Will Jennings

Biography

Grammy and Academy Award-winning songwriter Can Jennings began his Hollywood profession with 1976’s The Dedication, immediately after teaming with composer Richard Kerr to author Barry Manilow’s 1977 pop chart-topper “APPEARS LIKE We MANAGED TO GET”; 2 yrs later, Manilow came back to the very best Ten using the duo’s “Someplace in the night time.” After making his 1st Academy Award nomination for the music “People Only” from 1980’s The Competetion, Jennings collaborated with Steve Winwood for a number of songs within the singer’s acclaimed 1981 recording Arc of the Diver; they reunited the next year for Speaking Back to the night time, which produced the strike “Valerie.” In tandem with Jack port Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie, Jennings following obtained his first Oscar for “Up Where We Belong,” the Joe Cocker/Jennifer Warren blockbuster through the film An Official along with a Gentlemen; after dealing with Jimmy Buffett on 1984’s Riddles within the Sand and its own follow-up Last Mango in Paris, he reunited with Winwood for 1986’s enormously well-known Back the High Existence, making a Grammy nomination for Music of the entire year for the main smash “Higher Like.” In 1991, Jennings combined with Eric Clapton for the cathartic “Tears in Heaven,” culled through the motion picture Hurry. His biggest music, however, continues to be 1997’s Titanic theme “My Center Will CONTINUE”; created with composer Wayne Horner and sung by Celine Dion, the music gained a boatload of Oscars, Grammys, and Golden Globes coming to getting the most-played radio strike in history.

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#	Fact
1	Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2006.



Soundtrack

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
Els dies clau	2015	TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Tu cara me suena - Argentina	2013-2015	TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Lead with Your Heart	2015	TV Movie writer: "Up Where We Belong"
Late Night with Seth Meyers	2015	TV Series 1 episode
The Voice	2015	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Klippans karaokecup	2015	TV Mini-Series writer - 1 episode
The 87th Annual Academy Awards	2015	TV Special lyrics: "Up Where We Belong"
The Official Top 50 Best-Selling Singles of the 90s and 00s	2015	TV Movie writer: "My Heart Will Go On"
The Wedding Ringer	2015	writer: "My Heart Will Go On"
Rude Tube	2014	TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Please Like Me	2014	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Altman	2014	Documentary writer: "While You See a Chance"
Ray Donovan	2014	TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
The Block	2014	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Muppets Most Wanted	2014	writer: "My Heart Will Go On"
Supernatural	2014	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Rugby League World Cup	2013	TV Series writer - 4 episodes
Hello Ladies	2013	TV Series writer - 1 episode
The X Factor		TV Series 1 episode, 2008 lyrics - 3 episodes, 2007 - 2013 writer - 3 episodes, 2006 - 2012 music - 1 episode, 2007
Grand Theft Auto V	2013	Video Game writer: "Higher Love", "Street Life"
Glee	2013	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Tu cara me suena	2013	TV Series 1 episode
Twenty Feet from Stardom	2013	Documentary writer: "Up Where We Belong"
Dancing with the Stars		TV Series writer - 1 episode, 2012 lyrics - 1 episode, 2009
Soul Shadows	2012	Video short writer: "Soul Shadows"
Duets	2012	TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
American Idol	2003-2012	TV Series writer - 9 episodes
Dancing Stars	2012	TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
B.B. King: The Life of Riley	2012	Documentary writer: "Hold On I Fell Our Love is Changing"
The Voice UK	2012	TV Series writer - 1 episode
No me la puc treure del cap	2010-2012	TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Em dónes vida. El llibre i el disc de La Marató	2011	TV Movie documentary writer: "La clau de tot ets tu"
Generació D	2011	TV Movie documentary writer: "Tears in Heaven"
The Choir: Unsung Town Revisited	2011	TV Movie documentary lyrics: "Tears in Heaven" - uncredited / music: "Tears in Heaven" - uncredited
Jack and Jill	2011/I	writer: "Somewhere in the Night"
House M.D.	2011	TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Late Show with David Letterman	2011	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Funny or Die Beats Weird Al at Twitter	2011	Video short writer: "Back In the High Life Again"
Hall Pass	2011	writer: "Always Asking For You"
CMT: 40 Greatest Love Songs	2011	TV Movie writer: "Please Remember Me"
The Hooker with a Heart of Gold	2010	writer: "Street Life"
Gent de paraula	2010	TV Series writer - 1 episode
X Factor	2010	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Him & Her	2010	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Dancing on Ice	2010	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
The Cleveland Show	2010	TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Live from Studio Five	2010	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Cesko slovenská superstar		TV Series lyrics - 1 episode, 2009 writer - 1 episode, 2009
Miranda	2009	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Todd's Pop Song Reviews	2009	TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
The Choir: Unsung Town		TV Mini-Series lyrics - 1 episode, 2009 music - 1 episode, 2009
Brüno	2009	writer: "My Heart Will Go On"
The Time that Remains	2009	"My Heart Will Go On"
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	2009	writer: "My Heart Will Go On"
Fighting	2009	writer: "Street Life"
Especial Nochevieja 2008: ¡Feliz 2009!	2008	TV Movie writer: "Tears in Heaven"
DR's store juleshow	2008	TV Special documentary writer: "Up Where We Belong"
Nobel Peace Prize Concert	2008	TV Special documentary lyrics: "If We Hold On Together" / music: "If We Hold On Together"
Idols	2008	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Céline	2008	TV Movie writer: "My Heart Will Go On"
Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore	2008	Video Game writer: "My Heart Will Go On"
Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps		TV Series 1 episode, 2005 writer - 1 episode, 2008
Música des del cor	2007	TV Movie writer: "My Heart Will Go On", "Segueix bategant"
Idols	2005-2007	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
20 to 1	2006-2007	TV Series documentary writer - 2 episodes
Patinando por un sueño	2007	TV Series writer - 1 episode
It Takes Two	2007	TV Series writer - 1 episode
La tele de tu vida	2007	TV Series writer - 1 episode
So You Wanna Be a Popstar	2007	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Deutschland sucht den Superstar	2003-2007	TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Gilmore Girls	2001-2007	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Freedom Writers	2007	"Papa'z Song"
Clatterford	2006	TV Series 1 episode
Saturday Night Live	1986-2006	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Cesko hledá SuperStar	2006	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Till I Met You	2006	writer: "One Day I'll Fly Away"
Canadian Idol	2003-2006	TV Series writer - 4 episodes
Torvill & Dean's Dancing on Ice	2006	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series	2006	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Paris, je t'aime	2006	"La Même Histoire" main theme, "We're All in the Dance"
Türkisch für Anfänger	2006	TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Soy tu fan	2006	TV Mini-Series 1 episode
Yours, Mine & Ours	2005	writer: "Up Where We Belong"
Everybody Hates Chris	2005	TV Series writer - 1 episode
William Eggleston in the Real World	2005	Documentary writer: "In the Real World"
South Park		TV Series writer - 1 episode, 2005 lyrics - 1 episode, 1998 music - 1 episode, 1998
Idol - Jakten på en superstjerne	2004-2005	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Slovensko hladá SuperStar	2005	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Idool 2004	2004	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Idol	2004	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
The Last Shot	2004	writer: "Looks Like We Made It" 1976
Australian Idol	2003-2004	TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Malaysian Idol	2004	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
The WB's Superstar USA	2004	TV Series "My Heart Will Go on"
New Zealand Idol	2004	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast	2003	TV Series music - 1 episode
Ídolos	2003	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Idol	2003	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Idols	2003	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Pop Idol	2001-2003	TV Series writer - 3 episodes
The Lizzie McGuire Movie	2003	writer: "Up Where We Belong" - as Wilbur Jennings
Crossing Jordan	2003	TV Series writer - 1 episode
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	2003	"My Heart Will Go On"
Idols!	2002	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Operación triunfo		TV Series writer - 4 episodes, 2002 lyrics - 1 episode, 2001
Eric Clapton: One More Car, One More Rider - Live on Tour 2001	2002	Video documentary writer: "Tears in Heaven"
Hundtricket - The Movie	2002	writer: "Up Where We Belong"
Great Pretenders	2001	TV Series writer - 1 episode
A Beautiful Mind	2001	"All Love Can Be"
Family Guy		TV Series 1 episode, 2001 lyrics - 1 episode, 2001
Bring It On	2001	TV Series documentary 1 episode
Moulin Rouge!	2001	writer: "One Day I'll Fly Away", "Elephant Love Medley", "Musical score features parts of:"
How the Grinch Stole Christmas	2000	lyrics: "Christmas, Why Can't I Find You?" / writer: "Where Are You, Christmas?"
Tillsammans	2000	writer: "Caddo Queen" - as W. Jennings
Bicentennial Man	1999	lyrics: "Then You Look at Me"
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	1999	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Eric Clapton & Friends in Concert: A Benefit for the Crossroads Centre at Antigua	1999	TV Movie documentary writer: "Tears in Heaven"
Zwei Männer am Herd	1999	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Zwei Männer am Herd	1999	TV Movie writer: "Street Life" - uncredited
Stars in Their Eyes	1995-1999	TV Series writer - 5 episodes
Australian Story	1999	TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Esrim plus	1999	TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Regine: R2K	1999	Video documentary writer: "I'll Never Love This Way Again"
Mighty Joe Young	1998	writer: "Windsong"
The Mask of Zorro	1998	lyrics: "I Want To Spend My Lifetime Loving You"
Essence Awards	1998	TV Special writer: "Up Where We Belong" - uncredited
Top of the Pops		TV Series writer - 3 episodes, 1979 - 1998 lyrics - 1 episode, 1998
The 70th Annual Academy Awards	1998	TV Special writer: "My Heart Will Go On"
Jackie Brown	1997	writer: "Street Life" 1981
Titanic	1997	"My Heart Will Go On"
The End of Violence	1997	writer: "You May Feel Me Crying"
Mystery Science Theater 3000	1994-1997	TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Friends		TV Series 1 episode, 1996 writer - 1 episode, 1996
Sgt. Bilko	1996	writer: "Roll With It"
Ladybird Ladybird	1994	writer: "Up Where We Belong"
The Thing Called Love	1993	writer: "WHAT KIND OF LOVE"
Once Upon a Forest	1993	lyrics: "Please Wake Up", "Once Upon A Time With Me"
Unplugged	1992	TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Perigosas Peruas	1992	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Rush	1991	writer: "Tears in Heaven", "Help Me Up"
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West	1991	writer: "Way Out West", "Dreams to Dream", "The Girl I Left Behind"
Thelma & Louise	1991	writer: "Better Not Look Down"
Short Time	1990	writer: "Roll With It"
Nuns on the Run	1990	writer: "ROLL WITH IT"
Black Rain	1989	"I'LL BE HOLDING ON"
Listen to Me	1989	writer: "Listen To Me"
The 61st Annual Academy Awards	1989	TV Special writer: "Up Where We Belong"
The Land Before Time	1988	lyrics: "If We Hold On Together" / music: "If We Hold On Together"
Big Business	1988	writer: "Higher Love"
Dolly	1988	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Date with an Angel	1987	writer: "The Finer Things"
Stakeout	1987	writer: "Higher Love"
Harry and the Hendersons	1987	lyrics: "Love Lives On"
Summer Heat	1987	lyrics: "The Heart Must Have a Home"
Miami Vice	1986-1987	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Flight of the Navigator	1986	writer: "Walk While In My Blues"
The American Way	1986	producer: "Send Jesus Some", "Fur Fly", "Stand By Your Man" / writer: "Send Jesus Some", "Fur Fly"
Short Circuit	1986	writer: "Come And Follow Me"
Violets Are Blue...	1986	writer: "One Day"
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce	1986	Video music: "La Vie Dansante" / writer: "La Vie Dansante"
Summer Rental	1985	writer: "Turning Around"
Insignificance	1985	lyrics: "When Your Heart Runs Out of Time", "Wild Hearts", "Life Goes On" / music: "When Your Heart Runs Out of Time", "Wild Hearts" / performer: "When Your Heart Runs Out of Time"
The Slugger's Wife	1985	writer: "RAGTOP DAY"
The Two Ronnies	1985	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Swing Shift	1984	lyrics: "Someone Waits For You"
Splash	1984	writer: "Love Came For Me"
Fame	1984	TV Series 1 episode
The Buddy System	1984	lyrics: "Here's That Sunny Day"
All the Right Moves	1983	lyrics: "Blue Skies Forever"
The 55th Annual Academy Awards	1983	TV Special writer: "Up Where We Belong"
Austin City Limits	1983	TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
An Officer and a Gentleman	1982	"Up Where We Belong" 1982
Some Kind of Hero	1982	lyrics: "Some Kind of Hero"
Sharky's Machine	1981	as W. Jennings, "Street Life"
The 53rd Annual Academy Awards	1981	TV Special writer: "People Alone"
Sanford	1981	TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Competition	1980	lyrics: "Love Theme - The Competition People Alone"
Roller Revolution	1980	TV Movie writer: "Street Life"
Portrait of a Hitman	1979	lyrics: "Everybody Knows the Game"
Hot Stuff	1979	lyrics: "Keep It Loose"
Casey's Shadow	1978	lyrics: "JUST LET ME GO TILL I'M GONE"
The Jim Nabors Show	1978	TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	1977	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Mother, Jugs & Speed	1976	lyrics: "No Love Today"
In My Life... Zsa Zsa Live		Video documentary writer: "Celine Dion Medley"
Strictly Come Dancing	2016	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Who's Doing the Dishes?	2016	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Bridget Jones's Baby	2016	writer: "Up Where We Belong"
History of the Euros	2016	TV Movie documentary writer: "Call on Me" - uncredited
Marcella	2016	TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Greatest 90s Movies	2016	TV Movie "My Heart Will Go On", uncredited
Britain's Got Talent	2011-2016	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Captain Fantastic	2016	Love Theme from tt0120338", writer: "My Heart Will Go On
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon		TV Series lyrics - 1 episode, 2016 writer - 1 episode, 2015

Composer

Composer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Soul Shadows	2012	Video short music by
The KT Diaries	2006	TV Series

Music Department

Music Department

Title	Year	Status	Character
Gintberg på kanten	2011	TV Series documentary music - 1 episode
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night	1987	original songs

Thanks

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
I Origins	2014	special thanks
William Eggleston in the Real World	2005	Documentary thanks

Self

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Music of 'An Officer and a Gentleman'	2007	Video documentary short	Himself - Lyricist
The Score	2003	TV Movie documentary	Himself
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story	1999	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The 70th Annual Academy Awards	1998	TV Special	Himself - Winner: Best Original Song
The 55th Annual Academy Awards	1983	TV Special	Himself - Winner: Best Original Song

Won awards

Won awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2002	Golden Satellite Award	Satellite Awards	Best Original Song	A Beautiful Mind (2001)	· James Horner (music)
1999	ASCAP Award	ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards	Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures	Titanic (1997)	· James Horner
1999	Grammy	Grammy Awards	Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television	Titanic (1997)	· James Horner
1999	Grammy	Grammy Awards	Song of the Year	Titanic (1997)	· James Horner (music by) · Céline Dion (performed by)
1998	Oscar	Academy Awards, USA	Best Music, Original Song	Titanic (1997)	· James Horner (music)
1998	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Original Song - Motion Picture	Titanic (1997)	· James Horner (music)
1998	Most Performed Song from a Film	BMI Film & TV Awards		Titanic (1997)
1998	Sierra Award	Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards	Best Original Song	Titanic (1997)	· James Horner (music)
1998	OFTA Film Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Music, Original Song	Titanic (1997)	· James Horner (music by) · Céline Dion (performed by)
1998	Golden Satellite Award	Satellite Awards	Best Original Song	Titanic (1997)	· James Horner (composer)
1993	Grammy	Grammy Awards	Song of the Year	Rush (1991)	· Eric Clapton (songwriter and performer)
1984	BAFTA Film Award	BAFTA Awards	Best Original Song	An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)	· Jack Nitzsche · Buffy Sainte-Marie
1983	Oscar	Academy Awards, USA	Best Music, Original Song	An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)	· Jack Nitzsche (music) · Buffy Sainte-Marie (music)
1983	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Original Song - Motion Picture	An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)	· Jack Nitzsche (music) · Buffy Sainte-Marie (music)

Nominated awards

Nominated awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2002	OFTA Film Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Music, Adapted Song	Moulin Rouge! (2001)	· John Lennon (music and lyrics by: All You Need is Love) · Paul McCartney (music and lyrics by: All You Need is Love and Silly Love Songs) · Paul Stanley (music and lyrics by: I Was Made for Loving You) · Desmond Child (music and lyrics by: I Was Made for Loving You) · Vini Poncia (music and lyrics by: I Was Made for Loving You) · Phil Collins (music and lyrics by: One More Night) · Bono (music and lyrics by: Pride - In the Name of Love) · The Edge (music and lyrics by: Pride - In the Name of Love) · Adam Clayton (music by: Pride - In the Name of Love) · Larry Mullen Jr. (music by: Pride - In the Name of Love) · Kenny Gamble (music and lyrics by: Don't Leave Me This Way) · Leon Huff (music and lyrics by: Don't Lea
1993	Grammy	Grammy Awards	Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television	Rush (1991)	· Eric Clapton
1992	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Original Song - Motion Picture	An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)	· James Horner (music)
1992	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Original Song - Motion Picture	Rush (1991)	· Eric Clapton (music)
1988	Grammy	Grammy Awards	Song of the Year		· Michael Masser (music) · Whitney Houston (performer)
1981	Oscar	Academy Awards, USA	Best Music, Original Song	The Competition (1980)	· Lalo Schifrin (music)



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