Biography
Christopher Willis (born 21 August 1978) is an Australian-born British composer. He is the composer of the music to the 2013 Disney Mickey Mouse Shorts, and co-composer (with Rupert Gregson-Williams) of the music to the HBO comedy series Veep. He has also written music for a number of film scores (credited with "additional music") with several other film composers including Carter Burwell, Harry Gregson-Williams, and Henry Jackman. His filmography includes The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012), Winnie the Pooh (2011), X-Men: First Class (2011), Shrek Forever After (2010), Grown Ups (2010), You Don't Mess With The Zohan (2008) and the television series Veep. His score for The Death of Stalin (2017) was shortlisted along with 14 others for the Academy Award for Best Original Score.His concert music includes a piece written specially for The BBC Proms in 2010 entitled Mashup. The music is a written-out mashup of other pieces from the programme of the concert at which it was premiered. He has also composed music for educational purposes including Boom Town for chamber orchestra and young children, which was part of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.He is also a musicologist specializing in eighteenth-century music, especially Domenico Scarlatti, although he has written about other subjects including American minimalism. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and has written a number of scholarly articles, including a chapter to the book Domenico Scarlatti Adventures: Essays to Commemorate the 250th Anniversary of His Death, and articles in the journals Early Music and Eighteenth-Century Music.
Filmography
all 26
Movies 20
TV Shows 6
Old Dads (2023)
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse: Steamboat Silly (2023)
The Wonderful Autumn of Mickey Mouse (2022)
The Wonderful Summer of Mickey Mouse (2022)
The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse (2022)
Cat Burglar (2022)
The Wonderful Winter of Mickey Mouse (2022)
Schmigadoon! (2021)
Lamya's Poem (2021)
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse (2020)
The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)
Carmen - Royal Opera House (2019)
The Death of Stalin (2017)
The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular (2017)
The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar (2017)
Duck the Halls: A Mickey Mouse Christmas Special (2016)
Down to the wire (2016)
Agatha Raisin (2016)
The Lion Guard (2016)
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar (2015)
Barbie & Her Sisters in the Great Puppy Adventure (2015)
Yellowbird (2014)
Yodelberg (2013)
Mickey Mouse (2013)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)
Veep (2012)
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1978-01-01 (46 years old)
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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