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Chris Ainscough

Chris Ainscough

Composer · Born March 27, 1967 (59) · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Chris started his musical career playing piano, trumpet, and double bass, and by the age of 16 he was performing nightly at major clubs and touring with various bands across Canada. He left the road to pursue formal schooling in music and recording technology. Today, Chris enjoys a thriving, award-winning career working on many large-scale soundtracks for film and television. In addition to his work as a composer, re-recording mixer, and programmer, Chris has created soundtracks for a long list of World Fair pavilions, feature films, and TV series, including 2 Golden Reel noms as a Sound Designer on the hit TV series, 'Highlander' and recording the orchestral score for the classic TV series 'MacGyver'. As a film composer, Chris has scored dozens of TV movies and feature films and has been nominated for and has received several awards, including a Leo win for "Suddenly Naked" directed by Anne Wheeler.

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Biography from IMDb.

Born
March 27, 1967 (59)
From
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Works as
Composer
Titles
41 on MovieCove · 49 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 89% in 30 days

What are Chris Ainscough's films like?

Across their 40 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Romance11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 67th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Romance movies
Drama10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 63rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 45th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 25th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Mystery2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 33rd percentile
: browse their Mystery movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
42%
Self
24%
Society
9%
Survival
9%
Morality
8%
Ideas
6%
Power
1%
Romantic love17 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds12 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth9 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity10 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose7 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 40 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 31 · Serious 6 · Dark 3

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 38 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 26 · Charged 13 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 34 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 16 · Some laughs 22 · Funny 2

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 30 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 31 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 36 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
20
Hopeful
23
Romantic
15
Tense
12
Joyful
12
Other
30

How their films linger

Feel-good29 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful27 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCozy4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy30
  • Bittersweet7
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Chris Ainscough's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 37 of their 41 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hallmark+ (27).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Chris Ainscough's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

49 credits, 41 with a MovieCove page.

Career shape

A full career of 41 titles from 1994 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Wisher (2002)

$15K worldwide

Highest rated

Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper! (2025)

Midcredits 87th

Most popular right now

A Blue Ridge Mountain Christmas (2019)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Music39 of 41: 37 only music, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score59thEditing2 of 41: 0 only editing, 2 with another roleOther crew2 of 41: 2 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1990s3 · crew2000s9 · crew2010s7 · crew2020s22 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Chris Ainscough's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 41; across their 40 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 56th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 40

Approval · how many liked their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 40

Reach · how many have seen their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 40

Midcredits score across 41 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th18
  • 25th to 49th11
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

17 of their 41 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic4
  • Crowd Pleaser17
  • Mixed16

Most divisive · composer

Christmas Baby (2025)

91st percentile spread · 26% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper! (2025)

Midcredits 87th · 78% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 53/100 in their films, across 19 reviewed titles; fans 64, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Chris Ainscough work with?

People who share at least 2 of Chris Ainscough's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michael Shepard shares the most, 13.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

  • Michael Shepard13 titles    See newest 12 of 13 shared titles with Michael Shepard
  • Charles Cooper9 titles    See all 9 shared titles with Charles Cooper
  • Allen Lewis6 titles    See all 6 shared titles with Allen Lewis
  • Orly Adelson6 titles    See all 6 shared titles with Orly Adelson

Mixed roles