Christopher Drake(IV)
- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Christopher Drake's music empowers a diverse array of projects, transcending medium and genre. Drake has shown mastery composing across different formats with film, television and video games. Drake has collaborated many times with beloved cult filmmaker Kevin Smith, including music for Smith's genre-bending horror-comedy Tusk (2014), which premiered at TIFF, featuring Tusk (2014). He has recently scored WB Games/Netherrealm's best selling Injustice 2 (2017), the highly anticipated sequel to the epic video game blockbuster, Injustice: Gods Among Us (2013). Drake's best-selling video game credits also include Batman: Arkham Origins (2013).
Drake's big break came when his music was discovered by Oscar award winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. Working with del Toro, Christopher scored the animated films Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006) and Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron (2007), featuring the voices of Ron Perlman and Selma Blair, as well as the video game Hellboy: The Science of Evil (2008) and the Director's Cut re-release of del Toro's short film, Geometria (1987).
Drake is a powerhouse in both the animation world as well as the video game world. Warner Bros. Animation entrusts Drake to bolster the action of some of their most successful superhero franchises. For the hugely successful DC Universe Animated Original Movies series produced by DC Animation legend Bruce Timm, some of Drake's most recognized work can be heard in adaptations of Frank Miller's seminal graphic novels Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012), Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013) and Batman: Year One (2011). He also scored Batman: Gotham Knight (2008), Wonder Woman (2009), Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009), Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (2011), Justice League: Doom (2012) and many more.
Drake resides in Los Angeles.
Drake's big break came when his music was discovered by Oscar award winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. Working with del Toro, Christopher scored the animated films Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006) and Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron (2007), featuring the voices of Ron Perlman and Selma Blair, as well as the video game Hellboy: The Science of Evil (2008) and the Director's Cut re-release of del Toro's short film, Geometria (1987).
Drake is a powerhouse in both the animation world as well as the video game world. Warner Bros. Animation entrusts Drake to bolster the action of some of their most successful superhero franchises. For the hugely successful DC Universe Animated Original Movies series produced by DC Animation legend Bruce Timm, some of Drake's most recognized work can be heard in adaptations of Frank Miller's seminal graphic novels Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012), Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013) and Batman: Year One (2011). He also scored Batman: Gotham Knight (2008), Wonder Woman (2009), Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009), Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (2011), Justice League: Doom (2012) and many more.
Drake resides in Los Angeles.
