Christopher Young

Christopher Young

Known For: Sound

Date Of Birth:1957-04-28

Place Of Birth:Redbank, New Jersey, USA

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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Ghost Rider
Spider-Man 3
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
Copycat
The Dark Half
Bless the Child
The Hurricane
Sweet November
Jennifer Eight
The Grudge 2
The Gift
Unforgettable
Bandits
Rounders
Wonder Boys
Creation
Hard Rain
Runaway Jury
Head Above Water
The Shipping News
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom
Love Happens
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Virtuosity
The Core
Species
Swordfish
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Hellraiser
When in Rome
Barbarian Queen
Priest
Drag Me to Hell
Sinister
Haunted Summer
Shortcut to Happiness
The Black Tulip
Highpoint
DEFCON-4
Trick or Treat
The Piper
The Grudge
Murder at 1600
Hider in the House
Urban Legend
Rapid Fire
The Single Moms Club
The Smile Man
The Rum Diary
Lucky You
Wheels of Fire
Tales from The Grudge
Bat★21
Max and Helen
Murder at 1600
An Unfinished Life
The Big Kahuna
The Big Kahuna
Species
Entrapment
The Dorm That Dripped Blood
Judicial Consent
The Vagrant
Tales from the Hood
The Vagrant
Dream Lover
Something the Lord Made
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Hellraiser
Invaders from Mars
Getting Even
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Creepover
西遊記之大鬧天宮
In Too Deep
The Country Bears
The Glass House
Tales from the Hood
The Fly II
Untraceable
Murder in the First
The Power
Beauty Shop
Norma Jean & Marilyn
The Telephone
Judas Kiss
The Baytown Outlaws
西遊記之孫悟空三打白骨精
Killing Season
The Informers
The Ghostmaker
The Offering
Deliver Us from Evil
Set It Off
Flowers in the Attic
Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back
Sleepwalking
Fanboy
Godzilla 1985
American Harvest
Pet Sematary
Scenes of the Crime
Hush
The Uninvited
Gods Behaving Badly
Avenging Angel
The Empty Man
Bright Angel
A Madea Christmas