Chris Bacon (composer)

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Chris Bacon
Born
Christian Paul Bacon

(1977-03-17) March 17, 1977 (age 47)
Provo, Utah, U.S.
Other namesChris P. Bacon
Alma mater
Musical career
Genres
Occupations
  • Composer
  • Orchestrator
  • Producer

Christian Paul Bacon (born March 17, 1977) is an American composer of film and television scores. [1] [2] [3] He is a four-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee - Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) for Smash (2012-13), Bates Motel (2013-17) and Wednesday (2022-present); Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music for The Tick (2016-19).

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Early life and education

Bacon was born in Provo, Utah. His parents are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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] He interned under film composer James Newton Howard. Bacon cites his internship with 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]

Career

Bacon worked under Howard on several of his scores between 2005 and 2011. His 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]

Bacon frequently collaborates with Danny Elfman. [9]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
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 Andy Riley Composed with James Newton Howard
Source Code Duncan Jones
Beethoven's Christmas Adventure John Putch
2012 High Ground Michael BrownDocumentary
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 WaterMichael BrownDocumentary
2019 Men in Black: International F. Gary Gray Composed with Danny Elfman
2022ImmanenceKerry Bellessa
Strong EnoughJohn Foss
2023 65 Scott Beck
Bryan Woods
2024 Heretic Post-production

Composer of additional music

YearTitleDirectorComposerNotes
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

Television

YearTitleNotes
2007 Angels Fall TV movie; composed with Stuart Michael Thomas
Blue Smoke
2009 Northern Lights
Midnight Bayou
2011RicochetTV movie
Wonder Woman TV movie
2012Hornet's NestTV movie
2012-13 Smash 26 episodes; composed with Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman
2013An Amish MurderTV movie
RecklessTV movie
2013-17 Bates Motel 50 episodes
2015Living with LincolnTV movie
2016Finding FortuneTV movie
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 [10]

Awards and nominations

AwardYearCategoryWorkResult
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) [11] Smash ("Publicity")Nominated
2016 Bates Motel ("Forever")Nominated
2018 Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music [11] The Tick Nominated
2013 Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) [11] Wednesday ("Woe is the Loneliest Number")Nominated
World Soundtrack Award 2023Television Composer of the YearWednesdayNominated

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References

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  2. ↑ "Chris Bacon". www.discogs.com.
  3. ↑ Garrity, Brian (2019-06-07). "Men In Black™: International Original Motion Picture Soundtrack With Music By Danny Elfman & Chris Bacon Available June 7 Via Sony Music Masterworks - Sony Music". Sony Music Entertainment. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
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  5. ↑ "Interview with Chris Bacon". 8dio.com. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  6. ↑ "Chris Bacon". Center for Latter-day Saint Arts. 2022-10-24. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  7. ↑ "Interview with Chris Bacon". 8dio.com.
  8. ↑ "Source Code (2011)". Box Office Mojo.
  9. ↑ Fisher, Ariel (2023-08-01). "When Tim Burton needs a composer, Danny Elfman snaps up the gig". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
  10. ↑ Fisher, Ariel (2023-08-01). "When Tim Burton needs a composer, Danny Elfman snaps up the gig". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
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