I've always had a fascination for everything surrounding things that are unexplainable. Not surprising that my first movie was a horror film,… — Christopher Young Experience Copy Share Image
I don't think when I started off that I was expecting to become so specialized, but what happened is that when my… — Christopher Young Career Copy Share Image
Film composers are the most prolific music makers on this planet, and most of us are, like, losing our minds if we're… — Christopher Young Cinema Copy Share Image
In horror movies, you can write music that if it was performed on the concert stage would have the audience running out… — Christopher Young Becomes Copy Share Image
Horror films are the ones that pay the bills, and historically, they have shown that they are good investments. They helped Universal… — Christopher Young Alive Copy Share Image
'Sinister' is the first score I've done in which there's no orchestra in it whatsoever. There are traditional instruments I sampled, then… — Christopher Young Done Copy Share Image
I don't care how inventive you are; once you introduce strings into the ensemble for a horror film, you're entering into a… — Christopher Young Don-t-care Copy Share Image
Writing in the electronic world, you imagine a sound, and then you have to go and find it. It's not like imagining… — Christopher Young Easy Copy Share Image
I'm a fan of 20th century orchestral music, the experimental avant-garde composers of the '50s, '60s, and '70s. In horror movies you… — Christopher Young 20th century Copy Share Image
People who work in horror know they are contributing to a genre that has always been loved and will always be loved… — Christopher Young Evil Copy Share Image
As a kid, I had a Beatles poster and a Bela Lugosi as Dracula poster, so both worlds always appealed to me.… — Christopher Young Beatles Copy Share Image
My job scoring a horror movie is like being the barker at a carnival. A good barker can get anyone to walk… — Christopher Young Audience Copy Share Image
Horror allows you to do things as a composer than you're able to do in no other style of movie. The music… — Christopher Young Aggressive Copy Share Image
Usually when I am approached to do a score for a horror movie, it's to attempt a repeat performance of what I… — Christopher Young Back Copy Share Image
'Psycho' is probably the best known example of a horror film whose exclusive sound was strings, and since then, it's been hard… — Christopher Young Best Copy Share Image
I'm into horror pictures because I love the fear of being alone in the dark, and I'd recommend that to any composer… — Christopher Young Alone Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I'd make a point of driving to the middle of nowhere and spending an evening with just me,… — Christopher Young Afraid Copy Share Image
