Christopher Young

Christopher Young
Christopher Young
	Christopher Young in May 2007
Background information
Born	April 28, 1958; Red Bank, New Jersey, United States
Genres	Film score
Occupation(s)	Composer
Instruments	Orchestra
Years active	1982–present
Website	officialchristopheryoung.com

Christopher Young (born April 28, 1958) is an American composer and orchestrator of film and television scores.^[1]

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 and Deliver Us from Evil. Other works include 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 honored 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.^[2]

Life and career

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 post-graduate work at North Texas State University. 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.^[3]

Discography

Film

1980s

The Dorm That Dripped Blood (1982)
Highpoint (1982) - with John Addison
The Oasis (1984)
The Power (1984)
Avenging Angel (1985)
Def-Con 4 (1985)
Wheels of Fire (1985)
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1985)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
Barbarian Queen (1985)
Getting Even (1986)

Torment (1986)
Invaders from Mars (1986) - with Sylvester Levay & David Storrs
Trick or Treat (1986)
Hellraiser (1987)
Flowers in the Attic (1987)
U-Boats, The Wolf Pack (1987)
Robby (1988)
The Telephone (1988)
Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
Bat*21 (1988)

Haunted Summer (1988)
Vietnam War Story: The Last Days (1989) (Segments "The Last Outpost" and "Dirty Work")
The Fly II (1989)
Hider in the House (1989)

1990s

Bright Angel (1990)
Max and Helen (1992)
The Vagrant (1992)
Rapid Fire (1992)
Jennifer 8 (1992)
The Dark Half (1993)
Dream Lover (1993)
Judicial Consent (1994)
Murder in the First (1995)
Tales From the Hood (1995)

Species (1995)
Virtuosity (1995)
Copycat (1995)
Unforgettable (1996)
Set It Off (1996)
Head Above Water (1996)
Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996)
Murder at 1600 (1997)
The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
Hard Rain (1998)
Hush (1998)

Rounders (1998)
Judas Kiss (1998)
Urban Legend (1998)
Entrapment (1999)
In Too Deep (1999)
The Big Kahuna (1999)
The Hurricane (1999)

2000s

Wonder Boys (2000)
Bless the Child (2000)
The Gift (2000)
Sweet November (2001)
Swordfish (2001)
Scenes of the Crime (2001)
The Glass House (2001)
Bandits (2001)
The Shipping News (2001)
The Tower (2002)
The Country Bears (2002) (co-wrote)

The Core (2003)
Shade (2003)(co-wrote)
Runaway Jury (2003)
The Devil and Daniel Webster (2004) (Shortcut to Happiness)
Something the Lord Made (2004)
The Grudge (2004)
Spider-Man 2 (2004) (additional music)
Beauty Shop (2005)
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
An Unfinished Life (2005) (additional music)
The Grudge 2 (2006)
Ghost Rider (2007)
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Lucky You (2007)

Untraceable (2008)
Sleepwalking (2008)
The Informers (2008)
The Uninvited (2009)
Drag Me to Hell (2009)
Creation (2009)
Love Happens (2009)

2010s

The Black Tulip (2010)
When in Rome (2010)
Gone with the Pope (2010) (co-wrote)
Priest (2011)
Box of Shadows (2011) (theme only)
The Rum Diary (2011)
Sinister (2012)
Scary or Die (2012)
The Baytown Outlaws (2012)
Killing Season (2013)
Gods Behaving Badly (2013)
A Madea Christmas (2013)
The Monkey King (2014)
The Single Moms Club (2014)
Deliver Us from Evil (2014)
The Monkey King 2 (2016)
Pet Sematary (2019)

Records

Cinema Septet (Album) (1993)
Dream Lover (OST) (1994)
Madison (Original Themes) (2006)
Haunted or Humored (Album) (2011)

References

↑ New York Times
↑ "BMI Film & Television Awards Tout Composers of Year's Top Film and Television Music". bmi.com. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
↑ USC faculty list

External links

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[1] New York Times

[2] "BMI Film & Television Awards Tout Composers of Year's Top Film and Television Music". bmi.com. Retrieved 2010-10-21.

[3] USC faculty list