Glen Ballard
Composer, Producer, Writer
1 May 1953 (73 years)
Basil Glen Ballard Jr. is an American songwriter, lyricist, and record producer. He is best known for co-writing and producing Alanis Morissette's 1995 album Jagged Little Pill, which won Grammy Awards for Best Rock Album and Album of the Year, and was ranked by the Rolling Stone as one of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. He is also well known for his collaborations with composer Alan Silvestri. He was involved in the recording and writing of Michael Jackson's albums Bad and Dangerous. As a writer, he co-wrote songs including "Man in the Mirror" (1987) and "Hand in My Pocket" (1995). He is the founder of Java Records. He won the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media for "Believe". In 2011, he founded his own production company known as Augury, focused on developing music-driven projects in film, television, and theater.
Filmography
| 2020 | The Eddy · as Music Producer |
| 2007 | Beowulf · as Original Music Composer |
| 2007 | A West Texas Children's Story · as Composer |
| 2002 | Alanis Morissette: Feast on Scraps · as Composer |
| 2001 | The Mummy Returns · as Music Producer |
| 2001 | Bridget Jones's Diary · as Music Producer |
| 1999 | Clubland · as Original Music Composer |
| 1997 | Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill - Live · as Composer |
| 1972 | The ABC Afterschool Special · as Composer |
| 2025 | A Future on Stage · as Self |
| 2021 | Jagged · as Self |
| 2021 | Music Box · as Self |
| 2013 | Stevie Nicks: In Your Dreams · as Self |
| 2012 | Bad 25 · as Self |
| 2012 | Katy Perry: Part of Me · as Self |
| 2007 | |
| 1997 | Behind the Music · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight · as Self |
| 1980 | Granada Reports · as Self - Composer |
| 2023 | Let Her Kill You · as Songs |
| 2022 | Pinocchio · as Songs |
| 2004 | The Polar Express · as Songs |
| 2000 | Titan A.E. · as Music Supervisor |