Christopher

Christopher Neil Mann is an award-winning composer, songwriter, producer, orchestrator, arranger, singer, guitarist, violinist and instructor.  Chris holds two degrees from USC’s Thornton School of Music (Rolling Stone credits USC/Thornton among the top five music academies in the United States), where he received a Bachelor of Music with a focus in Music Composition and the USC/Thornton Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television graduate program (SMPTV). His broad body of work includes original scores for motion pictures including, The Matrix, The Animatrix: Beyond, Green Street Hooligans, Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury, etc. Chris has also written original music for television shows, such as Boarding House: North Shore, AAA video games such as Full Spectrum Warrior (Xbox), as well as hundreds of original compositions for nationally and internationally broadcast television advertisements.  Ad clients include Coke, Pepsi, Apple, Microsoft, IBM, BMW, Lexus, Nissan, Barbie, Kool Aid, Skittles, Michelob, Gatorade, etc.  Chris has also lectured extensively at USC’s Thornton School of Music.