Christopher Young
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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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Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Original Music Composer
Sinister (2012)
Original Music Composer
Pet Sematary (2019)
Original Music Composer
Rounders (1998)
Original Music Composer
Murder at 1600 (1997)
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The Hurricane (1999)
Original Music Composer
Passenger (2026)
Original Music Composer
Ghost Rider (2007)
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Priest (2011)
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The Empty Man (2020)
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Drag Me to Hell (2009)
Original Music Composer
Species (1995)
Original Music Composer
The Core (2003)
Original Music Composer
The Grudge (2004)
Original Music Composer
Entrapment (1999)
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A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
Original Music Composer
Hellraiser (1987)
Original Music Composer
Something the Lord Made (2004)
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The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
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The Monkey King (2014)
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Swordfish (2001)
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Dream Lover (1994)
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The Gift (2000)
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Runaway Jury (2003)
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Sweet November (2001)
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Urban Legend (1998)
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Copycat (1995)
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Beauty Shop (2005)
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The Glass House (2001)
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Deliver Us from Evil (2014)
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The Monkey King 2 (2016)
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The Grudge 2 (2006)
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Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
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Love Happens (2009)
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The Uninvited (2009)
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The Fly II (1989)
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Virtuosity (1995)
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Set It Off (1996)
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The Informers (2008)
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The Rum Diary (2011)
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Hard Rain (1998)
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Bandits (2001)
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When in Rome (2010)
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Flowers in the Attic (1987)
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The Offering (2022)
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Untraceable (2008)
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The Dark Half (1993)
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Jennifer Eight (1992)
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Tales from the Hood (1995)
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Killing Season (2013)
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Murder in the First (1995)
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Rapid Fire (1992)
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Wonder Boys (2000)
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Lucky You (2007)
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In Too Deep (1999)
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Bless the Child (2000)
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The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
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The Shipping News (2001)
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Head Above Water (1996)
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Shortcut to Happiness (2007)
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Bat★21 (1988)
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Creation (2009)
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Hush (1998)
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The Country Bears (2002)
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The Big Kahuna (1999)
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Bright Angel (1990)
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Invaders from Mars (1986)
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Avenging Angel (1985)
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The Single Moms Club (2014)
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The Vagrant (1992)
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Judas Kiss (1998)
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Barbarian Queen (1985)
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The Baytown Outlaws (2012)
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The Smile Man (2013)
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Haunted Summer (1988)
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Trick or Treat (1986)
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Hider in the House (1989)
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Unforgettable (1996)
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DEFCON-4 (1985)
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The Telephone (1988)
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The Ghostmaker (2011)
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Highpoint (1982)
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Last Flight Out (1990)
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Scenes of the Crime (2002)
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Sleepwalking (2008)
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Getting Even (1986)
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Saving Norman (2013)
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Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1985)
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A Madea Christmas (2013)
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Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back (1990)
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Love's Routine (2013)
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Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996)
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Wheels of Fire (1985)
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The Power (1984)
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A Natural Selection (2025)
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Judicial Consent (1994)
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The Dorm That Dripped Blood (1982)
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The Black Tulip (2012)
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