My portfolio includes scoring, arrangement and composition work for video games, feature film and television. As a musician and producer I have released over forty albums of jazz, folk, electronic, punk and modern classical music. I am currently accepting new commissions.
Why Chris Schlarb?
The world is full of musicians, composers and producers. The hard part is matching the right person with the project they are best suited for.

Here is a quick example: if you want to approximate an orchestra of instruments with a single keyboard, I am probably not the right one for the job. My best work utilizes any number of unique, real world instruments including tabla, euphonium, mandolin, marimba and upright double bass. I thoroughly enjoy working with real instruments, in real spaces, with real musicians.

If your film, video game or album requires texture and atmospheric depth, unique or unusual live instrumentation, and thoughtful arrangement, I would love to hear from you. For the last decade I have explored the ambient, jazz, folk, electronic and modern classical genres as a member of both the American Composers Forum and ASCAP.

I specialize in taking small and medium sized budgets and turning them into expensive sounding recordings. I operate my own mobile recording studio and engineer most sessions, saving time and cost.

My work can be heard on this site and read about in the New York Times, All About Jazz, Time Out New York, Chicago Reader and Pitchfork.

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Asthmatic Kitty


Sounds Are Active
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Albums in high rotation

I have to thank Lafayette over at 4 Brothers Beats. Over the last few weeks he has gone above and beyond in sharing some extremely rare jazz, fusion and r&b records. These albums in high rotation of late reflect his direct influence:

George Duke- Faces In Reflection
George Duke- Inner Source
George Duke- The 1976 Solo Keyboard Album*
George Duke- Reach For It
Syreeta- Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta
100% Pure Poison- Coming Right At You
Bernard Wright- ‘Nard**

*my favorite album title in a long, long time!
**another classic!