Christopher Young

For other persons named Christopher Young, see Christopher Young (disambiguation)

Christopher Young
Christopher Young, May 2007
Background information
Born	April 28, 1958 (1958-04-28) (age 53) Red Bank, New Jersey, USA
Genres	Film score
Occupations	Composer
Years active	1982–present
Website	http://www.christopher-young.com/

Christopher Young (born April 28, 1958) is an American music composer for both film and television.^[1]

Many of his music compositions are for horror films, including Hellraiser, Tales from the Hood, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, Urban Legend, and Drag Me to Hell. Other works include Lucky You and Spider-Man 3, for which he received the Film & TV Music Award for Best Score for a Dramatic Feature Film. He also made three cameo appearances in Spider-Man 3.

Young was honored 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.^[2]

Life and career

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 post-graduate work at North Texas State University. 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 the famous David Raksin. He later taught at the Thornton School of Music of the University of Southern California.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

• The Rum Diary
• Priest
• When in Rome
• Love Happens
• Drag Me to Hell
• The Vanishment
• The Uninvited
• Sleepwalking
• Untraceable
• Spider-Man 3
• Lucky You
• Ghost Rider
• Entrapment
• Dark Ride (Themes Only)
• The Grudge 2
• The Exorcism of Emily Rose
• At the Dusk (Incomplete Score)
• Unfinished Life (Partially Used Score)
• Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
• Beauty Shop
• Bright Angel
• The Grudge
• Hide and Seek (Incomplete scores)
• Something the Lord Made
• Spider-Man 2 (Additional scores)
• Something's Gotta Give
• Runaway Jury
• The Devil and Daniel Webster
• The Core
• Rounders
• Hellbound: Hellraiser 2
• Shade
• Set It Off
• In Too Deep
• The Tower
• The Country Bears
• Murder in the First
• Madison (Themes only)
• The Warden
• The Shipping News
• Dragonfly
• Scenes of the Crime
• Bandits
• Rapid Fire
• Copycat
• Virtuosity
• Species
• The Glass House
• Swordfish
• Sweet November
• The Gift
• The Big Kahuna
• Wonder Boys
• Bless the Child
• Virtuosity
• The Fly II
• Hellraiser
• Hard Rain
• Flowers in the Attic
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
• The Dark Half
• Hider in the House
• Creation
• Deathstalker II

References

1. ^ New York Times
2. ^ "BMI Film & Television Awards Tout Composers of Year’s Top Film and Television Music". bmi.com. http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/536623. Retrieved 2010-10-21. 

External links

• Official website
• Christopher Young at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Young, Christopher
Alternative names
Short description	American film score and television composer
Date of birth	April 28, 1958
Place of birth	Red Bank, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of death
Place of death