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Christopher Young

Actor, Composer, Additional CreditsBorn April 28, 1957 (67 years)
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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Runaway Jury
  • Hellbound: Hellraiser II
  • The Grudge 2
  • Killing Season
  • The Man Who Knew Too Little
  • The Baytown Outlaws
  • Creation
  • Flowers in the Attic
  • Shortcut to Happiness
  • The Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven's Palace
  • The Monkey King 2
  • Barbarian Queen
  • DEFCON-4
  • Wizards of the Lost Kingdom
  • Avenging Angel
  • Wheels of Fire
  • Gone with the Pope

Known For

  • Drag Me to Hell
  • Hellraiser
  • Hellbound: Hellraiser II
  • Copycat
  • The Shipping News
  • The Fly II
  • Norma Jean & Marilyn
  • The Vagrant
  • Last Flight Out

Filmography

2015
2009
Drag Me to Hell · as Pedestrian With Cupcake
2007
Spider-Man 3 · as Theater Pianist

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