Antonius Tom Holkenborg (born 8 December 1967), known by his stage name Jun… Read Full Bio ↴Antonius Tom Holkenborg (born 8 December 1967), known by his stage name Junkie XL and occasionally JXL, is a Dutch composer, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, producer, and engineer. Originally known for his trance productions, he has moved to producing electronica and big beat music and film scores. Junkie XL is best known for his remix of Elvis Presley's "A Little Less Conversation", which became a worldwide hit in 2002.
In film scores, he is best known for his work in the DC Extended Universe beginning with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice with Hans Zimmer, contributing to the theme song for Wonder Woman, as well as the scores for Deadpool and Mad Max: Fury Road.
Holkenborg was born in Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland, Netherlands. Classically trained by his mother – herself an accredited music teacher – Holkenborg started playing piano when he was four years old, drums when he was eight, and guitar at 12. Influenced by the psychedelic-pop of Pink Floyd and King Crimson, he took up the bass by age 14. After taking a job at a local music store selling keyboards and other digital gear, he began to have an appreciation for the combination of electronic and organic sounds. It was shortly after he discovered synthesizers that he joined the Dutch New Wave ensemble Weekend at Waikiki as a multi-instrumentalist and producer, touring extensively with the band, including through parts of the former Soviet Union, from 1988 to 1991. He also contributed to their final album, Sputnik. In 1993, Holkenborg produced Almost a Dance by Dutch metal band The Gathering, and later that year went on to form the industrial rock band Nerve with Phil Mills. After signing with label Play It Again Sam in 1992 and releasing two LPs – Cancer of Choice (1993) and Blood & Gold (1994) – he continued as a producer, working with hardcore and metal bands like Sepultura, Fear Factory, and Dog Eat Dog, while simultaneously licensing some of his instrumental electronic tracks for racing video games like The Need For Speed and Test Drive 5. It was during this time that he also began scoring the Dutch feature film, Siberia, which would be released by Warner Brothers Netherlands.
In collaboration with Harry Gregson-Williams, he contributed additional music to the Tony Scott film Domino (2005), and served as the composer on the Dutch film Blind, which was nominated for Best Original Music Score at the Netherlands Film Festival in 2007 and received the Grand Prix award for Best Original Music Score at the 2008 Aubagne International Film Festival. Holkenborg continues to work in the film and television industry, collaborating with composer Hans Zimmer on Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises. The film marks the fourth scoring collaboration between Holkenborg and Zimmer, including Megamind (2010), Inception (2010) and Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012). Since moving into Zimmer's Remote Control Productions studio, the two have worked together on many other musical projects, including Man of Steel, the reboot of the Superman franchise, and a remix of that year's Academy Awards theme song. Holkenborg has provided music for the films Kingdom of Heaven, Domino, DOA: Dead or Alive, Shark Tale, The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury, The Animatrix, and Resident Evil, and has had his original music featured in a number of major motion pictures, including Blade ("Dealing with the Roster") and The Beach ("Synaesthesia"). In 2013, he composed the music for the Relativity Media film Paranoia. Shortly after, he was brought in by Zack Snyder, the producer of 300: Rise of an Empire, to create the score for the film. He is credited as the composer for the 2014 film Divergent, with Hans Zimmer credited as "Executive Producer" for the soundtrack. He is a member of the Magnificent Six, a collaborative group of five other musicians, consisting of Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, Johnny Marr (from The Smiths), Michael Einziger (from Incubus), Andrew Kawczynski, and Steve Mazzaro. The "supergroup" of artists ranging from diverse backgrounds teamed up to compose the score for the Marvel comic reboot's second feature film of the original Spider-Man trilogy The Amazing Spider-Man 2. He was the primary composer for the 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road and the 2016 film Deadpool, and was co-composer for the film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, along with Zimmer. Holkenborg's theme music for Wonder Woman was used in the film of the same name. Zimmer was replaced by Junkie XL to write and compose the music for Justice League releasing in 2017. Holkenborg was later replaced by Danny Elfman, brought up by Joss Whedon.[2] On 8 December 2017 Holkenborg was revealed to be composing the score for the 2018 film Alita: Battle Angel, based on the manga Battle Angel Alita by Yukito Kishiro.
To go along with his numerous artist albums and EPs, Holkenborg has been creating original music for video games since the mid-90s. In addition to composing the soundtrack for Xbox racing games Forza Motorsport and Quantum Redshift, Holkenborg is responsible for the SSX Blur soundtrack. He has also licensed a number of his album tracks for video game use. "Future in Computer Hell (Part 2)", "Synasthesia", and "Dance USA"—all taken from his album Big Sounds of the Drags—were licensed to the racing video game TD Overdrive: The Brotherhood of Speed (2002). The title track for Today is featured on the soundtrack for the video games Burnout Legends and Burnout Revenge, while "More"—taken from his fifth album, Booming Back at You—is featured on the soundtrack to EA Games' Need for Speed: ProStreet, which also includes a full score from Holkenborg. His cover of Siouxsie and the Banshees' "Cities in Dust" is featured on Electronic Arts' Burnout Paradise. He has written additional music for and licensed music to The Matrix: Path of Neo, Destroy All Humans!, The Sims 2: Nightlife, The Sims 3, Need for Speed: Underground, Need for Speed: Carbon, FIFA 08, and FIFA Street 3, among others. He composed the soundtrack for EA's Darkspore.
Holkenborg is an associate professor at the ArtEZ Conservatorium, one of the major art institutes in the Netherlands, where he teaches producing, remixing, and music composition. He resides in Venice, Los Angeles, California. He uses the name JXL in cases where the term "Junkie" might cause offense. Holkenborg says of his name: "I called myself Junkie XL from the point of view that once you're completely overworked, you never want to go there again. The 'XL' stands for expanding limits; broadening up your vision."
In film scores, he is best known for his work in the DC Extended Universe beginning with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice with Hans Zimmer, contributing to the theme song for Wonder Woman, as well as the scores for Deadpool and Mad Max: Fury Road.
Holkenborg was born in Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland, Netherlands. Classically trained by his mother – herself an accredited music teacher – Holkenborg started playing piano when he was four years old, drums when he was eight, and guitar at 12. Influenced by the psychedelic-pop of Pink Floyd and King Crimson, he took up the bass by age 14. After taking a job at a local music store selling keyboards and other digital gear, he began to have an appreciation for the combination of electronic and organic sounds. It was shortly after he discovered synthesizers that he joined the Dutch New Wave ensemble Weekend at Waikiki as a multi-instrumentalist and producer, touring extensively with the band, including through parts of the former Soviet Union, from 1988 to 1991. He also contributed to their final album, Sputnik. In 1993, Holkenborg produced Almost a Dance by Dutch metal band The Gathering, and later that year went on to form the industrial rock band Nerve with Phil Mills. After signing with label Play It Again Sam in 1992 and releasing two LPs – Cancer of Choice (1993) and Blood & Gold (1994) – he continued as a producer, working with hardcore and metal bands like Sepultura, Fear Factory, and Dog Eat Dog, while simultaneously licensing some of his instrumental electronic tracks for racing video games like The Need For Speed and Test Drive 5. It was during this time that he also began scoring the Dutch feature film, Siberia, which would be released by Warner Brothers Netherlands.
In collaboration with Harry Gregson-Williams, he contributed additional music to the Tony Scott film Domino (2005), and served as the composer on the Dutch film Blind, which was nominated for Best Original Music Score at the Netherlands Film Festival in 2007 and received the Grand Prix award for Best Original Music Score at the 2008 Aubagne International Film Festival. Holkenborg continues to work in the film and television industry, collaborating with composer Hans Zimmer on Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises. The film marks the fourth scoring collaboration between Holkenborg and Zimmer, including Megamind (2010), Inception (2010) and Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012). Since moving into Zimmer's Remote Control Productions studio, the two have worked together on many other musical projects, including Man of Steel, the reboot of the Superman franchise, and a remix of that year's Academy Awards theme song. Holkenborg has provided music for the films Kingdom of Heaven, Domino, DOA: Dead or Alive, Shark Tale, The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury, The Animatrix, and Resident Evil, and has had his original music featured in a number of major motion pictures, including Blade ("Dealing with the Roster") and The Beach ("Synaesthesia"). In 2013, he composed the music for the Relativity Media film Paranoia. Shortly after, he was brought in by Zack Snyder, the producer of 300: Rise of an Empire, to create the score for the film. He is credited as the composer for the 2014 film Divergent, with Hans Zimmer credited as "Executive Producer" for the soundtrack. He is a member of the Magnificent Six, a collaborative group of five other musicians, consisting of Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, Johnny Marr (from The Smiths), Michael Einziger (from Incubus), Andrew Kawczynski, and Steve Mazzaro. The "supergroup" of artists ranging from diverse backgrounds teamed up to compose the score for the Marvel comic reboot's second feature film of the original Spider-Man trilogy The Amazing Spider-Man 2. He was the primary composer for the 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road and the 2016 film Deadpool, and was co-composer for the film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, along with Zimmer. Holkenborg's theme music for Wonder Woman was used in the film of the same name. Zimmer was replaced by Junkie XL to write and compose the music for Justice League releasing in 2017. Holkenborg was later replaced by Danny Elfman, brought up by Joss Whedon.[2] On 8 December 2017 Holkenborg was revealed to be composing the score for the 2018 film Alita: Battle Angel, based on the manga Battle Angel Alita by Yukito Kishiro.
To go along with his numerous artist albums and EPs, Holkenborg has been creating original music for video games since the mid-90s. In addition to composing the soundtrack for Xbox racing games Forza Motorsport and Quantum Redshift, Holkenborg is responsible for the SSX Blur soundtrack. He has also licensed a number of his album tracks for video game use. "Future in Computer Hell (Part 2)", "Synasthesia", and "Dance USA"—all taken from his album Big Sounds of the Drags—were licensed to the racing video game TD Overdrive: The Brotherhood of Speed (2002). The title track for Today is featured on the soundtrack for the video games Burnout Legends and Burnout Revenge, while "More"—taken from his fifth album, Booming Back at You—is featured on the soundtrack to EA Games' Need for Speed: ProStreet, which also includes a full score from Holkenborg. His cover of Siouxsie and the Banshees' "Cities in Dust" is featured on Electronic Arts' Burnout Paradise. He has written additional music for and licensed music to The Matrix: Path of Neo, Destroy All Humans!, The Sims 2: Nightlife, The Sims 3, Need for Speed: Underground, Need for Speed: Carbon, FIFA 08, and FIFA Street 3, among others. He composed the soundtrack for EA's Darkspore.
Holkenborg is an associate professor at the ArtEZ Conservatorium, one of the major art institutes in the Netherlands, where he teaches producing, remixing, and music composition. He resides in Venice, Los Angeles, California. He uses the name JXL in cases where the term "Junkie" might cause offense. Holkenborg says of his name: "I called myself Junkie XL from the point of view that once you're completely overworked, you never want to go there again. The 'XL' stands for expanding limits; broadening up your vision."
Brothers In Arms
Junkie XL Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Brothers In Arms' by these artists:
(New age-Ambient-Chill out-Celtic-Lounge) Gregorian These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my…
10 Never seen Mona Lisa up close But I've seen perfection under…
Bandokay & Abra Cadabra Ty He be a killer but that's my brother (my brother) My…
Bon Jovi Ever since I was a young boy Before I'd ever know…
Brothers in Arms Brothers in Arms!…
Celtic Thunder These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my…
D. O. C. Sound Back in the days when the sun shined bright The old…
DAGames This little cup had given up All out of luck, his…
Dave Stewart & Thomas Lindsey BROTHERS IN ARMS I'll be survived In my own right By my…
Dire Straits These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my…
Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my…
Dire Straits - Topic These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my…
Dire Straits爀 These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my…
eye and eye The doors are closed and walls are white Someone calls but…
FAMILY ROOM - Dire Straits These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my…
Famous Last Words The fire falls down from the sky! The order's in And…
For the Fallen Dreams Where were you! When i needed you! (repeat) Time and time…
G.S.Nawepindiya I take it in, I do without I never care what…
Globus We started this revolution To change the course of our exist…
Graham BLVD These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my…
Gregorian [教皇合唱团] These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my…
Hold a Grudge BROTHERS IN ARMS - From the battlefield to the city…
Home Free These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my…
Incursed A cage as high as a mountain imprisons our will…
Italian Dire Straits These mist-covered mountains Are a home now for me But my ho…
J-P Leppäluoto You can take the road and I will meet you…
Jenny & the Jameses Oh these mist covered mountains Are home now for me But my…
Joan Baez These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my…
john black wolf These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me…
John Ondrasik Here I am again in this mean old town And you're…
JordoX Why Division in life Has brought us to this Horrible stands …
Josh Ritter And oh, what a thrill it was To be in your…
Ken Stronger in your arms I feel like a girl with no intentions…
KITCHEN - Dire Straits These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my…
M. O'Donnell Once again we found ourselves to be lost Holding hands while…
M. ODonnell M. Salvatori 安静的夜黑了 白色蜡烛哭了 月光冷了 音乐都仿佛沙哑了 凌晨的风凉了 我的怀抱空了 这一刻的你会在谁的怀里呢 我抱着我的…
Marching Orders Brothers in Arms We'll fight together till the war is won We…
Mark Knopfler These mist-covered mountains Are a home now for me But my ho…
Mark Knopfler DIRE STRAITS These mist-covered mountains Are a home now for me But my …
Metallica Those mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my…
Micar Feat Nico Santos My heart was way too lonely If you saw it closely,…
Michael Ball & Alfie Boe These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my…
Michael-Christopher Koji Fox Fukiko Sekine Yuriko Nagata Akane Ikeya Music Creation (Isamu Isizuka Y I really want to see you I really want to touch…
Mumsdollar Whoa whoa We'll leave in a blaze of glory Whoa whoa Light up…
Nico Santos My heart was way too lonely If you saw it closely,…
NOI!SE There is a reason There is a way A reason why we…
Northern Kings These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my…
Richard Harvey & Friends It's a time of beginnings. it was dark as night I…
Ryan Kelly These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my…
Ryker's Well my heart... my heart Is where it always has been But…
Style Project These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my…
Suyano & Astra Doesn't seem to far to the end of the road Remember…
The Sevens Jam master, rap master, brother in law Flip thru mad flicks…
This Is Colour You are my brother and I will have your back…
Tice & Evans Back in the days when the sun shined bright The old…
Tom Holkenborg (a.k.a. Junkie XL) Problems find you, at least they try to Sometimes too…
United A reckless love too wild to understand Breathing the world t…
V. S. O. P. These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my…
W.E.T. Here today, and gone tomorrow Let's make the most of everyt…
War Of Ages You gave your life to save me In time of need…
Young Guns Got my head out of the window I can taste the…
Dire Straits These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Junkie XL:
12. Action Radius I used to crystal up my dreams As a teen in…
A Little Less Conversation A little less conversation, a little more action, please Al…
a little less conversation"|"--"|"--"|"--"|"--"|"--" A little less conversation, a little more action please All …
Action Radius I used to crystal up my dreams As a teen in…
Angels Angels Angels And here it comes again That same cold feelin…
Beauty Never Fades Each step I take, the shadows grow longer Feathered footfall…
Beauty Never Fades (feat. Saffron) See a glimpse inside the pool, it's hollow, Come to know…
Beauty never Fades feat. Saffron Each step I take, the shadows grow longer Feathered footfall…
Between These Walls Between these walls I used to live Without receiving So much…
Between these Walls feat. Anouk Between these walls I used to live Without receiving So mu…
Billy Club Life is hard, life is short Pained by laws like Billy…
Billy Club (single version) Life is hard Life is short Pained by laws Like Billy Club Li…
Black Jack Many people Many people Many people Many people Many people …
Blue Perfect Sky hand in hand we stand below a perfect blue sky you…
Booming Right At You Booming Boom-boom-booming right at you…
Broken fading out holding on the innocent weep luck's run out left …
Cities in Dust Water was running Children were running You were running out…
Configuring Audio System Todo empezo, ese dia que te vi, Pasabas por la puerta…
Crusher Rages in the city Saturday night Take your chance Boy, do…
Dealing With the Roster Fire within a choice Fire within a choice Fire within a ch…
Drift Away If you only knew what you mean to me This constant fight and…
Fight Play with me, I′m your new toy Wind me up, I'll…
Fight (live at Noorderslag) Play with me, I'm your new toy Wind me up, I'll…
Fuck More Roll more, rock more Roll more, rock more Roll more Rock,…
Future in Computer Hell No need for confetti bombs Or phallus symbols To be obnoxiou…
JXL Radio Technical Support Hand in hand we stand below a perfect blue sky You…
Legion Connecting channel to channel, communications are rebel That…
Logos feat. Phill Mills Play with me, I′m your new toy Wind me up, I'll…
Love Like a Razorblade To play Russian roulette Do you know how to play Russian…
Love Like Razorblade To play Russian Roulette Do you know how to play Russian…
Mad Pursuit run don't break aiming for the heart doll headache this i…
Melange Mix it with mine, with yours If the othordox ways crime Ingn…
Metrolike Start act Human race Glance attrack. Give a shot Life's a ru…
More Roll more, rock more Roll more, rock more Roll more Rock, ro…
Mulu Do we take a break now? Do we take a break…
Never Alone Woah, woah woah woah woah Woah, woah woah woah woah You're n…
Never Alone Featuring Terry Ha Woah, woah woah woah woah Woah, woah woah woah woah You're…
New Toy Play with me I'm your new toy Wind me up I'll make a…
Next Plateau Across the universe It's gettin' worse the peeps left in th…
No Remorse Brings his election Brings his election Brings his election…
Not Enough I'll give you all for nothing You know its true The best…
Off the Dancefloor Oh why so serious We are just a bunch of kids Looking…
Perfect Blue Sky hand in hand we stand below a perfect blue sky you…
Perfect Blue Sky (feat. Robert Smith) Hand in hand we stand below A perfect blue sky You and…
Perfect Blue Sky feat. Robert Smith hand in hand we stand below a perfect blue sky you…
Red I've been watchin' for some time Can't believe the lies you…
Reload I've been watching for some time Can't believe the lies have…
Reload (feat. Dave Gahan) I've been watching for some time Can't believe the lies you…
Reload feat. Dava Gahan I've been watching for some time Can't believe the lies have…
Reload featuring Dave Gahan I've been watching for some time Can't believe the lies hav…
Satuday Teenage Kick You've been living in a rot And you can say you're…
Spirits Junkie XL is in the house Junkie XL is in the…
Today You've got the bluest eyes That I have seen Lost up in…
Today (Junkie XL 12" Mix) Got the bluest eyes That I have seen (seen, seen, seen) Lost…
Today (Radio Edit) You've got the bluest eyes That I have seen Lost up in…
Underachievers It's the conformist Takin' the firm fist Of the idealist Tak…
We Become One Tell me where you're from Are there mountains? Behind? the g…
X-Panding Limits Mix beat Mix beat Mix beat Junkie expandin' limits Funky in…
Youthful Under neath it all, yeah youthful Just like the son you…
Zerotonine She was born fat to believe to be wed Is a…
Zerotonine (Junkie XL's Extend She was born fat to believe to be wed Is a…
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