At the Education Through Music Los Angeles 2011 annual fundraiser gala, composer Christopher Young was honored with the Shining Star Award. The award was presented by Jon Amiel (director of ENTRAPMENT, THE CORE, CREATION and others).
This film was shown at the gala, featuring a small handful of the many composers who have studied under or worked for Chris. The composers featured: Gerard Marino, Deborah Lurie, Gernot Wolfgang, Jasper Randall, Christophe Beck, Marco Beltrami, Christopher Lennertz and Jim Dooley. Charlize Theron appears courtesy of BMI.
Directed and Produced by Austin Wintory. Cinematography and editing by Adam Shell. All the music featured in this video was composed by Christopher Young and is not the copyright of Austin Wintory, or ETM-LA.
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