Christopher Willis is a British composer. He has written music for a number of film scores (credited with "additional music") with several other British film composers including Harry Gregson-Williams

Harry Gregson-Williams

Harry Gregson-Williams is a prolific British composer, orchestrator, conductor, and music producer. He is best known for his film scores, of which he has composed over sixty using electronic music and orchestral pieces...

, Rupert Gregson-Williams

Rupert Gregson-Williams

Rupert Gregson-Williams is an award winning British film score composer. Educated at St John's College, Cambridge choir school and Lancing College, he is the brother of multi-nominated and awarded film composer Harry Gregson-Williams and former member of Hans Zimmer's Media Ventures team of...

 and Henry Jackman. His filmography includes Cowboys & Aliens

Cowboys & Aliens (film)

Cowboys & Aliens is a 2011 American science fiction Western film directed by Jon Favreau and starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, and Olivia Wilde. The film is based on the 2006 graphic novel of the same name created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg...

, Winnie the Pooh, "X-Men: First Class

X-Men: First Class

X-Men: First Class is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics starring the X-Men.-Publication history:The original series was an eight-issue limited series. It began in September 2006 and ended in April 2007. It was written by Jeff Parker and penciled by Roger Cruz...

", Shrek Forever After

Shrek Forever After

Shrek Forever After, taglined as The Final Chapter, is a 2010 animated fantasy-comedy film, and the fourth and final installment in the Shrek film series, produced by DreamWorks Animation. The film was released by Paramount Pictures in cinemas on May 20, 2010 in Russia, and on May 21 in the United...

, Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels (2010 film)

Gulliver's Travels is a 2010 fantasy comedy film directed by Rob Letterman and very loosely based on Part One of the 18th-century novel of the same name by Jonathan Swift, though the film takes place in modern day...

, X-Men Origins: Wolverine

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a 2009 American action film based on the Marvel Comics' fictional character Wolverine. The fourth installment in the X-Men film series, it was released worldwide on May 1, 2009...

, Grown Ups, Just Go With It

Just Go With It

Just Go with It is a 2011 romantic comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan, starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston. The film was released on , 2011...

and Zookeeper

Zookeeper (film)

Zookeeper is a 2011 comedy film starring Kevin James, and featuring the voices of Adam Sandler, Sylvester Stallone, Nick Nolte, Don Rickles, Judd Apatow, Jon Favreau, Cher and Faizon Love. The film contains computer animation, is produced by Sandler's production company, Happy Madison, and is...

.

His concert music includes a piece written specially for The BBC Proms in 2010 entitled Mashup. The music is literally a mashup

Mashup (music)

A mashup or bootleg is a song or composition created by blending two or more pre-recorded songs, usually by overlaying the vocal track of one song seamlessly over the instrumental track of another...

 of other pieces from the programme of the concert at which it was premiered. He has also composed music for educational purposes including Boom Town for chamber orchestra and young children, which will be part of the 2012 Summer Olympics

2012 Summer Olympics

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 in London.

He is also a musicologist specializing in eighteenth-century music, especially Domenico Scarlatti

Domenico Scarlatti

Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti was an Italian composer who spent much of his life in the service of the Portuguese and Spanish royal families. He is classified as a Baroque composer chronologically, although his music was influential in the development of the Classical style...

, although he has written about other subjects including American minimalism.

External links

• Christopher Willis on the Internet Movie Database http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3010524/
• Piano music by Christopher Willis reviewed http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/w/163084/Chris-Willis-Burning-Up