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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

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edition of del Toro's '' Cronos''. In 2008, Drake joined composers Robert J. Kral and

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in writing music for

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's '' Batman: Gotham Knight'' (2008). Following ''Gotham Knight'', Drake scored the fourth in the line of

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'' (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), ''

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'' (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 ''

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'' (2017). In 2017, Drake was hired as the composer for

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's remake of the ''

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'' series, but later replaced by

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Discography

Film

Video games

External links

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Official Christopher Drake Composer Website.
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