Christopher Lennertz

Christopher Lennertz
Born	January 2, 1972 (1972-01-02) (age 39) Methuen, Massachusetts
Occupation	Composer

Christopher Lennertz (born January 2, 1972) is an American musical composer for films, television shows, and video games. He is perhaps best known for his musical score for the 2007 film "Alvin and the Chipmunks," "Hop," and the Warner Bros. comedy "Horrible Bosses."

Lennertz was born in Methuen, Massachusetts. He attended Easton Area High School in Easton, Pennsylvania and then the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California, where he studied with Academy Award-winner Elmer Bernstein.

Lennertz's has written music for a variety of comedies like "The Comebacks," "The Perfect Holiday," and cult classic spoofs "Vampires Suck," and "Meet the Spartans." He has also worked on hit family films including "Marmaduke," and "Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore."

He has worked with distinguished artists including Basil Poledouris, Michael Kamen, Ozomatli, The RZA, and Alien Ant Farm. His collaboration with Ozomatli on their record "Street Signs" garnered a Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock Album.

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 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.

Credits

Films

• Saint Sinner (2002)
• Save Virgil (2004)
• Soul Plane (2004)
• Dr. Dolittle 3 (2006)
• Shark Bait (2006)
• Tortilla Heaven (2007)
• The Perfect Holiday (2007)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)
• The Comebacks (2007)
• Meet The Spartans (2008)
• Disaster Movie (2008)
• The Open Road (2009)
• Adam (2009)
• To Save a Life (2010)
• La Horde (2010)
• Marmaduke (2010)
• Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)
• Vampires Suck (2010)
• Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam (2010)
• Lemonade Mouth (2011)
• Hop (2011)
• Horrible Bosses (2011)
• Gimme Shelter (2012)

Television

• Brimstone (1999)
• The Strip (2000)
• Supernatural (2005–present)

Video games

• Medal of Honor: Rising Sun (2003)
• Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault (2004)
• Medal of Honor: European Assault (2005)
• From Russia with Love (2005)
• Gun (2005)
• The Simpsons Game (2007) (with Timothy Michael Wynn, Mark Mothersbaugh, Albert Fox, John Enroth, Duff Gorman, Sid Cuttles, "DJ Poochie Pants", and Silas Hite)
• Warhawk (2007) (with Timothy Michael Wynn)
• Quantum of Solace (2008)
• The Godfather II (2009)
• Mass Effect 2 - Overlord DLC & Lair of the Shadow Broker DLC (2010)
• The Sims 3: Pets (2011)
• Starhawk (2012)

External links

• Official website
• Christopher Lennertz at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview at Tracksounds

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Name	Lennertz, Christopher
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Date of birth	January 2, 1972
Place of birth	Methuen, Massachusetts
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