Christopher Lennertz

Christopher Lennertz is a promising new composer who unfortunately has not scored many films of high quality. Lennertz worked for Basil Poledouris, and some of his works show that great composer's influence. One of his first assignments was for Clive Barker's Saint Sinner, but Lennertz really made an impact with his scores for the Medal of Honor games (Rising Sun, Pacific Assault, and European Assault), providing worthy counterparts to Michael Giacchino's brilliant originals. On the film side, Lennertz has mainly scored silly lightweight comedies such as Alvin and the Chipmunks, Disaster Movie, Marmaduke, the Cats and Dogs sequel, Camp Rock 2, Hop, and Horrible Bosses. Meet the Spartans and Vampires Suck are abysmal movies that Lennertz nevertheless scored with class and panache, featuring dramatic melodies and dead-serious themes in the best Elmer Bernstein tradition. His scores for these spoofs are better than many of those accompanying the movies they parody (300, Twilight, etc.) Given a serious film of quality, there is no doubt that Lennertz would deliver.

Medal of Honor: Rising Sun

Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault

Medal of Honor: European Assault

Meet the Spartans
Sausage Party* (with Alan Menken)

Vampires Suck