---
name: "Chris Bacon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-bacon"
fi1m_id: "chris-bacon"
imdb_id: "nm2092016"
tmdb_id: 71268
wikidata_id: "Q2964645"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "17 March 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-13T21:45:33.062942+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Chris Bacon

## Identity

Chris Bacon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chris-bacon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chris-bacon
- **IMDb ID:** nm2092016
- **TMDB ID:** 71268
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2964645
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Bacon_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2964645, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2092016/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71268

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

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 17 March 1977, Provo, Utah, USA
- **Active:** 2007–present
- **Also known as:** Chris P. Bacon
- **Frequently works with:** [Bryan Woods](https://film.one/person/bryan-woods.md), [Scott Beck](https://film.one/person/scott-beck.md)
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 2 Emmy nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 65 (1), 2010s 72 (3), 2020s 63 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 65 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Family 3, Animation 2, Drama 2, Mystery 2, Science Fiction 2
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,039m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Bacon_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2964645, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2092016/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71268

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Heretic*](https://film.one/film/heretic.md) (70), [*Gnomeo & Juliet*](https://film.one/film/gnomeo-and-juliet.md) (61), [*65*](https://film.one/film/65.md) (47)
- **Netflix:** [*A Series of Unfortunate Events*](https://film.one/tv/a-series-of-unfortunate-events.md) (74), [*Wednesday*](https://film.one/tv/wednesday.md) (71)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## 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.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, filmmusicreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Heretic* (2024), Fi1m 70, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/heretic.md)
- *65* (2023), Fi1m 47, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/65.md)
- *Wednesday* (2022), Fi1m 71, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/wednesday.md)
- *A Series of Unfortunate Events* (2017), Fi1m 74, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-series-of-unfortunate-events.md)
- *Arthur Christmas* (2011), Fi1m 82, Additional Soundtrack — [page](https://film.one/film/arthur-christmas.md)
- *Gnomeo & Juliet* (2011), Fi1m 61, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/gnomeo-and-juliet.md)
- *I Am Legend* (2007), Fi1m 65, Conductor — [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-legend.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *M3GAN 2.0* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Heretic* (2024), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/heretic.md)
- *65* (2023), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/65.md)
- *Wednesday* (2022), series, Additional Music, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/wednesday.md)
- *Immanence* (2022), Music
- *Men in Black: International* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *The Weight of Water* (2018), Music
- *Howard* (2018), Music Score Producer
- *Sherlock Gnomes* (2018), Original Music Composer, Music
- *Snatched* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *When We Rise* (2017), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Tick* (2016), series, Music
- *Being Charlie* (2016), Music
- *Living With Lincoln* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Mr. Peabody & Sherman* (2014), Additional Music
- *Bates Motel* (2013), series, Music
- *An Amish Murder* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *High Ground* (2012), Music
- *Atlas Shrugged: Part II* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Hornet's Nest* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Arthur Christmas* (2011), Additional Soundtrack — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/arthur-christmas.md)
- *Beethoven's Christmas Adventure* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Source Code* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Gnomeo & Juliet* (2011), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/gnomeo-and-juliet.md)
- *Alpha and Omega* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Love Ranch* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Nora Roberts' Midnight Bayou* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Northern Lights* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Space Chimps* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *The Water Horse* (2007), Orchestrator
- *I Am Legend* (2007), Conductor — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-legend.md)
- *Nora Roberts' Blue Smoke* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Nora Roberts' Angels Fall* (2007), Original Music Composer

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2023: Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) (nominated), for *Woe Is the Loneliest Number*
- 2012: Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) (nominated), for *Smash*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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