Christopher Willis is an Australian-born British composer. For Disney, he is the composer of the music for the 2013 Mickey Mouse shorts, the 2015 series The Lion Guard, and the 2020 Disney+ original series The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse. He also composed music for the 2020 Disney's Hollywood Studios and Disneyland attraction Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway and short film attraction Vacation Fun, the 2022 Disney Wish water ride AquaMouse, and the 2023 album Music from Mickey's Toontown, where he composed the songs "Nothing Can Stop Us Now" and "Our Homespun Melody".
Outside of Disney, Willis has composed music for films such as The Death of Stalin, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, X-Men: First Class, Shrek Forever After, and You Don't Mess With The Zohan, and television shows like Veep and Schmigadoon! He has also composed for educational purposes and, as a musicologist, written and discussed music in journals and lectures.
Filmography[]
Year | Film | Position |
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2008 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Score programmer |
2008 | Bedtime Stories | Additional music Musician: piano |
2011 | Winnie the Pooh | Additional music |
2013-2019 | Mickey Mouse | Composer Arranger Songwriter: "Pua Nani Ē" "Jing-A-Ling-A-Ling" |
2013 | Thor: The Dark World | Additional music |
2015 | The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar | Composer |
2016-2019 | The Lion Guard | Composer Voice Role: Tafu |
2020-2023 | The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse | Composer Songwriter: "The Wrangler's Code" (uncredited) |
2020 | Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway | Composer |
2022 | AquaMouse | Composer |