Christopher Young
Personal Info
Known for
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1957-04-28 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Redbank, New Jersey, USA
Christopher Young
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.
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Acting
(2018)
(2017)
(2017)
(2015)
(2015)
(2012)
(2009)
Drag Me to Hell
as Pedestrian with Cupcake
Crew
(2023)
The Piper
Music
(2023)
Creepover
Music
(2022)
The Offering
Original Music Composer
(2020)
The Empty Man
Original Music Composer
(2019)
Fanboy
Music
(2019)
Pet Sematary
Original Music Composer
(2016)
The Monkey King 2
Original Music Composer
(2014)
The Single Moms Club
Original Music Composer
(2014)
The Monkey King
Original Music Composer
(2014)
Deliver Us from Evil
Original Music Composer
(2013)
Love's Routine
Original Music Composer
(2013)
Saving Norman
Original Music Composer
(2013)
The Smile Man
Original Music Composer
(2013)
Killing Season
Original Music Composer
(2013)
Gods Behaving Badly
Music
(2012)
Sinister
Original Music Composer
(2012)
The Black Tulip
Original Music Composer
(2012)
The Baytown Outlaws
Original Music Composer
(2011)
Priest
Original Music Composer
(2011)
The Rum Diary
Original Music Composer
(2011)
The Ghostmaker
Original Music Composer
(2010)
When in Rome
Original Music Composer
(2009)
Creation
Original Music Composer
(2009)
Love Happens
Original Music Composer
(2009)
Drag Me to Hell
Original Music Composer
(2009)
The Uninvited
Original Music Composer
(2008)
Untraceable
Original Music Composer
(2008)
The Informers
Original Music Composer
(2008)
Sleepwalking
Original Music Composer
(2007)
Ghost Rider
Original Music Composer
(2007)
Spider-Man 3
Original Music Composer
(2007)
Lucky You
Original Music Composer
(2006)
The Grudge 2
Original Music Composer
(2006)
(2005)
An Unfinished Life
Additional Music
(2005)
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Original Music Composer
(2005)
Beauty Shop
Original Music Composer
(2004)
The Grudge
Original Music Composer
(2004)
Something the Lord Made
Original Music Composer
(2003)
Runaway Jury
Original Music Composer
(2003)
The Core
Original Music Composer
(2003)
Shortcut to Happiness
Original Music Composer
(2002)
The Country Bears
Original Music Composer
(2002)
Scenes of the Crime
Original Music Composer
(2001)
Sweet November
Original Music Composer
(2001)
Bandits
Original Music Composer
(2001)
The Shipping News
Original Music Composer
(2001)
Swordfish
Original Music Composer
(2001)
The Glass House
Original Music Composer
(2000)
Bless the Child
Original Music Composer
(2000)
The Gift
Original Music Composer
(2000)
Wonder Boys
Original Music Composer
(1999)
The Hurricane
Original Music Composer
(1999)
The Big Kahuna
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
(1999)
Entrapment
Original Music Composer
(1999)
In Too Deep
Original Music Composer
(1998)
Rounders
Original Music Composer
(1998)
Hard Rain
Original Music Composer
(1998)
Urban Legend
Original Music Composer
(1998)
Judas Kiss
Original Music Composer
(1998)
Hush
Original Music Composer
(1997)
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Original Music Composer
(1997)
Murder at 1600
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
(1996)
Unforgettable
Original Music Composer
(1996)
Head Above Water
Original Music Composer
(1996)
Norma Jean & Marilyn
Original Music Composer
(1996)
Set It Off
Original Music Composer
(1995)
Copycat
Original Music Composer
(1995)
Virtuosity
Original Music Composer
(1995)
Species
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
(1995)
Tales from the Hood
Orchestrator, Original Music Composer
(1995)
Murder in the First
Original Music Composer
(1994)
Judicial Consent
Original Music Composer
(1993)
The Dark Half
Original Music Composer
(1993)
Dream Lover
Original Music Composer
(1992)
Jennifer Eight
Original Music Composer
(1992)
Rapid Fire
Original Music Composer
(1992)
The Vagrant
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
(1990)
Max and Helen
Music
(1990)
Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back
Original Music Composer
(1990)
Bright Angel
Music
(1989)
Hider in the House
Original Music Composer
(1989)
The Fly II
Original Music Composer
(1988)
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
(1988)
Haunted Summer
Original Music Composer
(1988)
Bat★21
Original Music Composer
(1988)
The Telephone
Original Music Composer
(1987)
Hellraiser
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
(1987)
Flowers in the Attic
Original Music Composer
(1987)
American Harvest
Music
(1986)
Trick or Treat
Original Music Composer
(1986)
Invaders from Mars
Original Music Composer
(1986)
Getting Even
Original Music Composer
(1985)
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
Original Music Composer
(1985)
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom
Original Music Composer
(1985)
Barbarian Queen
Original Music Composer
(1985)
DEFCON-4
Original Music Composer
(1985)
Wheels of Fire
Original Music Composer
(1985)
Godzilla 1985
Music
(1985)
Avenging Angel
Original Music Composer
(1984)
The Power
Original Music Composer
(1982)
Highpoint
Original Music Composer
(1982)
The Dorm That Dripped Blood
Original Music Composer