Christopher Young

Christopher Young (born April 28, 1958) is an American music composer for both film and television. Many of his music compositions are for horror films, including Hellraiser, Tales from the Hood, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, Urban Legend, and Drag Me to Hell. Other works include Lucky You and Spider-Man 3, for which he received the Film & TV Music Award for Best Score for a Dramatic Feature Film. He also made three cameo appeara... More

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  • Apr 28, 1958 (age 54 years)

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  • Robert Gilchrist Ilsley Young,
  • Chris Young

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