Christopher Lennertz

Christopher Lennertz
Christopher Lennertz
Birth name	Christopher Joseph Lennertz
Born	January 2, 1972; Methuen, Massachusetts, United States
Genres	Film score
Occupation(s)	Composer, conductor
Instruments	Piano, Keyboard, Synthesizer, orchestra
Years active	1998–present

Christopher Joseph Lennertz (born January 2, 1972) is an American musical composer for films, television shows, and video games. His big break came with his musical scores for the 2007 film Alvin and the Chipmunks, Hop, Think Like a Man, and Warner Bros. comedy Horrible Bosses as well as the video game series Medal of Honor created by Steven Spielberg. He composed the score for Supernatural and more recently Revolution, two television series created by Eric Kripke. He also scored Galavant and Sausage Party with Alan Menken and Marvel's Agent Carter including a first ever Marvel musical number co-written with Tony award winning lyricist David Zippel. He composed the songs for UglyDolls with Glenn Slater for Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, Lizzo, Janelle Monae, and Blake Shelton. Currently he composes the score for the Netflix sci-fi series Lost in Space and the Amazon Prime Video series The Boys from Kripke, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.

Life and career

Lennertz was born in Methuen, Massachusetts. He attended Easton Area High School in Easton, Pennsylvania and then the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California, where he studied with Academy Award-winner Elmer Bernstein.

Lennertz has written music for a variety of comedies such as Horrible Bosses, Ride Along, as well as Identity Thief, and Think Like A Man. He has also worked on hit family films including Hop, and Alvin and the Chipmunks and critically acclaimed dramas Adam and Thanks For Sharing.

He has worked with artists including Basil Poledouris, Michael Kamen, Ozomatli, Dave Grusin, Alan Menken, The RZA, Five For Fighting, and Alien Ant Farm. His collaboration with Ozomatli on their record Street Signs garnered a Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock Album.

He was named best new composer in 2002 for his score to Clive Barker's Saint Sinner. He won several awards for his 2003 soundtrack to Medal of Honor: Rising Sun, the first of three Medal of Honor games composed by Lennertz. In 2006 he was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Musical Composition in a Series for his score for the pilot of the television series Supernatural, and he is the first recipient of the Film & TV Music Award for Best Score for an Independent Feature Film for Tortilla Heaven.

Credits

2000s

Year	Title	Director(s)	Studio(s)	Notes
2000	Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins	Tad Stones	Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Television Animation Pixar Animation Studios	Direct-to-video film "Orchestrations by" credit Score composed by Adam Berry
2002	Saint Sinner	Joshua Butler	Syfy	Television film
2004	Soul Plane	Jessy Terrero	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	N/A
2005	Confessions of an Action Star	Brad Martin	Vivendi Entertainment Lightyear Entertainment	N/A
2006	Dr. Dolittle 3	Rich Thorne	20th Century Fox Home Entertainment	Direct-to-video film
2006	Shark Bait	Howard E. Baker John Fox	CJ Entertainment The Weinstein Company	N/A
2007	Tortilla Heaven	Judy Hecht Dumontet	Archangel Releasing	N/A
	The Comebacks	Tom Brady	Fox Atomic	N/A
	The Perfect Holiday	Lance Rivera	Destination Films Yari Film Group	N/A
	Alvin and the Chipmunks	Tim Hill	20th Century Fox	N/A
2008	Meet the Spartans	Jason Friedberg Aaron Seltzer	20th Century Fox	N/A
2008	Disaster Movie	Jason Friedberg Aaron Seltzer	Lionsgate	N/A
2009	Adam	Max Mayer	Fox Searchlight Pictures	N/A
	The Open Road	Michael Meredith	Anchor Bay Entertainment	N/A
	La Horde	Benjamin Rocher Yannick Dahan	Canal+	N/A

2010s

Year	Title	Director(s)	Studio(s)	Notes
2010	Marmaduke	Tom Dey	20th Century Fox	N/A
	Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore	Brad Peyton	Warner Bros. Pictures	N/A
	Vampires Suck	Jason Friedberg Aaron Seltzer	20th Century Fox	N/A
	Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam	Paul Hoen	Disney Channel	Television film
	Rabid Rider	Matthew O'Callaghan	Warner Bros. Animation	N/A
2011	Hop	Tim Hill	Universal Pictures Illumination Entertainment	N/A
	Lemonade Mouth	Patricia Riggen	Disney Channel	Television film
	Horrible Bosses	Seth Gordon	Warner Bros. Pictures New Line Cinema	N/A
2012	Think Like a Man	Tim Story	Screen Gems	N/A
2012	Thanks for Sharing	Stuart Blumberg	Lionsgate	N/A
2013	Identity Thief	Seth Gordon	Universal Pictures	N/A
	Remember Sunday	Jeff Bleckner	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Television film
	As Cool as I Am	Max Moyer	IFC Films	N/A
	Agent Carter	Louis D'Esposito	Marvel Studios	Marvel One-Shot film that inspired the TV series of the same name. Short film
	Battle of the Year	Benson Lee	Screen Gems	N/A
	Gimme Shelter	Patricia Riggen	Lionsgate Pantelion Films	N/A
2014	Ride Along	Tim Story	Universal Pictures	N/A
	Think Like a Man Too	Tim Story	Screen Gems	N/A
	Horrible Bosses 2	Sean Anders	Warner Bros. Pictures New Line Cinema	N/A
2015	The Wedding Ringer	Jeremy Garelick	Screen Gems Miramax Films	N/A
2016	Ride Along 2	Tim Story	Universal Pictures	Featuring Shelia E & Arturo Sandoval Additional Music Provided By Alexander Bornstein,Matt Bowen & Jess Stroup
	My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2	Kirk Jones		N/A
	The Boss	Ben Falcone		N/A
	Bad Moms	Jon Lucas Scott Moore	STX Entertainment	Featuring Soloist By KT Tunstall
	Sausage Party[1]	Greg Tiernan Conrad Vernon	Columbia Pictures	R-rated animated film composed with Alan Menken
2017	Smurfs: The Lost Village[2]	Kelly Asbury	Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation Kerner Entertainment Company	Additional Music Provided By Phillip White
	Baywatch	Seth Gordon	Paramount Pictures	Additional Music Provided By Alexander Bornstein, Joshua R.Mosley, Nathan Rightour & Zack Ryan
	Boo 2! A Madea Halloween	Tyler Perry	Lionsgate Tyler Perry Studios	Theme Only Score Composed By Phillip White
	A Bad Moms Christmas	Jon Lucas Scott Moore	STX Entertainment	N/A
	El Camino Christmas	David E. Talbert	Netflix	N/A
	Pitch Perfect 3	Trish Sie	Universal Pictures	N/A
2018	Acrimony	Tyler Perry	Lionsgate Tyler Perry Studios	N/A
	Uncle Drew	Charles Stone III	Summit Entertainment Temple Hill Entertainment	N/A
	The Happytime Murders	Brian Henson	STX Entertainment	N/A
	Nobody's Fool	Tyler Perry	Paramount Pictures Tyler Perry Studios	"Score Produced By" credit Score Composed By Phillip White
2019	A Madea Family Funeral	Tyler Perry	Lionsgate Tyler Perry Studios	Theme Only Score Composed By Phillip White
	UglyDolls	Kelly Asbury	STX Entertainment	Songs by Glenn Slater and Christopher Lennertz
	Shaft	Tim Story	Warner Bros. Pictures New Line Cinema	Additional music provided by Alexander Bornstein, Dara Taylor & Stu Thomas

2020s

Year	Title	Director(s)	Studio(s)	Notes
2021	Tom & Jerry[3]	Tim Story	Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Animation Group Turner Entertainment Co.	N/A

Television

Year	Title	TV Channel	Notes
1999	Brimstone	Fox	N/A
2000	The Strip	UPN	N/A
2005–2020	Supernatural	The WB (2005–2006) The CW (2006–present)	Composed with Jay Gruska
2012	Revolution[4]	NBC	N/A
2015–2016	Galavant	ABC	Composed with Alan Menken Song lyrics by Glenn Slater
2015–2016	Agent Carter	ABC	N/A
2018–present	Lost in Space	Netflix	N/A
2019–present	The Boys	Prime Video	N/A

Video games

Year	Title	Publisher	Notes
2003	Medal of Honor: Rising Sun	EA Games	N/A
2004	Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault		N/A
2005	Medal of Honor: European Assault		N/A
	From Russia with Love	Electronic Arts	N/A
	Gun	Activision	N/A
2007	The Simpsons Game	Electronic Arts	Additional music composed with Tim Wynn. Score composed by Hans Zimmer and James Dooley
2007	Warhawk	Sony Computer Entertainment	Composed with Tim Wynn
2008	Quantum of Solace	Activision	N/A
2009	The Godfather II	Electronic Arts	N/A
2010	Mass Effect 2: Overlord		Downloadable content for Mass Effect 2
2010	Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker		Downloadable content for Mass Effect 2
2011	The Sims 3: Pets		Expansion pack for The Sims 3
2012	Mass Effect 3		Composed with Sascha Dikiciyan, Clint Mansell, Cris Velasco, and Sam Hulick
2012	Starhawk	Sony Computer Entertainment	N/A
2013	Madden NFL 25	EA Sports	N/A
Cancelled	Scalebound	Microsoft Studios	Composed with Hitomi Kurokawa and Naoto Tanaka

References

"Christopher Lennertz Scoring 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2'". Film Music Reporter. Film Music Reporter. February 15, 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
"Christopher Lennertz to score Smurfs: The Lost Village". filmmusicreporter.com. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
says, Anthony Dazet Nevarez. "Christopher Lennertz to Score Tim Story's 'Tom & Jerry' | Film Music Reporter". Retrieved 2020-07-23.
"Christopher Lennertz to Score Eric Kripke's & J.J. Abrams' 'Revolution'".

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[film-music-1] "Christopher Lennertz Scoring 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2'". Film Music Reporter. Film Music Reporter. February 15, 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.

[filmmusicreporter-2] "Christopher Lennertz to score Smurfs: The Lost Village". filmmusicreporter.com. Retrieved October 11, 2016.

[3] says, Anthony Dazet Nevarez. "Christopher Lennertz to Score Tim Story's 'Tom & Jerry' | Film Music Reporter". Retrieved 2020-07-23.

[4] "Christopher Lennertz to Score Eric Kripke's & J.J. Abrams' 'Revolution'".