Kristopher Carter

Kristopher Lee Carter (born February 5, 1972) is an American composer. He grew up in San Angelo, Texas and lives in Los Angeles, California.

Carter was born in San Antonio, Texas. In 1993, he graduated magna cum laude from the University of North Texas. As a student, he won first prize in the 1992 UNT Concerto/Aria competition with his symphonic overture, A Titan's Epitaph. The University of North Texas Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Anshel Brusilow, first performed the overture in 1993. After that, Carter received commissions for concert works from cellist Carter Enyeart, saxophonist Robert Austin and the University of North Texas Men's Chorus in 1994. The work commissioned by Austin, Grand Duo Concertante, has been featured on several nationally syndicated college radio programs In 1995.

Carter began his career as one of the youngest composers to work for Warner Bros. He received an Emmy Award for Batman Beyond and has received five other Emmy nominations. His fifteen independent feature films have screened at festivals including South by Southwest, Slamdance, the Atlanta Film Festival, Shriekfest and the 2008 Park City Film Music Festival, where his feature "Yesterday Was A Lie" won a Gold Medal for Best Impact Of Music In A Feature Film.

He made his Hollywood Bowl debut in 2001 with a commission from John Mauceri and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. In the record world, he has collaborated with The Wallflowers' Rami Jaffee and blues guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Carter was named Commissioning Composer of the Year by the Texas Music Teachers Association and also received a fellowship to Robert Redford's Sundance Composers Institute. He served as the first Composer-In-Residence of the Bel Canto Northwest Opera Festival and has given clinics across the country on film composition.

Works DC Animated Universe Year Title Note 1994–95 Batman: The Animated Series The series made its debut in 1992, while Carter came in 1994 1996–2000 Superman: The Animated Series 1997–99 The New Batman Adventures 1999–2001 Batman Beyond 2001 Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker 2001–02 The Zeta Project 2001–04 Justice League 2004–06 Justice League Unlimited 2017 Batman and Harley Quinn 2019 Justice League vs. the Fatal Five

Other DC Animated Works Year Title Note 2003–06 Teen Titans 2006 Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo 2006–08 Legion of Super Heroes 2008–10 Batman: The Brave and the Bold 2010–22 Young Justice 2016 Batman: The Killing Joke Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders 2017 Batman vs. Two-Face 2020 DC Showcase: The Phantom Stranger

Marvel animated works Year Title Note 2008–09 Spectacular Spider-Man 2012–19 Avengers Assemble 2018 Marvel Rising: Initiation Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors 2019 Marvel Rising: Chasing Ghosts Marvel Rising: Heart of Iron Marvel Rising: Operation Shuri Marvel Rising: Playing with Fire

Other animated works Year Title Note 2008–10 Ben 10: Alien Force 2010–12 Ben 10: Ultimate Alien 2012 Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon 2017 Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown 2018 Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold

Other works Year Title Note 2016 Siren

This work that was composed with other music composers, especially with Michael McCuistion and Lolita Ritmanis. The work was composed solely by Carter. The work that has theme song composed by Carter.