Christophe Beck


Jean-Christophe Beck is a Canadian television and film score composer. He is best known for his collaborations with Disney and its subsidiaries, which include composing the soundtracks of The Muppets and Muppets Most Wanted, Frozen and Frozen 2, the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp, and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania as well as the TV miniseries WandaVision, Hawkeye, and Agatha All Along for Marvel Studios, and Free Guy for 20th Century Studios, as well as Disney's 100th anniversary logo.
He composed the scores for several of Shawn Levy's films, including Big Fat Liar, Just Married, Cheaper by the Dozen, The Pink Panther, The Internship, and Free Guy. Notably, he won an Emmy Award in 1998 for his work on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He is also known for composing the scores of the film series The Hangover. He is the older brother of composer, pianist and rapper Chilly Gonzales.
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Early life

Beck started piano lessons at the age of five, and by the time he turned eleven, he was learning Bee Gees songs by ear and performing with his first band, Newton Talks, who licensed a song to Hot Tub Time Machine. Beck attended Crescent School where he studied piano, saxophone, and drums. He wrote two musicals while studying music at Yale University.

Career

Upon graduation, Beck moved to Los Angeles to attend USC's film scoring program, where he studied with Jerry Goldsmith. A personal recommendation from Buddy Baker, then head of the USC Music Department, led to his first assignment for a Canadian TV series called White Fang. Several TV series later, he was asked to score the second season of the WB Network show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Beck received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for his score to the Buffy episode "Becoming, Part 1".
In 2000, the cheerleading comedy Bring It On launched Beck's film career. His credits include Under the Tuscan Sun, Edge of Tomorrow, Crazy, Stupid, Love, Pitch Perfect, and the Hangover trilogy. More recently, Beck scored the Oscar- and Grammy-winning animated film Frozen, and several installments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. At the D23 Expo in 2022, it was announced that Beck had composed a new arrangement of "When You Wish Upon a Star" to accompany Disney's 100th anniversary logo, conducted by Tim Davies, which debuted ahead of the film Strange World.
Beck works out of his studio in Santa Monica, California.

Appearances

Uncredited actor
As himself
YearTitleNotesRef.
2007Finding KraftlandDocumentary
2009Le grand journal de Canal+TV series documentary
2014Just Seen ItTV series
2016Score: A Film Music DocumentaryDocumentary
2017Original Motion Picture SoundtrackDocumentary
2018Score: The PodcastTV series

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultReference
1998Emmy AwardOutstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)Buffy the Vampire Slayer
For episode: "Becoming: Part 1"		Won
1998Gemini AwardsBest Original Music Score for a Dramatic SeriesF/X: The Series
For episode "Quicksilver"
1998Gemini AwardsBest Original Music Score for a Dramatic SeriesF/X: The Series
For episode "Requiem for a Cop"
2000OFTA Television AwardBest New Theme Song in a SeriesAngel
2002Emmy AwardOutstanding Music DirectionBuffy the Vampire Slayer
For episode "Once More, With Feeling"
2006Stinker AwardMost Intrusive Musical ScoreZoom
2007IFMCA AwardBest Original Score for a Comedy FilmThe Pink Panther
2010HMMA AwardBest Original Score - Indie Film / Documentary / ShortWaiting for 'Superman'Won
2011IFMCA AwardBest Original Score for a Documentary FilmWaiting for 'Superman'
2011SLFCA AwardBest MusicThe Muppets
2012ASCAP AwardTop Box Office FilmsThe MuppetsWon
2013Awards Circuit Community AwardsBest Original ScoreFrozen
2013ICP AwardBest Original Score or SoundtrackFrozen
2013PFCS AwardBest Original ScoreFrozenWon
2013SLFCA AwardBest SoundtrackFrozen
2013WAFCA AwardBest Original ScoreFrozen
2014Annie AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Music in an Animated Feature ProductionFrozenWon
2014DFCS AwardBest Original ScoreFrozen
2014Gold Derby AwardOriginal ScoreFrozen
2014HMMA AwardBest Original Score - DocumentaryRed Army
2014IFMCA AwardBest Original Score for an Animated FilmFrozen
2015Grammy AwardsBest Score Soundtrack for Visual MediaFrozen
2015HMMA AwardBest Original Score - Sci-Fi/Fantasy FilmAnt-Man
2018Annie AwardsOutstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature ProductionOlaf's Frozen Adventure
2018HMMA AwardBest Original Score - Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror FilmAnt-Man and the Wasp
2018Kosmorama, Trondheim Internasjonale FilmfestivalBest MusicDen 12. mann
2019HMMA AwardBest Original Score - Animated FilmFrozen 2
2020Annie AwardsOutstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature ProductionFrozen 2
2020Awards Circuit Community AwardsBest Original ScoreFrozen 2
2020IFMCA AwardBest Original Score for an Animated FilmFrozen 2
2021Emmy AwardOutstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score)WandaVision: Previously On