Christopher Young

Born: 1957-04-28

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.


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Drag Me to Hell

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Released: 2009-05-27

After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown...

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Score: A Film Music Documentary

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Released: 2017-03-16

Music is an integral part of most films, adding emotion and nuance while often remaining...

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Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

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Released: 2012-09-29

There’s only one person who so accurately personifies movie magic in the history of film, and...

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Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II

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Released: 2015-06-18

Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II is a feature length documentary...

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Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend

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Released: 2018-11-20

This two and a half hour documentary takes a look at the making of the 1998 horror film Urban...

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The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'

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Released: 2015-04-07

Documentary about the making of the film Invaders from Mars (1986).

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Eli Roth's History of Horror

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First aired: 2018-10-14

An in-depth look at the history and pop cultural significance of horror films.

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