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Christopher Willis (born 21 August 1978 in Newcastle, Australia) is an Australian-born British composer. He is the composer of the music to the 2013 Disney Mickey Mouse Shorts, and co-composer (with Rupert Gregson-Williams) of the music to the HBO comedy series Veep. He has also written music for a number of film scores (credited with "additional music") with several other film composers including Carter Burwell, Harry Gregson-Williams, and Henry Jackman. His filmography includes The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012), Winnie the Pooh (2011), X-Men: First Class (2011), Shrek Forever After (2010), Grown Ups (2010), You Don't Mess With The Zohan (2008) and the television series Veep.[1] His score for The Death of Stalin (2017) was shortlisted along with 14 others for the Academy Award for Best Original Score.[2]

Christopher Willis
Christopher Willis in France in 2013
Born	1978 (age 43–44)
Occupation	Composer
Years active	2006–present
Spouse	Elyse Marchant Willis ​ ​ (m. 2012)​

His concert music includes a piece written specially for The BBC Proms in 2010 entitled Mashup.[3][4] The music is a written-out mashup 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 was part of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[5]

He is also a musicologist specializing in eighteenth-century music, especially Domenico Scarlatti, although he has written about other subjects including American minimalism. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and has written a number of scholarly articles, including a chapter to the book Domenico Scarlatti Adventures: Essays to Commemorate the 250th Anniversary of His Death,[6] and articles in the journals Early Music and Eighteenth-Century Music.[7]

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Title	Director(s)	Notes
2017	The Death of Stalin	Armando Iannucci	—
2019	The Personal History of David Copperfield		—

Television

Year	Title	Network	Notes
2012—2017	Veep	HBO	Composed with Rupert Gregson-Williams
2013—2019	Mickey Mouse	Disney Channel
2016—2019	The Lion Guard	Disney Junior
2016—present	Agatha Raisin	Sky One Acorn TV	Composed with Rupert Gregson-Williams
2020—present	The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse	Disney+
2021	Schmigadoon!	Apple TV+	[8]
2022	Cat Burglar	Netflix

References

External links

• Christopher Willis at IMDb
• Piano music by Christopher Willis reviewed
• Christopher Willis on SoundCloud

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