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Biography
Citations|date=January 2012Infobox person|name = Christophe Beck|image =|caption =|birthname=Jean-Christophe Beck|birth_date = Birth year and age|1972|birth_place = Montreal , Canada |occupation = Film score composer, television score composer Christophe Beck (born Jean-Christophe Beck ; 1972), also credited as Chris Beck , is a Canadian television score|television and film score|film score composer.
A native of Montreal , Beck graduated from Crescent School (Toronto)|Crescent School in Toronto , Ontario , Canada . He studied music at Yale University , where he was the music director of the the Spizzwinks(? )|Spizzwinks(? ) of 1989 and 1990 and the the Whiffenpoofs|Whiffenpoofs of 1991. He studied film scoring at the University of Southern California USC Thornton School of Music|Thornton School of Music , where he was taught by Jerry Goldsmith among others. Studied and worked under Mike Post for a period, including writing uncredited music on some of Post's series.
He won an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series#1990s|Emmy Award in 1998 for his work on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer . He has also worked on Angel (TV series)|Angel and The Practice . His film credits include Starstruck (1998 film)|Starstruck (1998), Let the Devil Wear Black ( 1999 in film|1999 ), Bring It On (film)|Bring It On ( 2000 in film|2000 ), Confidence (2003 film)|Confidence ( 2003 in film|2003 ), American Wedding (2003), Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), Garfield (film)|Garfield ( 2004 in film|2004 ), Elektra (2005 film)|Elektra ( 2005 in film|2005 ), Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties ( 2006 in film|2006 ), School for Scoundrels (2006 film)|School for Scoundrels , The Pink Panther (2006 film)|The Pink Panther ( 2006 in film|2006 ) , We Are Marshall ( 2006 in film|2006 ), License to Wed (2007), The Seeker (film)|The Seeker ( 2007 in film|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 (film)|The Hangover (2009), Waiting for Superman (2010), Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010), Date Night (2010), Tower Heist and The Muppets (film)|The Muppets (2011). http://upcomingfilmscores.blogspot.com/2009/07/christophe-beck-percy-jackson-olympians.html dead link|date=January 2012 He appeared in the documentary Finding Kraftland (2006) for his agent Richard Kraft.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Beck was the main composer for Buffy the Vampire Slayer during seasons 2-4. He later returned to compose for the key episodes " The Gift (Buffy episode)|The Gift " and " Once More, with Feeling (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|Once More, with Feeling ". Notable pieces of Beck's work have appeared on various Buffy soundtrack albums:
"Close Your Eyes", the Buffy/Angel love theme from " Becoming, Part Two ", is included on this release.
Once More, with Feeling (Buffy episode)#CD track listing|Once More, with Feeling
Although Joss Whedon wrote the songs for "Once More, with Feeling", Beck was hired to realise them and provide the score. This album is almost entirely dedicated to this particular episode, but also features three Beck compositions from earlier episodes; "Suite from Restless (Buffy episode)|Restless ", "Suite from Hush (Buffy episode)|Hush " and "Sacrifice", from "The Gift".
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Radio Sunnydale - Music from the TV Series|Radio Sunnydale
The UK and Latin America edition of this album includes "Dead Guys with Bombs", from " The Zeppo ".
This release is entirely dedicated to Beck's compositions for the show. Much of the music is from " Graduation Day, Part One|Graduation Day ", "Hush", "Restless" and "The Gift", amongst others. Multiple cues are edited down versions of the original pieces heard on promotional CDs leaked years before.
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