Aaron Zigman

Born January 6, 1963 · San Diego, California, USA

Biography

Aaron Zigman (born January 6, 1963) is a classically-trained American composer, producer, arranger, songwriter, and musician who has scored music for films including The Notebook, The Company Men, Bridge to Terabithia, John Q., The Proposal, Flicka, For Colored Girls, Flash of Genius, Sex & the City, Alpha Dog, and Escape from Planet Earth. He has also written, arranged and produced over 50 hit albums, and co-written songs with legendary and contemporary artists including Quincy Jones, Christina Aguilera, Phil Collins, Was (Not Was), John Legend, Dionne Warwick, Ray Charles, Natalie Cole, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, and Seal.

Sound 75

2020s

2025
Truth & Treason
Original Music Composer
77
2024
The Six Triple Eight
Original Music Composer
63
Possessions
Original Music Composer
2023
God Is a Bullet
Original Music Composer
46
Who Are You People
Original Music Composer
2022
A Jazzman's Blues
Original Music Composer
68
2021
And Just Like That…
Original Music Composer
61
2020
Gossamer Folds
Original Music Composer
The War with Grandpa
Original Music Composer
48
A Nice Girl Like You
Original Music Composer
42

2010s

2018
American Dream/American Knightmare
Original Music Composer
Hidden Man
Music
2017
Wakefield
Original Music Composer
65
The Shack
Original Music Composer
50
2016
Dear Eleanor
Original Music Composer
59
Mr. Right
Original Music Composer
57
I Saw the Light
Original Music Composer
48
2014
The Best of Me
Original Music Composer
49
Addicted
Original Music Composer
39
Yellow
Original Music Composer
The Other Woman
Original Music Composer
49
2013
Baggage Claim
Original Music Composer
41
Peeples
Original Music Composer
51
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
Original Music Composer
42
Escape from Planet Earth
Original Music Composer
48
2012
Step Up Revolution
Original Music Composer
55
Madea's Witness Protection
Original Music Composer
44
Good Deeds
Original Music Composer
2011
What's Your Number?
Original Music Composer
48
I Don't Know How She Does It
Original Music Composer
41
Madea's Big Happy Family
Original Music Composer
49
Jess + Moss
Original Music Composer
2010
For Colored Girls
Original Music Composer
54
Marion Jones: Press Pause
Original Music Composer
The Company Men
Original Music Composer
67
Sex and the City 2
Original Music Composer
38
Why Did I Get Married Too?
Original Music Composer
46
The Last Song
Original Music Composer
48

2000s

2009
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
Original Music Composer
55
The Ugly Truth
Original Music Composer
46
My Sister's Keeper
Original Music Composer
63
The Proposal
Original Music Composer
60
Madea Goes to Jail
Original Music Composer
46
2008
Christmas Cottage
Original Music Composer
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
Original Music Composer
58
Flash of Genius
Original Music Composer
Sex and the City
Original Music Composer
56
Meet the Browns
Original Music Composer
46
Step Up 2: The Streets
Original Music Composer
53
Lake City
Original Music Composer
41
2007
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Original Music Composer, Conductor
54
Martian Child
Original Music Composer
Why Did I Get Married?
Original Music Composer
57
Good Luck Chuck
Original Music Composer
38
The Jane Austen Book Club
Original Music Composer
65
The Attackmen
Music
Pride
Original Music Composer
59
Bridge to Terabithia
Original Music Composer
75
2006
Flicka
Original Music Composer
60
Step Up
Original Music Composer
53
Akeelah and the Bee
Original Music Composer
75
ATL
Original Music Composer
64
Take the Lead
Original Music Composer
60
The Virgin of Juarez
Original Music Composer
10th & Wolf
Original Music Composer
48
Alpha Dog
Original Music Composer
62
2005
In The Mix
Original Music Composer
32
The Wendell Baker Story
Original Music Composer
49
2004
Raise Your Voice
Original Music Composer
45
The Notebook
Original Music Composer
68
Crown Heights
Original Music Composer
2002
John Q
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
53

1990s

1996
The Birdcage
Orchestrator
75

No release date

Émigré: A Musical Drama with the NY Philharmonic
Sound
That Better World: The Story Behind Truth & Treason
Music