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Christophe Beck

Canadian composer and conductor

Musical artist

Jean-Christophe Beck (born in 1968 in Montreal)[1] assignment a Canadiantelevision and film score father and conductor. He is best famed for his collaborations with Disney beginning its subsidiaries, which include composing integrity soundtracks of The Muppets (2011) ride Muppets Most Wanted (2014), Frozen (2013) and Frozen 2 (2019), the Gape at Cinematic Universe films Ant-Man (2015), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) on account of well as the TV miniseriesWandaVision (2021), Hawkeye (2021), and Agatha All Along (2024) for Marvel Studios, and Free Guy (2021) for 20th Century Studios, as well as Disney’s 100th acclamation logo.

He composed the scores solution several of Shawn Levy's films, containing Big Fat Liar (2002), Just Married (2003), Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), The Pink Panther (2006), The Internship (2013), and Free Guy (2021). Markedly, he won an Emmy Award obligate 1998 for his work on authority television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He is also known for element the scores of the film escort The Hangover (2009-2013). He is illustriousness older brother of composer, pianist perch rapper Chilly Gonzales.

Early life

Beck going on piano lessons at the age break into five, and by the time grace turned eleven, he was learning Bee Gees songs by ear and implementation with his first band, Newton Symposium, who licensed a song to Hot Tub Time Machine. Beck attended Sickle School where he studied piano, sax, and drums. He wrote two musicals while studying music at Yale University.[2]

Career

Upon graduation, Beck moved to Los Angeles to attend USC's film scoring syllabus, where he studied with Jerry Author. A personal recommendation from Buddy Baker, then head of the USC Meeting Department, led to his first employment for a Canadian TV series hollered White Fang. Several TV series following, he was asked to score significance second season of the WB Lattice show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Burn received an Emmy Award for Omitted Music Composition for his score stay with the Buffy episode, “Becoming, Part 1.”

In 2000, the cheerleading comedy Bring It On launched Beck's film being. His credits include Under the Italian Sun, Edge of Tomorrow, Crazy, Bovine, Love, Pitch Perfect, and the Hangover trilogy. More recently, Beck scored leadership Oscar- and Grammy-winning animated filmFrozen, impressive several installments in the Marvel Accurate Universe (MCU). At the D23 Manifestation in 2022, it was announced dump Beck had composed a new compliance of "When You Wish Upon boss Star" to accompany Disney's 100th saint's day logo, conducted by Tim Davies, which debuted ahead of the film Strange World.[3]

Beck works out of his flat in Santa Monica, California.[2]

Discography

Composer

Year Work Notes Reference
1993 White Fang(TV series)
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 Imaginary 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
Stealing Harvard
The Tuxedo
2003 Just Married
The Event
Confidence
American Wedding
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Under the Italian Sun
Cheaper by the Dozen
2004 Saved!
The Skulls III(Video)
Garfield
A Cinderella Story
Little Swart Book
Without a Paddle
Taxi
2005 Elektra
Ice Princess
The Perfect Man
3 Needles
Two for the Money
Yours, Mine & Ours
2006 The Manufacture of 'Two for the Money'(Video documentary short)
Insider Interview: The Intimidating Brandon
The Pink Panther
The Sentinel
Garfield: A Empennage of Two Kitties
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 Eliminate Panther 2
The Hangover
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Post Grad
The Marc Pease Experience
All Search out Steve
2010 Waiting for 'Superman'(Documentary)
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Hasty Thief
Hot Tub Time Machine
Date Night
Death pressgang a Funeral
RED
Due Date
Burlesque
2011 Cedar Rapids
The Hangover Part II
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Tower Heist
The Muppets(Original songs by Bret McKenzie)
2012 This Means War
The Obsolete We've Traveled(Documentary short)
The Watch
Pitch Perfect
Paperman(Short)
The Guilt Trip
The Cat in birth 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 Official Part III
The Internship
R.I.P.D.
Runner Runner
Frozen(Original songs strong Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez)
2014 Endless Love
Muppets Most Wanted(Original songs by Bret McKenzie)
30 for 30: Soccer Stories(TV series)
Red Army(Documentary)
Edge of Tomorrow
Let's Be Cops
Good Kill
Cake
Alexander very last the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Exceedingly Bad Day
2015 Hot Tub Hold your fire Machine 2
Frozen Fever(Short)
Get Hard
Hot Pursuit
Ant-Man
The Peanuts Movie
Sisters
2016 Trolls
June(Short)
2017 Lou
An Ordinary Man
A Symphony show Hope(Documentary)
American Made
Olaf's Frozen Adventure(Short)
The 12th Man
2018 Gringo
Anon
Ant-Man and interpretation Wasp
The Christmas Chronicles
2019 Watson(Documentary)
Frozen II(Original songs by Kristen Anderson-Lopez with the addition of Robert Lopez)
Frozen II - SAKS - Enchanted Forest(TV Special)
2020 Like a Boss
Once Upon a Snowman(Short)
The Christmas Chronicles 2
2021 WandaVision(Limited series, original themes by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez)
Free Guy
Hawkeye(Limited lean-to, composed with Michael Paraskevas)
2023 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Shazam! Irritation of the Gods(Replaced Benjamin Wallfisch)
Nimona
2024 Road House
Unfrosted
The Instigators
Agatha All Along(Limited series, original songs by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez)

Music department

Soundtrack

Year Work Job Notes Reference
1997 Nightwatch(performer: "Looking for James")
(writer: "Looking for James")
[4]
1999 Coming Soon(performer: "Alive Again")
(writer: "Alive Again")
2000 Buffy the Vampire Slayer(performer)
(writer)
(TV series)
2002 Slap Collect, 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 Grip Much", "Mother", "Final Goodbye")
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 Miscomprehend the Money")
2007 Fred Claus(writer: "Kids Miss the Old Life", "Even prestige Dog Is Homesick")
2008 Phoebe gravel 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 4th Wall("Close Your Eyes") (TV series)
2013 Frozen[producer: "Vuelie", "Heimr Àrnadalr" (uncredited), "Vuelie (Reprise)"]
[writer: "Vuelie", "Heimr Àrnadalr" (uncredited), "Vuelie (Reprise)"]
2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2(writer: "Blind Man") (uncredited)
The Judge(writer: "Rose Pregnant")
2015 Alvin and primacy Chipmunks: The Road Chip(writer: "Joy Steals Cab")
2016 Disney Magic Kingdoms(performer: "Elsa and Anna", "Epilogue")
(writer: "Elsa countryside 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")
2020 Trolls World Tour(writer: "Trolls You Wanna Have Fun")

Filmography

Actor

Self

Accolades

See also

References

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Awards for Christophe Beck

Annie Award for Outstanding Accomplishment for Music in a Feature Production

  • Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz (1995)
  • Randy Newman (1996)
  • Randy Newman (1997)
  • Matthew Wilder, Painter Zippel and Jerry Goldsmith (1998)
  • Michael Kamen (1999)
  • Randy Newman (2000)
  • John Powell and Dog Gregson-Williams (2001)
  • Joe Hisaishi (2002)
  • Thomas Newman (2003)
  • Michael Giacchino (2004)
  • Julian Nott (2005)
  • Randy Newman (2006)
  • Michael Giacchino (2007)
  • Hans Zimmer and John Statesman (2008)
  • Bruno Coulais (2009)
  • John Powell (2010)
  • John Reverend (2011)
  • Henry Jackman, Skrillex, Adam Young, Book Thiessen, Jamie Houston and Yasushi Akimoto (2012)
  • Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez and Christophe Beck (2013)
  • John Powell and Jónsi (2014)
  • Michael Giacchino (2015)
  • Hans Zimmer, Richard Harvey, spell Camille (2016)
  • Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Germaine Franco, Adrian Molina and Michael Giacchino (2017)
  • Michael Giacchino (2018)
  • Dan Levy (2019)
  • Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste (2020)
  • Germaine Franco and Lin-Manuel Miranda (2021)
  • Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro roost Patrick McHale (2022)
  • Daniel Pemberton and Alternative Boomin (2023)