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Christopher Drake

Christopher Drake is an American film, television and video game composer. He has composed music for several DC Comics projects, including the animated films Batman: Under the Red Hood, Batman: Year One, and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, as well as the video games Injustice: Gods Among Us and Batman: Arkham Origins.

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Christopher Drake is an American film, television and video game composer.1 He has composed music for several DC Comics projects, including the animated films Batman: Under the Red Hood, Batman: Year One, and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, as well as the video games Injustice: Gods Among Us and Batman: Arkham Origins.2

According to Drake, he first broke into the music business in 2002, when director Guillermo del Toro heard some music that Drake had composed for props collector Bob Burns.34 He collaborated with del Toro to re-score the director's unfinished 1987 short film Geometria for a 2010 release.5

Discography

Film

Year Title Director Studio(s) Notes
1987 Geometria Guillermo del Toro N/a N/a
2003 Passing Through Bruce Coughran N/a N/a
2005 Plan B Morgan Mead N/a N/a
2006 Fra gli amici Jason Hallows N/a N/a
Hellboy: Sword of Storms Phil Weinstein
Tad Stones 		Film Roman
Madhouse 		N/a
2007 Hellboy: Blood and Iron Mike Mignola
Tad Stones 		N/a
2008 Singularity Jason Hallows N/a N/a
Batman: Gotham Knight Shoujirou Nishimi
Yasuhiro Aoki 		Warner Bros. Animation
Warner Premiere 		Segments: Have I Got a Story for You and In Darkness Dwells
2009 The Fisherman Jason Hallows N/a N/a
Wonder Woman Lauren Montgomery Warner Bros. Animation
Warner Premiere 		N/a
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies Sam Liu N/a
Bob Burns' Hollywood Halloween Lindsey Keith Jackson N/a N/a
2010 Batman: Under the Red Hood Brandon Vietti Warner Bros. Animation
Warner Premiere 		N/a
2011 All-Star Superman Sam Liu N/a
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights Christopher Berkeley
Lauren Montgomery
Jay Oliva 		N/a
Batman: Year One Sam Liu
Lauren Montgomery 		N/a
DC Showcase: Catwoman Lauren Montgomery N/a
2012 Justice League: Doom N/a
2012–13 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Jay Oliva N/a
2014 Batman: Strange Days Bruce Timm Warner Bros. Animation N/a
Tusk Kevin Smith A24 N/a
2015 Harbinger Down Alec Gillis Amalgamated Dynamics
Dark Dunes Productions 		N/a
Tales of Halloween Dave Parker
Ryan Schifrin 		Epic Pictures Group Segments: "Sweet Tooth" and "The Ransom of Rusty Rex"
2016 Yoga Hosers Kevin Smith Invincible Pictures N/a
Holidays Vertical Entertainment Segment "Halloween"
2020 The Reckoning Neil Marshall TBA N/a
2021 The Manor Axelle Carolyn Amazon Studios N/a
2022 The Lair Neil Marshall TBA N/a

Video games

Year Title Studio(s) Notes
2008 Hellboy: The Science of Evil Krome Studios
Konami 		N/a
2013 Injustice: Gods Among Us NetherRealm Studios
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment 		N/a
2013 Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate Armature Studio
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment 		N/a
2013 Batman: Arkham Origins WB Games Montréal
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment 		N/a
2017 Injustice 2 NetherRealm Studios
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment 		N/a
References

References

  1. "Christopher Drake interview – the Audio Spotlight". October 3, 2018.
  2. Luerssen, John D. (October 18, 2013). "Listen to the New 'Batman' Video Game Score". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
  3. Brukman, Jesse (October 18, 2013). "Inside the 'Batman: Arkham Origins' Soundtrack". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 28, 2023. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
  4. Smit, Anton (September 1, 2018). "Interview with Christopher Drake". Soundtrack World. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
  5. Montes, Rosaura (January 3, 2025). "Guillermo del Toro's 'Cronos' gets Criterion Collection release". CaloNews. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
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