Forest Christenson is a Los Angeles-based composer and engineer with over a hundred screen credits spanning film, television, and games. Trained at Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions — where his credits include Dunkirk, Blade Runner 2049, and Wonder Woman — and mentored by composer Rupert Gregson-Williams, he brings to every project a musical intelligence forged equally in Hollywood and in the experimental music underground, where he co-founded the ambient duo Seabat, released critically acclaimed solo work, and performed alongside composers Christina Vantzou and Lea Bertucci. His feature film scores include House of My Fathers (Busan International Film Festival New Currents Competition; BFI London; IFFR Rotterdam; reviewed by The Hollywood Reporter), Grandpa Was An Emperor (exec produced by Cynthia Erivo; 84% on Rotten Tomatoes), and To Kill a Wolf (MASA Award, Best Feature Film Score 2025; SCL Award nomination). He has contributed music to the Emmy-nominated scores for HBO's The Last of Us and Amazon's Mr. & Mrs. Smith, the game Mafia: The Old Country (2K), and DC's Superman. He has served as session violinist on the Golden Globe-nominated Netflix series The Beast In Me and Netflix's Fatherhood, and has composed main title themes and episode scores for four Korean drama series. As a score mixer, his credits include Wonder Woman, Apple TV+'s Chief of War (93% on Rotten Tomatoes), and How to Blow Up a Pipeline (Neon); his work on The Blue Angels (Amazon MGM / IMAX, produced by J.J. Abrams and Glen Powell) earned him a Cinema Audio Society Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures.

To Kill A Wolf - Behind the Score

In a modern re-imagining of Little Red Riding Hood, a social pariah discovers a teenage runaway in the Oregon wilderness and does his best to help her find a way home - a troubling exploration of trauma and redemption. To create the score for the film, Sara and Forest performed and recorded instruments in their home studio, including piano, violin, guitars, bowed banjo, glockenspiel.

“Composers Sara Barone and Forest Christenson craft a folk-inspired soundtrack that complements the film’s moody tone and heightens the eerie stillness without overpowering it. Every note feels carefully placed, enhancing the uneasy quiet that dominates much of the runtime.” - Movie Buff

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