Christopher Young (born April 28, 1958 in Red Bank, New Jersey) is an American film and television composer and orchestrator. He is best known for scoring horror films and thrillers such as Hellraiser, Species, Urban Legend, and Drag Me to Hell.
Some of his film scores include:
- The Dorm That Dripped Blood (1982)
- Avenging Angel (1985)
- Def-Con 4 (1985)
- Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1985)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
- Barbarian Queen (1985)
- The Return of Godzilla (1985, North American cut)note
- Invaders from Mars (1986)
- Trick or Treat (1986)
- Hellraiser (1987)
- Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
- Flowers in the Attic (1987)
- Bat*21 (1988)
- The Fly II (1989)
- The Vagrant (1992)
- Rapid Fire (1992)
- The Dark Half (1993)
- Sliver (1993)note
- Dream Lover (1993)
- Murder in the First (1995)
- Tales from the Hood (1995)
- Species (1995)
- Virtuosity (1995)
- Copycat (1995)
- Unforgettable (1996)
- Set It Off (1996)
- Murder at 1600 (1997)
- The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
- Hard Rain (1998)
- Rounders (1998)
- Judas Kiss (1998)
- Urban Legend (1998)
- Playing by Heart (1998)
- Entrapment (1999)
- The Hurricane (1999)
- Wonder Boys (2000)
- Bless the Child (2000)
- The Gift (2000)
- Sweet November (2000)
- Swordfish (2001)
- The Glass House (2001)
- Bandits (2001)
- The Shipping News (2001)
- The Country Bears (2002)
- The Core (2003)
- Runaway Jury (2003)
- The Grudge (2004)
- Beauty Shop (2005)
- The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
- Ghost Rider (2007)
- Spider-Man 3 (2007)note
- Lucky You (2007)
- Shortcut to Happiness (2007)
- Untraceable (2008)
- The Uninvited (2009)
- Drag Me to Hell (2009)
- Creation (2009)
- Love Happens (2009)
- When in Rome (2010)
- Priest (2011)
- The Rum Diary (2011)
- Sinister (2012)
- Scary or Die (2012)
- Deliver Us from Evil (2014)
- Pet Sematary (2019)
- The Empty Man (2020)
This composer provides examples of the following tropes:
- Associated Composer: For Jon Amiel, Sam Raimi, and Curtis Hanson.
- Foreign Re-Score: When New World Pictures bought the distribution rights to Def-Con 4, Young was asked to write a new score intended to make the film seem expansive than it actually was. New World later used some of Young's music in The Return of Godzilla.
- Re-Release Soundtrack: On the VHS release of A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge, tracked-in music from Young's score replaces Bing Crosby's version of "Did You Ever See A Dream Walking?" over the end credits.
