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Christopher Lennertz | |
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Birth name | Christopher Joseph Lennertz |
Born | Methuen, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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Occupation | Composer |
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Years active | 1998–present |
Website | christopherlennertz |
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Christopher Joseph Lennertz is an American composer of film, television, and video game scores. A dual citizen of the United States and Italy,[ citation needed ] he has composed the scores for films such as Alvin and the Chipmunks , Hop , Horrible Bosses , Think Like a Man and Smurfs: The Lost Village , and the Medal of Honor video game series created by Steven Spielberg. He additionally composed the scores for Supernatural , Revolution , The Boys and Gen V , all created by Eric Kripke.
He composed the score for Sausage Party and Galavant with Alan Menken, and the television series Agent Carter , which included a first-ever Marvel musical number co-written by him and Glenn Slater. He later composed the scores for Lost in Space and Sausage Party: Foodtopia .
Lennertz attended Easton Area High School in Easton, Pennsylvania and then Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California, where he studied with Academy Award-winner Elmer Bernstein.[ citation needed ] He was mentored as an assistant, arranger, and orchestrator to legendary composers Basil Poledouris and Michael Kamen.
Lennertz has written music for a variety of comedies such as Horrible Bosses , Ride Along , as well as Identity Thief , and Think Like a Man . He has also worked on hit family films including Hop , and Alvin and the Chipmunks and critically acclaimed dramas Adam and Thanks For Sharing. His collaboration with Ozomatli on their record Street Signs garnered a Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock Album. He also co-wrote a documentary score with Academy Award winner Dave Grusin.
He was named best new composer in 2002 for his score to Clive Barker's Saint Sinner . He won several awards for his 2003 soundtrack to Medal of Honor: Rising Sun , the first of three Medal of Honor games composed by Lennertz. In 2006 he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Musical Composition in a Series for his score for the pilot of the television series Supernatural , and he is the first recipient of the Film & TV Music Award for Best Score for an Independent Feature Film for Tortilla Heaven . In 2025, Lennertz won a BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Award in the "Streaming Series" category for his music for The Boys . [1]
Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
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2021 | Tom & Jerry [5] | Tim Story | Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Animation Group | |
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar | Josh Greenbaum | Lionsgate Gloria Sanchez Productions Stellie | With Dara Taylor. | |
The Loud House Movie | Dave Needham | Netflix Nickelodeon Movies | Themes only. Score by Philip White. | |
2022 | 13: The Musical | Tamra Davis | Netflix Zadan/Meron Productions | Song lyrics by Jason Robert Brown |
The Curse of Bridge Hollow | Jeff Wadlow | Netflix Ugly Baby Productions | ||
2023 | Dashing Through the Snow [6] | Tim Story | Walt Disney Pictures Will Packer Productions Smart Entertainment | |
2025 | Back in Action [7] | Seth Gordon | Netflix Chernin Entertainment | |
The Pickup | Tim Story | Amazon MGM Studios The Story Company Davis Entertainment Eddie Murphy Productions |
Year | Title | TV Channel | Notes |
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1999 | Brimstone | Fox | |
2000 | The Strip | UPN | |
2005–2020 | Supernatural | The WB (2005–2006) The CW (2006–2020) | Composed with Jay Gruska |
2012–2014 | Revolution [8] | NBC | |
2015–2016 | Galavant | ABC | Composed with Alan Menken Song lyrics by Glenn Slater |
Agent Carter | ABC | ||
2018–2021 | Lost in Space | Netflix | Original Lost in Space Theme by John Williams |
2018 | Best.Worst.Weekend.Ever. | Netflix | Composed with Matt Bowen |
2019–present | The Boys | Amazon Prime Video | |
2022–present | Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock | Apple TV+ | |
2023 | Gen V | Amazon Prime Video | Composed with Matt Bowen |
2024–present | Sausage Party: Foodtopia | Amazon Prime Video |