Christopher Young

Christopher Young born April 28 1958 is an American composer and orchestrator of film and television scores Many of his compositions are for horror and thriller films including Hellraiser Species Urban Legend The Grudge The Exorcism of Emily Rose Drag Me to Hell Sinister Deliver Us from Evil and Pet Sematary Other works include Rapid Fire Copycat Set It Off Entrapment The Hurricane Swordfish Ghost Rider SpiderMan 3 and The Shipping News for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Young was honoured with the prestigious Richard Kirk Award at the 2008 BMI Film and TV Awards The award is given annually to a composer who has made significant contributions to film and television music Young was born in Red Bank New Jersey He graduated from Hampshire College in Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Arts in music and then completed his postgraduate work at the University of North Texas In 1980 he moved to Los Angeles Originally a jazz drummer when he heard some of Bernard Herrmanns works he decided to become a film composer He studied at the UCLA Film School under David Raksin He teaches at the Thornton School of Music of the University of Southern California Description above from the Wikipedia article Christopher Young licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia