Christopher Young
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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Afterbirth: The Evolution of 'Species'

Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II

Drag Me to Hell

Score: A Film Music Documentary

Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

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

Eli Roth's History of Horror

Ghost Rider

Spider-Man 3

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

Copycat

The Dark Half

Bless the Child

The Hurricane

Sweet November

Jennifer Eight

The Grudge 2

Unforgettable

The Gift

Bandits

Rounders

Wonder Boys

Creation

Hard Rain

Runaway Jury

Head Above Water

The Shipping News

Wizards of the Lost Kingdom

Love Happens

Hellbound: Hellraiser II

Virtuosity

The Core

Species

Swordfish

The Man Who Knew Too Little

Hellraiser

When in Rome

Barbarian Queen

Priest

Drag Me to Hell

Sinister

Haunted Summer

Shortcut to Happiness

The Black Tulip

Trick or Treat

Highpoint

DEFCON-4

The Piper

The Grudge

Murder at 1600

Hider in the House

Urban Legend

Rapid Fire

The Single Moms Club
Love's Routine

The Smile Man
Saving Norman

The Rum Diary

Lucky You

Wheels of Fire

Tales from The Grudge

Bat★21

Max and Helen

Murder at 1600

An Unfinished Life

The Big Kahuna

The Big Kahuna

Species

Entrapment

The Dorm That Dripped Blood

Judicial Consent

The Vagrant

Tales from the Hood

The Vagrant

Dream Lover

Something the Lord Made

Hellbound: Hellraiser II

Hellraiser

Invaders from Mars

Getting Even

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

Creepover

The Monkey King

The Power

The Telephone

The Fly II

Murder in the First

Tales from the Hood

Norma Jean & Marilyn

Judas Kiss

In Too Deep

The Glass House

The Country Bears

Beauty Shop

Untraceable

The Informers

The Ghostmaker

The Baytown Outlaws

Killing Season

The Monkey King 2

The Offering

Deliver Us from Evil

Set It Off

Sleepwalking

Flowers in the Attic

Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back

Fanboy

Godzilla 1985

American Harvest

Pet Sematary

Scenes of the Crime

Hush

The Uninvited

Gods Behaving Badly

Avenging Angel

The Empty Man

Bright Angel

A Madea Christmas

A Natural Selection
