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.
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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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Twilight Variations

Twilight & Ghost Stories Timeline

Twilight & Ghost Stories is the first release I’ve put out under my own name. The deep irony of course is that over fifty people collaborated and contributed to this dense 40 minute composition. The album will be released by Asthmatic Kitty Records on December 4th, 2007 and is the culmination of almost five years of work.

With Twilight Variations I’m opening up Section IV so that anyone can pick it apart piece by piece, re-arrange it or add their own instrumentation. The beauty of this is that it allows for a deeper cross-section of what went into Twilight: things that were faded out, obscured or inaudible are now clearly presented for all who care to hear. Then, if the spirit moves, add a few melodies and ghosts of your own.

Now within your clutches are Sandy Ewen and Aaron Russell of The Weird Weeds (as the Macaroni Band), Dave Longstreth (of Dirty Projectors fame), avant reedmen Lynn Johnston and Bhob Rainey, Patagonian, uber-bassist Orlando Greenhill, Languis, Sebastian Krueger (of Inlets) and yours truly in addition to a number of conversations and incidental recordings (ghosts).

Section IV of Twilight & Ghost Stories is available in both WAV files and inside a self contained Garageband 3 file. The added bonus of the Garageband file is that I have arranged all the parts to play just as they do in the album mix. There is also a slightly edited (faded in/out) mp3 directly from the full album. Enjoy!

FILES

Section IV [MP3 ALBUM VERSION - 7MB]

Section IV [WAV FILES - 189MB]

Section IV [GARAGEBAND 3 FILE - 189MB]

I also plan to cataloguing the variations here. If you’d like to be listed and given credit just email your file* to twilightvariations [[at]] gmail dot com.

*mp3 files at 192kps or higher preferred

CATALOGUE

01. Galloping Sky Nugget Variation [SITE]
02. Matias Coduri Variation [SITE]
03. Accident’s Amen Variation [SITE]
04. David Kanaga Variation [SITE]
05. Jonathan Dueck Variation [SITE]