Christopher Young - composer
This week we’re going to focus on the great film scores of Christopher Young. I’d have to say one of my favorite film scores is from Clive Barker’s “Hellraiser.” It’s just one of those sound tracks I can put on and listen to whether it is driving, working around the house, writing or some other creative process. There is just something about that score.
Christopher Young graduated from Massachusetts Hampshire College with a BA in music. He went on to do post graduate work at North Texas State University. Young was inspired by composer Bernard Herrmann, of Citizen Kane and Vertigo fame. He moved to Los Angeles and attended classes at UCLA where he studied with film composer David Raksin.
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Mr. Young has score many types of films besides horror. Christopher Young is known for scarey film scores for “Hellraiser,” “Hellbound: Hellraiser II,” “Drag Me to Hell,” “Ghost Rider,” “The Exorcism of Emily Rose,” “The Grudge” and “The Grudge 2.″ He has also done many scores that you may not realize. One movie I like that I didn’t realize he did is “Rounders.” Young has also done comedies like “The Man That Knew Too Little.” All together he has scored over 100 films. When Danny Elfman was not available to score “Spiderman 3,” Christopher Young was able to help Sam Raimi out. If you notice the list of horror above, you’ll notice that he went on to help Raimi more later as well. Check out IMDB for Christopher Young’s full filmography.
