---
name: "Christopher Young"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christopher-young"
fi1m_id: "christopher-young"
imdb_id: "nm0002366"
tmdb_id: 19155
wikidata_id: "Q504078"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "28 April 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 58
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-05T01:41:27.099456+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."
---

# Christopher Young

## Identity

Christopher Young

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/christopher-young
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** christopher-young
- **IMDb ID:** nm0002366
- **TMDB ID:** 19155
- **Wikidata ID:** Q504078
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Young, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504078, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002366/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19155

Composer. Born 28 April 1957 in Redbank, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 28 April 1957, Redbank, New Jersey, USA
- **Active:** 1987–present
- **Also known as:** Chris Young, Chistopher Young
- **Frequently works with:** [Ashley Laurence](https://film.one/person/ashley-laurence.md), [Christopher Figg](https://film.one/person/christopher-figg.md), [Clare Higgins](https://film.one/person/clare-higgins.md), [Tobey Maguire](https://film.one/person/tobey-maguire.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 44 (1), 1990s 55 (2), 2000s 68 (2), 2010s 58 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 58 to 52 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 4 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action 2, Comedy 2, Thriller 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,197m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Young, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504078, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002366/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19155

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Entrapment*](https://film.one/film/entrapment.md) (49), [*Hellbound: Hellraiser II*](https://film.one/film/hellbound-hellraiser-ii.md) (44)
- **Disney+:** [*Spider-Man 3*](https://film.one/film/spider-man-3.md) (55)

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

## Biography

Christopher Young is an American composer of film and television scores. Born in Red Bank, New Jersey, he graduated from Hampshire College in Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Arts in music and completed postgraduate work at the University of North Texas. He moved to Los Angeles in 1980, where he studied at the UCLA Film School under David Raksin, and later taught at the Thornton School of Music of the University of Southern California.

Young is known for his work on horror films including *Hellraiser* (1987) and for scores on *Wonder Boys* (2000), *The Shipping News* (2001), *Spider-Man 3* (2007) and *Sinister* (2012). He received the Richard Kirk Award for Outstanding Career Achievement at the 2008 BMI Film and TV Awards and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score for *The Shipping News*.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

- *The Rum Diary* (2011), Fi1m 58, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-rum-diary.md)
- *Spider-Man 3* (2007), Fi1m 55, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-3.md)
- *Wonder Boys* (2000), Fi1m 82, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/wonder-boys.md)
- *Entrapment* (1999), Fi1m 49, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/entrapment.md)
- *Hard Rain* (1998), Fi1m 61, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/hard-rain.md)
- *Hellbound: Hellraiser II* (1988), Fi1m 44, Music, Original Music Composer, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/hellbound-hellraiser-ii.md)

## Complete filmography (110)

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

- *Passenger* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *A Natural Selection* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *The Piper* (2023), Music
- *Echo 3* (2022), series, Original Music Composer
- *Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities* (2022), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Offering* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *The Empty Man* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Pet Sematary* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Fanboy* (2019), Music
- *The Monkey King 2* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'* (2015), Actor
- *Deliver Us from Evil* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *The Single Moms Club* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *The Monkey King* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *A Madea Christmas* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Gods Behaving Badly* (2013), Music
- *Killing Season* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Love's Routine* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *The Smile Man* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Saving Norman* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *The Black Tulip* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Sinister* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *The Baytown Outlaws* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *The Rum Diary* (2011), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/the-rum-diary.md)
- *The Ghostmaker* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Priest* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *When in Rome* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Creation* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Love Happens* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Drag Me to Hell* (2009), as Pedestrian with Cupcake · Original Music Composer
- *The Uninvited* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *The Informers* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Sleepwalking* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Untraceable* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Shortcut to Happiness* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Spider-Man 3* (2007), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-3.md)
- *Lucky You* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Ghost Rider* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *The Grudge 2* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Tales from The Grudge* (2006), Music
- *The Exorcism of Emily Rose* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *An Unfinished Life* (2005), Additional Music
- *Beauty Shop* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *The Grudge* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Something the Lord Made* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Runaway Jury* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *The Core* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *The Country Bears* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Scenes of the Crime* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *The Shipping News* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Bandits* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *The Glass House* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Swordfish* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Sweet November* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *The Gift* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Bless the Child* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Wonder Boys* (2000), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/wonder-boys.md)
- *The Big Kahuna* (1999), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
- *The Hurricane* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *In Too Deep* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Entrapment* (1999), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/entrapment.md)
- *Urban Legend* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Judas Kiss* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Rounders* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Hush* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Hard Rain* (1998), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/hard-rain.md)
- *The Man Who Knew Too Little* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Murder at 1600* (1997), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
- *Head Above Water* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Set It Off* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Norma Jean & Marilyn* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Unforgettable* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Copycat* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Virtuosity* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Species* (1995), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
- *Tales from the Hood* (1995), Orchestrator, Original Music Composer
- *Murder in the First* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Judicial Consent* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Dream Lover* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *The Dark Half* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Jennifer Eight* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Rapid Fire* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *The Vagrant* (1992), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
- *Bright Angel* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Last Flight Out* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Max and Helen* (1990), Music
- *Hider in the House* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *The Fly II* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Hellbound: Hellraiser II* (1988), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator — Fi1m 44, [page](https://film.one/film/hellbound-hellraiser-ii.md)
- *Haunted Summer* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *Bat★21* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *The Telephone* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *Flowers in the Attic* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Hellraiser* (1987), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
- *American Harvest* (1987), Music
- *Trick or Treat* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Invaders from Mars* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Getting Even* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Barbarian Queen* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *Wizards of the Lost Kingdom* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *Godzilla 1985* (1985), Music
- *Wheels of Fire* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *DEFCON-4* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *Avenging Angel* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *Highpoint* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *The Power* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *The Dorm That Dripped Blood* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *Haunting Skies: The First Encounter*, Original Music Composer

## Gallery

- ![Composer Christopher Young in his back yard (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/95341/gallery-d047756d0e1a.jpg) Composer Christopher Young in his back yard (2025) — GFMLB, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/CY_5.jpg/1280px-CY_5.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Composer Christopher Young in 2024 (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/95341/gallery-39c3c15578cd.jpg) Composer Christopher Young in 2024 (2025) — GFMLB, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/ChrisBEST.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Christopher Young](https://film.one/media/person/95341/gallery-676e69194385.jpg) Christopher Young — David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Christopher_Young_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/1280px-Christopher_Young_by_David_Shankbone.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photo from Christopher Young's studio. (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/95341/gallery-57e20ed32d7a.png) Photo from Christopher Young's studio. (2022) — Nantucket!55, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Young_3.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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