Chris Bacon

Chris Bacon

Composer. Born 17 March 1977 in Provo, Utah, USA.

ComposerAmerican
3
Titles on Fi1m
58
Average Fi1m score
Born
17 March 1977, Provo, Utah, USA
Active
2022–present
Frequent collaborators

Biography

Chris Bacon is an American composer. He was born on 17 March 1977 in Provo, Utah. He studied music composition at Brigham Young University and completed the Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television programme at the University of Southern California. He later interned with composer James Newton Howard.

Bacon's film scores include Source Code (2011), Gnomeo & Juliet (2011), Men in Black: International (2019), 65 (2023) and Heretic (2024). He composed the music for the Netflix series Wednesday (2022) and for all 50 episodes of the A&E series Bates Motel. He received Emmy Award nominations for his work on Bates Motel and other series.

Films and series

Beyond what we have reviewed, Chris Bacon is known for I Am Legend (2007), Source Code (2011), Men in Black: International (2019), Gnomeo & Juliet (2011), Bates Motel (2013), Arthur Christmas (2011), M3GAN 2.0 (2025) and The Water Horse (2007).