Christian Vander was born on February 21, 1948 in Nogent-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France. He is a composer, known for Tristan and Isolde (1972), To Life Death and Beyond, the Music of Magma (2017) and Jodorowsky's Dune (2013). He has been married to Stella Vander since 1972.