Artist
Junkie XL
Junkie XL is an electronic artist from Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands formed in 1997. 50 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Electronic · Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands · Best electronic albums
- 50
- Releases
- 1997–2025
- Active years
- 1997
- Formed
Discography
43
Most popular
Mad Max: Fury Road: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2015 · 26 tracks
Big Sounds of the Drags
1999
Divergent: Original Motion Picture Score
2014
Saturday Teenage Kick
1997
Paranoia (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2013
Run All Night (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2015
Darkspore
2011
Funky Breaks 2
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Music from the Motion Picture)
2025
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2024
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2024
Skull and Bones (Original Game Soundtrack)
2024
Three Thousand Years of Longing (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2022
Godzilla vs. Kong (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2021
Army of the Dead (Music From the Netflix Film)
2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2021
SCOOB! (Original Motion Picture Score)
2020
White Lines (Music from the Netflix Original Series)
2020
Alita: Battle Angel (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2019
Tomb Raider (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2018
The Racing Collection
2018
The Dark Tower (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2017
Brimstone (Original Soundtrack Album)
2017
Distance Between Dreams (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2016
Deadpool: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2016
Deadpool (Original Soundtrack Album)
2016
Black Mass (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2015
Black Mass
2015
300: Rise of an Empire
2014
300: Rise of an Empire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2014
Synthesized
2012
The Composer Series Volume 2
2011
De Heineken Ontvoering
2011
The Composer Series
2010
Booming Back at You
2008
Music from SSX Blur (Original Soundtrack)
2007
Need for Speed: Prostreet (Original Soundtrack)
2007
Music From SSX Blur
2007
Today
2006
Radio JXL - A Broadcast From The Computerhell Cabin
2003
7AM
2003
Quantum Redshift
2002
A Forest Called Mulu
1997
Singles & EPs
7
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1Releases by other artists featuring Junkie XL.
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1Collaborators
5
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About
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.
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Holkenborg was born in Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland, Netherlands. Classically trained by his mother – herself an accredited music teacher – Holkenborg started playing piano when he was four years old, drums when he was eight, and guitar at 12. Already influenced by the psychedelic-pop of Pink Floyd and King Crimson, he took up the bass by age 14. After taking a job at a local music store selling keyboards and other digital gear, he began to have an appreciation for the combination of electronic and organic sounds. It was shortly after he discovered synthesizers that he joined the Dutch New Wave ensemble Weekend at Waikiki as a multi-instrumentalist and producer, touring extensively with the band, including through parts of the former Soviet Union, from 1988 to 1991. He also contributed to their final album, Sputnik. In 1993, Holkenborg produced Almost a Dance by Dutch metal band The Gathering, and later that year went on to form the industrial rock band Nerve with Phil Mills. After signing with influential label Play It Again Sam in 1992 and releasing two LPs – Cancer of Choice (1993) and Blood & Gold (1994) – he continued as a producer-for-hire, working with hardcore and metal bands like Sepultura, Fear Factory, and Dog Eat Dog while simultaneously licensing some of his instrumental electronic tracks for racing video games like The Need For Speed and Test Drive 5. It was during this time that he also began scoring the Dutch feature film, Siberia, which would be released by Warner Brothers Netherlands.
Junkie XL in brief
- How many Junkie XL releases are on Riffiter?
- 50 releases are catalogued, spanning 1997 to 2025.
- When was Junkie XL formed?
- Junkie XL formed in 1997, in Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands.
- What genre is Junkie XL?
- Junkie XL is catalogued under Electronic.
- What is the most recent Junkie XL release on Riffiter?
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Music from the Motion Picture), released in 2025.