Artist:Christopher Young
Song:Rounders
Album:Rounders: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture
Christopher Young is a jazz drummer who got into composing film scores in the 80s. He started out doing horror movies and got into mainstream films in the 90s. His score for the 1998 poker film Rounders is jazz oriented. He was born Apr. 28, 1958 in Red Bank, NJ. Young earned a BA in Music at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA. After completing post graduate studies at the University of North Texas, Young moved to Los Angeles in 1980. His original plan was to get into jazz. But after hearing the music of Bernard Herrmann, he studied at the UCLA Film School with Laura composer David Raksin. He made contacts there that got him work as a composer. Young's first score was the 1982 film The Dorm That Dripped Blood. That set the tone for the kind of films Young scored early in his career like Def-Con 4, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, Invaders from Mars and Hellraisers. He continued to score horror and sci fi in the 90s. Young first worked with director John Dahl on the 1996 sci fi film Unforgettable. Dahl next film was the 1998 poker film Rounders starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton. After rejecting Young's orchestral score for the film, Dahl asked for a jazz score. So the soundtrack album might appeal to jazz fans. Musicians include Brandon Fields on soprano and alto sax, Bill Liston on tenor and baritone sax, Alex Iles on trumpet, Wayne Bergeron on trombone, Michael Lang on organ, Gary Nesteruk on piano, Dean Parks on guitar, Karl-Vincent Wickliff on bass, M.B. Gordy on drums and John Fitzgerald on percussion. These guys are all veteran session musicians. Rounders is available as a digital download. Young continues to score all kinds of films. But he still has a soft spot for horror movies. Among the directors he works with frequently are Scott Derrickson, Marc Steven Johnson and Tyler Perry. His latest film The Empty Man was released in 2020. Young has two horror films in post production, Abyzou and The Piper. Here's a video for Rounders by Christopher Young.
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