Christopher Drake
Christopher Drake is an American film, television and video game composer. He has composed music for several DC Comics projects, including the animated films Batman: Under the Red Hood, Batman: Year One, and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, as well as the video games Injustice: Gods Among Us and Batman: Arkham Origins. According to Drake, he first broke into the music business in 2002, when director Guillermo del Toro heard some music that Drake had composed for props collector Bob Burns.
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Christopher Drake is an American film, television and video game composer. He has composed music for several DC Comics projects, including the animated films Batman: Under the Red Hood, Batman: Year One, and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, as well as the video games Injustice: Gods Among Us and Batman: Arkham Origins. According to Drake, he first broke into the music business in 2002, when director Guillermo del Toro heard some music that Drake had composed for props collector Bob Burns.
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He collaborated with del Toro to re-score the director's unfinished 1987 short film Geometria for a 2010 release.
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• Name — Christopher Drake • Occupation — composer
Video games
Video games
• Year — Title — Studio(s) — Notes • 2008 — Hellboy: The Science of Evil — Krome Studios Konami • 2013 — Injustice: Gods Among Us — NetherRealm Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment • 2013 — Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate — Armature Studio Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment • 2013 — Batman: Arkham Origins — WB Games Montréal Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment • 2017 — Injustice 2 — NetherRealm Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
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• Year — Title — Director — Studio(s) — Notes • 1987 — Geometria — Guillermo del Toro • 2003 — Passing Through — Bruce Coughran • 2005 — Plan B — Morgan Mead • 2006 — Fra gli amici — Jason Hallows • Hellboy: Sword of Storms — Phil Weinstein Tad Stones — Film Roman Madhouse • 2007 — Hellboy: Blood and Iron — Mike Mignola Tad Stones • 2008 — Singularity — Jason Hallows • Batman: Gotham Knight — Shoujirou Nishimi Yasuhiro Aoki — Warner Bros. Animation Warner Premiere — Segments: Have I Got a Story for You and In Darkness Dwells • 2009 — The Fisherman — Jason Hallows • Wonder Woman — Lauren Montgomery — Warner Bros. Animation Warner Premiere • Superman/Batman: Public Enemies — Sam Liu • Bob Burns' Hollywood Halloween — Lindsey Keith Jackson • 2010 — Batman: Under the Red Hood — Brandon Vietti — Warner Bros. Animation Warner Premiere • 2011 — All-Star Superman — Sam Liu • Green Lantern: Emerald Knights — Christopher Berkeley Lauren Montgomery Jay Oliva • Batman: Year One — Sam Liu Lauren Montgomery • DC Showcase: Catwoman — Lauren Montgomery • 2012 — Justice League: Doom • 2012–13 — Batman: The Dark Knight Returns — Jay Oliva • 2014 — Batman: Strange Days — Bruce Timm — Warner Bros. Animation • Tusk — Kevin Smith — A24 • 2015 — Harbinger Down — Alec Gillis — Amalgamated Dynamics Dark Dunes Productions • Tales of Halloween — Dave Parker Ryan Schifrin — Epic Pictures Group — Segments: "Sweet Tooth" and "The Ransom of Rusty Rex" • 2016 — Yoga Hosers — Kevin Smith — Invincible Pictures • Holidays — Vertical Entertainment — Segment "Halloween" • 2020 — The Reckoning — Neil Marshall — TBA • 2021 — The Manor — Axelle Carolyn — Amazon Studios • 2022 — The Lair — Neil Marshall — TBA
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- 1.Christopher Drake interview – the Audio Spotlight. October 3, 2018.
- 2.Luerssen, John D. Listen to the New 'Batman' Video Game Score. Rolling Stone. 2013-10-18.
- 3.Brukman, Jesse. Inside the 'Batman: Arkham Origins' Soundtrack. Rolling Stone. 2013-10-18.
- 4.Smit, Anton. Interview with Christopher Drake. Soundtrack World. 2018-09-01.
- 5.Montes, Rosaura. Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Cronos’ gets Criterion Collection release. CaloNews. 2025-01-03.
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