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Christopher Young

1958 - Today

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Christopher Young (born April 28, 1958) is an American composer 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, Spider-Man 3, and The Shipping News, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. Young was honored with the prestigious [Richard H. Kirk] award at the 2008 BMI Film and TV Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christopher Young is the 1,317th most popular composer (up from 1,330th in 2019), the 10,067th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,848th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Christopher Young ranks 1,317 out of 1,451. Before him are Vladimír Franz, Mariano Mores, David Raksin, Harry Warren, Humphrey Searle, and Thanos Mikroutsikos. After him are Morten Lauridsen, John Debney, Paul Le Flem, Spike Jones, Artur Lemba, and Arturo Rodas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Christopher Young ranks 405. Before him are Robert Dill-Bundi, Fatih Birol, Sergei Pavlovich Baltacha, Kathy Hochul, Neil Finn, and Dmitry Kozak. After him are Tamara Bykova, Anita Skorgan, Marie Yovanovitch, Ronald Gamarra Herrera, Liao Yiwu, and Romy Müller.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Christopher Young ranks 10,069 out of 20,380. Before him are Jerry Sanders (1936), Alice Davenport (1864), Bertrand Halperin (1941), Willard Scott (1934), Henry Vestine (1944), and Jami Gertz (1965). After him are David Filo (1966), Mike Krzyzewski (1947), Gregory Sierra (1937), Elizabeth Reaser (1975), Tom Price (1933), and Jim Montgomery (1955).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Christopher Young ranks 103. Before him are Peter Schickele (1935), Paul Creston (1906), John Kander (1927), Horatio Parker (1863), David Raksin (1912), and Harry Warren (1893). After him are Morten Lauridsen (1943), John Debney (1956), Spike Jones (1911), Steve Jablonsky (1970), Howard Hanson (1896), and Bruce Broughton (1945).

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