Christopher Young

Known for SoundBorn 1957-04-28 (age 69)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.Read more

Movies & web series

American Harvest

Something the Lord Made

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

The Smile Man

The Hurricane

Score: A Film Music Documentary

Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend

Set It Off

Murder in the First

Rounders

Sinister

Runaway Jury

Max and Helen

An Unfinished Life

Sweet November

Wonder Boys

The Big Kahuna

Hellraiser

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

Godzilla 1985

Love's Routine

Saving Norman

Eli Roth's History of Horror

A Madea Christmas

Drag Me to Hell

Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II

The Uninvited

Spider-Man 3

Creation

The Gift

In Too Deep

Copycat

Dream Lover

The Shipping News

The Empty Man

Deliver Us from Evil

Beauty Shop

The Man Who Knew Too Little

Rapid Fire

Bandits

Hellbound: Hellraiser II

Untraceable

Swordfish

Tales from the Hood

Entrapment

The Offering

Flowers in the Attic