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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I Heart Lung Gets Asthmatic, Tours

Wow. What a few weeks it has been. Tom Steck and I have been working on wrapping up all things Interoceans and yesterday, our good friends at Asthmatic Kitty Records announced the signing of seven new artists to their roster, among them, I Heart Lung. Fine company indeed.

Now, we gladly leave for a week on the road. Beginning this Saturday, May 3rd, we embark on a quick West Coast tour with Sounds Are Active label-mates ellul. This will be the first trip up the coast for I Heart Lung, so come out and see us if you can.

All dates and times confirmed:

Saturday May 3rd at The Cocaine, Los Angeles, CA.
w/ improv set with ellul, Ars Poetria
8:30pm // $5 ($7 non-drinking)

Sunday May 4th at OPEN, Long Beach, CA.
w/ ellul
5pm (Matinee Show) // $5 (all ages)

Monday May 5th at Retox Lounge, San Francisco, CA.
w/ ellul, Dominique Leone
8pm // $3

Tuesday May 6th at Pearl Lounge, Eureka, CA.
w/ ellul, Brother Mitya, The Beat Nun
9pm // $5

Thursday May 8th at Helm Gallery, Tacoma, WA.
w/ ellul
8pm // $5

Friday May 9th at Towne Lounge, Portland, OR.
w/ ellul, buh-bLAM
9pm // $5