Christopher Young
Sound
Born: April 28, 1957 (age 69) · Redbank, New Jersey, USA
Highest Rated
Biography
Christopher Young (born April 28, 1958) is an American composer and orchestrator of film and television scores. Many of his compositions are for horror and thriller films, including Hellraiser, Species, Urban Legend, The Grudge, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Drag Me to Hell, Sinister, Deliver Us from Evil, and Pet Sematary. Other works include Rapid Fire, Copycat, Set It Off, Entrapment, The Hurricane, Swordfish, Ghost Rider, Spider-Man 3, and The Shipping News, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. Young was honoured with the prestigious Richard Kirk Award at the 2008 BMI Film and TV Awards. The award is given annually to a composer who has made significant contributions to film and television music. Young was born in Red Bank, New Jersey. He graduated from Hampshire College in Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Arts in music and then completed his postgraduate work at the University of North Texas. In 1980, he moved to Los Angeles. Originally a jazz drummer, when he heard some of Bernard Herrmann's works, he decided to become a film composer. He studied at the UCLA Film School under David Raksin. He teaches at the Thornton School of Music of the University of Southern California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christopher Young, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Photos (1)
Movies (2)
Self / Appearances (7)
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Self · 2 eps
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Self
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Self
Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Self
Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend
Self
Afterbirth: The Evolution of 'Species'
Self
The Science of Sound
Self
Other Crew (117)
Spider-Man 3
Original Music Composer
Ghost Rider
Original Music Composer
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Original Music Composer
Sinister
Original Music Composer
An Unfinished Life
Additional Music
Runaway Jury
Original Music Composer
Pet Sematary
Original Music Composer
Passenger
Original Music Composer
Urban Legend
Original Music Composer
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Original Music Composer
Murder at 1600
Original Music Composer
Murder at 1600
Orchestrator
Species
Original Music Composer
Species
Orchestrator
Swordfish
Original Music Composer
Drag Me to Hell
Original Music Composer
Hellraiser
Original Music Composer
Hellraiser
Orchestrator
Murder in the First
Original Music Composer
The Gift
Original Music Composer
When in Rome
Original Music Composer
The Fly II
Original Music Composer
The Core
Original Music Composer
Killing Season
Original Music Composer
Hard Rain
Original Music Composer
Bandits
Original Music Composer
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Original Music Composer
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Orchestrator
The Empty Man
Original Music Composer
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
Original Music Composer
Untraceable
Original Music Composer
The Rum Diary
Original Music Composer
The Glass House
Original Music Composer
The Hurricane
Original Music Composer
The Shipping News
Original Music Composer
Sweet November
Original Music Composer
Echo 3
Original Music Composer
The Uninvited
Original Music Composer
The Grudge
Original Music Composer
Copycat
Original Music Composer
The Grudge 2
Original Music Composer
The Informers
Original Music Composer
Deliver Us from Evil
Original Music Composer
The Offering
Original Music Composer
Invaders from Mars
Original Music Composer
Love Happens
Original Music Composer
Entrapment
Original Music Composer
Shortcut to Happiness
Original Music Composer
Priest
Original Music Composer
Something the Lord Made
Original Music Composer
Set It Off
Original Music Composer
Rounders
Original Music Composer
Beauty Shop
Original Music Composer
The Country Bears
Original Music Composer
Lucky You
Original Music Composer
Wonder Boys
Original Music Composer
The Monkey King
Original Music Composer
Dream Lover
Original Music Composer
Godzilla 1985
Music
The Dark Half
Original Music Composer
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Original Music Composer
Bless the Child
Original Music Composer
The Single Moms Club
Original Music Composer
Virtuosity
Original Music Composer
Bat★21
Original Music Composer
Tales from the Hood
Orchestrator
Tales from the Hood
Original Music Composer
Flowers in the Attic
Original Music Composer
Jennifer Eight
Original Music Composer
The Big Kahuna
Original Music Composer
The Big Kahuna
Orchestrator
In Too Deep
Original Music Composer
Unforgettable
Original Music Composer
The Monkey King 2
Original Music Composer
Rapid Fire
Original Music Composer
Judas Kiss
Original Music Composer
The Baytown Outlaws
Original Music Composer
Trick or Treat
Original Music Composer
Sleepwalking
Original Music Composer
Head Above Water
Original Music Composer
The Dorm That Dripped Blood
Original Music Composer
Hush
Original Music Composer
Hider in the House
Original Music Composer
Barbarian Queen
Original Music Composer
Avenging Angel
Original Music Composer
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom
Original Music Composer
Creation
Original Music Composer
Bright Angel
Original Music Composer
The Piper
Original Music Composer
Scenes of the Crime
Original Music Composer
Wheels of Fire
Original Music Composer
Highpoint
Original Music Composer
DEFCON-4
Original Music Composer
The Smile Man
Original Music Composer
American Harvest
Original Music Composer
Norma Jean & Marilyn
Original Music Composer
The Vagrant
Original Music Composer
The Vagrant
Orchestrator
The Ghostmaker
Original Music Composer
Max and Helen
Original Music Composer
Gods Behaving Badly
Original Music Composer
The Power
Original Music Composer
Haunted Summer
Original Music Composer
Last Flight Out
Original Music Composer
Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back
Original Music Composer
Scary or Die
Original Music Composer
Getting Even
Original Music Composer
A Madea Christmas
Original Music Composer
The Warden
Original Music Composer
The Telephone
Original Music Composer
The Oasis
Original Music Composer
Torment
Original Music Composer
Judicial Consent
Original Music Composer
Fanboy
Music
Tales from The Grudge
Music
A Natural Selection
Original Music Composer
The Black Tulip
Original Music Composer