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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Shadow Company (Documentary Score)

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In February of 2006, documentary filmmaker Nick Bicanic was putting the finishing touches on his expose of the flourishing mercenary economy in Iraq. He had already assembled an impressive film with an outstanding soundtrack that included tracks from Madvillian, Caribou and Murcof.

Bicanic needed moody ambience to support a few minutes of dialogue and was drawn to the meditative cover of Curtis Mayfield’s “People Get Ready” which I recorded and arranged the year prior.

Upon its release Shadow Company garnered the praise of Variety, New York Times and Sen. Ted Kennedy in addition to winning 4 Leo Awards including Best Documentary.

People Get Ready [mp3]

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Written by
Curtis Mayfield

Arranged, Recorded and Produced by
Chris Schlarb

Performed by
Chris Schlarb- electric guitar