Christopher Tyng (born August 5, 1968) is an American

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

for film and television. He composed the music for several television series, including ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Job'', ''

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'', '' Suits'', ''

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'', and '' Rescue Me''. He also composed the CGI-animated holiday special, ''

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''. The main theme for ''Futurama'' samples Pierre Henry's "Psyche Rock",

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's " Amen Brother" and

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." As was noted in the audio commentary of the ''Futurama'' episode "

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", Tyng is first and foremost a drummer; indeed, he accredits his composing proficiency to the awkwardness of lugging a drum set. As a convenience to him, his bandmates would often bring their instruments to his house for practice. Tyng, then, had access to many more instruments, which he then learned to play.

References

External links

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Christopher Tyng on SoundtrackCollector.com

* http://thesunshinebrothers.com/fr_home.cfm
Interview with Christopher Tyng at FilmMusicSite
1968 births American television composers Living people Male television composers Musicians from Brooklyn Place of birth missing (living people) {{US-composer-20thC-stub