Christophe Beck
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Christophe Beck | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jean-Christophe Beck |
| Born | November 30, 1972[1][2] Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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| Occupation(s) | Composer, conductor |
| Instruments | Keyboards, piano, saxophone, drums |
Jean-Christophe Beck (born November 30, 1972) is a Canadian television and film score composer and conductor. He is a brother of pianist Chilly Gonzales.
Beck won an Emmy Award in 1998 for his work on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and scores the Disney+ limited series WandaVision. His film credits include The Hangover, The Muppets (2011), Frozen, Marvel's Ant-Man films, and Frozen II. He has won one Primetime Emmy and Annie Award, and has been nominated for one Primetime Emmy, two Annie Awards and one Grammy Award.[3]
Early life[]
Beck started piano lessons at five, and by eleven he was learning Bee Gees songs by ear and performing with his first band. Beck attended Crescent School where he studied piano, saxophone, and drums, and wrote many 80's love ballads.
While studying music at Yale, Beck wrote two musicals with his brother Jason, as well as an opera based on “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe.[4]
Career[]
Upon graduation, Beck moved to Los Angeles to attend USC's film scoring program, where he studied with Jerry Goldsmith. A personal recommendation from Buddy Baker, then head of the USC Music Department, led to his first assignment for a Canadian TV series called White Fang. Several TV series later, he was asked to score the second season of WB Network's Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Beck received the Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for his score to the Buffy episode, “Becoming, Part 1.”
In 2000, the cheerleading comedy Bring It On launched Beck's film career. His credits include Under The Tuscan Sun, Edge of Tomorrow, Crazy, Stupid, Love, Pitch Perfect, and the Hangover trilogy. More recently, Chris scored the Oscar and Grammy - winning animated film Frozen, and both of Marvel's Ant-Man films.
Christophe works out of his studio in Santa Monica, California.[4]
Discography[]
Composer[]
| Year | Work | Notes | Reference |
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| 1993 | White Fang | (TV Series) | [5] |
| 1995 | Pig Sty | ||
| 1996 | Good Company | ||
| Second Noah | |||
| Crossworlds | |||
| Past Perfect | |||
| Mr. October | (Short) | ||
| 1997 | Friends 'Til the End | (TV Movie) | |
| Two | (TV Series) | ||
| Killing Mr. Griffin | (TV Movie) | ||
| Hostile Intent | |||
| The Alarmist | |||
| 1998 | George & Leo | (TV Series) | |
| Starstruck | |||
| F/X: The Series | (TV Series) | ||
| Bone Daddy | |||
| Airborne | |||
| Dog Park | |||
| Earthquake in New York | (TV Movie) | ||
| Spy Game | (TV Series) | ||
| 1999 | Thick as Thieves | ||
| Let the Devil Wear Black | |||
| Guinevere | |||
| Coming Soon | |||
| The Last Witness | (TV Movie) | ||
| 2000 | The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy | ||
| Angel | (TV Series) | ||
| Bring It On | |||
| The Practice | (TV Series) | ||
| Big Time | (Short) | ||
| 2001 | Lightmaker | ||
| Wolf Girl | (TV Movie) | ||
| The Cutting Room | (Short) | ||
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | (TV Series) | ||
| 2002 | Big Fat Liar | ||
| The Skulls II | (Video) | ||
| Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road | (music) | ||
| Stealing Harvard | |||
| The Tuxedo | |||
| 2003 | Just Married | ||
| The Event | |||
| Confidence: After Dark | |||
| American Wedding | |||
| Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star | |||
| Under the Tuscan Sun | |||
| Cheaper by the Dozen | |||
| 2004 | Saved! | (music by) | |
| The Skulls III | (Video) | ||
| Garfield | (music by) | ||
| A Cinderella Story | |||
| Little Black Book | (music by) | ||
| Without a Paddle | |||
| Taxi | |||
| 2005 | Elektra | ||
| Ice Princess | |||
| The Perfect Man | |||
| 3 Needles | |||
| Two for the Money | |||
| Yours, Mine & Ours | (music by) | ||
| 2006 | The Making of 'Two for the Money' | (Video documentary short) | |
| Insider Interview: The Real Brandon | |||
| The Pink Panther | (music by) | ||
| The Sentinel | |||
| Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties | (music by) | ||
| Zoom | |||
| School for Scoundrels | |||
| Day Break | (TV Series) | ||
| We Are Marshall | |||
| 2007 | Year of the Dog | ||
| Charlie Bartlett | |||
| License to Wed | |||
| The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising | |||
| Fred Claus | |||
| 2008 | Phoebe in Wonderland | ||
| Drillbit Taylor | |||
| What Happens in Vegas | |||
| 2009 | The Greatest | ||
| The Pink Panther 2 | (music by) | ||
| The Hangover | |||
| I Love You, Beth Cooper | |||
| Post Grad | |||
| The Marc Pease Experience | |||
| All About Steve | |||
| 2010 | Waiting for 'Superman' | (Documentary) | |
| Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | |||
| Hot Tub Time Machine | |||
| Date Night | |||
| Death at a Funeral | |||
| RED | (music by) | ||
| Due Date | |||
| Burlesque | |||
| 2011 | Cedar Rapids | ||
| The Hangover Part II | |||
| Crazy, Stupid, Love. | |||
| Tower Heist | |||
| The Muppets | (original score by) | ||
| 2012 | This Means War | ||
| The Road We've Traveled | (Documentary short) | ||
| The Watch | |||
| Pitch Perfect | |||
| Paperman | (Short) | ||
| The Guilt Trip | |||
| The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! | (TV Series) | ||
| Rogue | (TV Movie) | ||
| Little Brother | |||
| 2013 | Movie 43 | (segment "Happy Birthday") | |
| The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman | |||
| The Hangover Part III | |||
| The Internship | |||
| R.I.P.D. | |||
| Runner Runner | |||
| Frozen | (original score composed by) | ||
| 2014 | Endless Love | ||
| Muppets Most Wanted | (original score by) | ||
| 30 for 30: Soccer Stories | (TV Series) | ||
| Red Army | (Documentary) | ||
| Edge of Tomorrow | |||
| Let's Be Cops | |||
| Good Kill | |||
| Cake | |||
| Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | |||
| 2015 | Hot Tub Time Machine 2 | ||
| Frozen Fever | (Short) | ||
| Get Hard | |||
| Hot Pursuit | |||
| Ant-Man | |||
| The Peanuts Movie | (music by) | ||
| Sisters | |||
| 2016 | Trolls | (original score by) | |
| June | (Short) | ||
| 2017 | Lou | ||
| An Ordinary Man | |||
| A Symphony of Hope | (Documentary) | ||
| American Made | (music by) | ||
| Olaf's Frozen Adventure | (Short) | ||
| The 12th Man | |||
| 2018 | Gringo | ||
| Anon | |||
| Ant-Man and the Wasp | (music by) | ||
| The Christmas Chronicles | |||
| 2019 | Watson | (Documentary) | |
| Frozen II | |||
| Frozen II - SAKS - Enchanted Forest | (TV Special) | ||
| 2020 | Like a Boss | ||
| Once Upon a Snowman | |||
| The Christmas Chronicles 2 | |||
| 2021 | WandaVision | Limited Series | |
| Free Guy |
Music department[]
| Year | Work | Job | Notes | Reference |
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| 1990 | Jetsons: The Movie | (orchestrator) | [5] | |
| 1994 | Death Match | (additional music programmer) (music scoring mixer) |
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| 1995 | Pig Sty | (composer) (lyrics) |
(TV Series) | |
| Land's End | (composer) | |||
| 1997 | The Alarmist | (music producer: score) | ||
| 1998 | F/X: The Series | (composer) | (TV Series) | |
| 1999 | Let the Devil Wear Black | (score produced by) | ||
| Guinevere | (score producer) | |||
| 2000 | Bring It On | |||
| 2001 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | (musical director) (song arranger) (song producer) (composer) |
(TV Series)) (Episode: "Once More, with Feeling") | |
| 2002 | Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road | (conductor: score) | ||
| HBO First Look | (musician) | (TV Series documentary short) | ||
| 2003 | Confidence: After Dark | (conductor)
(score producer) |
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| 2004 | Saved! | (score produced by) | ||
| Without a Paddle | (score producer) | |||
| 2005 | Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous | (composer: additional music) | ||
| 2006 | The Pink Panther | (score producer) | ||
| School for Scoundrels | ||||
| 2007 | Day Break | (composer) | (TV Series) | |
| Charlie Bartlett | (score producer) | |||
| 2010 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | (composer: theme music) | ||
| Hot Tub Time Machine | (score producer) | |||
| 2012 | Struck by Lightning | (score produced by) | ||
| 2013 | Frozen | (additional song orchestrator) | ||
| 2018 | BaseBoys | (music) | (TV Series) | |
| 2020 | Like a Boss | (music by) |
Soundtrack[]
| Year | Work | Job | Notes | Reference |
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| 1997 | Nightwatch | (performer: "Looking for James") (writer: "Looking for James") |
[5] | |
| 1999 | Coming Soon | (performer: "Alive Again") (writer: "Alive Again") |
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| 2000 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | (performer) (writer) |
(TV Series) | |
| 2002 | Slap Her, She's French! | (writer: "The Beef Song") | ||
| Big Fat Liar | (writer: "Spanish Backlot") | |||
| 2003 | The Event | (performer: "F**k You Very Much", "Mother", "Final Goodbye") (writer: "F**k You Very Much", "Mother", "Final Goodbye") |
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| Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star | ("Son Sueños") | |||
| 2005 | Wedding Crashers | (writer: "Springtime" (2003)) | ||
| 2006 | Click | (writer: "Home 3") | ||
| Employee of the Month | (performer: "All About the Money") (writer: "All About the Money") |
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| 2007 | Fred Claus | (writer: "Kids Miss the Old Life", "Even the Dog Is Homesick") | ||
| 2008 | Phoebe in Wonderland | (arranger: "Ninety Times Nine") | ||
| 2009 | Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts | (performer: "Rave Opera") / (writer: "Rave Opera") | (Video) | |
| 2010 | Hot Tub Time Machine | (writer: "Blind Man") | ||
| Knight and Day | (writer: "Dolby's Con") | |||
| 2012 | Think Like a Man | (writer: "Jack and Ali") | ||
| Atop the Fourth Wall | ("Close Your Eyes") | (TV Series) | ||
| 2013 | Frozen | [producer: "Vuelie", "Heimr Àrnadalr" (uncredited), "Vuelie (Reprise)"] [writer: "Vuelie", "Heimr Àrnadalr" (uncredited), "Vuelie (Reprise)"] |
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| 2014 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | (writer: "Blind Man") | (uncredited) | |
| The Judge | (writer: "Rose Pregnant") | |||
| 2015 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip | (writer: "Joy Steals Cab") | ||
| 2016 | Disney Magic Kingdoms | (performer: "Elsa and Anna", "Epilogue") (writer: "Elsa and Anna", "Epilogue") |
(Video Game) | |
| Life Is | (music: "Let It Glow") | (Short) | ||
| 2018 | Ralph Breaks the Internet | ["The Great Thaw", "Vuelie (Reprise)"] | ||
| 2019 | The Grand Tour | (writer: "Heading To The States") | (uncredited) (TV Series) | |
| Avengers: Endgame | (writer: "Ant-Man Theme") | |||
| Frozen II | (producer: "Vuelie") (writer: "Vuelie") |
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| 2020 | Trolls World Tour | (writer: "Trolls You Wanna Have Fun") |
Filmography[]
Actor[]
| Year | Work | Role | Notes | Reference |
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| 2000 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Pianist | (uncredited) | [5] |
Self[]
| Year | Work | Role | Notes | Reference |
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| 2007 | Finding Kraftland | Himself | (Documentary) | [5] |
| 2009 | Le grand journal de Canal+ | (TV Series documentary) | ||
| 2014 | Just Seen It | (TV Series) | ||
| 2016 | Score: A Film Music Documentary | (Documentary) | ||
| 2017 | Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | (Documentary) | ||
| 2018 | Score: The Podcast | (TV Series) |
Accolades[]
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Reference |
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| 1998 | Emmy Award | Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) | Buffy the Vampire Slayer For episode: "Becoming: Part 1" |
Won | [3] |
| Gemini Awards | Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series | F/X: The Series For episode "Quicksilver" |
Nominated | ||
| F/X: The Series For episode "Requiem for a Cop" |
Nominated | ||||
| 2000 | OFTA Television Award | Best New Theme Song in a Series | Angel | Nominated | |
| 2002 | Emmy Award | Outstanding Music Direction | Buffy the Vampire Slayer For episode "Once More, With Feeling" |
Nominated | |
| 2006 | Stinker Award | Most Intrusive Musical Score | Zoom | Nominated | |
| 2007 | IFMCA Award | Best Original Score for a Comedy Film | The Pink Panther | Nominated | |
| 2010 | HMMA Award | Best Original Score - Indie Film / Documentary / Short | Waiting for 'Superman' | Won | |
| 2011 | IFMCA Award | Best Original Score for a Documentary Film | Nominated | ||
| SLFCA Award | Best Music | The Muppets | Nominated | ||
| 2012 | ASCAP Award | Top Box Office Films | Won | ||
| 2013 | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Original Score | Frozen | Nominated | |
| ICP Award | Best Original Score or Soundtrack | 10th place | |||
| PFCS Award | Best Original Score | Won | |||
| SLFCA Award | Best Soundtrack | Nominated | |||
| WAFCA Award | Best Original Score | Nominated | |||
| 2014 | Annie Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Music in an Animated Feature Production | Won | ||
| DFCS Award | Best Original Score | Nominated | |||
| Gold Derby Award | Original Score | Nominated | |||
| HMMA Award | Best Original Score - Documentary | Red Army | Nominated | ||
| IFMCA Award | Best Original Score for an Animated Film | Frozen | Nominated | ||
| 2015 | Grammy Awards | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Nominated | ||
| HMMA Award | Best Original Score - Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film | Ant-Man | Nominated | ||
| 2018 | Annie Awards | Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production | Olaf's Frozen Adventure | Nominated | |
| HMMA Award | Best Original Score - Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Film | Ant-Man and the Wasp | Nominated | ||
| Kosmorama, Trondheim Internasjonale Filmfestival | Best Music | Den 12. mann | Nominated | ||
| 2019 | HMMA Award | Best Original Score - Animated Film | Frozen II | Nominated | |
| 2020 | Annie Awards | Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production | Nominated | ||
| Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Original Score | Nominated | |||
| IFMCA Award | Best Original Score for an Animated Film | Nominated | |||
| 2021 | Emmy Award | Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score) | WandaVision | Pending |
References[]
- ^ "Christophe Beck Biography". 17 February 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
- ^ "Christophe Beck - IMDb". Retrieved February 14, 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Christophe Beck - Awards". IMDb. February 14, 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Christophe Beck - Official Composer Website". Christophe Beck. February 15, 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Christophe Beck". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-02-15.
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