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Christopher Young
Young in 2024
Background information
Born	(1958-04-28) April 28, 1958 Red Bank, New Jersey, U.S.
Genre	Film score
Occupations	Composer orchestrator
Instrument	Piano
Years active	1982–present

Website	officialchristopheryoung.com

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

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 honored with the Richard H. 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]

Early life and education

Young was born in Red Bank, New Jersey.^[3] He graduated from Hampshire College in Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Arts in music, and then completed his post-graduate work at the University of North Texas.

Career

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.^[4]

Works as composer

Film

1980s

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1981	The Minstrel’s Song	Chris Hopkins	Short film
1982	The Dorm That Dripped Blood	Stephen Carpenter Jeffrey Obrow	—N/a
1982	Highpoint	Peter Carter	New score for the new cut of the film that was extensively reshoot and released in 1984. The original cut of the film before reshoots, was composed by John Addison.
1983	Robby	Ralph C. Bluemke	Replacement score – Music for the 1983 VHS release (original release: 1968)
1984	The Power	Stephen Carpenter Jeffrey Obrow	—N/a
1984	The Oasis	Sparky Greene	—N/a
1985	Avenging Angel	Robert Vincent O'Neil	—N/a
	Def-Con 4	Paul Donovan	Replacement score
	Barbarian Queen	Héctor Olivera	Tracked music – Credit shared with James Horner
	Wizards of the Lost Kingdom	Héctor Olivera	Tracked music – Credit shared with James Horner
	Godzilla 1985	R.J. Kizer Koji Hashimoto	Tracked music (US release); part of Young's score from Def-Con 4 appears in several scenes, including Godzilla's attack on the Soviet submarine, the scene where the SDF armored division arrives in Tokyo Bay, and Okumura's near-death experience during the helicopter extraction in Tokyo.
	Wheels of Fire	Cirio H. Santiago	—N/a
	A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge	Jack Sholder	—N/a
1986	Getting Even	Dwight H. Little	—N/a
	Torment	Samson Aslanian John Hopkins	—N/a
	Invaders from Mars	Tobe Hooper	—N/a
	Trick or Treat	Charles Martin Smith	—N/a
1987	Hellraiser	Clive Barker	—N/a
	Deathstalker II: Duel of the Titans	Jim Wynorski	Additional music – Tracked music
	Flowers in the Attic	Jeffrey Bloom	—N/a
	U-Boats: The Wolfpack	Patrick Griffin Richard Jones	Short films – “Rommel” / “Secret Weapons of WW2” / “U Boats: The Wolf Pack” / “B17 The Flying Fortress” / “Luftwaffe – The Air Weapon” – Tracked music
1988	The Telephone	Rip Torn	—N/a
	Bat21*	Peter Markle	—N/a
	Haunted Summer	Ivan Passer	—N/a
	Hellbound: Hellraiser II	Tony Randel	—N/a
1989	The Fly II	Chris Walas	—N/a
1989	Hider in the House	Matthew Patrick	—N/a

1990s

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1990	Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back	Joe Finley	Tracked music – Direct-to-video
	The Exorcist III	William Peter Blatty	Incomplete unused replacement score
	Bright Angel	Michael Fields	—N/a
1991	The Five Heartbeats	Robert Townsend	Additional music
1992	The Vagrant	Chris Walas	—N/a
	Jersey Girl	David Burton Morris	Unused
	Rapid Fire	Dwight H. Little	—N/a
	Jennifer 8	Bruce Robinson	Replacement score
1993	The Dark Half	George A. Romero	—N/a
	Sliver	Phillip Noyce	Additional music
	Dream Lover	Nicholas Kazan	—N/a
1994	Squanto: A Warrior’s Tale	Xavier Koller	Incomplete unused score
1995	Murder in the First	Marc Rocco	—N/a
	Tales from the Hood	Rusty Cundieff	—N/a
	Species	Roger Donaldson	—N/a
	Virtuosity	Brett Leonard	—N/a
	Copycat	Jon Amiel	—N/a
1996	Unforgettable	John Dahl	—N/a
	Set It Off	F. Gary Gray	—N/a
	Head Above Water	Jim Wilson	—N/a
1997	Murder at 1600	Dwight H. Little	—N/a
1997	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Jon Amiel	—N/a
1998	Hard Rain	Mikael Salomon	—N/a
	Hush	Jonathan Darby	—N/a
	Rounders	John Dahl	—N/a
	Judas Kiss	Sebastian Gutierrez	—N/a
	Urban Legend	Jamie Blanks	—N/a
	Playing by Heart	Willard Carroll	Additional music
1999	Entrapment	Jon Amiel	—N/a
	In Too Deep	Michael Rymer	—N/a
	The Big Kahuna	John Swanbeck	—N/a
	The Hurricane	Norman Jewison	—N/a

2000s

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2000	Wonder Boys	Curtis Hanson	—N/a
	Bless the Child	Chuck Russell	—N/a
	The Gift	Sam Raimi	—N/a
2001	Madison	William Bindley	Themes only – Score by Kevin Kiner
	Sweet November	Pat O'Connor	Replacement score
	Swordfish	Dominic Sena	—N/a
	Scenes of the Crime	Dominique Forma	—N/a
	The Glass House	Daniel Sackheim	—N/a
	Bandits	Barry Levinson	—N/a
	The Shipping News	Lasse Hallström	—N/a
2002	Dragonfly	Tom Shadyac	Incomplete unused score
	The Country Bears	Peter Hastings	—N/a
	The Tower	E. Gedney Webb Jim Elliott	Short film
2003	The Core	Jon Amiel	—N/a
	Shade	Damian Nieman	European release only
	Runaway Jury	Gary Fleder	—N/a
	Something’s Gotta Give	Nancy Meyers	Additional music
2004	Spider-Man 2	Sam Raimi	Additional music
2004	The Grudge	Takashi Shimizu	—N/a
2005	Hide and Seek	John Polson	Incomplete unused score
	Beauty Shop	Bille Woodruff	—N/a
	Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous	John Pasquin	Additional music – Tracked music
	The Exorcism of Emily Rose	Scott Derrickson	—N/a
	An Unfinished Life	Lasse Hallström	Unused
2006	Ask the Dust	Robert Towne	Incomplete unused score
	The Grudge 2	Takashi Shimizu	—N/a
	Dark Ride	Craig Singer	Themes only – Score by Kostas Christides
2007	Ghost Rider	Mark Steven Johnson	—N/a
	Spider-Man 3	Sam Raimi	Also appears in a cameo role (“Music director”); Themes by Danny Elfman
	Lucky You	Curtis Hanson	—N/a
	Shortcut to Happiness	Alec Baldwin (credited as "Harry Kirkpatrick")	Co-composed with Ramin Djawadi
2008	Untraceable	Gregory Hoblit	—N/a
	Sleepwalking	William Maher	Replacement score
	The Informers	Gregor Jordan	Replacement score
2009	The Uninvited	The Guard Brothers	—N/a
	Drag Me to Hell	Sam Raimi	Also appears in a cameo role (“Pedestrian with cupcake”)
	Creation	Jon Amiel	—N/a
	Love Happens	Brandon Camp	—N/a

2010s

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2010	When in Rome	Mark Steven Johnson	—N/a
	Gone with the Pope	Duke Mitchell	Additional music
	The Black Tulip	Sonia Nassery Cole	—N/a
2011	Priest	Scott Stewart	—N/a
	The Rum Diary	Bruce Robinson	—N/a
	Faces in the Crowd	Julien Magnat	Themes only – Score by John McCarthy
2012	Sinister	Scott Derrickson	—N/a
	The Tall Man	Pascal Laugier	Themes only – Score by Todd Bryanton
	Box of Shadows	Mauro Borrelli	Themes only – Score by José J. Herring
	The Baytown Outlaws	Barry Battles	—N/a
	Scary or Die	Bob Badway	Segment "Re-Membered"
2013	Saving Norman	Hanneke Schutte	Short film produced by Kevin Spacey
	The Smile Man	Anton Lanshakov	Short film produced by Kevin Spacey
	Love’s Routine	Shirlyn Wong	Short film produced by Kevin Spacey
	Killing Season	Mark Steven Johnson	—N/a
	Gods Behaving Badly	Marc Turtletaub	Unreleased film
	A Madea Christmas	Tyler Perry	—N/a
2014	The Monkey King	Cheang Pou-soi	—N/a
	The Single Moms Club	Tyler Perry	—N/a
	Deliver Us from Evil	Scott Derrickson	—N/a
2016	The Monkey King 2	Cheang Pou-soi	—N/a
2018	One by One	Jeffrey Obrow	—N/a
2018	Tales from the Hood 2	Rusty Cundieff Darin Scott	Themes only – Score by Frederik Wiedmann
2019	Pet Sematary	Kevin Kölsch Dennis Widmyer	—N/a
2019	Fanboy	Gillian Greene	Short film

2020s

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2020	The Empty Man	David Prior	—N/a
2022	The Offering	Oliver Park	—N/a
2023	Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror	Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau	New score (original release: 1922)
	The Piper	Erlingur Thoroddsen	—N/a
	Pursued	Jeffrey Obrow	Themes only – Score by Max Blomgren and Jung J Lee
	Bentobox	Olivia Owyeung	Short film – Themes only – Score by Matthew Rosales
2026	Passenger	André Øvredal	—N/a

Television

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1986	The Twilight Zone	Sheldon Larry Claudia Weill	S1 E15 (“A Small Talent for War” / “A Matter of Minutes”)
1987	American Harvest	Dick Lowry	TV film
1987	Vietnam War Story	Georg Stanford Brown David Burton Morris	TV series – Unknown episodes; probably S1 E1 (“The Mine”) and S1 E5 (“R & R”)
1989	Vietnam War Story: The Last Days	Luis Soto David Burton Morris	TV film – Segments: “The Last Outpost” / “Dirty Work”
1990	Max and Helen	Philip Saville	TV film
1990	Last Flight Out	Larry Elikann	TV film
1994	Judicial Consent	William Bindley	TV film
1996	Norma Jean & Marilyn	Tim Fywell	TV film
2001	The Warden	Stephen Gyllenhaal	TV film
2004	Something the Lord Made	Joseph Sargent	TV film
2014	Dominion	Scott Stewart	TV series – S1 E0 (“Pilot”)
2020	50 States of Fright	Sam Raimi	TV series – S1 E1-2-3 (“The Golden Arm: Michigan”) + Series theme
2022	Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities	David Prior	TV series – S1 E3 (“The Autopsy”)
2022	Echo 3	Mark Boal Pablo Trapero Claudia Llosa Jeffrey Nachmanoff	TV series – 10 episodes – Replacement score

Video games

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2009	The Saboteur	Trey Watkins	Themes only – Score by Gabriel Mann and Rebecca Kneubuhl
2017	Wilson's Heart	Josh Bear	—N/a
2025	Deadpool VR	Daniel Bullock	—N/a

Other work

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1984	The Philadelphia Experiment	Stewart Raffill	Trailer music
2011	A Symphony of Hope: The Haiti Project	Brian Weidling	Collaborative composition in aid of the charity “Hands Together” after the Haiti earthquake in 2010. A documentary directed by Brian Weidling, which captured the recording session, was released in 2017.
2011	Susan Graham: A Documentary	—N/a	Music for a documentary commemorating the retirement of Susan Graham, president of the Connecticut prep school “The Gunnery”
2016	Chevrolet TV-Spot	Sam Raimi	Commercial
2018	The Lost Children of Planet X	—N/a	Concept album developed from unused cues originally composed for the film Lucky You
2018	Three Bernard Herrmann “Melodramas”	—N/a	Narration of three poems – “Cynara” by Ernest Dowson, “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe, and “The City of Brass” – scored by Bernard Herrmann and performed by the Hollywood Studio Orchestra, conducted by Michael McGehee
2022	Scream Warriors	—N/a	Interludes and arrangements for the Halloween rock record by LVCRFT

References

↑ "Christopher Young : The New York Times review". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
↑ "BMI Film & Television Awards Tout Composers of Year's Top Film and Television Music". Bmi.com. 22 May 2008. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
↑ "Bio". OfficialChristopherYoung.com. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
↑ "Christopher Young". Music.usc.edu. March 20, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2024.

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