Christopher Young
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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.
Known for
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moviePassenger
2026
Original Music Composer
movieA Natural Selection
2025
Original Music Composer
movieThe Piper
2023
Music
tvEcho 3
2022
Original Music Composer
tvGuillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
2022
Original Music Composer
movieThe Offering
2022
Original Music Composer
movieThe Empty Man
2020
Original Music Composer
moviePet Sematary
2019
Original Music Composer
movieFanboy
2019
Music
movieThe Monkey King 2
2016
Original Music Composer
movieDeliver Us from Evil
2014
Original Music Composer
movieThe Single Moms Club
2014
Original Music Composer
movieThe Monkey King
2014
Original Music Composer
movieA Madea Christmas
2013
Original Music Composer
movieKilling Season
2013
Original Music Composer
Love's Routine
2013
Original Music Composer
movieThe Smile Man
2013
Original Music Composer
Saving Norman
2013
Original Music Composer
movieThe Black Tulip
2012
Original Music Composer
movieSinister
2012
Original Music Composer
movieThe Baytown Outlaws
2012
Original Music Composer
movieThe Rum Diary
2011
Original Music Composer
movieThe Ghostmaker
2011
Original Music Composer
moviePriest
2011
Original Music Composer
movieWhen in Rome
2010
Original Music Composer
movieCreation
2009
Original Music Composer
movieLove Happens
2009
Original Music Composer
movieDrag Me to Hell
2009
Original Music Composer
movieThe Uninvited
2009
Original Music Composer
movieThe Informers
2008
Original Music Composer
movieSleepwalking
2008
Original Music Composer
movieUntraceable
2008
Original Music Composer
movieShortcut to Happiness
2007
Original Music Composer
movieSpider-Man 3
2007
Original Music Composer
movieLucky You
2007
Original Music Composer
movieGhost Rider
2007
Original Music Composer
movieThe Grudge 2
2006
Original Music Composer
movieThe Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005
Original Music Composer
movieBeauty Shop
2005
Original Music Composer
movieThe Grudge
2004
Original Music Composer
movieSomething the Lord Made
2004
Original Music Composer
movieRunaway Jury
2003
Original Music Composer
movieThe Core
2003
Original Music Composer
movieThe Country Bears
2002
Original Music Composer
movieScenes of the Crime
2002
Original Music Composer
movieThe Shipping News
2001
Original Music Composer
movieBandits
2001
Original Music Composer
movieThe Glass House
2001
Original Music Composer
movieSwordfish
2001
Original Music Composer
movieSweet November
2001
Original Music Composer
movieThe Gift
2000
Original Music Composer
movieBless the Child
2000
Original Music Composer
movieWonder Boys
2000
Original Music Composer
movieThe Big Kahuna
1999
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
movieThe Hurricane
1999
Original Music Composer
movieIn Too Deep
1999
Original Music Composer
movieEntrapment
1999
Original Music Composer
movieUrban Legend
1998
Original Music Composer
movieJudas Kiss
1998
Original Music Composer
movieRounders
1998
Original Music Composer
movieHush
1998
Original Music Composer
movieHard Rain
1998
Original Music Composer
movieThe Man Who Knew Too Little
1997
Original Music Composer
movieMurder at 1600
1997
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
movieHead Above Water
1996
Original Music Composer
movieSet It Off
1996
Original Music Composer
movieNorma Jean & Marilyn
1996
Original Music Composer
movieUnforgettable
1996
Original Music Composer
movieCopycat
1995
Original Music Composer
movieVirtuosity
1995
Original Music Composer
movieSpecies
1995
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
movieTales from the Hood
1995
Orchestrator, Original Music Composer
movieMurder in the First
1995
Original Music Composer
movieJudicial Consent
1994
Original Music Composer
movieDream Lover
1993
Original Music Composer
movieThe Dark Half
1993
Original Music Composer
movieJennifer Eight
1992
Original Music Composer
movieRapid Fire
1992
Original Music Composer
movieThe Vagrant
1992
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
movieBright Angel
1990
Original Music Composer
Last Flight Out
1990
Original Music Composer
movieBarbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back
1990
Original Music Composer
movieHider in the House
1989
Original Music Composer
movieThe Fly II
1989
Original Music Composer
movieHellbound: Hellraiser II
1988
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
movieHaunted Summer
1988
Original Music Composer
movieBat★21
1988
Original Music Composer
movieThe Telephone
1988
Original Music Composer
movieFlowers in the Attic
1987
Original Music Composer
movieHellraiser
1987
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
movieTrick or Treat
1986
Original Music Composer
movieInvaders from Mars
1986
Original Music Composer
movieGetting Even
1986
Original Music Composer
movieBarbarian Queen
1985
Original Music Composer
movieA Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
1985
Original Music Composer
movieWizards of the Lost Kingdom
1985
Original Music Composer
movieWheels of Fire
1985
Original Music Composer
movieDEFCON-4
1985
Original Music Composer
movieAvenging Angel
1985
Original Music Composer
movieThe Power
1984
Original Music Composer
movieHighpoint
1982
Original Music Composer
movieThe Dorm That Dripped Blood
1982
Original Music Composer
Acting9
Crew1
movieAn Unfinished Life
2005
Additional Music