---
name: "Chris Westlake"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-westlake"
fi1m_id: "chris-westlake"
imdb_id: "nm1277945"
tmdb_id: 1108486
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T21:19:17.461942+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 Westlake

## Identity

Chris Westlake

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chris-westlake
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chris-westlake
- **IMDb ID:** nm1277945
- **TMDB ID:** 1108486
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1277945/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1108486

Composer.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Also known as:** Christopher Westlake
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1277945/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1108486

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Despicable Me*](https://film.one/film/despicable-me.md) (74)

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## Biography

Chris Westlake is an American composer for film and television, also credited as Christopher Westlake. He studied at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music. His early work included additional music for the 2003 film *Something’s Gotta Give* and contributions to the series *Desperate Housewives*.

Westlake composed the score for the *Despicable Me* (2010) mini-movies. His other credits include *Before We Go* (2014), *Transit* (2012), *Small Town Crime* (2018), the series *Castle Rock* (2018) and *Solar Opposites* (2020), and *Star Trek: Lower Decks* (2020–2024).

*Sources: imdb.com, gsamusic.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Despicable Me* (2010), Fi1m 74, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/despicable-me.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Shaman* (2025), Music
- *Solar Opposites* (2020), series, Original Music Composer
- *Castle Rock* (2018), series, Original Music Composer
- *Small Town Crime* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Different Flowers* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Before We Go* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *The Exchange* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Broken Kingdom* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Transit* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Birds of Paradise* (2011), Music
- *Despicable Me Presents: Minion Madness* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Despicable Me* (2010), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/despicable-me.md)
- *Blues* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Towards Darkness* (2007), Music
- *The Beat* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Darkness Minus Twelve* (2004), Music

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