Merrill Jenson

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Merrill Jenson
Birth name	Merrill Boyd Jenson
Born	January 20, 1947 (1947-01-20) (age 61), Richfield, Utah
Origin	Provo, Utah
Occupation(s)	Film score composer
Years active	1976-present

Contents 1 Film Scores 2 Concert Productions 3 Discography 4 Footnotes 5 External links

Merrill Jenson is an award-winning American composer and arranger. He has scored many films, especially films shown in IMAX theaters.^[1] His works include soundtracks to films such as Windwalker and The Testaments of One Fold and One Shepherd.^[2] Academy Award-winning director Kieth Merrill has used him on several of his films.^[3] Jenson also wrote the 1999 Ricks College Oratorio.^[1] He was born and raised in Richfield, Utah and currently resides in Provo, Utah.

Jenson graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in music. He is married to the former Betsy Lee and they are the parents of six children.

[edit] Film Scores

• The First Vision (1976)
• John Baker's Last Race (1976)
• The Mailbox (1977)
• The Phone Call (1977)
• The Great Brain (1978)
• Three Warriors (1978)
• Where Jesus Walked (1978)
• The Emmett Smith Story (1979)
• Take Down (1979)
• Windwalker (1980)
• Harry's War (1981)
• The Red Fury (1984)
• How Rare a Possession: The Book of Mormon (1987)
• Alamo: The Price of Freedom (1988)
• On Our Own (1988)
• Nora's Christmas Gift (1989)
• Legacy (1990)
• Polynesian Odyssey (1991)
• Second Chance (1996)
• Trail of Hope: The Story of the Mormon Trail (1997)with Sam Cardon
• Witness (1997)
• Alyson's Closet (1998)
• The Testaments of One Fold and One Shepherd (2000)
• American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith (2000) with Sam Cardon
• Bug Off! (2001)
• Water with Food Coloring (2001)
• Horse Crazy (2001)
• Out of Step (2002)
• Sacred Stone: Temple on the Mississippi (2002) with Sam Cardon
• Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration (2005)
• Praise to the Man (2005)
• Friends for Life (2008)
• Emma Smith: My Story (2008)

[edit] Concert Productions

• The Clancy Brothers (1992). Irish folk music for the Utah Symphony.
• The Garden (1995). Allegorical oratorio cowritten with Michael McLean and Bryce Neubert.
• Pioneer Portrait (1998). Suite for concert band.
• Come Unto Christ (1999). Oratorio commissioned by Brigham Young University-Idaho.
• This is Christmas (2000). Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas concert with Roma Downey and Gladys Knight.
• Viking Saga (2003). Symphony that premiered at Carnegie Hall.
• Legacy Suite for Orchestra (2004). Performed in Park City, Utah.
• String Quintet in F Major (2004). For the Brigham Young University-Idaho Faculty String Quintet.
• How Glorious the Voice of God (2005). Song cycle for the Brigham Young University Opera Department.
• Music & the Spoken Word (2006). With Sissel and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir commemorating the centennial of Norwegian independence.

[edit] Discography

• Beyond (1992)
• Encore (1992)
• Pioneer Portrait (1996)
• Merry Christmas (1997)
• High on a Mountaintop: Hymns of the Restoration (2004)

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links

• Merrill Jenson at the Internet Movie Database
• Biography at Meridian Magazine
• Biography on LDS Music World
• Biographical article in Daily Herald newspaper
• Transcript of 2003 KSL Radio Interview
• Transcript of 1999 KSL Radio Interview