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NEWS & UPDATES

25/07/2010 YOUNG ON FILM MUSIC LIVE

Golden Globe nominated composer Christopher Young discusses music scores of The Priest, The Black Tulip, and Drag Me to Hell on Film Music Live. Film Music Live is a new channel on Justin.TV created to give viewers a chance to ask there favorite composers questions about their current and past work. Showcasing bi-weekly, different composers and musicians’ stream live. This live broadcast is open to the public with chats and questions of their choosing.
Film Music Live premiers with Christopher Young July 28 at 5:30-6:30 pm PST. The video broadcast will stream on the Film Music Live channel from the website Justin.TV. Visit http://www.justin.tv/filmmusiclive to watch. Registration is free and users can produce and watch unlimitedly without fee. Live video streams and chats are open to anyone who has Internet access, and participation does not require an account.

Film Music Live is produced by Costa Communications – an award winning, full service marketing, public relations and artist management firm.

01/20/2010 WHEN IN ROME - SESSION REPORT

Scoring Sessions.com has a report about Christopher Young's latest score for the romantic comedy When In Rome starring Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel. The movie is directed by Mark Steven Johnson with whom Young worked together on Ghost Rider. Unfortunately a score CD for When In Rome is not planned. Click on the banner to read the session report.

01/08/2010 THE SABOTEUR SCORE RELEASED ON ITUNES

At the end of the last year Christopher Young wrote the main theme for his first videogame project: The Saboteur. The game was produced by Pandemic Studios, a studio of Electronic Arts Inc.. Set in World War II France it takes the players through the seedy underbelly of Paris as hero Sean Devlin sets off on a revenge mission. "The Saboteur's visually striking environments were a major inspiration for me when composing,' said Young. 'The theme is a combination of The Saboteur's unique blend of artistry and storyline mixed with the confusion, suspense, excitement and social temperament of the time period. It's mysterious and dark but filled with a subtle feeling of hope." Christopher Young's music is available on iTunes for download. Details can be found at the audio and discography section.

01/08/2010 LOVE HAPPENS & CREATION TO BE RELEASED

Christopher Young's latest scores to Love Happens and to the critically acclaimed Charles Darwin biopic Creation will both released on CD. Lakeshore Records will release Creation on January 18th. The score CD to Love Happens will follow on February 16, 2010.

11/04/2009 CREATION - EXCLUSIVE FIRST LISTEN

Chrisyoung-filmmusic.info offers his readers an exclusive preview of Christopher Young's latest musical effort to the critically acclaimed Creation directed by Jon Amiel. Creation is the powerful and true-life tale of Charles Darwin and the most explosive idea in history. Charles Darwin is played by acclaimed British actor Paul Bettany (The Da Vinci Code, A Beautiful Mind), and his wife Emma Darwin is played by his real-life wife, Academy Award winner Jennifer Connelly (Blood Diamond, A Beautiful Mind). The movie will be released in the US in December. Click on the banner above and enjoy the exclusive suite.

10/04/2009 THE RUM DIARY

Christopher Young will score Bruce Robinson's adaption of Hunter S. Thompson's novel The Rum Diary starring Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckart and Giovanni Ribisi. The Rum Diary marks the second collaboration of Robinson and Young after Jennifer Eight. The movie is set to be released in 2010 and tells the story of Paul Kemp (Depp), a freelance journalist who finds himself at a critical turning point in his life while writing for a run-down newspaper in the Caribbean.

10/04/2009 CHRISYOUNG-FILMMUSIC IS BACK

After more than a year without updates Chrisyoung-Filmmusic is back in a new outfit. The site is still under construction but stay tuned for some exciting new features, interviews and articles. As for now you will find information on Christopher Young's latest score Love Happens which has been released on iTunes as well audioclips of the score.