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Christopher Rife

  • Composer
  • Music Department
  • Soundtrack
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Christopher Rife is known for Nova (1974), Nature (1982) and Traces (2021).
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    • Awards
      • 2 nominations total

    Known for

    David Ogden Stiers, Stacy Keach, Neil Ross, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, J.T. Turner, and David Pogue in Nova (1974)
    Nova
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Composer
    F. Murray Abraham, Peter Coyote, Allison Argo, David Attenborough, Paul Christie, John Benjamin Hickey, Howard McGillin, George Page, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, Nora Young, Toby Leonard Moore, and Chris Morgan in Nature (1982)
    Nature
    8.9
    TV Series
    • Composer
    Rick Springfield, Pablo Schreiber, and Sosie Bacon in Traces (2021)
    Traces
    6.4
    • Music Department
    • 2021
    X-Men (1992)
    X-Men
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Music Department

    Credits

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    Composer

    • F. Murray Abraham, Peter Coyote, Allison Argo, David Attenborough, Paul Christie, John Benjamin Hickey, Howard McGillin, George Page, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, Nora Young, Toby Leonard Moore, and Chris Morgan in Nature (1982)
      Nature
      8.9
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2005–2023
    • American Masters (1985)
      American Masters
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • original music composed by
      • 2021
    • Beating Superbugs: Can We Win? (2021)
      Beating Superbugs: Can We Win?
      8.9
      • Composer
      • 2021
    • The First Angry Man (2019)
      The First Angry Man
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • Composer
      • 2019
    • Nova Wonders (2018)
      Nova Wonders
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2018
    • David Ogden Stiers, Stacy Keach, Neil Ross, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, J.T. Turner, and David Pogue in Nova (1974)
      Nova
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • music
      • 1994–2018
    • Man v. Animal
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2017
    • Matthew James Santoro in The Real Boston Strangler (2017)
      The Real Boston Strangler
      TV Special
      • Composer
      • 2017
    • Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017)
      Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
      7.6
      • composer
      • 2017
    • Americans Underground: Secret City of WWI (2017)
      Americans Underground: Secret City of WWI
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • Composer
      • 2017
    • Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future (2016)
      Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future
      7.4
      • Composer
      • 2016
    • Great Transitions: The Origin of Birds
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2015
    • Last Days of the Nazis (2015)
      Last Days of the Nazis
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2015
    • Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink (2014)
      Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink
      7.8
      TV Movie
      • Composer
      • 2014
    • Capturing Grace (2014)
      Capturing Grace
      7.8
      • Composer
      • 2014

    Music Department

    • American Masters (1985)
      American Masters
      8.2
      TV Series
      • series theme music composed by: for American Masters
      • theme music composer
      • composer: theme music ...
      • 2016–2025
    • Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse (2024)
      Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse
      7.6
      • series theme music composed by: for American Masters
      • 2024
    • Rick Springfield, Pablo Schreiber, and Sosie Bacon in Traces (2021)
      Traces
      6.4
      • song producer: In Love With You
      • song producer: No Heart
      • 2021
    • America Now (2010)
      America Now
      4.7
      TV Series
      • composer: theme music
      • 2010–2013
    • National Geographic Explorer (2009)
      National Geographic Explorer
      6.5
      TV Series
      • music composer
      • 2012
    • Charles Eames and Ray Eames in Eames: The Architect & The Painter (2011)
      Eames: The Architect & The Painter
      7.1
      • composer: additional music
      • 2011
    • David Ogden Stiers, Stacy Keach, Neil Ross, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, J.T. Turner, and David Pogue in Nova (1974)
      Nova
      8.7
      TV Series
      • composer: additional music
      • 2008–2009
    • The Superstars
      6.2
      TV Series
      • composer: additional music
      • 2009
    • Discovery Health Body Challenge
      TV Series
      • composer: theme music
      • 2003
    • The National Body Challenge
      TV Mini Series
      • composer: theme music
      • 2002
    • Total Zoo
      TV Series
      • composer: theme music
      • 2000
    • X-Men (1992)
      X-Men
      8.4
      TV Series
      • music producer
      • 1995–1996
    • Darkstalkers (1995)
      Darkstalkers
      4.3
      TV Series
      • composer: additional music
      • 1995
    • Mystery Lodge (1994)
      Mystery Lodge
      Short
      • orchestrator
      • 1994
    • Columbus and the Age of Discovery
      8.9
      TV Mini Series
      • composer: additional music
      • 1992

    Soundtrack

    • Charles Eames and Ray Eames in Eames: The Architect & The Painter (2011)
      Eames: The Architect & The Painter
      7.1
      • writer: "Eames Retro Whistler"
      • 2011

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • Chris Rife

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