Christopher Young
Known for: Sound
Born: April 28, 1957
Place of birth: Redbank, New Jersey, USA
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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Filmography
115 movies · 3 TV shows, newest first
7.3
Passenger
2026
2.0
A Natural Selection
2025NR
Tragic Tones: The Music of Hider in the House
2025
5.2
The Piper
2023
6.8
Echo 3
2022
7.4
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
2022
6.0
The Offering
2022
6.2
The Empty Man
2020
5.7
Pet Sematary
2019
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Fanboy
2019
7.0
Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend
2018
6.4
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018
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Afterbirth: The Evolution of 'Species'
2017
7.2
Score: A Film Music Documentary
2017
5.9
The Monkey King 2
2016
6.4
Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II
2015
2.7
The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'
2015
6.3
Deliver Us from Evil
2014
6.0
The Single Moms Club
2014
5.6
The Monkey King
2014
6.4
A Madea Christmas
2013
2.5
Gods Behaving Badly
2013
5.5
Killing Season
20136.5
Love's Routine
2013
7.3
The Smile Man
20136.5
Saving Norman
2013
5.0
The Black Tulip
2012
6.9
Sinister
2012
7.4
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012
6.0
The Baytown Outlaws
2012
5.9
The Rum Diary
2011
5.3
The Ghostmaker
2011
5.9
Priest
2011
5.9
When in Rome
2010
6.4
Creation
2009
5.8
Love Happens
2009
6.5
Drag Me to Hell
2009
6.5
The Uninvited
2009
4.8
The Informers
2008
6.1
Sleepwalking
2008
6.2
Untraceable
2008
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The Science of Sound
2007
5.6
Shortcut to Happiness
2007
6.5
Spider-Man 3
2007
5.7
Lucky You
2007
5.6
Ghost Rider
2007
5.6
The Grudge 2
2006
5.8
Tales from The Grudge
2006
6.8
An Unfinished Life
2005
6.6
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005
6.3
Beauty Shop
2005
5.9
The Grudge
2004
7.9
Something the Lord Made
2004
6.9
Runaway Jury
2003
5.8
The Core
2003
4.7
The Country Bears
2002
5.5
Scenes of the Crime
2002
6.4
The Shipping News
2001
6.3
Bandits
2001
6.0
The Glass House
2001
6.3
Swordfish
2001
6.9
Sweet November
2001
6.5
The Gift
2000
5.4
Bless the Child
2000
6.8
Wonder Boys
2000
6.8
The Big Kahuna
1999
7.4
The Hurricane
1999
6.4
In Too Deep
1999
6.2
Entrapment
1999
5.7
Urban Legend
1998
5.7
Judas Kiss
1998
7.0
Rounders
1998
5.7
Hush
1998
5.9
Hard Rain
1998
6.4
The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997
6.1
Murder at 1600
1997
5.9
Head Above Water
1996
7.2
Set It Off
1996
6.1
Norma Jean & Marilyn
1996
5.6
Unforgettable
1996
6.5
Copycat
1995
5.5
Virtuosity
1995
6.0
Species
1995
6.3
Tales from the Hood
1995
7.1
Murder in the First
1995
5.6
Judicial Consent
1994
6.8
Dream Lover
1994
6.0
The Dark Half
1993
6.1
Jennifer Eight
1992
6.4
Rapid Fire
1992
5.9
The Vagrant
1992
4.8
Bright Angel
1990NR
Last Flight Out
1990
3.9
Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back
1990
7.0
Max and Helen
1990
5.9
Hider in the House
1989
5.8
The Fly II
1989
6.4
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
1988
5.2
Haunted Summer
1988
6.3
Bat★21
1988
4.4
The Telephone
1988
6.3
Flowers in the Attic
1987
6.9
Hellraiser
1987
9.0
American Harvest
1987
6.1
Trick or Treat
1986
5.6
Invaders from Mars
1986
3.4
Getting Even
1986
4.4
Barbarian Queen
1985
5.8
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
1985
3.2
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom
1985
6.8
Godzilla 1985
1985
4.2
Wheels of Fire
1985
4.5
DEFCON-4
1985
5.2
Avenging Angel
1985
5.1
Highpoint
1984
4.4
The Power
1984
5.1
The Dorm That Dripped Blood
1982NR
Haunting Skies: The First Encounter
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