Taurees Habib is a Pakistani and American sound engineer and music producer. He won a Grammy Award for his work in the film Dune: Part Two.
Early life and education He was born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan. Habib has been involved in sound engineering and playing music since the age of 15. During his time in Karachi, Habib worked on the original play Karachi: The Musical, produced by Made For Stage Productions. He moved to Los Angeles in 2012. His younger brother, Ziyad Habib, is also involved in the Karachi indie music scene, having been a part of the band Mole and later founding Hear Now Records.
He wrote, recorded, produced, and performed his own music under the name Bedlam Jackson. He later studied Music Production and Engineering at Berklee College of Music in Boston. He was a part of an underground heavy metal scene as a teenager, he has described playing guitar and screaming vocals in a metal band.
Career After he graduated from Berklee College of Music then he started working as a sampling director for composer Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions.
He worked over 13 years working with Hans Zimmer at Remote Control Productions. He is the company's head of sampling, where he creates unique instrument sounds for movie scores. He scored music in films including Man of Steel, Interstellar, Dunkirk, Blade Runner 2049, The Lion King, No Time to Die, and Top Gun: Maverick, Habib also contributed to the scores for Dune, Dune: Part Two and Kung Fu Panda 4. In 2017, he voiced a character named Nawar in the podcast series Rose Drive. In 2025, He scored music for film F1.
In February 2025, Habib was awarded the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media for his work on the Dune: Part Two soundtrack. He is the first Pakistani sound engineer to receive a Grammy but Habib is only the second Pakistani overall to win a Grammy, following vocalist Arooj Aftab, who won in 2022.
Habib has also released his own music, including the project Cannibal Cathedral, which was released in October 2025.
Personal life He lives in Los Angeles, California and his younger brother Ziyad is a singer.
Filmography as composer YearTitleNotes2013 Man of SteelComposer2013 The Lone Ranger2013 Rush2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 22014 Young Americans2014 Interstellar2015 Chappie2015 Terminator Genisys2015 Freeheld2016 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice2016 The Last Face2016 The Crown2016 Inferno2017 Rings2017 The Boss Baby2017 Dunkirk2017 Blade Runner 20492018 Believer2018 Icebox2018 Widows2019 Dark Phoenix2019 The Lion King2020 Rebuilding Paradise2020 The Rhythm Section2020 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run2020 Hillbilly Elegy2020 Wonder Woman 19842021 The Boss Baby: Family Business2021 Dune: Part One2021 No Time to Die2021 Army of Thieves2021 The Unforgivable2022 The Son2022 The Night Logan Woke Up2022 Top Gun: Maverick2023 Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.2024 Dune: Part Two2024 Kung Fu Panda 42024 Blitz2025 F1
Podcast series + List of voice performances in podcast Year Title Role(s) Notes 2017 Rose Drive Nawar
as sound designer YearTitleNotes2022 The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari Digital instrument
Awards and recognition Year Award Category Result Title Ref. 2025 Grammy Awards Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Dune: Part Two
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