Christophe Beck
Jean-Christophe Beck (born November 30, 1972) is a Canadian television and film score composer and conductor. He is a brother of the noted pianist Chilly Gonzales.
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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 | Piano, saxophone, drums |
He won an Emmy Award in 1998 for his work on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He has also worked on Angel and The Practice. His film credits include Starstruck (1998), Let the Devil Wear Black (1999), Bring It On (2000), Confidence (2003), American Wedding (2003), Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), Garfield (2004), Elektra (2005), Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006), School for Scoundrels, The Pink Panther (2006), We Are Marshall (2006), License to Wed (2007), The Seeker (2007), Fred Claus (2007), Charlie Bartlett (2007), Drillbit Taylor (2008), Phoebe in Wonderland (2008), I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009), The Pink Panther 2 (2009), The Hangover (2009), Waiting for Superman (2010), Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010), Date Night (2010), Tower Heist (2011), The Muppets (2011), R.I.P.D. (2013), Frozen (2013), Endless Love (2014), Muppets Most Wanted (2014), Ant-Man (2015), The Peanuts Movie (2015), Trolls (2016), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), and Frozen II (2019). He appeared in the documentary Finding Kraftland (2006) for his agent Richard Kraft. Beck scores the Disney+ limited series WandaVision (2021).
He has won one Primetime Emmy and Annie Award, and has been nominated for one Primetime Emmy, two Annie and one Grammy Award.[3]
Early life
Canadian composer Christophe Beck started piano lessons at five, and by eleven he was learning Bee Gees songs by ear and performing with his first-ever band, the unfortunately-named Chris and The Cupcakes. During high school he studied piano, saxophone, and drums, and wrote many tender 80's love ballads.
While studying music at Yale, Beck wrote two musicals with his brother Jason (a.k.a. Gonzales, the Paris-based pianist-producer-TV Host-prankster), 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 prestigious film scoring program, where he studied with Jerry Goldsmith. A personal recommendation from the legendary 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, which includes such diverse credits as 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
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") |
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| 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 |
References
- "Christophe Beck Biography". Retrieved February 14, 2020.
- "Christophe Beck - IMDb". Retrieved February 14, 2020.
- "Christophe Beck - Awards". IMDb. February 14, 2020.
- "Christophe Beck - Official Composer Website". Christophe Beck. February 15, 2020.
- "Christophe Beck". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-02-15.
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