John Cardon Debney (born August 18, 1956) is an American composer and condu… Read Full Bio ↴John Cardon Debney (born August 18, 1956) is an American composer and conductor of film, television, and video game scores. His work encompasses a variety of mediums and genres including comedy, horror, thriller, and action-adventure. He is a long-time collaborator of The Walt Disney Company, having written music for their films, television series, and theme parks.

Debney has been the recipient of three Primetime Emmy Awards, and an Academy Award nomination for his score for Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ (2004).

The son of Disney Studios producer Louis Debney (Zorro, The Mickey Mouse Club), John was born and raised in Glendale, California, nearby to Disney. He began guitar lessons at age six and played in rock bands in college. Debney earned his B.A. degree in Music Composition from the California Institute of Arts in 1979.

After ending his career with Disney, Debney worked for Mike Post. Debney furthered his hands-on training by working with Hanna-Barbera composer Hoyt Curtin. After this, Debney went on to score television projects as diverse as Disneyland, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, SeaQuest DSV, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, The Cape, The Lazarus Man, Piggsburg Pigs!, The Further Adventures of SuperTed, Doctor Who, Cagney and Lacey, Tiny Toon Adventures, The Young Riders, The New Yogi Bear Show, Police Academy: The Animated Series, Fame, Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, Dragon's Lair, Freshman Dorm, Pop Quiz and Dink, the Little Dinosaur, for which he won an Emmy for Best Main Title. In the early 1990s, Debney began to score indie films and Disneyland attractions. In 1991, Debney composed the music for Phantom Manor and It's a Small World in Disneyland Paris and SpectroMagic at Magic Kingdom. In 1993, he scored his first studio feature, the Disney comedy Hocus Pocus starring Bette Midler.

Debney has since gone on to have a career composing scores for many films including: The Passion of the Christ, Bruce Almighty, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Elf, Sin City, Chicken Little, Liar Liar, Spy Kids, The Scorpion King, The Princess Diaries and Predators.

Debney has also composed scores for the video games Lair and The Sims Medieval. In 2010, he composed the theme music for the Nickelodeon television series Supah Ninjas.

He composed some of Disney Parks's Nighttime Spectaculars, including: World Of Color Celebrate! in Disney's California Adventure, The Magic, The Memories And You! and Celebrate The Magic in Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom and Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland in Tokyo Disneyland. He also composed the score for Phantom Manor in Disneyland Paris.

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John Debney Lyrics

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It was a recipe for disaster
A four course meal of no sirree
It seemed that happily ever after
Was happy everyone was after me
It was a cup of good intentions
A table spoon of one big mess
A dash of over reaction
I assume you know the rest

One little slip, One little slip
It was a fusion of confusion
With a few confounding things
I guess I probably took the wrong direction
Well I admit I might have missed a sign or two
I ran a light past your affection
At humiliation Avenue
Took a right turn at confusion
A left when I shoulda gone straight on threw
I ran ahead with my assumptions
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We all know what that can do
I get the felling in this town
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But they'll forget about the sky when they all
realize this guy's
about to try to learn to fly or hit the ground
It was a cup of good intentions
A table spoon of one big mess
A dash of over reaction
I assume you know the rest
One little slip, One little slip

It was a humble little stumble
With a big un-graceful

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fall
But I get back up and continue
To navigate through it all
It's not always rainbows and sunshine
Sometimes there's thunder and rain
But I won't give up on this love of mine
I'll keep dancing in the hurricane

These lyrics talk about the trials and tribulations of a relationship that has gone wrong. The singer is using culinary metaphors to describe how their relationship is like a recipe for disaster, with good intentions mixed with overreactions and confusion. However, despite making mistakes and having a stumble or two, the singer is determined to keep going, even when things get tough.

The metaphor of a recipe and cooking serves to emphasize the idea that relationships need careful handling and the right ingredients to work, but even then, it's not always a sure thing. The use of imagery like "a four-course meal of no sirree" and "a fusion of confusion" paints a picture of a complex and difficult situation.

Writer(s): John Debney, Richard Anthony Morales

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