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Composer | Music Department | Soundtrack

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Was nominated for Film Composer of the Year in 2009 by the International Film Music Critics Association.

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Robert Gilchrist Ilsley Young
in Redbank, New Jersey, USA
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2011 Scary or Die (post-production)
 
2012 The Baytown Disco (completed)
 
2011 The Rum Diary
 
2011 The Nightmare Ends on Halloween II (short) (original music by)
 
2011 The Ghostmaker (main theme and coffin music by)
 
2011 Priest
 
2011 Fanboy (short)
 
2010 Gone with the Pope
 
2010 When in Rome
 
2010 The Black Tulip
 
2009 The Saboteur (Video Game)
 
2009 Love Happens
 
2009/I Creation (music composed by)
 
2009 Drag Me to Hell
 
2009/I The Uninvited
 
2008 The Informers
 
2008 Sleepwalking
 
2008 Untraceable
 
2007 Hellcomposer: An Interview with Composer Christopher Young (video documentary short)
 
2007 Sin and Salvation: The Comic Book Origin of Ghost Rider (video documentary)
 
2007 Lucky You
 
2007 Spider-Man 3
 
2007 Ghost Rider
 
2006 Helen at Risk (video short)
 
2006 The Grudge 2
 
2006 Tales from the Grudge (video short)
 
2005 When Chucky Became Mary (short) (original music by)
 
2005 The Exorcism of Emily Rose
 
2005 Beauty Shop
 
2004 The Grudge
 
2004 The Nightmare Ends on Halloween (short) (original music by)
 
2004 Something the Lord Made (TV movie)
 
2004 Shortcut to Happiness
 
2003 Runaway Jury
 
2003/I Shade
 
2003 The Core
 
2002 The Country Bears
 
2002 The Tower
 
2001 The Shipping News
 
2001 Bandits
 
2001 The Glass House
 
2001 Scenes of the Crime
 
2001 Swordfish
 
2001 Sweet November
 
2001 The Warden (TV movie)
 
2000 The Gift
 
2000 Hellbound: Hellraiser II - Lost in the Labyrinth (video documentary short)
 
2000 Hellraiser: Resurrection (video documentary short)
 
2000 Bless the Child
 
2000 Wonder Boys
 
1999 The Hurricane
 
1999 The Big Kahuna
 
1999 In Too Deep
 
1999 Entrapment
 
1998 Urban Legend
 
1998 Judas Kiss
 
1998 Rounders
 
1998 Hush
 
1998 Hard Rain
 
1997 The Man Who Knew Too Little (as Chris Young)
 
1997 Murder at 1600
 
1996 Head Above Water
 
1996 Set It Off
 
1996 Norma Jean & Marilyn (TV movie)
 
1996 Unforgettable
 
1995 Copycat
 
1995 Virtuosity
 
1995 Species
 
1995 Tales from the Hood
 
1995 Murder in the First
 
1994 Judicial Consent
 
1993 Dream Lover
 
1993 The Dark Half
 
1992 Jennifer Eight
 
1992 Rapid Fire
 
1992 Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back
 
1992 The Vagrant
 
1992 Clive Barker: The Art of Horror (video documentary short)
 
1990 Bright Angel
 
1990 Last Flight Out (TV movie)
 
1990 Max and Helen (TV movie)
 
1989 Hider in the House
 
1989 The Fly II
 
1989 Vietnam War Story: The Last Days (segments "Last Outpost, The" and "Dirty Work")
 
1988 Haunted Summer
 
1988 Bat*21
 
1988 Hellbound: Hellraiser II
 
1988 The Telephone
 
1987 Flowers in the Attic
 
1987 Hellraiser (music composed by)
 
1987 American Harvest (TV movie)
 
1987 Vietnam War Story (TV series)
 
1987 U-Boats: The Wolfpack (video documentary short)
 
1986 Trick or Treat
 
1986 Invaders from Mars
 
1986 Torment
 
1986 Getting Even
 
1986 The Twilight Zone (TV series)
– Monsters!/A Small Talent for War/A Matter of Minutes (1986) (segment 'A Small Talent for War' / segment 'A Matter of Minutes')
 
1985 Barbarian Queen (as Chris Young)
 
1985 A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
 
1985 Wizards of the Lost Kingdom
 
1985 Wheels of Fire
 
1985 Def-Con 4 (as Chris Young)
 
1985 Avenging Angel
 
1985 Black Fire
 
1984 The Power
 
1984 The Oasis (as Chris Young)
 
1982 Highpoint
 
1982 The Dorm That Dripped Blood (as Chris Young)
 
1968 Robby
 
Show ShowMusic Department (46 titles)
2011 Faces in the Crowd (additional theme music)
 
2009 The Grudge 3 (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
2009 Drag Me to Hell (orchestrator)
 
2009/I The Uninvited (orchestrator)
 
2008 Untraceable (orchestrator, score producer)
 
2007 Lucky You (orchestrator)
 
2006 Zombie Prom (short) (music department mentor)
 
2005 The Exorcism of Emily Rose (orchestrator, score producer)
 
2005 An Unfinished Life (composer: additional music)
 
2005 Beauty Shop (orchestrator)
 
2004 Spider-Man 2 (composer: additional music)
 
2004 Shortcut to Happiness (music producer: score)
 
2003 Something's Gotta Give (composer: additional music)
 
2003/I Shade (composer: additional music)
 
2003 The Core (additional orchestrations)
 
2001 Bandits (orchestrator)
 
2001 Sweet November (orchestrator)
 
2001 Madison (composer: original themes)
 
2000 Wonder Boys (additional orchestrator)
 
1999 The Hurricane (orchestrator)
 
1999 The Big Kahuna (orchestrator)
 
1999 In Too Deep (orchestrator)
 
1998 Urban Legend (orchestrator)
 
1998 Rounders (orchestrator)
 
1998 Hard Rain (additional orchestrator)
 
1997 The Man Who Knew Too Little (orchestrator - as Chris Young, score producer - as Chris Young)
 
1997 Murder at 1600 (orchestrations)
 
1996 Head Above Water (orchestrator)
 
1996 Set It Off (orchestrator)
 
1996 Unforgettable (orchestrations)
 
1995 Copycat (orchestrator)
 
1995 Virtuosity (orchestrator)
 
1995 Species (orchestrator)
 
1995 Tales from the Hood (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1995 Murder in the First (orchestrator)
 
1993 Dream Lover (orchestrator)
 
1993 The Dark Half (orchestrator)
 
1992 Jennifer Eight (orchestrator)
 
1992 Rapid Fire (orchestrator)
 
1992 The Vagrant (orchestrator)
 
1989 Hider in the House (orchestrator)
 
1989 The Fly II (orchestrations)
 
1988 Hellbound: Hellraiser II (orchestrator)
 
1987 Deathstalker II (video) (composer: additional music)
 
1987 Hellraiser (orchestrator)
 
1984 Godzilla 1985: The Legend Is Reborn (composer: stock music - US version)
 
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2007 Spider-Man 3 (writer: "Opening Montage")
 
2005 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (writer: "Blindfold Game", "Nelson Talks About Dad", "Sister On Phone")
 
2004 Spider-Man 2 (writer: "The Demonstration", "Runaway Train" / producer: "The Demonstration", "Runaway Train")
 
2002 Die Frauenversteher - Männer unter sich (TV movie) (performer: "Turkish Rumba", "Watch that man", "The man who knew too little")
 
2001 The Glass House (writer: "Sotto Voce", "The Glass House", "Diabetic Dancer", "Twice Told Tales", "Sunken Bells", "Where in Time?", "Soubrette", "This Too Shall Pass")
 
2001 Swordfish (performer: "Dark Machine", "Chase")
 
1998 Playing by Heart (writer: "It's Only Sexual" 1998, "Lost Baby" 1998, "Bluff" 1998, "An LA Groove" 1998, "Homecoming" 1998)
 
1993 The Monster ("Music" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowActor (2 titles)
2009 Drag Me to Hell
Pedestrian with Cupcake
 
1989 Houseboat Horror (video)
Norm
 
Show ShowEditorial Department (1 title)
1985 The Bride (second assistant editor)
 
Show ShowThanks (5 titles)
2011 My First Score with Christopher Young (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2011 Dreams of Solace (video short) (special thanks)
 
2009 My Wife Is a Vampire (very special thanks)
 
2000 Hellbound: Hellraiser II - Lost in the Labyrinth (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2000 Hellraiser: Resurrection (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (11 titles)
2011 Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 My First Score with Christopher Young (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2010 With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Conversations on Alex North's Spartacus: The Celebration of a Masterpiece (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (video documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Hellcomposer: An Interview with Composer Christopher Young (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Transformations: Looking Back at 'The Fly II' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003 The Score (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Hellbound: Hellraiser II - Lost in the Labyrinth (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 Hellraiser: Resurrection (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1995 Der Klang der Bilder (TV documentary)
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Composed two pieces of music in the avant-garde style known as "musique concrete" called "Masses" and "Black Dragon"

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Was nominated for Film Composer of the Year in 2009 by the International Film Music Critics Association. See more »

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