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Christopher Young (b. 1957)

Alias:
Chistopher Young
Chris Young

Birthplace:
Redbank, New Jersey, USA

Born:
April 28, 1957

Biography from TheMovieDB

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.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Additional Music:
2005  An Unfinished Life

Music:
1985  Godzilla 1985
1987  American Harvest
1990  Bright Angel
1990  Max and Helen
2005  An Unfinished Life
2006  Tales from The Grudge
2013  Gods Behaving Badly
2019  Fanboy
2023  Creepover
2023  The Piper

Orchestrator:
1985  Godzilla 1985
1987  American Harvest
1987  Hellraiser
1988  Hellbound: Hellraiser II
1990  Bright Angel
1990  Max and Helen
1992  The Vagrant
1995  Species
1995  Tales from the Hood
1997  Murder at 1600
1999  The Big Kahuna
2005  An Unfinished Life
2006  Tales from The Grudge
2013  Gods Behaving Badly
2019  Fanboy
2023  Creepover
2023  The Piper

Original Music Composer:
1982  Highpoint
1982  The Dorm That Dripped Blood
1984  The Power
1985  A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
1985  Avenging Angel
1985  Barbarian Queen
1985  DEFCON-4
1985  Godzilla 1985
1985  Wheels of Fire
1985  Wizards of the Lost Kingdom
1986  Getting Even
1986  Invaders from Mars
1986  Trick or Treat
1987  American Harvest
1987  Flowers in the Attic
1987  Hellraiser
1988  Bat★21
1988  Haunted Summer
1988  Hellbound: Hellraiser II
1988  The Telephone
1989  Hider in the House
1989  The Fly II
1990  Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back
1990  Bright Angel
1990  Max and Helen
1992  Jennifer Eight
1992  Rapid Fire
1992  The Vagrant
1993  Dream Lover
1993  The Dark Half
1994  Judicial Consent
1995  Copycat
1995  Murder in the First
1995  Species
1995  Tales from the Hood
1995  Virtuosity
1996  Head Above Water
1996  Norma Jean & Marilyn
1996  Set It Off
1996  Unforgettable
1997  Murder at 1600
1997  The Man Who Knew Too Little
1998  Hard Rain
1998  Hush
1998  Judas Kiss
1998  Rounders
1998  Urban Legend
1999  Entrapment
1999  In Too Deep
1999  The Big Kahuna
1999  The Hurricane
2000  Bless the Child
2000  The Gift
2000  Wonder Boys
2001  Bandits
2001  Sweet November
2001  Swordfish
2001  The Glass House
2001  The Shipping News
2002  Scenes of the Crime
2002  The Country Bears
2003  Runaway Jury
2003  Shortcut to Happiness
2003  The Core
2004  Something the Lord Made
2004  The Grudge
2005  An Unfinished Life
2005  Beauty Shop
2005  The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2006  Tales from The Grudge
2006  The Grudge 2
2007  Ghost Rider
2007  Lucky You
2007  Spider-Man 3
2008  Sleepwalking
2008  The Informers
2008  Untraceable
2009  Creation
2009  Drag Me to Hell
2009  Love Happens
2009  The Uninvited
2010  When in Rome
2011  Priest
2011  The Ghostmaker
2011  The Rum Diary
2012  Sinister
2012  The Baytown Outlaws
2012  The Black Tulip
2013  Gods Behaving Badly
2013  Killing Season
2013  Love's Routine
2013  Saving Norman
2013  The Smile Man
2014  Deliver Us from Evil
2014  The Monkey King
2014  The Single Moms Club
2016  The Monkey King 2
2019  Fanboy
2019  Pet Sematary
2020  The Empty Man
2022  The Offering
2023  Creepover
2023  The Piper

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Original Music Composer:
2022  Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

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