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中 文 名 汤姆·霍肯伯格
外 文 名 Tom Holkenborg
别 名 Junkie XL
国 籍 荷兰
出 生 地 荷兰-Lichtenvoorde
出生日期 1967年12月08日
职 业 音乐家
职业生涯 1988年至今
艺人资料
Junkie XL（JXL）原名Tom Holkenborg，是一位荷兰音乐家，1967年12月08日出生于荷兰的Lichtenvoorde。所会乐器有电子琴，吉他，鼓。自1995年与原先合作者关系破裂后，JXL于1997年以艺名Junkie XL开始新的“征程”。他和许多的音乐人合作过，有Sander Kleinenberg, DJ Tiësto, Sasha, Yonderboi or David Gahan。2002年他离开了故里Netherlands去美国发展事业了。曾为许多的电影和电脑游戏制作原声，尤其是多年为美国艺电公司（EA）制作过多款游戏的原声。
作品列表
Need For Speed: ProStreet（2007）原声带
Booming Back at You（2008）专辑
Synthesized（2012）专辑
Paranoia (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)（2013）原声带
300: Rise of an Empire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)（2014）原声带
Divergent (Original Motion Picture Score)（2014）原声带
Mad Max: Fury Road (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)（2015）原声带
Deadpool (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)（2016）原声带
Life and career
Tom Holkenborg (born 8 December 1967), better known as Junkie XL or occasionally JXL, is a Dutch multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and engineer. 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."
Originally known for his trance productions, he has moved to producing electronica and big beat music and film scores in recent years. Junkie XL is probably best known for his remix of Elvis Presley's "A Little Less Conversation", which became a worldwide hit in 2002.
The worldwide popularity of "A Little Less Conversation" set the stage for his 2003 double-disc album, Radio JXL: A Broadcast from the Computer Hell Cabin. (The name "Computer Hell" referred to Holkenborg's Amsterdam studio and headquarters.) Loosely based around the concept of a dreamlike pirate radio station, the LP's 3PM side features collaborations with The Cure's Robert Smith, Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan, Peter Tosh, Chuck D from Public Enemy, Gary Numan, Solomon Burke, and Saffron, along with the famed Elvis Presley remix. The 3AM side consists mostly of progressive house instrumentals, including "Breezer", a collaboration with Sasha. The album was to be launched simultaneously with a fully functioning internet radio station at RadioJXL.com, which was to feature exclusive shows and mixes with top EDM producers and DJs, but the undertaking proved to be too expensive and time-consuming to continue. Subsequently, two downloadable albums were released from the site: 7AM Ambient and 7AM Dance.
Holkenborg decided to relocate to Los Angeles in 2003, and in April 2006, released his fourth full-length, ‘Today’, and album that reflected the personal and professional changes that were occurring in his life. ‘Today’ features only one guest vocalist, Nathan Mader, and reverts to the more guitar-based sound of his first two albums. His fifth album, Booming Back at You, saw Holkenborg cultivate a stronger club sound punctuated by tracks like "1967 Poem", featuring Steve Aoki. Many of the lyrics on the album were written in collaboration with Electrocute's Nicole Morier, who appears in "Mad Pursuit", "Not Enough", and "New Toy". The album was released on Artwerk Music, a joint venture between Nettwerk Music and video game company Electronic Arts, and peaked at 11 on Billboard's Top Electronic Album chart. It was the first Junkie XL full-length to chart in the US, and featured the hit single, "More", with Lauren Rocket. Rocket also contributed vocals to the Siouxsie and the Banshees' cover, "Cities in Dust".
On November 27, 2012, Junkie XL released his sixth full-length album, entitled ‘Synthesized’. The album was preceded by a single EP for "Molly's E", which was released on September 6 and features remixes by Azari & III and Canblaster. A second single, "Gloria" (with Fredrik Saroea of Datarock), was released on October 23. Stylistically, ‘Synthesized’ strikes a balance between the introspective sound of ‘Today’ and the club-heavy sound of Booming Back at You, and features collaborations with Isis Salam ("Off The Dancefloor"), Tears for Fears' Curt Smith ("When Enough is Not Enough"), and Tommie Sunshine ("Love Machine"). The album also features a spoken word excerpt from Timothy Leary's ‘The Psychedelic Experience’, read by Leary, on the song "Leave Behind Your Ego". A video for "Off the Dancefloor" was created by Japanese electro-pop band Trippple Nippples. The videos for "Gloria" and "Leave Behind Your Ego" were directed by John Christopher Pina (Kanye West, John Legend, Seal, Common) for Clean Sweep.
Composing for film
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. ‘Today’, Holkenborg continues to expand his influence in the world of film and television composition, recently collaborating with Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer on one of the highest-grossing films of all time, 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’ (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 this year's Academy Awards theme song. Holkenborg has also 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 Hans Zimmer. Holkenborg's theme music for Wonder Woman will be used in the upcoming film of the same name.
Composing for video games
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 groundbreaking ‘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. Most recently, he composed the soundtrack for EA's ‘Darkspore’.
