Your network connection has been lost, so you may experience media playback
issues. This page will automatically refresh when you are back online.
Bassist
Christopher North has played bass with Quincy Jones, the Chicks, Rosanne Cash, various 80's one hit wonders, symphony orchestras and chamber ensembles as well on Broadway (The Lion King, Rent, Spring Awakening and Hair). He's also played in Rock Bands at CBGB's, the BITTER END and accompanying singers in Cabaret shows in NYC (Don't Tell Mama's). On several of his scores and albums, he has played ALL the instruments, including multi-tracking double bass parts to form a string section, as he did on Grammy Nom'd Two Trains Runnin'. This multi-genre musician has played bass on other composer's film scores, trailers, tv shows (inc. 12 Monkeys) and video games (inc. Wolfenstein and Dishonored.) His playing (including aleatoric techniques), recorded at his home studio, on his 3 Double Basses (Grunert, Kay and Engelhardt) were featured in Dynamic Sound Sampling's Orchestral String FX sound library, which he used on his score for CUT SHOOT KILL.
This content (inc video game trailers) may be inappropriate for some viewers:
Biography
Sundance Fellow Christopher North (he/him, b 1969) is an award winning composer (Film, Theater, Dance and the Concert Stage), singer/songwriter (eclectic albums, songs for children’s TV and placements in Films), multi-instrumentalist (Carnegie Hall, Newport Folk Festival, CBGBs, Grammy award-winning recordings), conductor (Hollywood Chamber Orchestra debut, Carnegie Hall, Symphony Space) and producer. A Texan in NYC since 1997, he’s thriving in Brooklyn with over 20 genre crossing albums, scores to over 60 films (inc. award-winning and Grammy Nominated) and a growing opus of arts songs, chamber music and symphonic works. An enthusiastic educator and Associate Professor in the Berklee College of Music Songwriting Department, he has also taught at the 92NY since 1997. As a freelance sideman, he has played bass for Quincy Jones, with The Chicks (formerly the Dixie Chicks) and Rosanne Cash, in orchestras and on Broadway. He’s been heard as a singer (in choirs with the NY Philharmonic, on Grammy Award Winning Recordings), whistler (for Disney) and multi-instrumentalist on countless scores, albums, video games and commercials. A 2015 Sundance Institute Lab Fellow, collaborating brings out his best, for which VARIETY says he's a "notable asset” to work “well served by a fine soundtrack.” His favorite creation is his teenager Koi and his hobbies include painting, photography, and walking in cemeteries.