Christopher Drake's music empowers a diverse array of projects, transcending medium and genre. Drake has shown mastery composing across different formats with film, television and video games. Drake has collaborated many times with beloved cult filmmaker Kevin Smith, their most recent collaboration being, "Yoga Hosers," starring Johnny Depp and Kevin Smith, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. This follows Christopher's work on Smith's genre-bending horror-comedy "Tusk," which premiered at TIFF, featuring the same cast. Additionally, he is slated to score WB Games/Netherrealm's upcoming Injustice 2, the highly anticipated sequel to the epic video game blockbuster, Injustice: Gods Among Us. Drake's big break came when his music was discovered by Oscar-Nominated filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. Working with del Toro, Christopher scored the animated films "Hellboy: Sword of Storms" and "Hellboy: Blood and Iron," featuring the voices of Ron Perlman and Selma Blair, as well as the video game "Hellboy: The Science of Evil," and the Director's Cut re-release of del Toro's short film, "Geometria." Drake is a powerhouse in both the animation world as well as the video game world. Warner Bros. Animation entrusts Drake to bolster the action of some of their most successful superhero franchises. For the hugely successful DC Universe Animated Original Movies series produced by DC Animation legend Bruce Timm, some of Drake's most recognized work can be heard in adaptations of Frank Miller's seminal graphic novels "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Parts 1 & 2," and "Batman: Year One." He also scored "Batman: Gotham Knight," "Wonder Woman," "Superman/Batman: Public Enemies," "Green Lantern: Emerald Knights," "Justice League: Doom," and many more. Drake's best-selling video game credits include "Batman: Arkham Origins" and "Injustice: Gods Among Us." Drake resides in Los Angeles.
Son of comic entertainer Charlie Drake , nephew of Ted Drake and grandson of Violet Springall.
Was mentored by film composer Christopher Young.
Personally selected by Academy Award-nominated director Guillermo del Toro to provide the music for the Animated Hellboy movies and video games.
In the nineties, he was at one branch of the Warner Bros. Store, with his mother and son, where he got to meet Kevin Conroy, the voice of Batman from "Batman: The Animated Series" (and its spin-offs). His mother told Conroy, that her son was a composer and that one day they would end up working together. Kevin Conroy was very friendly and told him to follow his dreams so that it could happen. Drake would end up being one of the composers for "Batman: Gotham Knight" , which featured Conroy in his iconic role, and they would end up working together on various projects after that.
Is a big fan of the classic Universal Studios Horror films, and has said that he has busts and figures of the iconic characters.
Is a huge fan of Jerry Goldsmith and John Carpenter.
He tried to get work on Kevin Smiths "Clerks: The Animated Series", but wasnt able to. Smith, who would become a fan of Drakes for his work on the various DC Animated Universe films he would end up scoring (like "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns" & "Wonder Woman"), ended up hiring him to score "Tusk" & "Yoga Hosers".
