# Christophe Beck

Jean-Christophe Beck (born in 1968) is a Canadian television and film score composer and conductor. 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 films Ant-Man (2015), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) as well as the TV miniseries WandaVision (2021), Hawkeye (2021), and Agatha All Along (2024) for Marvel Studios, and Free Guy (2021) 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 (2002), Just Married (2003), Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), The Pink Panther (2006), The Internship (2013), and Free Guy (2021). 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 (2009-2013). He is the older brother of composer, pianist and rapper Chilly Gonzales.

## 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 (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.
Beck works out of his studio in Santa Monica, California.

## Discography
### Composer

| Year | Work | Notes |
| 1993 | White Fang | (TV series) |
| 1995 | Pig Sty | (TV series) |
| 1996 | Good Company | (TV series) |
| 1996 | Second Noah | (TV series) |
| 1996 | Crossworlds | |
| 1996 | Past Perfect | |
| 1996 | Mr. October | (Short) |
| 1997 | Friends 'Til the End | (TV Movie) |
| 1997 | Two | (TV series) |
| 1997 | Killing Mr. Griffin | (TV Movie) |
| 1997 | Hostile Intent | |
| 1997 | The Alarmist | |
| 1998 | George & Leo | (TV series) |
| 1998 | Starstruck | |
| 1998 | F/X: The Series | (TV series) |
| 1998 | Bone Daddy | |
| 1998 | Airborne | |
| 1998 | Dog Park | |
| 1998 | Earthquake in New York | (TV Movie) |
| 1998 | Spy Game | (TV series) |
| 1999 | Thick as Thieves | |
| 1999 | Let the Devil Wear Black | |
| 1999 | Guinevere | |
| 1999 | Coming Soon | |
| 1999 | The Last Witness | (TV Movie) |
| 2000 | The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy | |
| 2000 | Angel | (TV series) |
| 2000 | Bring It On | |
| 2000 | The Practice | (TV series) |
| 2000 | Big Time | (Short) |
| 2001 | Lightmaker | |
| 2001 | Wolf Girl | (TV Movie) |
| 2001 | The Cutting Room | (Short) |
| 2001 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | (TV series) |
| 2002 | Big Fat Liar | |
| 2002 | The Skulls II | (Video) |
| 2002 | Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road | |
| 2002 | Stealing Harvard | |
| 2002 | The Tuxedo | |
| 2003 | Just Married | |
| 2003 | The Event | |
| 2003 | Confidence | |
| 2003 | American Wedding | |
| 2003 | Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star | |
| 2003 | Under the Tuscan Sun | |
| 2003 | Cheaper by the Dozen | |
| 2004 | Saved! | |
| 2004 | The Skulls III | (Video) |
| 2004 | Garfield | |
| 2004 | A Cinderella Story | |
| 2004 | Little Black Book | |
| 2004 | Without a Paddle | |
| 2004 | Taxi | |
| 2005 | Elektra | |
| 2005 | Ice Princess | |
| 2005 | The Perfect Man | |
| 2005 | 3 Needles | |
| 2005 | Two for the Money | |
| 2005 | Yours, Mine & Ours | |
| 2006 | The Making of 'Two for the Money' | (Video documentary short) |
| 2006 | Insider Interview: The Real Brandon | (Video documentary short) |
| 2006 | The Pink Panther | |
| 2006 | The Sentinel | |
| 2006 | Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties | |
| 2006 | Zoom | |
| 2006 | School for Scoundrels | |
| 2006 | Day Break | (TV series) |
| 2006 | We Are Marshall | |
| 2007 | Year of the Dog | |
| 2007 | Charlie Bartlett | |
| 2007 | License to Wed | |
| 2007 | The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising | |
| 2007 | Fred Claus | |
| 2008 | Phoebe in Wonderland | |
| 2008 | Drillbit Taylor | |
| 2008 | What Happens in Vegas | |
| 2009 | The Greatest | |
| 2009 | The Pink Panther 2 | |
| 2009 | The Hangover | |
| 2009 | I Love You, Beth Cooper | |
| 2009 | Post Grad | |
| 2009 | The Marc Pease Experience | |
| 2009 | All About Steve | |
| 2010 | Waiting for 'Superman' | (Documentary) |
| 2010 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | |
| 2010 | Hot Tub Time Machine | |
| 2010 | Date Night | |
| 2010 | Death at a Funeral | |
| 2010 | RED | |
| 2010 | Due Date | |
| 2010 | Burlesque | |
| 2011 | Cedar Rapids | |
| 2011 | The Hangover Part II | |
| 2011 | Crazy, Stupid, Love. | |
| 2011 | Tower Heist | |
| 2011 | The Muppets | (Original songs by Bret McKenzie) |
| 2012 | This Means War | |
| 2012 | The Road We've Traveled | (Documentary short) |
| 2012 | The Watch | |
| 2012 | Pitch Perfect | |
| 2012 | Paperman | (Short) |
| 2012 | The Guilt Trip | |
| 2012 | The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! | (TV series) |
| 2012 | Rogue | (TV Movie) |
| 2012 | Little Brother | (TV Movie) |
| 2013 | Movie 43 | (Segment "Happy Birthday") |
| 2013 | The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman | |
| 2013 | The Hangover Part III | |
| 2013 | The Internship | |
| 2013 | R.I.P.D. | |
| 2013 | Runner Runner | |
| 2013 | Frozen | (Original songs by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez) |
| 2014 | Endless Love | |
| 2014 | Muppets Most Wanted | (Original songs by Bret McKenzie) |
| 2014 | 30 for 30: Soccer Stories | (TV series) |
| 2014 | Red Army | (Documentary) |
| 2014 | Edge of Tomorrow | |
| 2014 | Let's Be Cops | |
| 2014 | Good Kill | |
| 2014 | Cake | |
| 2014 | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | |
| 2015 | Hot Tub Time Machine 2 | |
| 2015 | Frozen Fever | (Short) |
| 2015 | Get Hard | |
| 2015 | Hot Pursuit | |
| 2015 | Ant-Man | |
| 2015 | The Peanuts Movie | |
| 2015 | Sisters | |
| 2016 | Trolls | |
| 2016 | June | (Short) |
| 2017 | Lou | (Short) |
| 2017 | An Ordinary Man | |
| 2017 | A Symphony of Hope | (Documentary) |
| 2017 | American Made | |
| 2017 | Olaf's Frozen Adventure | (Short) |
| 2017 | The 12th Man | |
| 2018 | Gringo | |
| 2018 | Anon | |
| 2018 | Ant-Man and the Wasp | |
| 2018 | The Christmas Chronicles | |
| 2019 | Watson | (Documentary) |
| 2019 | Frozen II | (Original songs by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez) |
| 2019 | Frozen II - SAKS - Enchanted Forest | (TV Special) |
| 2020 | Like a Boss | |
| 2020 | Once Upon a Snowman | (Short) |
| 2020 | The Christmas Chronicles 2 | |
| 2021 | WandaVision | (Limited series, original themes by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez) |
| 2021 | Free Guy | |
| 2021 | Hawkeye | (Limited series, composed with Michael Paraskevas) |
| 2023 | Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | |
| 2023 | Shazam! Fury of the Gods | (Replaced Benjamin Wallfisch) |
| 2023 | Nimona | |
| 2024 | Road House | |
| 2024 | Unfrosted | |
| 2024 | The Instigators | |
| 2024 | Agatha All Along | (Limited series, original songs by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez) |

### Music department

| Year | Work | Job | Notes |
| 1990 | Jetsons: The Movie | (orchestrator) | |
| 1994 | Death Match | (additional music programmer) (music scoring mixer) | |
| 1995 | Pig Sty | (composer) (lyrics) | (TV series) |
| 1995 | Land's End | (composer) | (TV series) |
| 1997 | The Alarmist | (music producer: score) | |
| 1998 | F/X: The Series | (composer) | (TV series) |
| 1999 | Let the Devil Wear Black | (score produced by) | |
| 1999 | Guinevere | (score producer) | |
| 2000 | Bring It On | (score producer) | |
| 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) | |
| 2002 | HBO First Look | (musician) | (TV Series documentary short) |
| 2003 | Confidence | (conductor) (score producer) | |
| 2004 | Saved! | (score produced by) | |
| 2004 | Without a Paddle | (score producer) | |
| 2006 | The Pink Panther | (score producer) | |
| 2006 | School for Scoundrels | (score producer) | |
| 2007 | Day Break | (composer) | (TV series) |
| 2007 | Charlie Bartlett | (score producer) | |
| 2010 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | (composer: theme music) | |
| 2010 | Hot Tub Time Machine | (score producer) | |
| 2012 | Struck by Lightning | (score produced by) | |
| 2013 | Frozen | (additional song orchestrator) | |
| 2018 | BaseBoys | (music) | (TV series) |
| 2020 | Like a Boss | (music by) | |

### Soundtrack

| Year | Work | Job | Notes |
| 1997 | Nightwatch | (performer: "Looking for James") (writer: "Looking for James") | |
| 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") | |
| 2002 | 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") | |
| 2003 | Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star | ("Son Sueños") | |
| 2005 | Wedding Crashers | (writer: "Springtime" (2003)) | |
| 2006 | Click | (writer: "Home 3") | |
| 2006 | 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") | |
| 2010 | Knight and Day | (writer: "Dolby's Con") | |
| 2012 | Think Like a Man | (writer: "Jack and Ali") | |
| 2012 | 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) |
| 2014 | 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) |
| 2016 | 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) |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | (writer: "Ant-Man Theme") | |
| 2019 | Frozen II | (producer: "Vuelie") (writer: "Vuelie") | |
| 2020 | Trolls World Tour | (writer: "Trolls You Wanna Have Fun") | |

## Filmography
### Actor

| Year | Work | Role | Notes | Reference |
| 2000 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Pianist | (uncredited) | |

### Self

| Year | Work | Role | Notes |
| 2007 | Finding Kraftland | Himself | Documentary |
| 2009 | Le grand journal de Canal+ | Himself | TV series documentary |
| 2014 | Just Seen It | Himself | TV series |
| 2016 | Score: A Film Music Documentary | Himself | Documentary |
| 2017 | Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Himself | Documentary |
| 2018 | Score: The Podcast | Himself | TV series |

## Accolades

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 1998 | Emmy Award | Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) | Buffy the Vampire Slayer For episode: "Becoming: Part 1" | Won |
| 1998 | Gemini Awards | Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series | F/X: The Series For episode "Quicksilver" | Nominated |
| 1998 | Gemini Awards | Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series | 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 | Waiting for 'Superman' | Nominated |
| 2011 | SLFCA Award | Best Music | The Muppets | Nominated |
| 2012 | ASCAP Award | Top Box Office Films | The Muppets | Won |
| 2013 | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Original Score | Frozen | Nominated |
| 2013 | ICP Award | Best Original Score or Soundtrack | Frozen | 10th place |
| 2013 | PFCS Award | Best Original Score | Frozen | Won |
| 2013 | SLFCA Award | Best Soundtrack | Frozen | Nominated |
| 2013 | WAFCA Award | Best Original Score | Frozen | Nominated |
| 2014 | Annie Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Music in an Animated Feature Production | Frozen | Won |
| 2014 | DFCS Award | Best Original Score | Frozen | Nominated |
| 2014 | Gold Derby Award | Original Score | Frozen | Nominated |
| 2014 | HMMA Award | Best Original Score - Documentary | Red Army | Nominated |
| 2014 | IFMCA Award | Best Original Score for an Animated Film | Frozen | Nominated |
| 2015 | Grammy Awards | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Frozen | Nominated |
| 2015 | 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 |
| 2018 | HMMA Award | Best Original Score - Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Film | Ant-Man and the Wasp | Nominated |
| 2018 | Kosmorama, Trondheim Internasjonale Filmfestival | Best Music | Den 12. mann | Nominated |
| 2019 | HMMA Award | Best Original Score - Animated Film | Frozen II | Nominated |
| 2020 | Annie Awards | Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production | Frozen II | Nominated |
| 2020 | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Original Score | Frozen II | Nominated |
| 2020 | IFMCA Award | Best Original Score for an Animated Film | Frozen II | Nominated |
| 2021 | Emmy Award | Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score) | WandaVision: Previously On | Nominated |