Christopher Young

Christopher Young (born April 28, 1958) is an American music composer in both film and television. Young is currently Anthony Marsh, Jr 's collaborator for his film projects, most notably the  Power Rangers LG film series.  He composed additional and (some) primary music for Power Rangers LG: The Rise of Trakeena, which while he partially used music from some of his past works. He once, before the film, collaborated will Graeme Revell  on the score for ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Congeniality_2:_Armed_and_Fabulous Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous. ]''

Many of his music compositions are for horror films, including Hellraiser, Tales from the Hood, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, Urban Legend, and Drag Me to Hell. Other works include Lucky You and Spider-Man 3, for which he received the Film & TV Music Award for Best Score for a Dramatic Feature Film. He also made three cameo appearances in Spider-Man 3.

Young was honored 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.

Born in Red Bank, New Jersey, he graduated from Hampshire College in Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Arts in music, and then completed his post-graduate work at North Texas State University. 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 the famous David Raksin. He later taught at the Thornton School of Music of the University of Southern California.

[edit] External links

 * Official website
 * Christopher Young at the Internet Movie Database