedo

## Also listed at
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48975
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002201/
- TMDb: https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4500

## Common questions

### How many films has John Debney been in?
Clapnumber lists 184 titles for John Debney.

### What was John Debney's first film?
The earliest release on file is The Strongest Man in the World (1975).

### What is John Debney's latest film?
The most recent release on file is The Man with the Bag (2026).

### Where can I watch John Debney's films?
Titles featuring John Debney are listed on Amazon Prime, Apple TV and Google Play Movies. Clapnumber records where each one streams rather than hosting any of it.

### Where is John Debney from?
John Debney is from Glendale.

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Source: https://clapnumber.com/celebrities/john-debney
Retrieved: 2026-10-08