Christopher Drake

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Christopher Drake
Nationality American
Occupation Composer
Notable work(s) Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
Batman: Under the Red Hood
Batman: Year One
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Batman: Arkham Origins

Christopher Drake is an American film and television composer.

Drake was personally selected by Academy Award nominated film director Guillermo del Toro to provide the music for the first two 75-minute animated movies, Hellboy: Sword of Storms and Hellboy: Blood and Iron. The animated films starring Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Selma Blair (Liz Sherman), Doug Jones (Abe Sapien), Peri Gilpin (Professor Kate Corrigan) and John Hurt as (Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm) were released by Starz Media in 2006 and 2007.

In addition to the two animated Hellboy films, Drake provided the score to the 2008 Konami video game Hellboy: The Science of Evil developed by Krome Studios for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PlayStation Portable.

In 2008 Drake joined composers Robert J. Kral and Kevin Manthei in writing music for Warner Bros. Batman: Gotham Knight (2008). Following Gotham Knight, Drake scored the fourth in the line of DC Universe Animated Original Movies, Wonder Woman (2009), starring Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Alfred Molina, Virginia Madsen, and Rosario Dawson. After that film, 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 (2011), Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (2011), Batman: Year One (2011), Justice League: Doom (2012), and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (2012).

Drake is also known for his work in video games, such as Injustice: Gods Among Us (2013), and Batman: Arkham Origins (2013).

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