If you see the new “Ghostbusters” movie, you’ll hear the work of UCLA university organist Christoph Bull on the soundtrack. UCLA's university organist — he plays the 6,600-pipe Skinner organ at Royce Hall — he recorded the movie's pipe organ underscore at the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles on May 5-6. Bull is the organist-in-residence at the church, which has the world's largest functional church pipe organ, with pipes in the front, back and sides. 

Bull, an adjunct associate professor at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, was selected for the recording by composer Theodore Shapiro, who wrote the music for the film. Bull, who is also a composer, has previously contributed to projects by artists such as Harry Connick Jr., Steven Spielberg and Cindy Lauper. He has performed and recorded an eclectic repertoire of organ music in venues around the world, from cathedrals in Moscow, Saint-Denis and Salzburg to the Viper Room and the Roxy in Los Angeles.

Bull has won numerous awards in organ and songwriting competitions, including the German competitions Jugend Musiziert and the Chamber Music Competition of the City of Bad Dürkheim, the Marcello Galanti International Organ Competition and both the Michael Masser and the Berklee songwriting competitions. He holds degrees from Berklee College of Music, the University of Southern California and the American Conservatory of Music.

See Bull in performance in this TED talk.