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Glen Ballard 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 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 Thriller, 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" (The Polar Express).

In 2011, Ballard founded his own production company known as Augury, focused on developing music-driven projects in film, television, and theater. He was involved in the development of the eight-part TV series The Eddy, centering around a jazz club in Paris, which aired on Netflix in May 2020.

Ballard co-wrote the music and lyrics for Ghost the Musical with David A. Stewart and Bruce Joel Rubin, which opened in London's West End on July 19, 2011, and opened on Broadway in the spring of 2012.

On January 31, 2014, it was announced that a stage musical of the film Back to the Future was in production. The show, which is being co-written by original writers Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, premiered in Manchester, on February 20, 2020. Ballard will team with Alan Silvestri to compose a new score, with the addition of original songs from the film, including "The Power of Love", "Johnny B. Goode" and "Earth Angel".

In 2019, a stage musical based on the music from Jagged Little Pill (and with the same name) opened on Broadway following a successful limited engagement in Cambridge, Massachussetts, with Ballard having provided much of the lyrics.

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Jagged Little PillJagged Little Pill
 
[US Tour, 2022]
Music and Lyrics
Back to the Future: The MusicalBack to the Future: The Musical
 
[West End, 2021]
Music
Back to the FutureBack to the Future
 
[West End, 2021]
Composer
Lyricist

Writing

Ghost the Musical
Composer
Lyricist

Glen Ballard Movies

The Slugger's Wife
[ 1985 ] music producer
Lean on Me
[ 1989 ] music producer
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
[ 1999 ] music producer
Never Been Kissed
[ 1999 ] music producer
Clubland
[ 1999 ] producer
Titan A.E.
[ 2000 ] music supervisor
Shallow Hal
[ 2001 ] music producer
The Mummy Returns
[ 2001 ] music producer
The Polar Express
[ 2004 ] original songs by
A West Texas Children's Story
[ 2007 ] score producer

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Video: Watch BACK TO THE FUTURE Perform 'Johnny B. Goode' on THE KELLY CLARKSON SHOW


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How many shows has Glen Ballard written?

Glen Ballard has written 3 shows including Ghost the Musical (Composer), Jagged Little Pill (Composer), Back to the Future (Composer).

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