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Jamie Christopherson

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Jamie Christopherson
Whether it be writing evocative orchestral music, recording world instruments on location in exotic places or programming cutting-edge modern synths, multi-award-winning composer Jamie Christopherson has built a reputation for consistently delivering unique, fresh and unexpected scores. He constantly experiments with new ways to create music that gets to the heart of a project, while always infusing his signature style into the vision of the director and producers.

Known for his interest and expertise in multiple media and genres, Jamie's music can be heard in feature films, video games, television shows, documentaries, theatrical trailers, commercial spots, webisodes and theme parks. His most notable works include feature films such as The Crow: Wicked Prayer, Dirt, American Wrestler and interactive scores to best-selling video games such as Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth series, Lost Planet 1 & 2, Dead Rising and Lineage II. He has also scored several documentaries such as Goal Keepers and written extensive additional music for TV shows, most notably for the Showtime shows Homeland, Ray Donovan & The Affair, CBS's Extant, and the J.J. Abrams produced NBC show Revolution.

The son of a rock 'n' roll hall-of-fame bass-playing father and a free-spirited accordion-playing mother, Jamie grew up in Los Angeles surrounded by musicians, filmmakers and other artistic types. His mother hired teachers to give him piano lessons at an early age, but due to the rigidity of their approaches, he lost interest. Several years later, Jamie heard Ennio Morricone's score for The Mission and was instantly hooked on film music. Approaching the piano again on his own terms, Jamie discovered that he could pick out melodies and harmonies by ear. Shortly after he began composing his own music. Jamie instinctively knew that he wanted to be a film composer.

In 1993, Jamie attended the liberal arts school, Vassar College, in New York. While there, he studied formal classical theory, counterpoint and music history. He excelled in the class work and won several school composition awards, but his real musical education came from playing at night in the local scene with jazz, funk and rock bands. Jamie also started scoring student films and theatrical productions.

After graduating college with honors in 1997, Jamie moved to Boston for a brief period. While there, he worked as a music engraver/copyist by day and assisted a prominent Boston composer, Sheldon Mirowitz, by night. As he watched the composer work, Jamie re-confirmed that this was exactly what he wanted to do for a living. He then decided to go back to school for more technical training in the art of film scoring. From 1998-2000 Jamie attended the University of Miami's School of Music and earned a Masters in Music Composition with an emphasis on film music.

Returning back to Los Angeles in 2000, Jamie began working as a sound designer at The Hollywood Edge, a division of Soundelux. This work quickly led to designing sound effects for major feature films such as Blow (with Johnny Depp) and Windtalkers (with Nicolas Cage). He also started assisting game composers Bill Brown and Mikael Sandgren, doing "musical sound design" for their projects. This work eventually led to writing additional music for Brown's video games. In his spare time Jamie continued scoring independent short films and low-budget projects.

In 2004 Jamie concentrated his full efforts on music, officially starting up his company Broken Silence Productions, Inc. After working on several video games, Jamie was offered his first made-for-TV film for the Syfy channel called Maximum Velocity. This led to many made-for-TV projects where Jamie got to hone his skills in writing music on tight deadlines. Eventually Jamie scored his first theatrical film The Crow: Wicked Prayer, which generated much critical acclaim for his music.

Jamie's most recent films include the upcoming sports drama American Fighter, the offroad racing film Dirt and the romantic film Love Finds You in Valentine. He has also completed the music for several AAA video games such as Konami's Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and Ubisoft's The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot. Jamie also co-composed additional music for composer Marcelo Zarvos on Showtime Network shows Ray Donovan and The Affair, as well as the CBS sci-fi show Extant.

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Jamie Christopherson plucking the piano at the 2010 Ubeda Film Music Festival

Known for

Jon Voight, William Fichtner, Ali Afshar, Lia Marie Johnson, and George Thomas in American Wrestler: The Wizard (2016)
American Wrestler: The Wizard
7.1
  • Composer
  • 2016
Lauren Swickard and Josh Swickard in A California Christmas (2020)
A California Christmas
5.8
  • Composer(music by)
  • 2020
Born to Race (2011)
Born to Race
5.9
Video
  • Composer
  • 2011
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (2013)
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
7.8
Video Game
  • Composer
  • 2013

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Composer

  • Myth Among Legends
    • Post-production
  • A Doctor in Service
    • Post-production
  • Catalyst
    • Post-production
  • How I Caught My Killer (2023)
    How I Caught My Killer
  • John Ducey and Christina Moore in I Believe in Santa (2022)
    I Believe in Santa
    • (music by)
  • Jessika Van and Josh Swickard in A Hollywood Christmas (2022)
    A Hollywood Christmas
    • (music by)
  • Jeremy Sumpter and Annelise Cepero in Holiday Harmony (2022)
    Holiday Harmony
    • (music by)
  • Violet McGraw and Santino Barnard in A Christmas Mystery (2022)
    A Christmas Mystery
    • (music by)
  • Alicia von Rittberg in Leave (2022)
    Leave
  • Under Wraps 2 (2022)
    Under Wraps 2
  • Isaac Gonzalez Rossi and Riley Dandy in That's Amor (2022)
    That's Amor
    • (music by)
  • Rey Janjua in The Neon Ballerina (2022)
    The Neon Ballerina
  • Jamie Christopherson, Richard Epcar, Cerina Vincent, Xan Sanjen, and Rey Janjua in Dixon Mason: The Scent of the Woman (2022)
    Dixon Mason: The Scent of the Woman
  • Total War: Warhammer III (2022)
    Total War: Warhammer III
  • Amanda Detmer, Ali Afshar, Shaun Paul Piccinino, David Del Rio, Lauren Swickard, Noah James, Laura James, and Josh Swickard in A California Christmas: City Lights (2021)
    A California Christmas: City Lights
    • (music by)
  • Phil Wright, Malachi Barton, Christian J. Simon, and Sophia Hammons in Under Wraps (2021)
    Under Wraps
  • Scott Baio, Kristy Swanson, Everson White, Bailey Baio, and Ryan Florida in Courting Mom and Dad (2021)
    Courting Mom and Dad
  • Lauren Swickard and Josh Swickard in A California Christmas (2020)
    A California Christmas
    • (music by)

Music Department

  • Casa Grande
    • Completed
  • How I Caught My Killer (2023)
    How I Caught My Killer
  • Jessika Van and Josh Swickard in A Hollywood Christmas (2022)
    A Hollywood Christmas
  • Scott Baio, Kristy Swanson, Everson White, Bailey Baio, and Ryan Florida in Courting Mom and Dad (2021)
    Courting Mom and Dad
  • Lauren Swickard and Josh Swickard in A California Christmas (2020)
    A California Christmas
  • Danielle C. Ryan, Myko Olivier, Luke Loveless, and Skyler Elyse Philpot in Innamorarsi a Mountain View (2020)
    Innamorarsi a Mountain View
  • Galadriel Stineman and Kevin Joy in Follow Your Heart (2020)
    Follow Your Heart
  • Nadine Nagle in CAF Rise Above: WASP (2019)
    CAF Rise Above: WASP
  • Danielle C. Ryan, Trevor Donovan, and Galadriel Stineman in Runaway Romance (2018)
    Runaway Romance
  • Alexa PenaVega and Carlos PenaVega in Enchanted Christmas (2017)
    Enchanted Christmas
  • Love Finds You in Valentine (2016)
    Love Finds You in Valentine
  • Liev Schreiber in Ray Donovan (2013)
    Ray Donovan
  • Summer Forever (2015)
    Summer Forever
  • Drew Fuller, Danielle C. Ryan, and Trevor Donovan in Love Finds You in Charm (2015)
    Love Finds You in Charm
  • Ron Perlman, Kate Walsh, Walton Goggins, and Joseph Morgan in Desiree (2014)
    Desiree
  • Sarah Lancaster, Tom Everett Scott, and Thomas Kapanowski in Love Finds You in Sugarcreek (2014)
    Love Finds You in Sugarcreek

Sound Department

  • Demon Slayer (2004)
    Demon Slayer
  • Resurrection Mary (2002)
    Resurrection Mary
  • Nicolas Cage and Adam Beach in Windtalkers (2002)
    Windtalkers
  • Broken Child
  • Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz in Blow (2001)
    Blow
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    • Los Angeles, California, USA

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