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Christophe Beck
Beck in 2012
Born
Jean-Christophe Beck

1968 (age 57–58)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
EducationCrescent School
Alma materYale University
RelativesChilly Gonzales (brother)
Musical career
Genres
Occupations
  • Composer
  • conductor
  • arranger
Instruments

Jean-Christophe Beck (born 1968) is a Canadian composer of film and television scores. He is best known for his collaborations with Disney and its subsidiaries, which include composing the soundtracks of The Muppets (2011) and Muppets Most Wanted (2014), Frozen (2013) and Frozen 2 (2019), the Marvel Cinematic Universe works Ant-Man (2015), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023), WandaVision (2021), Hawkeye (2021), and Agatha All Along (2024).

He composed the scores for several of Shawn Levy's films, including Big Fat Liar (2002), Just Married (2003), Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), The Pink Panther (2006), The Internship (2013), and Free Guy (2021). He is also known for composing the scores of the The Hangover (2009-13) film series, the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff Angel, and the Disney's 100th anniversary logo.

Beck won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) for his work on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and was nominated for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series or Movie for WandaVision.[1] He is also a Grammy Award[2] and a two-time Gemini Award nominee.

Early life

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Beck was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. His younger brother, Jason (b. 1972) is a composer, pianist, and rapper under the stage name Chilly Gonzales.

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. He attended Crescent School where he studied piano, saxophone, and drums. He wrote two musicals while studying music at Yale University.[3]

Career

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Beck at San Diego Comic-Con in 2014

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".[citation needed]

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 (MCU). 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.[4]

Beck works out of his studio in Santa Monica, California.[3]

Filmography

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Composer

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Film

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Year Title Notes
1996 Crossworlds
Past Perfect
Mr. October Short film
1997 Hostile Intent
The Alarmist
1998 Starstruck
Bone Daddy
Airborne
Dog Park
1999 Thick as Thieves
Let the Devil Wear Black
Guinevere
Coming Soon
2000 The Broken Hearts Club
Bring It On
Big Time Short film
2001 Lightmaker
The Cutting Room Short film
2002 Big Fat Liar
The Skulls II
Interstate 60
Stealing Harvard
The Tuxedo
2003 Just Married
The Event
Confidence
American Wedding
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Under the Tuscan Sun
Cheaper by the Dozen
2004 Saved!
The Skulls III
Garfield
A Cinderella Story
Little Black Book
Without a Paddle
Taxi
2005 Elektra
Ice Princess
The Perfect Man
3 Needles
Two for the Money
Yours, Mine & Ours
2006 The Pink Panther
The Sentinel
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Zoom
School for Scoundrels
We Are Marshall
2007 Year of the Dog
Charlie Bartlett
License to Wed
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
Fred Claus
2008 Phoebe in Wonderland
Drillbit Taylor
What Happens in Vegas
2009 The Greatest
The Pink Panther 2
The Hangover
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Post Grad
The Marc Pease Experience
All About Steve
2010 Waiting for 'Superman' Documentary
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Hot Tub Time Machine
Date Night
Death at a Funeral
RED
Due Date
Burlesque
2011 Cedar Rapids
The Hangover Part II
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Tower Heist
The Muppets Songs by Bret McKenzie
2012 This Means War
The Road We've Traveled Documentary short
The Watch
Pitch Perfect
Paperman Short film
The Guilt Trip
2013 Movie 43 Segment: "Happy Birthday"
Charlie Countryman
The Hangover Part III
The Internship
R.I.P.D.
Runner Runner
Frozen Songs by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
First score for a fully animated film
2014 Endless Love
Muppets Most Wanted Songs by Bret McKenzie
Red Army Documentary
Edge of Tomorrow
Let's Be Cops
Good Kill
Cake
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
2015 Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Frozen Fever Short film
Get Hard
Hot Pursuit
Ant-Man
The Peanuts Movie
Sisters
2016 Trolls
June Short film
2017 Lou
An Ordinary Man
A Symphony of Hope Documentary
American Made
Olaf's Frozen Adventure Short film
The 12th Man
2018 Gringo
Anon
Ant-Man and the Wasp
The Christmas Chronicles
2019 Watson Documentary
Frozen 2 Songs by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
2020 Like a Boss
Once Upon a Snowman Short film
The Christmas Chronicles 2
2021 Free Guy
2023 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Nimona
2024 Road House
Unfrosted
The Instigators
2026 The Sheep Detectives

Television

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Year Title Notes
1993-94 White Fang
1995 Land's End 2 episodes
Pig Sty 1 episode
1996 The Outer Limits 1 episode
Good Company
Second Noah 5 episodes
1996-97 Two 14 episodes
1996-98 F/X: The Series 39 episodes
1997 Friends 'Til the End TV film
1997 Killing Mr. Griffin TV film
1997-98 George & Leo 7 episodes
Spy Game 13 episodes
1997-2001 Buffy the Vampire Slayer 58 episodes
1998 Earthquake in New York TV film
1999 The Last Witness TV film
1999-2000 Angel 22 episodes
The Practice 24 episodes
2001 Wolf Girl TV film
2006 Day Break 1 episode
2012 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! 1 episode
Rogue TV film
Little Brother
2014 30 for 30: Soccer Stories 1 episode
2019 Frozen 2 - SAKS - Enchanted Forest Special
2021 WandaVision Limited series
Original themes by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
Hawkeye Limited series
Composed with Michael Paraskevas
2024 Agatha All Along Limited series
Composed with Michael Paraskevas
Original songs by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

Music department

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Year Work Contribution Notes Reference
1990 Jetsons: The Movie (orchestrator) [5]
1994 Death Match (additional music programmer)
(music scoring mixer)
1995 Pig Sty (composer)
(lyrics)
(TV series)
Land's End (composer)
1997 The Alarmist (music producer: score)
1998 F/X: The Series (composer) (TV series)
1999 Let the Devil Wear Black (score produced by)
Guinevere (score producer)
2000 Bring It On
2001 Buffy the Vampire Slayer (musical director)
(song arranger)
(song producer)
(composer)
(TV series)
(Episode: "Once More, with Feeling")
2002 Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road (conductor: score)
HBO First Look (musician) (TV Series documentary short)
2003 Confidence (conductor)
(score producer)
2004 Saved! (score produced by)
Without a Paddle (score producer)
2006 The Pink Panther (score producer)
School for Scoundrels
2007 Day Break (composer) (TV series)
Charlie Bartlett (score producer)
2010 Hot Tub Time Machine (score producer)
2012 Struck by Lightning (score produced by)
2013 Frozen (additional song orchestrator)
2018 BaseBoys (music) (TV series)
2025 Snow White (music consultant)

Soundtrack

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Year Work Job Notes Reference
1997 Nightwatch (performer: "Looking for James")
(writer: "Looking for James")
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1999 Coming Soon (performer: "Alive Again")
(writer: "Alive Again")
2000 Buffy the Vampire Slayer (performer)
(writer)
(TV series)
2002 Slap Her, She's French! (writer: "The Beef Song")
Big Fat Liar (writer: "Spanish Backlot")
2003 The Event (performer: "F**k You Very Much", "Mother", "Final Goodbye")
(writer: "F**k You Very Much", "Mother", "Final Goodbye")
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star ("Son Sueños")
2005 Wedding Crashers (writer: "Springtime" (2003))
2006 Click (writer: "Home 3")
Employee of the Month (performer: "All About the Money")
(writer: "All About the Money")
2007 Fred Claus (writer: "Kids Miss the Old Life", "Even the Dog Is Homesick")
2008 Phoebe in Wonderland (arranger: "Ninety Times Nine")
2009 Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts (performer: "Rave Opera") / (writer: "Rave Opera") (Video)
2010 Hot Tub Time Machine (writer: "Blind Man")
Knight and Day (writer: "Dolby's Con")
2012 Think Like a Man (writer: "Jack and Ali")
Atop the Fourth Wall ("Close Your Eyes") (TV series)
2013 Frozen [producer: "Vuelie", "Heimr Àrnadalr" (uncredited), "Vuelie (Reprise)"]
[writer: "Vuelie", "Heimr Àrnadalr" (uncredited), "Vuelie (Reprise)"]
2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (writer: "Blind Man") (uncredited)
The Judge (writer: "Rose Pregnant")
2015 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (writer: "Joy Steals Cab")
2016 Disney Magic Kingdoms (performer: "Elsa and Anna", "Epilogue")
(writer: "Elsa and Anna", "Epilogue")
(Video Game)
Life Is (music: "Let It Glow") (Short)
2018 Ralph Breaks the Internet ["The Great Thaw", "Vuelie (Reprise)"]
2019 The Grand Tour (writer: "Heading To The States") (uncredited)
(TV series)
Avengers: Endgame (writer: "Ant-Man Theme")
Frozen 2 (producer: "Vuelie")
(writer: "Vuelie")
2020 Trolls World Tour (writer: "Trolls You Wanna Have Fun")

Appearances

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Uncredited actor

Year Title Role Ref.
2000 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Pianist [5]

As himself

Year Title Notes Ref.
2007 Finding Kraftland Documentary [5]
2009 Le grand journal de Canal+ TV series documentary
2014 Just Seen It TV series
2016 Score: A Film Music Documentary Documentary
2017 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Documentary
2018 Score: The Podcast TV series

Accolades

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Year Award Category Work Result Reference
1998 Emmy Award Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) Buffy the Vampire Slayer
For episode: "Becoming: Part 1"
Won
Gemini Awards Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series F/X: The Series
For episode "Quicksilver"
Nominated
F/X: The Series
For episode "Requiem for a Cop"
Nominated
2000 OFTA Television Award Best New Theme Song in a Series Angel Nominated
2002 Emmy Award Outstanding Music Direction Buffy the Vampire Slayer
For episode "Once More, With Feeling"
Nominated
2006 Stinker Award Most Intrusive Musical Score Zoom Nominated
2007 IFMCA Award Best Original Score for a Comedy Film The Pink Panther Nominated
2010 HMMA Award Best Original Score - Indie Film / Documentary / Short Waiting for 'Superman' Won
2011 IFMCA Award Best Original Score for a Documentary Film Nominated
SLFCA Award Best Music The Muppets Nominated
2012 ASCAP Award Top Box Office Films Won
2013 Awards Circuit Community Awards Best Original Score Frozen Nominated
ICP Award Best Original Score or Soundtrack 10th place
PFCS Award Best Original Score Won
SLFCA Award Best Soundtrack Nominated
WAFCA Award Best Original Score Nominated
2014 Annie Awards Outstanding Achievement in Music in an Animated Feature Production Won
DFCS Award Best Original Score Nominated
Gold Derby Award Original Score Nominated
HMMA Award Best Original Score - Documentary Red Army Nominated
IFMCA Award Best Original Score for an Animated Film Frozen Nominated
2015 Grammy Awards Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Nominated
HMMA Award Best Original Score - Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Ant-Man Nominated
2018 Annie Awards Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production Olaf's Frozen Adventure Nominated
HMMA Award Best Original Score - Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Film Ant-Man and the Wasp Nominated
Kosmorama, Trondheim Internasjonale Filmfestival Best Music Den 12. mann Nominated
2019 HMMA Award Best Original Score - Animated Film Frozen 2 Nominated
2020 Annie Awards Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production Nominated
Awards Circuit Community Awards Best Original Score Nominated
IFMCA Award Best Original Score for an Animated Film Nominated
2021 Emmy Award Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score) WandaVision: Previously On Nominated

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Christophe Beck | Emmy Awards and Nominations". Television Academy. Retrieved August 11, 2026.
  2. ^ "Christophe Beck Grammy Awards and Nominations, Song & Bio". Grammy. January 17, 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2026.
  3. ^ a b "Christophe Beck - Official Composer Website". Christophe Beck. February 15, 2020.
  4. ^ "New Details About Disney 100 Years of Wonder Revealed to Fans During D23 Expo". The Walt Disney Company. September 12, 2022. Archived from the original on September 12, 2022. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d "Christophe Beck". IMDb. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
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