Christophe Beck
Personal Info
Known for
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1972-11-30 (52 years old)
Place of Birth
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Christophe Beck
Biography
Jean-Christophe Beck (born in 1968 in Montreal) is a Canadian television and film score composer and conductor. He is best known for his collaborations with Disney and its subsidiaries, which include composing the soundtracks of The Muppets (2011) and Muppets Most Wanted (2014), Frozen (2013) and Frozen 2 (2019), the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Ant-Man (2015), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023), as well as the TV miniseries WandaVision (2021), Hawkeye (2021), and Agatha All Along (2024) for Marvel Studios, and Free Guy (2021) for 20th Century Studios, as well as Disney’s 100th anniversary logo.
He composed the scores for several of Shawn Levy's films, including Big Fat Liar (2002), Just Married (2003), Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), The Pink Panther (2006), The Internship (2013), and Free Guy (2021). Notably, he won an Emmy Award in 1998 for his work on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He is also known for composing the scores of the film series The Hangover (2009-2013). He is the older brother of composer, pianist, and rapper Chilly Gonzales.
Beck started piano lessons at the age of five, and by the time he turned eleven, he was learning Bee Gees songs by ear and performing with his first band, Newton Talks, who licensed a song to Hot Tub Time Machine. Beck attended Crescent School, where he studied piano, saxophone, and drums. He wrote two musicals while studying music at Yale University.
Upon graduation, Beck moved to Los Angeles to attend USC's film scoring program, where he studied with Jerry Goldsmith. A personal recommendation from Buddy Baker, then head of the USC Music Department, led to his first assignment for a Canadian TV series called White Fang. Several TV series later, he was asked to score the second season of the WB Network show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Beck received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for his score to the Buffy episode, “Becoming, Part 1.”
In 2000, the cheerleading comedy Bring It On launched Beck's film career. His credits include Under the Tuscan Sun, Edge of Tomorrow, Crazy, Stupid, Love, Pitch Perfect, and the Hangover trilogy. More recently, Beck scored the Oscar- and Grammy-winning animated film Frozen and several installments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). At the D23 Expo in 2022, it was announced that Beck had composed a new arrangement of "When You Wish Upon a Star" to accompany Disney's 100th anniversary logo, conducted by Tim Davies, which debuted ahead of the film Strange World.
Beck works out of his studio in Santa Monica, California.
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Acting
(2017)
Crew
(2024)
Road House
Original Music Composer
(2024)
Unfrosted
Original Music Composer
(2024)
The Instigators
Original Music Composer
(2023)
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Original Music Composer
(2023)
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Original Music Composer
(2023)
Nimona
Original Music Composer
(2021)
Free Guy
Original Music Composer
(2020)
Once Upon a Snowman
Original Music Composer
(2020)
Walkaway Joe
Music
(2020)
Like a Boss
Original Music Composer
(2020)
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
Original Music Composer
(2019)
Frozen II
Original Music Composer
(2019)
Watson
Original Music Composer
(2018)
Anon
Original Music Composer
(2018)
Gringo
Original Music Composer
(2018)
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Original Music Composer
(2018)
The Christmas Chronicles
Original Music Composer
(2017)
An Ordinary Man
Original Music Composer
(2017)
Lou
Original Music Composer
(2017)
Olaf's Frozen Adventure
Original Music Composer
(2017)
American Made
Original Music Composer
(2017)
The 12th Man
Original Music Composer
(2016)
Trolls
Original Music Composer
(2015)
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Original Music Composer
(2015)
Frozen Fever
Original Music Composer
(2015)
Get Hard
Original Music Composer
(2015)
Hot Pursuit
Original Music Composer
(2015)
Ant-Man
Original Music Composer
(2015)
Good Kill
Original Music Composer
(2015)
Sisters
Original Music Composer
(2015)
The Peanuts Movie
Original Music Composer
(2014)
Muppets Most Wanted
Original Music Composer
(2014)
Edge of Tomorrow
Original Music Composer
(2014)
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Original Music Composer
(2014)
Red Army
Music
(2014)
Let's Be Cops
Original Music Composer
(2014)
Cake
Original Music Composer
(2014)
(2014)
Endless Love
Original Music Composer
(2013)
R.I.P.D.
Original Music Composer
(2013)
The Hangover Part III
Original Music Composer
(2013)
Runner Runner
Original Music Composer
(2013)
The Internship
Original Music Composer
(2013)
Frozen
Original Music Composer
(2013)
Movie 43
Original Music Composer
(2013)
Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective
Original Music Composer
(2013)
Charlie Countryman
Original Music Composer
(2012)
The Guilt Trip
Original Music Composer
(2012)
The Watch
Original Music Composer
(2012)
Paperman
Original Music Composer
(2012)
Pitch Perfect
Original Music Composer
(2012)
This Means War
Original Music Composer
(2012)
The Road We've Traveled
Original Music Composer
(2011)
Tower Heist
Original Music Composer
(2011)
The Hangover Part II
Original Music Composer
(2011)
Cedar Rapids
Original Music Composer
(2011)
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Original Music Composer
(2011)
The Muppets
Original Music Composer
(2010)
Waiting for "Superman"
Original Music Composer
(2010)
Death at a Funeral
Original Music Composer
(2010)
Hot Tub Time Machine
Original Music Composer, Music
(2010)
Due Date
Original Music Composer
(2010)
RED
Original Music Composer
(2010)
Date Night
Original Music Composer
(2010)
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Original Music Composer
(2010)
Burlesque
Original Music Composer
(2009)
All About Steve
Original Music Composer
(2009)
The Pink Panther 2
Original Music Composer
(2009)
The Hangover
Original Music Composer
(2009)
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Original Music Composer
(2009)
The Greatest
Original Music Composer
(2009)
Post Grad
Original Music Composer
(2009)
The Marc Pease Experience
Original Music Composer
(2008)
What Happens in Vegas
Original Music Composer
(2008)
Drillbit Taylor
Original Music Composer
(2008)
Phoebe in Wonderland
Original Music Composer
(2008)
Charlie Bartlett
Original Music Composer
(2007)
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
Original Music Composer
(2007)
Year of the Dog
Original Music Composer
(2007)
Fred Claus
Original Music Composer
(2007)
License to Wed
Original Music Composer
(2006)
We Are Marshall
Original Music Composer
(2006)
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Original Music Composer
(2006)
School for Scoundrels
Original Music Composer
(2006)
Zoom
Original Music Composer
(2006)
The Pink Panther
Original Music Composer
(2006)
The Sentinel
Original Music Composer
(2005)
Two for the Money
Original Music Composer
(2005)
Elektra
Original Music Composer
(2005)
Ice Princess
Original Music Composer
(2005)
The Perfect Man
Original Music Composer
(2005)
3 Needles
Original Music Composer
(2005)
Yours, Mine & Ours
Original Music Composer
(2004)
Without a Paddle
Original Music Composer
(2004)
The Skulls III
Original Music Composer
(2004)
A Cinderella Story
Original Music Composer
(2004)
Taxi
Original Music Composer
(2004)
Garfield
Original Music Composer
(2004)
Little Black Book
Original Music Composer
(2004)
Saved!
Original Music Composer
(2003)
Confidence
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(2003)
Under the Tuscan Sun
Original Music Composer
(2003)
Cheaper by the Dozen
Original Music Composer
(2003)
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Original Music Composer
(2003)
Just Married
Original Music Composer
(2003)
American Wedding
Music Score Producer
(2003)
The Event
Original Music Composer
(2002)
The Tuxedo
Original Music Composer
(2002)
Big Fat Liar
Original Music Composer
(2002)
Stealing Harvard
Original Music Composer
(2002)
Interstate 60
Original Music Composer
(2002)
The Skulls II
Original Music Composer
(2001)
Wolf Girl
Original Music Composer
(2000)
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
Original Music Composer
(2000)
Bring It On
Original Music Composer
(1999)
Guinevere
Original Music Composer
(1999)
Thick as Thieves
Original Music Composer
(1999)
Let the Devil Wear Black
Original Music Composer
(1999)
Coming Soon
Original Music Composer
(1998)
Earthquake in New York
Original Music Composer
(1998)
Bone Daddy
Original Music Composer
(1998)
Airborne
Original Music Composer
(1998)
The Alarmist
Original Music Composer
(1998)
Dog Park
Music
(1997)
Friends 'Til The End
Original Music Composer
(1997)
Killing Mr. Griffin
Original Music Composer
(1996)
Crossworlds
Original Music Composer