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Chris Bacon(II)

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Chris Bacon
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Two-time Emmy nominee Chris Bacon successfully applies his creative talents to scoring for Feature Film, Animation, Documentaries and TV. He thrives by collaborating with filmmakers and show-runners, bringing his unique sound to their projects, Chris has received two Primetime Emmy Award Nominations, the more recent for "Bates Motel" for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series.

Chris Bacon grew up in Utah, learning piano and saxophone before studying music composition in college. He moved to LA to attend USC's film scoring program. Shortly after becoming a protege of the great James Newton Howard and learned from one of the best, Bacon began orchestrating, composing, and writing additional music on films like "Gnomeo and Juliet" and "King Kong."

Bacon made his solo debut with the score for the Lifetime movie "Angels Fall." He has also contributed additional music to the Academy Award nominated "American Hustle," Marvel Studios' "Avengers: Age of Ultron," the box-office hit "Paddington" produced by David Heyman, Sony Picture's "Goosebumps," and Rob Reiner's "Being Charlie."
BornMarch 17, 1977
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    • Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys
      • 2 wins & 10 nominations total

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    Known for

    Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, Tim Blaney, Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, and Kumail Nanjiani in Men in Black: International (2019)
    Men in Black: International
    5.6
    • Composer
    • 2019
    Matt Lucas in Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
    Gnomeo & Juliet
    5.9
    • Composer
    • 2011
    Hugh Grant in Heretic (2024)
    Heretic
    7.0
    • Composer
    • 2024
    Andy Serkis and Naomi Watts in King Kong (2005)
    King Kong
    7.2
    • Music Department(as Chris P. Bacon, additional music)
    • 2005

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    • M3GAN 2.0
      • Composer
      • Released
      • 2025



    • Hugh Grant in Heretic (2024)
      Heretic
      7.0
      • Composer
      • 2024
    • Adam Driver in 65 (2023)
      65
      5.4
      • Composer (music by)
      • 2023
    • Ashley Jerue in Strong Enough (2022)
      Strong Enough
      5.7
      • Composer
      • 2022
    • Wednesday (2022)
      Wednesday
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2022
    • Summer Bellessa in Immanence (2022)
      Immanence
      3.7
      • Composer
      • 2022
    • Dark Cargo
      2.2
      TV Movie
      • Composer
      • 2019
    • Gilbert Gottfried, Patton Oswalt, and Bobby Moynihan in Super Gidget (2019)
      Super Gidget
      5.8
      Video
      • Composer
      • 2019
    • Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, Tim Blaney, Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, and Kumail Nanjiani in Men in Black: International (2019)
      Men in Black: International
      5.6
      • Composer
      • 2019
    • Peter Serafinowicz and Griffin Newman in The Tick (2016)
      The Tick
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2016–2019
    • The Weight of Water (2018)
      The Weight of Water
      8.1
      • Composer
      • 2018
    • Johnny Depp, Mary J. Blige, Ozzy Osbourne, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ashley Jensen, Matt Lucas, James McAvoy, Stephen Merchant, Emily Blunt, Julio Bonet, and Eve Webster in Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
      Sherlock Gnomes
      5.3
      • Composer
      • 2018
    • Afsaneh Dehrouyeh in The Bridge (2017)
      The Bridge
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2017
    • Goldie Hawn and Amy Schumer in Snatched (2017)
      Snatched
      4.7
      • Composer (music by)
      • 2017
    • Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore in Bates Motel (2013)
      Bates Motel
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2013–2017
    • Austin P. McKenzie in When We Rise (2017)
      When We Rise
      7.5
      TV Mini Series
      • Composer
      • 2017

    Music Department



    • Winona Ryder, Willem Dafoe, Danny DeVito, Danny Elfman, Michael Keaton, Monica Bellucci, Catherine O'Hara, Dede Gardner, Alfred Gough, Seth Grahame-Smith, Tommy Harper, Mark Heenehan, Daryl Kwan, Michael McDowell, Miles Millar, Philip Philmar, Justin Theroux, Marc Toberoff, Larry Wilson, Haris Zambarloukos, Hamish Doyne-Ditmas, Mark Scruton, Gianni Calchetti, Stephen K. Amos, Santiago Cabrera, Sean Verre, Amy Nuttall, Max Pemberton, Burn Gorman, Jeremy Kleiner, Sami Slimane, Christopher C. James, Noah Mendes, Skylar Park, Arthur Conti, Oliver Dracup-Nicholls, Matthew Lyons, Ian Hawkins, Olivia Rebecca Horton, Travis Campbell, Jay Prychidny, Joseph David-Payne, Caroline Lawrie, Nick Kellington, Tim Kavanagh, Rebecca O'Mara, Richard Price, Chloe Driver, Walles Hamonde, Liv Spencer, Adam Speers, David Ayres, Jenna Ortega, Juliana Yazbeck, Charlie Hopkinson, Sophie Holland, and Jane Leaney in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
      Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
      6.6
      • additional music arrangements by
      • 2024
    • Adam Driver in 65 (2023)
      65
      5.4
      • composer: additional music
      • 2023
    • Wednesday (2022)
      Wednesday
      8.0
      TV Series
      • composer: additional music
      • 2022
    • Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Amy Adams, Idina Menzel, Maya Rudolph, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jayma Mays, Griffin Newman, and Gabriella Baldacchino in Disenchanted (2022)
      Disenchanted
      5.6
      • composer: additional music
      • 2022
    • Chiwetel Ejiofor, Elizabeth Olsen, Benedict Wong, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Xochitl Gomez in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
      Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
      6.9
      • additional music
      • 2022
    • Robert Downey Jr., Emma Thompson, Marion Cotillard, Octavia Spencer, John Cena, Selena Gomez, Rami Malek, Kumail Nanjiani, and Tom Holland in Dolittle (2020)
      Dolittle
      5.6
      • composer: additional music
      • 2020
    • Alan Arkin, Tim Burton, Danny DeVito, Danny Elfman, Michael Keaton, Helen Aberson, Nick Bartlett, Clive Brunt, Michael Buffer, Ben Crowe, Amerjit Deu, Colin Farrell, Katterli Frauenfelder, Derek Frey, Steve Healey, Rick Heinrichs, Bret Jones, Julian Kershaw, Ehren Kruger, Chris Lebenzon, Sandy Martin, Deobia Oparei, Ian Porter, Douglas Reith, Stephen Samson, Roshan Seth, Harry Taylor, Leah R. Powell, Mark Reader, Ben Davis, Nigel Lowe, Victor Pietraru, Lillia Langley, Peter Brookes, Richard James-Clarke, Marjo Nantel, Mehari 'Bibi' Tesfamarian, Binyam 'Bichu' Tesfamarian, Otgonchimeg Chuluunzorig, Jana Posna, Jewels Good, Max Gill, Peter Trevor, Nina Mangold, Philip Rosch, Eva Green, Ethan Keaton, Joseph Gatt, Lars Eidinger, Liam Bewley, Carol Been, Jo Osmond, Lucy DeVito, Frank Bourke, Heather Rome, Jason Shillingford, Kamil Lemie, Greg Canestrari, Scott Haney, Mark Shrimpton, Phil Zimmerman, Harold Pearl, Joseph Macnab, Vincent Andriano, Anatoli Akerman, Rob Heanley, Richard Leeming, Christian Wolf-La'Moy, Chris Rogers, Erick Hayden, Richard Price, Justin Springer, Zee Asha, Daniel Gonçalves, Keith Lomas, James Thomas Scott, Rosie Akerman, Edd Osmond, Hugh O'Brien, Georgie-May Tearle, Simon Connolly, Richard Garaghty, Sharon Rooney, Jaymes Sygrove, Charlotte Worwood, Alice Bonifacio, Jessie Vinning, Mickey Lewis, Venla Shalin, Zak Holland, Josef Davies, Angela Sant'Albano, Ragevan Vasan, Craig Thomas Lambert, Beth Willetts, Bernardo Santos, Anthony Rhodes, Jackson Kai, Emily Tebbutt, Lampros Kalfuntzos, Stuart Whelan, Jessica Barker-Wren, Tom Gaskin, Philips Nortey, Rashid Shadat, Matthew Castle, Finley Hobbins, Nico Parker, Miguel Muñoz Segura, Zenaida Alcalde, Paul Riddell, Sarah Sayuri Leung, John Southgate, Will Rowlands, Tom Seekings, and Matt Truman in Dumbo (2019)
      Dumbo
      6.2
      • music
      • 2019
    • The Soul Collector (2019)
      The Soul Collector
      Short
      • composer: theme music
      • 2019
    • Danny Elfman, Angela Lansbury, Lori Alan, Carlos Alazraqui, Michael Beattie, Doug Burch, Cathy Cavadini, Tara Strong, Yarrow Cheney, Townsend Coleman, John DeMita, Bill Farmer, Dr. Seuss, Jess Harnell, Barbara Harris, Janet Healy, Rashida Jones, John Kassir, Danny Mann, Jeremy Maxwell, Christopher Meledandri, Scott Mosier, Laraine Newman, Mindy Sterling, Tommy Swerdlow, Joel Swetow, Kenan Thompson, Jim Ward, Aaron Fors, Tristan O'Hare, Tucker Chandler, Dashiell Priestley, Kresimir Mikic, Benedict Cumberbatch, Pharrell Williams, Brian T. Delaney, Regina Taufen, Pierre Coffin, Michael LeSieur, Abby Craden, Willow Geer, Chris Cartagena, Alex Puccinelli, Evan Kishiyama, Carter Hastings, Pentatonix, Sam Lavagnino, Scarlett Estevez, Georgia Toffolo, Ramone Hamilton, Cameron Seely, Meilee Condron, and Emma Elizabeth Shannon in The Grinch (2018)
      The Grinch
      6.4
      • additional music
      • 2018
    • Howard (2018)
      Howard
      7.5
      • score adaptation
      • score producer
      • 2018
    • Peter Serafinowicz and Griffin Newman in The Tick (2016)
      The Tick
      7.4
      TV Series
      • musician
      • 2018
    • Alicia Vikander in Tulip Fever (2017)
      Tulip Fever
      6.2
      • composer: additional music
      • 2017
    • Austin P. McKenzie in When We Rise (2017)
      When We Rise
      7.5
      TV Mini Series
      • themes by
      • 2017
    • Patient Seven (2016)
      Patient Seven
      5.0
      • music by (segment "The Visitant")
      • 2016
    • Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Sacha Baron Cohen, Matt Lucas, and Mia Wasikowska in Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
      Alice Through the Looking Glass
      6.2
      • composer: additional music
      • 2016

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    • Moderated by Matt (2022)
      Moderated by Matt
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2023

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    • Height
      • 6′ 4″ (1.93 m)
    • Born
      • March 17, 1977
      • Provo, Utah, USA
    • Spouse
      • Melia Bacon? - present (3 children)

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