| Christopher Lennertz | |
| Birth Name: | Christopher Joseph Lennertz |
| Birth Date: | 2 January 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Methuen, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Composer, songwriter |
| Instrument: | Piano, keyboards, synthesizer, percussion, guitar |
| Years Active: | 1998–present |
| Genre: | Film score, video game score, jazz, electronic |
Christopher Joseph Lennertz (born January 2, 1972) is an American composer of film, television, and video game scores. He is a dual citizen of the USA and Italy. His musical scores have appeared in Alvin and the Chipmunks, Hop, Think Like a Man, and Horrible Bosses, and the video game series Medal of Honor, created by Steven Spielberg. He composed the score for Supernatural, Revolution, and The Boys, all television series created by Eric Kripke.
He also has appeared in Galavant and Sausage Party with Alan Menken and Marvel's Agent Carter including a first ever Marvel musical number co-written with Tony award winning lyricist David Zippel. He wrote the songs for UglyDolls with Glenn Slater. He composed the score for the Netflix series Lost in Space and the Amazon Prime Video series The Boys from Kripke, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.
Lennertz was born in Methuen, Massachusetts to a Jewish family. He attended Easton Area High School in Easton, Pennsylvania and then Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California, where he studied with Academy Award-winner Elmer Bernstein.
Lennertz has written music for a variety of comedies such as Horrible Bosses, Ride Along, as well as Identity Thief, and Think Like a Man. He has also worked on hit family films including Hop, and Alvin and the Chipmunks and critically acclaimed dramas Adam and Thanks For Sharing. His collaboration with Ozomatli on their record Street Signs garnered a Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock Album.
He was named best new composer in 2002 for his score to Clive Barker's Saint Sinner. He won several awards for his 2003 soundtrack to , the first of three Medal of Honor games composed by Lennertz. In 2006 he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Musical Composition in a Series for his score for the pilot of the television series Supernatural, and he is the first recipient of the Film & TV Music Award for Best Score for an Independent Feature Film for Tortilla Heaven.
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Tad Stones | Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Television Animation Pixar Animation Studios | Direct-to-video film; as orchestrator and additional music only; score by Adam Berry | |
| A Diva's Christmas Carol | Richard Schenkman | VH1 | Television film | |
| 2002 | Saint Sinner | Joshua Butler | Syfy | |
| 2004 | Soul Plane | Jessy Terrero | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | |
| 2005 | Confessions of an Action Star | Brad Martin | Vivendi Entertainment Lightyear Entertainment | |
| 2006 | Dr. Dolittle 3 | Rich Thorne | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | Direct-to-video film |
| Shark Bait | Howard E. Baker John Fox | CJ Entertainment The Weinstein Company | ||
| 2007 | Tortilla Heaven | Judy Hecht Dumontet | Archangel Releasing | |
| The Comebacks | Tom Brady | Fox Atomic | ||
| The Perfect Holiday | Lance Rivera | Destination Films Yari Film Group | ||
| Alvin and the Chipmunks | Tim Hill | 20th Century Fox | ||
| 2008 | Meet the Spartans | Jason Friedberg Aaron Seltzer | ||
| Disaster Movie | Lionsgate | |||
| 2009 | Adam | Max Mayer | Fox Searchlight Pictures | |
| The Open Road | Michael Meredith | Anchor Bay Entertainment | ||
| La Horde | Benjamin Rocher Yannick Dahan | Canal+ |
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Tom & Jerry[4] | Tim Story | Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Animation Group | ||
| Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar | Josh Greenbaum | Lionsgate Gloria Sanchez Productions Stellie | With Dara Taylor. | ||
| The Loud House Movie | Dave Needham | Netflix Nickelodeon Movies | Themes only. Score by Philip White. | ||
| 2022 | Tamra Davis | Netflix Zadan/Meron Productions | Song lyrics by Jason Robert Brown | ||
| The Curse of Bridge Hollow | Jeff Wadlow | Netflix Ugly Baby Productions | |||
| 2023 | Dashing Through the Snow[5] | Tim Story | Walt Disney Pictures Will Packer Productions Smart Entertainment |
| Year | Title | TV Channel | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Brimstone | Fox | ||
| 2000 | The Strip | UPN | ||
| 2005–2020 | Supernatural | The WB (2005–2006) The CW (2006–2020) | Composed with Jay Gruska | |
| 2012–2014 | Revolution[6] | NBC | ||
| 2015–2016 | Galavant | ABC | Composed with Alan Menken Song lyrics by Glenn Slater | |
| Agent Carter | ||||
| 2018–2021 | Lost in Space | Netflix | Lost in Space Theme by John Williams | |
| 2019–present | The Boys | Amazon Prime Video | ||
| 2022–present | Apple TV+ | |||
| 2024-present | Amazon Prime Video |
| Year | Title | Publisher | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | EA Games | |||
| 2004 | ||||
| 2005 | ||||
| From Russia with Love | Electronic Arts | |||
| Gun | Activision | |||
| 2007 | The Simpsons Game | Electronic Arts | Additional music composed with Tim Wynn. Score composed by Hans Zimmer and James Dooley | |
| Warhawk | Sony Computer Entertainment | Composed with Tim Wynn | ||
| 2008 | Quantum of Solace | Activision | ||
| 2009 | The Godfather II | Electronic Arts | ||
| 2010 | Downloadable content for Mass Effect 2 | |||
| 2011 | Expansion pack for The Sims 3 | |||
| 2012 | Mass Effect 3 | Composed with Sascha Dikiciyan, Clint Mansell, Cris Velasco, and Sam Hulick | ||
| Starhawk | Sony Computer Entertainment | |||
| 2013 | Madden NFL 25 | EA Sports | ||
| Cancelled | Scalebound | Microsoft Studios | Composed with Hitomi Kurokawa and Naoto Tanaka |