Christopher Drake
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Christopher Drake is an American film, television and video game composer.
Drake was selected by director Guillermo del Toro to provide the music for the first two 75-minute animated films, Hellboy: Sword of Storms and Hellboy: Blood and Iron released by Starz Media in 2006 and 2007. Drake also collaborated with del Toro in rescoring one of his early films Geometría, included in The Criterion Collection edition of del Toro's Cronos.
In 2008, Drake joined composers Robert J. Kral and Kevin Manthei in writing music for Warner Bros.'s Batman: Gotham Knight (2008). Following Gotham Knight, Drake scored the fourth in the line of DC Universe Animated Original Movies, Wonder Woman (2009).
Drake wrote the scores for the animated films Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009), Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010), Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010), All-Star Superman (2011), Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (2011), Batman: Year One (2011), Justice League: Doom (2012), and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (2012–13).
Drake is also known for his work in video games, such as Hellboy: The Science of Evil (2008) Injustice: Gods Among Us (2013), Batman: Arkham Origins (2013), and Injustice 2 (2017).
In 2017, Drake was hired as the composer for Netflix's remake of the Lost in Space series, but later replaced by Christopher Lennertz.
Discography
Film
| Year | Title | Director | Studio(s) | Notes |
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| 1987 | Geometria | Guillermo del Toro | — | — |
| 2003 | Passing Through | Bruce Coughran | — | — |
| 2005 | Plan B | Morgan Mead | — | — |
| 2006 | Fra gli amici | Jason Hallows | — | — |
| 2006 | Hellboy: Sword of Storms | Phil Weinstein Tad Stones |
Film Roman Madhouse |
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| 2007 | Hellboy: Blood and Iron | Mike Mignola Tad Stones |
Film Roman Madhouse |
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| 2008 | Singularity | Jason Hallows | — | — |
| 2008 | 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 | — | — |
| 2009 | Wonder Woman | Lauren Montgomery | Warner Bros. Animation Warner Premiere |
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| 2009 | Superman/Batman: Public Enemies | Sam Liu | — | |
| 2009 | Bob Burns' Hollywood Halloween | Lindsey Keith Jackson | — | — |
| 2010 | Batman: Under the Red Hood | Brandon Vietti | Warner Bros. Animation Warner Premiere |
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| 2011 | All-Star Superman | Sam Liu | — | |
| 2011 | Green Lantern: Emerald Knights | Christopher Berkeley Lauren Montgomery Jay Oliva |
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| 2011 | Batman: Year One | Sam Liu Lauren Montgomery |
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| 2011 | DC Showcase: Catwoman | Lauren Montgomery | — | |
| 2012 | Justice League: Doom | Lauren Montgomery | — | |
| 2012–13 | Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | Jay Oliva | — | |
| 2014 | Batman: Strange Days | Bruce Timm | Warner Bros. Animation | — |
| 2014 | Tusk | Kevin Smith | A24 | — |
| 2015 | Harbinger Down | Alec Gillis | Amalgamated Dynamics Dark Dunes Productions |
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| 2015 | 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 | — |
| 2016 | Holidays | Kevin Smith | Vertical Entertainment | Segment "Halloween" |
| 2020 | The Reckoning | Neil Marshall | TBA | — |
| 2021 | The Manor | Axelle Carolyn | Amazon Studios | — |
Video games
| Year | Title | Studio(s) | Notes |
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| 2008 | Hellboy: The Science of Evil | Krome Studios Konami |
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| 2013 | Injustice: Gods Among Us | NetherRealm Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
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| 2013 | Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate | Armature Studio Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
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| 2013 | Batman: Arkham Origins | WB Games Montréal Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
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| 2017 | Injustice 2 | NetherRealm Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
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