Young and Raimi team up on Drag Me to Hell
 04/10/2008  Christopher Young and legendary director Sam Raimi will team up on Drag Me to Hell which marks their third collaboration as director and composer after The Gift, Spider-Man 2 & 3. Drag Me to Hell tells the story of an unsuspecting young woman (Alison Lohman) that becomes the recipient of a supernatural curse cast upon her by an older Eastern European woman who was defied and humiliated by others. Justin Long (Live Free Or Die Hard) and Jessica Lucas (Cloverfield) complete the cast of the film which is produced by Raimi's Ghost House Pictures and is scheduled to come out 2009.
 
  Richard Kirk Award for outstanding career achievement
 04/10/2008 Christopher Young will receive the Richard Kirk Award for outstanding career achievement at BMI's annual Film & Television Awards on Wednesday, May 21 in Los Angeles. Named in honor of former BMI Vice President and film & television department founder Richard Kirk, the Richard Kirk Award is bestowed on composers who have made significant contributions to the realm of film and television. As the 2008 honoree, Christopher Young joins an elite list of peers that includes George S. Clinton, Harry Gregson-Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Thomas Newman, Michael Kamen, Mark Mothersbaugh, Danny Elfman, Alan Menken, Mike Post, Lalo Schifrin and John Williams.
 
  Video from the Disc Signing Session at SONCINEMAD 2007
 03/03/2008 In addition to the photobook Soncinemad 2007 - A Summer in Madrid With Christopher Young (a small selection of pictures can be seen here) that was produced last year during Young's stay in Madrid chrisyoung-filmmusic.info finally features a short video from the disc signing session with Christopher Young. Please follow this link.
 
 
Sleepwalking - Soundtrack Preview
 02/29/2008 Chrisyoung-filmmusic.info offers his readers an exclusive preview of Christopher Young's latest musical effort to Sleepwalking. Sleepwalking is the story of James Reedy (Nick Stahl), a simple man who leads a less than ordinary existence. When his sister Joleen (Charlize Theron) seemingly abandons her daughter Tara (Anna Sophia Robb) with him, Reedy steals away with the girl and takes to the road. A score CD will be released soon by Lakeshore Records. The movie opens nationally in March. Click on the banner above and enjoy the clips.
 
  BSX releases An Unfinished Life - Piano Sketches
02/19/2008 Buysoundtrax records releases An Unfinished Life - Piano Sketches. The CD contains  original suites composed by Christopher Young for demonstration purposes for the 2005 drama directed by Lasse Halström starring Robert Redford and Morgan Freeman. To order the CD featuring solo piano performances by Dave Guili go to BSX.com
 
 
Untraceable - First Listen
01/30/2008 Once again I am proud to offer the readers of chrisyoung-filmmusic.info an exclusive "First Listen". This time it is a preview of Christopher Young's score to Untraceable, directed by Gregory Hoblit. A score CD will be released by Lakeshore Records on March 4th, 2008 (order the CD at amazon.com). So check out the clips by clicking the banner and enjoy!
 
  Christopher Young will tell you 'A Tale of Two Sisters'
01/29/2008 Christopher Young has been hired to score A Tale Of Two Sisters directed by Charles Guard and Thomas Guard. The movie is a remake of Janghwa, Hongryeon (2003) which based on a classic Korean folk tale. The 2008 version starring Elizabeth Banks (Spider-Man 1-3) and David Strathairn (The Bourne Ultimatum and Good Night, and Good Luck.) centers on modern-day teenage sisters Anna and Alex Rydell who return home from a mental hospital only to find their recovery unraveling because of a cruel stepmother, clueless father and a lingering ghost. A Tale Of Two Sisters is currently in post-production and set for a release this spring.
 
  Hellcomposer - Hellraiser 20th Anniversary DVD
10/03/2007 The upcomimg 20th Anniversary DVD of Clive Barker's legendary horror movie Hellraiser will contain a score featurette called Hellcomposer: Interview with Composer Christopher Young.  The new DVD comes out on October 23rd for $24.97.
 
  Christopher Young to hunt down a serial killer - 'Untraceable'
10/03/2007 After having finished the recording of Sleepwalking in Prague this august Christopher Young has just jumped into his next movie Untraceable directed by 9-time Emmy Award winner Gregory Hoblit (Fracture, Hart's War and Primal Fear). The thriller tells the story of FBI agent Jennifer Marsh (Academy Award nominee Diane Lane) who is tasked with hunting down a serial killer who posts images of his victims on the Internet. The movie is currently in post-production and set for a release on January 25th, 2008.
 
 
'Lucky You' - First time exclusive
08/16/2007 I am proud to offer the readers of chrisyoung-filmmusic.info a chance to listen to exclusive clips from Christopher Young's score to Lucky You, directed by Curtis Hanson. The movie was the second collaboration between Christopher Young and the director, who also worked together on the film Wonder Boys. So check out the clips by clicking the banner and enjoy!
 
  Christopher Young to score 'Sleepwalking'
08/11/2007 Christopher Young has a new project in the pipeline - Sleepwalking starring Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron, Dennis Hopper, Woody Harrelson and Anna Sophia Robb tells the story of an 11-year old girl's struggle to come to terms with her mother's abandonment. The drama was written by Zac Stanford (The Chumscrubber) and is directed by newcomer Bill Maher.  Christopher Young started working on that project in mid June.
 
 

SONCINEMAD 2007 -  A Summer In Madrid With Christopher Young
 07/11/2007 The second Soncinemad Film Music Festival held in Madrid over the first weekend of July was a monumental success and a fantastic experience for filmmusic fans from all over the wolrd. Jum-packed with two concerts and several seminars by famous composers, one of the higlights was the masterclass with Christopher Young (Soncinemad 2007's Honorary President) on friday 29th where he talked about his scoring process for Spider-Man 3 and presented several cues from his score to the audience. One the same day original scores by Gabriel Yared, Christopher Gordon, Carles Cases, Ángel Illarramendi and Christopher Young were performed by the Carlos III Chamber Orchestra during the opening concert at the Kinépolis theatre, Europe's largest cinema. Juan Manuel Alonso conducted a terrific suite of themes by Christopher Young, featuring The Shipping News, The Hurricane, Murder In The First and Spider-Man 3.

Chrisyoung-filmmusic.info was able to shadow Christopher Young during his stay in Madrid and offers a selection of pictures from the upcoming photobook Soncinemad 2007 - A Summer in Madrid With Christopher Young. Please click on the banner above. Enjoy!
 

Spider-Man 3 - A Conversation With Christopher Young
 06/4/2007 Chrisyoung-filmmusic.info offers you an interview with Christopher Young in which he speaks about creating all the new themes for the movie, finding the right orchestration, the scoring process in general and many more. In addition to the interview you will be able to listen to several exlusive clips from the Spider-Man 3 score. Please click on the banner above. Enjoy!
 
  'Inside Film Music – Composers Speak'
04/06/2007 Silman-James Press recently published the book Inside Film Music – Composers Speak by Christian DesJardins. The book is a collection of interviews with composers like John Barry, Alan Silvestri, the late David Raksin and Basil Poledouris, plus John Ottman, Rachel Portman, Marc Shaiman, Klaus Badelt and many more. Inside Film Music – Composers Speak includes a foreward by Christopher Young and is currently available from www.amazon.com.
 
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