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C o m p o s e r
Sound City
Studios
CHRIS PIORKOWSKI
LOS ANGELES CA

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Welcome to Sound City Studios
located in Van Nuys CA your
next stop for
Post Production
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Photo was made during the Recording session of the
CD Album "Le Piano"

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Chris Piorkowski performing on a MiDI keyboard at Sound
City Studios during a video interview with Luciano Saber
from Aspiring Hollywood
By James Goux
"Music can tell stories and I will find a language to tell yours using my
music," proclaims Chris Piorkowski on the home page of his website.
Piorkowski's career in composing, conducting, and producing
began in 1991 at the fresh age of 19 when he worked as a musician and
composer at the "in theater" in West Berlin. Since that time he has
started his own recording studio and continues to work as a composer,
doing writing, arranging, and recording all in-house.
Piorkowski is quick to point to his experience co-producing and arranging the main theme for
the World Cup of Boxing in Helsinki as an exciting opportunity in his writing career. He's also
worked with Gene Roddenberry Productions, with PBS on a show with Fernando Rossi, and
worked in all types of media, including: feature films,documentary, advertising, television,
games, multimedia, and library music. Piorkowski has written and produced songs for many
singer-songwriters and other artists as well. All of the music disciplines and genres are at his
fingertips.
Chris Piorkowski
C o m p o s e r

4. Piorkowski accredits his varied opportunities to the one-stop shop setup of his studio. His studio acts as the last stop in the post-
production process, and he can provide services in film composing, orchestration, and production as well as the more technical
aspects of sound such as Foley, ADR, and mixing and mastering. He works within Sound City Studios, a renowned studio that has
hosted the recordings of artists like Elton John, Metallica, Michael Jackson, and the groundbreaking score to the original Planet of
the Apes. This allows a single film to be worked on in four studios at once, with specific rooms each for Foley and ADR. Movement
from one phase to the next is
faster and easier with all
aspects of the sound being
worked on within the same
studio, and Piorkowski has an
entire team of orchestrators
with which he works.
While Chris considers himself
within the category of
upcoming composers, he
feels he is more established
than most who are new to the
game and has built a group of
clients and collaborators with
whom he can trust. He's able
to work with union or non-
union musicians and, unlike
many start up composers, is
able to record live music as
opposed to a mix of samples
and synthesized scoring. He
is able to offer new and
individual sound scores as
well as a full range of genres,
and is always ready to create
a score on short notice. Chris
sends out an open initiation to
his facilities and wants to
make clients of any standing
feel comfortable and confident
in their decision to work with
them, saying, Don't hesitate
to call or e-mail.

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Filmography
Film, TV, Commercials,
Trailers & Game
Chris is continuously working on
different projects with other
production companies and also
in collaboration with the Studios
at Sound City in Van Nuys CA.
The complex includes full size
Foley stage, mixing & mastering
facilities and a legendary
recording studio large enough to
handle up to a fifty piece
orchestra.
Projects
From documentary, reality TV
show, Film Trailers, commercials,
short or feature film projects
Chris is welcome to support film
and multimedia projects with a
great group of professionals
during the post production in
order to make this fast and
efficient experience for the
Filmmakers.
Film Poster and Commercial Projects that Chris was
working on out of Sound City Studios CA
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From a simple idea to a full CD
Being involved as a composer, arranger
and also working with a lyricist was always
challenging but for the most a very
rewarding experience.
Working with singer-songwriters as a
composer and arranger and guiding them
as well as coaching them during the vocal
recording session contributed to many
successful CD productions as well as their
personal career development.
Today since the CD is less popular
compared to the iTunes music, the main
focus is to create high quality mp3 audio
files and offer them to the public on
internet.
The new digital audio type introduces new
ways of interacting with the listeners today,
offering a faster platform to promote,
advertise and present bands, solo artists,
as well as creating a soundtrack.
CD Productions
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Musician
In many years as a musician and composer,
Chris discovered and was involved in
different styles and genres of music that
influenced his compositions and often
performed on film scores by himself taking
advantaged of using different instruments.
From accompanying singers, performing with
Piano & String quartet, as well as conducting
choirs, bands, orchestras to composing and
producing CD recordings with radio airplay’s
those experiences shaped his craft and
musicianship.
Sound Sampling
As part of today's industry creating
conventional or non conventional music
instruments is to create a new sound
independently as a musician, shaping the
sound of a band by bringing a specific tone
or introducing a new texture, elements to
multimedia and compositional process
offering the signature sound of a composer.
3 Performer & Multi
Instrumentalist
Photos during live performance

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4 Music For Theater
Productions
Stage
Since 19years old Chris was introduced
as a composer and performer to the
world of Theater.
Drama
That was a very valuable time of
learning the drama in a play as well as
the interaction between actors and
musicians on stage during the theater
performance.
Performance
His countless theater performances as
a musician and composer shaped not
only the valuable understanding of the
importance of the right sound for the
right scene but also the immediate
response of an audience that mirrored
the entire theater team performance of
the day.
From composing music for “The Little
Foxes” or “Sherlock Holmes” Play to
Edward Gorey's tragicomedy, Chris
was ready to transform and dive into
the genre and time period in order to
capture what's needed from the past
into today's world.

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Audio & Video Demo Reels
On the website you're welcome to listen
to audio demos as well as video reels
from previous or current projects
Video Studio Tour
If you're interested in more in depth
workflow, composing and scoring
process please visit the video Studio
Tour
Piano Solo
Please listen to Piano Solo CD and the
live Concert with Piano and String
Quartet on Soundcloud or YouTube.
Composer Website5
www.chrispiorkowski.comDirect website link to Audio & Video demo reel :

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6 Music Composition
For Multimedia
Film Scoring Process
Collaborating with Filmmakers it's always very
exiting where we try to find the sound that will best
support the film scenes but also more to create a
continuous evolving through-out the film that
supports the drama.
Spotting the Film
We watch the film together in my studio and make
choices on where and what type of music would be
needed.
Writing the Cues
The music composition process takes place and
also the importance of decision making regarding if
the film music composition is either created only
with virtual instruments, recorded inside the
computer or with the live players that involves a
little different planing. Then the music ideas are
sketched out on the paper with a piano, by creating
melodic and harmonic ideas with the desired
tempo. If there will be a live instrument recorded,
sheet music has to be created for the performer.
The process of creating so called mock-up can
serve as an idea for the director, before the music
is shared with an orchestrator in order to create a
full size score and parts to be recorded of the all
music cues on the scoring stage and replace the
mock-up cues. Often the mock-up version
becomes the only music that is given to audio
engineer to create the entire score mix.
Dubbing Stage
After the entire music is mixed as well as SFX and
dialog, all those elements are mixed together as a
final step.
Film Score

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Conductor & Arranger
Over many years Chris was supporting
orchestras, bands and choirs as a music
director conductor and composer creating
unforgettable memories that lasts.
Gaining valuable experience from directing
Gospel and Pop choirs as well as creating
arrangements for Pop stars with CD
recordings, contributed to today's invaluable
understanding of a new project no matter of
how large or small in order to make the live
performance a success.
Chris is always thriving for excellence no
matter what project he's involved with.

12. Education8
Chris Piorkowski is a Los Angeles based Film Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor, and Audio Engineer. He studied Symphonic Orchestra
Conducting and later Orchestration with Steven Scott Smalley . Chris received a Diploma (as an Honor Student) in Sound Engineering and
Music Production from Audio Institute of America in San Francisco. He also received a Diploma in Media Composition from Music For The
Media in London. For two and a half years he was composing and performing clarinet and piano at Zan Pollo Theater in Berlin . He studied
Jazz Piano with Walter Norris and Jazz Harmony with Sigi Bush at Music University Berlin( HDK). Since that time he worked in many
recording studios on various projects. In 1996 he received a Scholarship form Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he later studied
Film Scoring and Orchestration.
He continued his education in the University of Newcastle Australia -Music Technology Master Program. In 1999 Chris Piorkowski was
selected because of his outstanding achievement in composition and arrangement to score, produce and arrange the Theme Song of The
Boxing World Cup in Helsinki . In addition to his many composition projects, Chris was chosen as an orchestrator, composer, arranger and
audio engineer for German Pop star/recording artist ; Guildo Horn ( Eurovision Song Contest 89’).
Chris was accompanying Singer Melissa Swift Sawyer in Ellie Caulkins Opera House Denver with Governor Bill Ritter and Mayor John
Hickenlooper present.
University of Newcastle
Australia
Beklee College of
Music
Vermont College
Of Fine Arts
Music For The Media
Audio Institute of America

13. Tracking, Mixing & Mastering
Wonderful cooperation with Fernando from
PigSound allow us to do Voice-overs, tracking,
mixing and Mastering.
Larger Recording Studios A & B
If desired we are able to use a larger studio in
order to accommodate mid to large big bands as
well as small size orchestra.
Soundstage
Filmmakers do have a great opportunity to use
sound-stage in this facility complex during
working on other post production stages.
Foley Stage
As needed the full size Foley stage is prepared
to handle large film and TV projects.
Additional Services at
Sound City Studios
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14. Sound City Studios
15452 Cabrito Road #207
Van Nuys CA 91406
Phone:310.597.1455
E-Mail:chrispiorkowski@ymail.com
www.chrispiorkowski.com