Christopher Young
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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Fotos
Películas (119)
Passenger
2026 · Original Music Composer
A Natural Selection
2025 · Original Music Composer
Tragic Tones: The Music of Hider in the House
2025 · Self, Thanks
The Piper
2023 · Original Music Composer
The Offering
2022 · Original Music Composer
The Empty Man
2020 · Original Music Composer
Pet Sematary
2019 · Original Music Composer
Fanboy
2019 · Music
Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend
2018 · Self
Afterbirth: The Evolution of 'Species'
2017 · Self
Score: A Film Music Documentary
2017 · Self
The Monkey King 2
2016 · Original Music Composer
Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II
2015 · Self
The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'
2015
Deliver Us from Evil
2014 · Original Music Composer
The Single Moms Club
2014 · Original Music Composer
The Monkey King
2014 · Original Music Composer
A Madea Christmas
2013 · Original Music Composer
Gods Behaving Badly
2013 · Original Music Composer
Killing Season
2013 · Original Music Composer
Love's Routine
2013 · Original Music Composer
The Smile Man
2013 · Original Music Composer
Saving Norman
2013 · Original Music Composer
The Black Tulip
2012 · Original Music Composer
Sinister
2012 · Original Music Composer
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012 · Self
Scary or Die
2012 · Original Music Composer
The Baytown Outlaws
2012 · Original Music Composer
The Rum Diary
2011 · Original Music Composer
The Ghostmaker
2011 · Original Music Composer
Priest
2011 · Original Music Composer
When in Rome
2010 · Original Music Composer
Creation
2009 · Original Music Composer
Love Happens
2009 · Original Music Composer
Drag Me to Hell
2009 · Pedestrian with Cupcake, Original Music Composer
The Uninvited
2009 · Original Music Composer
The Informers
2008 · Original Music Composer
Sleepwalking
2008 · Original Music Composer
Untraceable
2008 · Original Music Composer
The Science of Sound
2007 · Self
Shortcut to Happiness
2007 · Original Music Composer
Spider-Man 3
2007 · Original Music Composer
Lucky You
2007 · Original Music Composer
Ghost Rider
2007 · Original Music Composer
The Grudge 2
2006 · Original Music Composer
Tales from The Grudge
2006 · Music
An Unfinished Life
2005 · Additional Music
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005 · Original Music Composer
Beauty Shop
2005 · Original Music Composer
The Grudge
2004 · Original Music Composer
Something the Lord Made
2004 · Original Music Composer
Runaway Jury
2003 · Original Music Composer
The Core
2003 · Original Music Composer
The Country Bears
2002 · Original Music Composer
Scenes of the Crime
2002 · Original Music Composer
The Shipping News
2001 · Original Music Composer
Bandits
2001 · Original Music Composer
The Glass House
2001 · Original Music Composer
Swordfish
2001 · Original Music Composer
Sweet November
2001 · Original Music Composer
The Warden
2001 · Original Music Composer
The Gift
2000 · Original Music Composer
Bless the Child
2000 · Original Music Composer
Wonder Boys
2000 · Original Music Composer
The Big Kahuna
1999 · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
The Hurricane
1999 · Original Music Composer
In Too Deep
1999 · Original Music Composer
Entrapment
1999 · Original Music Composer
Urban Legend
1998 · Original Music Composer
Judas Kiss
1998 · Original Music Composer
Rounders
1998 · Original Music Composer
Hush
1998 · Original Music Composer
Hard Rain
1998 · Original Music Composer
The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997 · Original Music Composer
Murder at 1600
1997 · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
Head Above Water
1996 · Original Music Composer
Set It Off
1996 · Original Music Composer
Norma Jean & Marilyn
1996 · Original Music Composer
Unforgettable
1996 · Original Music Composer
Copycat
1995 · Original Music Composer
Virtuosity
1995 · Original Music Composer
Species
1995 · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
Tales from the Hood
1995 · Orchestrator, Original Music Composer
Murder in the First
1995 · Original Music Composer
Judicial Consent
1994 · Original Music Composer
Dream Lover
1994 · Original Music Composer
The Dark Half
1993 · Original Music Composer
Jennifer Eight
1992 · Original Music Composer
Rapid Fire
1992 · Original Music Composer
The Vagrant
1992 · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
Bright Angel
1990 · Original Music Composer
Last Flight Out
1990 · Original Music Composer
Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back
1990 · Original Music Composer
Max and Helen
1990 · Original Music Composer
Hider in the House
1989 · Original Music Composer
The Fly II
1989 · Original Music Composer
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
1988 · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
Haunted Summer
1988 · Original Music Composer
Bat★21
1988 · Original Music Composer
The Telephone
1988 · Original Music Composer
Flowers in the Attic
1987 · Original Music Composer
Hellraiser
1987 · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
American Harvest
1987 · Original Music Composer
Trick or Treat
1986 · Original Music Composer
Invaders from Mars
1986 · Original Music Composer
Torment
1986 · Original Music Composer
Getting Even
1986 · Original Music Composer
Barbarian Queen
1985 · Original Music Composer
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
1985 · Original Music Composer
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom
1985 · Original Music Composer
Godzilla 1985
1985 · Music
Wheels of Fire
1985 · Original Music Composer
DEFCON-4
1985 · Original Music Composer
Avenging Angel
1985 · Original Music Composer
Highpoint
1984 · Original Music Composer
The Power
1984 · Original Music Composer
The Oasis
1984 · Original Music Composer
The Dorm That Dripped Blood
1982 · Original Music Composer
Haunting Skies: The First Encounter
· Original Music Composer
