Chris Thomas
Award-winning film composer, Chris Thomas, is hard at work these days. He recently scored the animated film, Cadaver, starring Kathy Bates and Christopher Lloyd. In 2013, his score for Grow Up, Tony Phillips was voted best soundtrack at SXSW film and music festivals. In 2010, Chris wrote music for the documentary,Woman Rebel. The film was short-listed for an Academy Award and nominated for an Emmy Award. In 2011, Chris won Best Film & TV Music at the eWorld Music Awards in Hollywood, and the Gold Medal Prize from the Park City Film Music Festival. In 2007, Chris was nominated for Best Orchestrator at the Academy of Film & TV Music Awards in Hollywood. Chris has also been in demand in the haunted house industry, writing original music for the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride, Ghost Ship, and several other new attractions across the country.
In television, Chris briefly orchestrated and conducted (uncredited) on ABC’s hit show LOST. He has also composed special features music for CSI:NY.
In the concert world, Chris orchestrated and arranged large works for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Master Chorale’s Easter Celebration at the Hollywood Bowl. His own works have been performed and recorded by the Hollywood Studio Orchestra, Northwest Symphony Orchestra, Rose City Chamber Orchestra, University of Southern California Symphony, Angeles String Quartet, Fear No Music ensemble, Willamette University Chamber Choir, Oregon East Symphony, A-Sharp Youth Symphony and various American festival ensembles.
He attended the University of Oregon (B. Mus. in Music Composition and B. A. in Political Science) and became involved with the Pacific Rim Balinese Gamelan and Chinese Opera. Chris left the Northwest for the prestigious Scoring For Motion Pictures and Television program at University of Southern California’s graduate school. There he connected with Hollywood’s A-list composers and filmmakers.
Chris currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and two cats.