Jean-Christophe Beck (born November 30, 1972) is an Emmy Award-winning Canadian television and film score composer and conductor.

Beck won an Emmy Award in 1998 for his work on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Christophe Beck

His movie works include The Hangover, The Muppets (2011), Frozen, Marvel's Ant-Man movies, and Frozen II.

Christophe Beck

Influences

Beck stated composers like Jerry Goldsmith, Howard Shore, Alan Menken, David Newman, John Debney, Buddy Baker, Michael Giacchino, Joel McNeely, J.A.C. Redford, Irwin Kostal, Paul Smith, Frank Churchill, Oliver Wallace, Mychael Danna, Bruce Broughton, Elmer Bernstein, Henry Mancini, John Barry, Lalo Schifrin, James Newton Howard, Joe Hisaishi, Alexandre Desplat, Maurice Jarre, Hans Zimmer, John Powell, Harry Gregson-Williams, Michael Kamen, Leonard Bernstein, Rolfe Kent, John Williams, Kevin Kiner, Thomas Newman, Max Steiner, Angelo Badalamenti, George Bruns, Randy Newman, Marco Beltrami, Alan Silvestri and James Horner as influences.

Christophe Beck

References

1972 births

Living people

Canadian composers

Canadian pianists

Canadian drummers

Saxophonists

Canadian conductors

Musicians from Montreal

Emmy Award winners