Christophe Beck
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Christophe Beck (born 1972 in Montreal, Canada), also credited as Chris Beck, is a Canadian film and television composer.
A native of Montreal, Beck studied music at Yale University and film scoring at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, where he was taught by Jerry Goldsmith among others.
He won an Emmy Award in 1998 for his work on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He has also worked on Angel and The Practice. His film credits include Bring It On (2000), Confidence (2003), American Wedding (2003), Garfield (2004), Elektra (2005), Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006), and School for Scoundrels (2006)
He graduated high school from Crescent School in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
[edit] Buffy
Beck worked on many Buffy episodes seasons two through six. Some of his most well known tracks for such scores follow:
- Buffy: 2x01 - When She Was Bad
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- "Resurrection"
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- "Sledgehammer"
- Buffy: 2x04 - Inca Mummy Girl
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- "Ampata's Kiss"
- Buffy: 2x08 - The Dark Age
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- "Mark of Eyghon"
- Buffy: 2x11 - Ted
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- "Accused"
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- "Robot rampage"
- Buffy: 2x13 - Surprise
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- "Buffy-Angel love theme"
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- "Escape"
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- "Moment of Happiness"
- Buffy: 2x14 - Innocence
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- "What's that do"
- Buffy: 2x16 - Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
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- "Buffy Rat"
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- "Mob rush"
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- "Twice the Fool"
- Buffy: 2x17 - Passion
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- "Angel Waits"
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- "Remembering Jenny"
- Buffy: 2x19 - I Only Have Eyes for You
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- "Love is Forever"
- Buffy: 2x21 - Becoming I
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- "As Angel Becomes"
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- "Cursed"
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- "Devil Child"
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- "Massacre"
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- "Show me your world"
- Buffy: 2x22 - Becoming II
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- "Close Your Eyes"
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- "Vision Of Jenny"
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- "Waking Willow"
- Buffy: 3x01 - Anne
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- "Deliverance"
- Buffy: 3x02 - Dead Man's Party
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- "The Mask theme"
- Buffy: 3x03 - Faith, Hope & Trick
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- "Goodbye"
- Buffy: 3x06 - Band Candy
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- "Sugar high"
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- "Tai Chi"
- Buffy: 3x09 - The Wish
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- "Bizzaro Sunnydale"
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- "Blood machine"
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- "Slayer's Elegy"
- Buffy: 3x10 - Amends
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- "Dreaming Of"
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- "Dublin"
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- "Magic Snow Music"
- Buffy: 3x12 - Helpless
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- "A Father's Love"
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- "Betrayal"
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- "Kraliks House"
- Buffy: 3x13 - The Zeppo
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- "Dead Guys With Bombs"
- Buffy: 3x16 - Doppelgängland
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- "Alternate Willow"
- Buffy: 3x19 - Choices
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- "Into the mayor's lair"
- Buffy: 3x20 - The Prom
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- "Class Protector"
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- "Dearly Beloved"
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- "The Beginning of the End"
- Buffy: 3x21 - Graduation Day I
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- "Faith's End"
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- "Poison Arrow"
- Buffy: 3x22 - Graduation Day II
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- "Aftermath"
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- "Drink Me"
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- "Little Miss Muffet"
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- "One Last Look"
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- "War"
- Buffy: 4x10 - Hush
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- "Hush Suite"
- Buffy: 4x22 - Restless
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- Anthony Stewart Head, Christophe Beck and Four Star Mary - "Giles' Epiphany"
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- "Restless Suite"
- Buffy: 5x22 - The Gift
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- "Sacrifice"
- Buffy: 6x07 - Once More, with Feeling
- Along with Joss Whedon, orchestrations, arrangements, incidental music:
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- Buffy Summers - "Going Through The Motions
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- Scooby Gang - "Got A Theory/Bunnies/If We'reTogether
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- David Fury - "The Mustard
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- Tara Maclay - "Under Your Spell
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- Xander Harris/Anya Jenkins - "I'll Never Tell
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- Marti Noxon - "The Parking Ticket
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- Spike - "Rest In Peace
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- Dawn Summers - "Dawn's Lament
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- Dawn Summers - "Dawn's Ballet
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- Sweet - "What You Feel
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- Rupert Giles - "Standing
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- Tara Maclay/Rupert Giles - "Under Your Spell/Standing Reprise
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- Scooby Gang - "Walk Through The Fire
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- Buffy Summers - "Something To Sing About
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- Sweet - "What You Feel Reprise
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- Scooby Gang - "Where Do We Go From Here
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- "Coda"
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- "End Credits"
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- "Main Title "
[edit] External links
- Christophe Beck at the Internet Movie Database
- Biography
- Interview with Elektra and Buffy Composer Christophe Beck
