Christopher Drake is an American film, television and video game composer.
Drake was selected by director
Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro Gómez (; born October 9, 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and actor. He directed the Academy Award–winning fantasy films '' Pan's Labyrinth'' (2006) and '' The Shape of Water'' (2017), winning the Academy Awards for ...
to provide the music for the first two 75-minute animated films, ''
Hellboy: Sword of Storms'' and ''
Hellboy: Blood and Iron'' released by Starz Media in 2006 and 2007. Drake also collaborated with del Toro in rescoring one of his early films ''
Geometría'', included in
The Criterion Collection
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edition of del Toro's ''
Cronos''.
In 2008, Drake joined composers
Robert J. Kral and
Kevin Manthei in writing music for
Warner Bros.'s ''
Batman: Gotham Knight'' (2008). Following ''Gotham Knight'', Drake scored the fourth in the line of
DC Universe Animated Original Movies, ''
Wonder Woman
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'' (2009).
Drake wrote the scores for the animated films ''
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies'' (2009), ''
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths'' (2010), ''
Batman: Under the Red Hood'' (2010), ''
All-Star Superman
''All-Star Superman'' is a twelve-issue American comic book series featuring Superman that was published by DC Comics. The series ran from November 2005 to October 2008. The series was written by Grant Morrison, drawn by Frank Quitely, and digi ...
'' (2011), ''
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights'' (2011), ''
Batman: Year One'' (2011), ''
Justice League: Doom'' (2012), and ''
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns'' (2012–13).
Drake is also known for his work in video games, such as ''
Hellboy: The Science of Evil'' (2008) ''
Injustice: Gods Among Us'' (2013), ''
Batman: Arkham Origins'' (2013), and ''
Injustice 2
''Injustice 2'' is a 2017 fighting video game it is the sequel to 2013's '' Injustice: Gods Among Us'' and is the second installment in the '' Injustice'' franchise based upon the DC Universe. It is developed by NetherRealm Studios and publish ...
'' (2017).
In 2017, Drake was hired as the composer for
Netflix
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's remake of the ''
Lost in Space
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'' series, but later replaced by
Christopher Lennertz.
Discography
Film
Video games
External links
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Official Christopher Drake Composer Website.
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American film score composers
American male film score composers
American television composers
Living people
Video game composers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)