Christopher Young

Christopher Young hasn't quite made it into the ranks of the most well-known film composers, but his talent and body of work prove that he definitely deserves to be there. Young is mostly known for his horror work, where his complex orchestrations, haunting themes, and exotic harmonies combine to create chilling scores. An early assignment was Nightmare on Elm Street 2, and Young soon found himself scoring projects like The Fly 2, The Vagrant, The Dark Half, Species, The Grudge, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, and The Uninvited. Two particular fan favorites are his enormous, epic scores to Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II. His score for Bless the Child combines signature dark chorus and various doom-related material with more tender, sublime material. Young's skill at composing action music is evident in his bombastic scores for Ghost Rider, The Core, and Priest. Young has also done a handful of films for Sam Raimi, scoring The Gift, two scenes from Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3, and Drag Me to Hell. The majority of the films in Young's oeuvre may be unremarkable, but the scores for them are not.

Bless the Child*
The Core

Drag Me to Hell

Hellraiser

Hellraiser II: Hellbound

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The Monkey King**
The Monkey King 2*

Priest

Spider-Man 3