Jean-Christophe Beck (born November 30, 1972) is a

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and

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and conductor. He is a brother of pianist

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. He is best known for his collaborations with

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and its subsidiaries, which include composing the soundtracks of ''

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'' (2011), '' Frozen'' (2013) and its 2019 sequel, the

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films ''

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'' (2015), ''

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'' (2018), and '' Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania'' (2023) as well as its TV miniseries ''

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'' (2021) and '' Hawkeye'' for

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, and ''

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'' (2021) for

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, as well as the company’s 100th anniversary logo. He is also noted for winning an

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in 1998 for his work on the television series ''

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'', as well as for composing the soundtrack of ''

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'' (2009).

Early life

Beck started piano lessons at five, and by eleven he was learning

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songs by ear and performing with his first band. Beck attended Crescent School where he studied piano, saxophone, and drums, and wrote many '80s love ballads. While studying music at

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, Beck wrote two musicals with his brother Jason, as well as an opera based on “The Tell-Tale Heart” by

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Career

Upon graduation, Beck moved to

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to attend USC's film scoring program, where he studied with

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. A personal recommendation from Buddy Baker, then head of the USC Music Department, led to his first assignment for a Canadian TV series called ''White Fang''. Several TV series later, he was asked to score the second season of WB Network's ''

''. Beck received the

for Outstanding Music Composition for his score to the ''Buffy'' episode, “Becoming, Part 1.” In 2000, the cheerleading comedy ''Bring It On'' launched Beck's film career. His credits include ''Under the Tuscan Sun'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and the ''Hangover'' trilogy. More recently, Chris scored the

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- and

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-winning

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''Frozen'', and several installments in the

(MCU). At the

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in 2022, it was announced that Beck had composed a new arrangement of " When You Wish Upon a Star" to accompany the Walt Disney Studios's 100th anniversary

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, which debuted ahead of the film '' Strange World''. Beck works out of his studio in

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