Trevor Jones

Born in South Africa, he trained in England at the Royal Academy of Music and the National Film School. Jim Henson hired him for The Dark Crystal, and again for Labyrinth, where his electronic score shares the film with David Bowie's songs. With Alan Parker he made Mississippi Burning, and with Michael Mann The Last of the Mohicans, shared with Randy Edelman, his best-known music. The World Soundtrack Awards in Ghent gave him their 2026 lifetime achievement award.

Style

Symphony orchestra with synthesizers, Celtic dance rhythms and themes that build gradually.

Awards

Three BAFTA nominations (Mississippi Burning, The Last of the Mohicans and Brassed Off) and two Golden Globe nominations. World Soundtrack Awards lifetime achievement award (2026).

Discography

• The Dark Crystal (1982) Spotify · Apple Music
• Labyrinth (1986) Spotify · Apple Music
• The Last of the Mohicans (1992) Spotify · Apple Music
• Cliffhanger (1993) Spotify · Apple Music
• Kiss of Death (1995) Spotify · Apple Music
• Merlin (1998) Spotify · Apple Music
• Cleopatra (1999) Spotify · Apple Music
• Thirteen Days (2000) Spotify · Apple Music
• From Hell (2001) Spotify · Apple Music
• Dinotopia (2002) Spotify · Apple Music
• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) Spotify · Apple Music
• To Tokyo (2021) Spotify · Apple Music

"Spotify" and "Apple Music" open the album directly on each platform; if only Spotify appears, we have not yet been able to check that album on Apple Music. "Search Spotify" opens an album search for that title. If a link does not lead to the right album, write to [email protected]. "Album" marks the year of that album edition when it differs from the film's.

Listen

• Promentory · The Last of the MohicansSpotifyApple MusicYouTube
• The Dark Crystal Overture · The Dark CrystalSpotifyApple MusicYouTube
• Sarah · LabyrinthSpotifyApple MusicYouTube

Full biography on Wikipedia