Biography
Jean-Christophe Beck (born in 1968 in Montreal) is a Canadian television and film score composer and conductor. He is best known for his collaborations with Disney and its subsidiaries, which include composing the soundtracks of The Muppets (2011) and Muppets Most Wanted (2014), Frozen (2013) and Frozen 2 (2019), the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Ant-Man (2015), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023), as well as the TV miniseries WandaVision (2021), Hawkeye (2021), and Agatha All Along (2024) for Marvel Studios, and Free Guy (2021) for 20th Century Studios, as well as Disney’s 100th anniversary logo.
He composed the scores for several of Shawn Levy's films, including Big Fat Liar (2002), Just Married (2003), Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), The Pink Panther (2006), The Internship (2013), and Free Guy (2021). Notably, he won an Emmy Award in 1998 for his work on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He is also known for composing the scores of the film series The Hangover (2009-2013). He is the older brother of composer, pianist, and rapper Chilly Gonzales.
Beck started piano lessons at the age of five, and by the time he turned eleven, he was learning Bee Gees songs by ear and performing with his first band, Newton Talks, who licensed a song to Hot Tub Time Machine. Beck attended Crescent School, where he studied piano, saxophone, and drums. He wrote two musicals while studying music at Yale University.
Upon graduation, Beck moved to Los Angeles to attend USC's film scoring program, where he studied with Jerry Goldsmith. 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 the WB Network show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Beck received an Emmy Award 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, Edge of Tomorrow, Crazy, Stupid, Love, Pitch Perfect, and the Hangover trilogy. More recently, Beck scored the Oscar- and Grammy-winning animated film Frozen and several installments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). At the D23 Expo in 2022, it was announced that Beck had composed a new arrangement of "When You Wish Upon a Star" to accompany Disney's 100th anniversary logo, conducted by Tim Davies, which debuted ahead of the film Strange World.
Beck works out of his studio in Santa Monica, California.
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Filmography
all 145
Movies 137
TV Shows 8
self 2
Producer 1

Agatha All Along (2024)

The Instigators (2024)

Unfrosted (2024)

Road House (2024)

Nimona (2023)

Arnold (2023)

Up Here (2023)

Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

Hawkeye (2021)

Free Guy (2021)

WandaVision (2021)

Once Upon a Snowman (2020)

Walkaway Joe (2020)

Like a Boss (2020)

Frozen II (2019)

Watson (2019)

The Christmas Chronicles (2018)

Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

Anon (2018)

Gringo (2018)

The 12th Man (2017)

Olaf's Frozen Adventure (2017)

An Ordinary Man (2017)

American Made (2017)

Lou (2017)

Trolls (2016)

June (2016)

Sisters (2015)

The Peanuts Movie (2015)

Ant-Man (2015)

Hot Pursuit (2015)

Good Kill (2015)

Get Hard (2015)

Frozen Fever (2015)

Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015)

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014)

Cake (2014)

Let's Be Cops (2014)

Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

Muppets Most Wanted (2014)

Endless Love (2014)

Frozen (2013)

Runner Runner (2013)

R.I.P.D. (2013)

The Internship (2013)

The Hangover Part III (2013)

Charlie Countryman (2013)

Movie 43 (2013)

The Guilt Trip (2012)

Paperman (2012)

Pitch Perfect (2012)

The Watch (2012)

The Road We've Traveled (2012)

This Means War (2012)

The Muppets (2011)

Tower Heist (2011)

Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)

The Hangover Part II (2011)

Cedar Rapids (2011)

Burlesque (2010)

Due Date (2010)

RED (2010)

Death at a Funeral (2010)

Date Night (2010)

Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)

Post Grad (2009)

The Marc Pease Experience (2009)

All About Steve (2009)

I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)

The Hangover (2009)

The Greatest (2009)

The Pink Panther 2 (2009)

What Happens in Vegas (2008)

Charlie Bartlett (2008)

Phoebe in Wonderland (2008)

Drillbit Taylor (2008)

Fred Claus (2007)

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (2007)

License to Wed (2007)

Year of the Dog (2007)

We Are Marshall (2006)

School for Scoundrels (2006)

Zoom (2006)

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)

The Sentinel (2006)

The Pink Panther (2006)

Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)

Two for the Money (2005)

3 Needles (2005)

The Perfect Man (2005)

Ice Princess (2005)

Elektra (2005)

Taxi (2004)

Without a Paddle (2004)

Little Black Book (2004)

A Cinderella Story (2004)

Saved! (2004)

Garfield (2004)

The Skulls III (2004)

Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)

Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)

American Wedding (2003)

Confidence (2003)

Just Married (2003)

The Event (2003)

The Tuxedo (2002)

Stealing Harvard (2002)

Interstate 60 (2002)

The Skulls II (2002)

Big Fat Liar (2002)

Wolf Girl (2001)

Lightmaker (2001)

Bring It On (2000)

The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000)

Caracara (2000)

Angel (1999)

Guinevere (1999)

Coming Soon (1999)

Thick as Thieves (1999)

The Alarmist (1998)

Dog Park (1998)

Airborne (1998)

Bone Daddy (1998)

Starstruck (1998)

Hostile Intent (1997)

Killing Mr. Griffin (1997)

The Practice (1997)

Friends 'Til The End (1997)

Past Perfect (1996)

Crossworlds (1996)

The Cutting Room
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1972-11-30 (52 years old)
Birth PlaceMontreal, Canada
SiblingsChilly Gonzales
CitizenshipsCanada
Also Known AsJean-Christophe Beck
AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)
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