Chris Bacon

As a youth Bacon learned to play piano and saxophone, and from an early age he knew he wanted to be a film composer. He has said, "From the point that I could start thinking about what I wanted to do when I grew up... it was always to write movie music." Bacon received a Bachelor's Degree in music composition from Brigham Young University and completed the Scoring For Motion Pictures and Television program at University of Southern California. Bacon cites his internship with James Newton Howard as his most valuable musical training, "While I learned a ton from school, my real-world education came under James. It felt like I was on scholarship because I was being paid to learn what it means to be a film composer at the pinnacle of the industry. James gave me my first opportunities on projects that he couldn't fully take on for a variety of reasons, and his endorsement was very comforting to producers who appreciated the work still being performed under his 'umbrella'."

Bacon's solo debut as a film composer came with the 2007 Lifetime film Angels Fall, for which he composed the main theme. Bacon's first solo feature film score was the thriller Source Code. Bacon has also contributed music to many film and TV productions, including American Hustle, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Goosebumps. Bacon's next project is the Amazon reboot of The Tick, directed by Wally Pfister. Bacon has been nominated for four Emmy Awards: one for his work on the NBC series Smash, two for this work on the A&E series Bates Motel, three for Amazon Prime series The Tick and four for Netflix series Wednesday.

• Year — Title — Director — Composer — Notes • 2005 — King Kong — Peter Jackson — James Newton Howard — Also score producer • 2006 — RV — Barry Sonnenfeld • 2007 — Earth — Alastair Fothergill Mark Linfield — George Fenton • 2010 — Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang — Susanna White — James Newton Howard • Inhale — Baltasar Kormákur • 2011 — Water for Elephants — Francis Lawrence • Larry Crowne — Tom Hanks • Arthur Christmas — Sarah Smith — Harry Gregson-Williams • 2013 — American Hustle — David O. Russell — Danny Elfman • 2014 — Mr. Peabody & Sherman — Rob Minkoff • Paddington — Paul King — Nick Urata • 2015 — Avengers: Age of Ultron — Joss Whedon — Danny Elfman Brian Tyler • Goosebumps — Rob Letterman — Danny Elfman • 2016 — Alice Through the Looking Glass — James Bobin • 2017 — Tulip Fever — Justin Chadwick • 2018 — The Grinch — Scott Mosier Yarrow Cheney • 2019 — Dumbo — Tim Burton • 2020 — Dolittle — Stephen Gaghan • 2022 — Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness — Sam Raimi • Disenchanted — Adam Shankman — Alan Menken • 2024 — Beetlejuice Beetlejuice — Tim Burton — Danny Elfman

• Year — Title — Notes • 2007 — Angels Fall — TV film; composed with Stuart Michael Thomas • Blue Smoke • 2009 — Northern Lights • Midnight Bayou • 2011 — Ricochet — TV film • Wonder Woman — TV film • 2012 — Hornet's Nest — TV film • 2012–13 — Smash — 26 episodes; composed with Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman • 2013 — An Amish Murder — TV film • Reckless — TV film • 2013–17 — Bates Motel — 50 episodes • 2015 — Living with Lincoln — TV film • 2016 — Finding Fortune — TV film • 2016–19 — The Tick — 22 episodes • 2017 — A Series of Unfortunate Events — 2 episodes • When We Rise — Miniseries; composed with Danny Elfman • 2022–present — Wednesday — 7 episodes; composed with Danny Elfman