Christopher Lennertz is a composer, producer, conductor, and arranger for film, television, video games, and records. He was born in a small town north of Boston, in the same area as one of his heroes, famed American composer Leonard Bernstein. He then moved to Easton, Pennsylvania, where he began his musical training at age 9. After studying composition, jazz arranging, and theory in high school, Mr. Lennertz moved to California to study at USC's Thornton School of Music with Academy-Award winner Elmer Bernstein, Buddy Baker, Christopher Young, and David Raksin.
He has worked with such artists as Basil Poledouris, Michael Kamen, Mark Mancina, Ozomatli, The RZA, and Alien Ant Farm. He was named Best New Composer in 2002 by Cinemusic for his work on Clive Barker's Saint Sinner. His collaboration with Ozomatli on their record Street Signs garnered a Grammy Award for best Latin Rock Album. He won an Interactive Academy Award in 2004 for Medal of Honor: Rising Sun from EA, was nominated again in 2006 for Activision's GUN, and was also nominated last year for an Emmy Award for his music on the Warner Brother's series Supernatural, produced by McG. This past year, his eclectic score for Tortilla Heaven won the 2007 Filmmusic Award for Best Independent Feature Score.
This year, he has written scores for The Comebacks from FOX and the producers of Wedding Crashers as well as The Perfect Holiday with Terrence Howard and Queen Latifah. Just recently, he scored Fox's blockbuster Alvin and the Chipmunks, which has earned over $200 million domestic and $300 million worldwide and the comedy Meet The Spartans, which opened at number one in the U.S. Box Office. At only 36 years old, Christopher Lennertz has scored 31 feature films, 4 network television series, many of the worlds biggest interactive titles, and has spent weeks on the Billboard charts. Mr. Lennertz currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California and is represented by Kraft-Engel Management and Format Entertainment.