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Chris Bacon is an American composer. His film scores include Alpha and Omega (2010), Source Code (2011), Gnomeo & Juliet (2011), Sherlock Gnomes (2018) and Men in Black: International (2019). He was the composer for all 50 episodes of the A&E drama series Bates Motel , for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award, and also composed the music for 26 of the 32 episodes of the NBC musical drama series Smash . [1] [2] [3]
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." [4]
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. [5] [6]
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'." [7]
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 . [8] [ better source needed ] 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. [4]
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 [4]
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Space Chimps | Kirk DeMicco | Composed with Blue Man Group |
| 2009 | Waking Sleeping Beauty | Don Hahn | Documentary |
| 2010 | Love Ranch | Taylor Hackford | |
| Alpha and Omega | Anthony Bell Benjamin Gluck | ||
| 2011 | Gnomeo & Juliet | Kelly Asbury | Composed with James Newton Howard |
| Source Code | Duncan Jones | ||
| Beethoven's Christmas Adventure | John Putch | ||
| 2012 | High Ground | Michael Brown | Documentary |
| Atlas Shrugged: Part II | John Putch | ||
| 2013 | Alpha and Omega 2: A Howl-iday Adventure | Richard Rich | |
| 2015 | Being Charlie | Rob Reiner | |
| 2016 | Patient Seven | Danny Draven | |
| 2017 | Snatched | Jonathan Levine | Composed with Theodore Shapiro |
| 2018 | Sherlock Gnomes | John Stevenson | |
| The Weight of Water | Michael Brown | Documentary | |
| 2019 | Men in Black: International | F. Gary Gray | Composed with Danny Elfman |
| 2022 | Immanence | Kerry Bellessa | |
| Strong Enough | John Foss | ||
| 2023 | 65 | Scott Beck Bryan Woods | |
| 2024 | Heretic | ||
| 2025 | M3GAN 2.0 | Gerard Johnstone |
| 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 | ||
| 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 [9] |
| Award | Year | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grammy Award | 2024 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella | "Paint It Black" (from Wednesday) | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy Award | 2012 | Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) [10] | Smash ("Publicity") | Nominated |
| 2016 | Bates Motel ("Forever") | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music [10] | The Tick | Nominated | |
| 2023 | Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) [10] | Wednesday ("Woe is the Loneliest Number") | Nominated | |
| World Soundtrack Award | 2023 | Television Composer of the Year | Wednesday | Nominated |
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