Christopher Young
Born: 1957-04-28 in Redbank, New Jersey, USA
Known For: Sound
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.
Filmography
2025
- A Natural Selection ... (Original Music Composer)
2023
- The Piper ... (Music)
2022
- Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Offering ... (Original Music Composer)
2020
- The Empty Man ... (Original Music Composer)
2019
- Pet Sematary ... (Original Music Composer)
- Fanboy ... (Music)
2018
2017
2016
- The Monkey King 2 ... (Original Music Composer)
2015
2014
- The Monkey King ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Single Moms Club ... (Original Music Composer)
- Deliver Us from Evil ... (Original Music Composer)
2013
- Saving Norman ... (Original Music Composer)
- Killing Season ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Smile Man ... (Original Music Composer)
- Gods Behaving Badly ... (Music)
- Love's Routine ... (Original Music Composer)
- A Madea Christmas ... (Music)
2012
- Sinister ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Baytown Outlaws ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Black Tulip ... (Original Music Composer)
- Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan as Self
2011
- The Ghostmaker ... (Original Music Composer)
- Priest ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Rum Diary ... (Original Music Composer)
2010
- When in Rome ... (Original Music Composer)
2009
- Drag Me to Hell as Pedestrian with Cupcake
- The Uninvited ... (Original Music Composer)
- Creation ... (Original Music Composer)
- Love Happens ... (Original Music Composer)
2008
- Sleepwalking ... (Original Music Composer)
- Untraceable ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Informers ... (Original Music Composer)
2007
- Spider-Man 3 ... (Original Music Composer)
- Ghost Rider ... (Original Music Composer)
- Shortcut to Happiness ... (Original Music Composer)
- Lucky You ... (Original Music Composer)
2006
- The Grudge 2 ... (Original Music Composer)
- Tales from The Grudge ... (Music)
2005
- The Exorcism of Emily Rose ... (Original Music Composer)
- Beauty Shop ... (Original Music Composer)
- An Unfinished Life ... (Additional Music)
2004
- Something the Lord Made ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Grudge ... (Original Music Composer)
2003
- The Core ... (Original Music Composer)
- Runaway Jury ... (Original Music Composer)
2002
- The Country Bears ... (Original Music Composer)
- Scenes of the Crime ... (Original Music Composer)
2001
- Sweet November ... (Original Music Composer)
- Bandits ... (Original Music Composer)
- Swordfish ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Glass House ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Shipping News ... (Original Music Composer)
2000
- The Gift ... (Original Music Composer)
- Wonder Boys ... (Original Music Composer)
- Bless the Child ... (Original Music Composer)
1999
- Entrapment ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Hurricane ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Big Kahuna ... (Original Music Composer)
- In Too Deep ... (Original Music Composer)
1998
- Rounders ... (Original Music Composer)
- Urban Legend ... (Original Music Composer)
- Hard Rain ... (Original Music Composer)
- Hush ... (Original Music Composer)
- Judas Kiss ... (Original Music Composer)
1997
- Murder at 1600 ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Man Who Knew Too Little ... (Original Music Composer)
1996
- Unforgettable ... (Original Music Composer)
- Set It Off ... (Original Music Composer)
- Head Above Water ... (Original Music Composer)
- Norma Jean & Marilyn ... (Original Music Composer)
1995
- Copycat ... (Original Music Composer)
- Murder in the First ... (Original Music Composer)
- Species ... (Original Music Composer)
- Tales from the Hood ... (Orchestrator)
- Virtuosity ... (Original Music Composer)
1994
- Dream Lover ... (Original Music Composer)
- Judicial Consent ... (Original Music Composer)
1993
- The Dark Half ... (Original Music Composer)
1992
- Jennifer Eight ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Vagrant ... (Original Music Composer)
- Rapid Fire ... (Original Music Composer)
1990
- Bright Angel ... (Original Music Composer)
- Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back ... (Original Music Composer)
- Max and Helen ... (Music)
1989
- The Fly II ... (Original Music Composer)
- Hider in the House ... (Original Music Composer)
1988
- Haunted Summer ... (Original Music Composer)
- Bat★21 ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Telephone ... (Original Music Composer)
- Hellbound: Hellraiser II ... (Original Music Composer)
1987
- Hellraiser ... (Original Music Composer)
- American Harvest ... (Music)
- Flowers in the Attic ... (Original Music Composer)
1986
- Getting Even ... (Original Music Composer)
- Trick or Treat ... (Original Music Composer)
- Invaders from Mars ... (Original Music Composer)
1985
- Avenging Angel ... (Original Music Composer)
- Godzilla 1985 ... (Music)
- Barbarian Queen ... (Original Music Composer)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge ... (Original Music Composer)
- DEFCON-4 ... (Original Music Composer)
- Wheels of Fire ... (Original Music Composer)
- Wizards of the Lost Kingdom ... (Original Music Composer)
1984
- The Power ... (Original Music Composer)
1982
- Highpoint ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Dorm That Dripped Blood ... (Original Music Composer)