Chris Bell/Music

Exec Producer, Creative Director, Composer, Sound Designer

Franklin TN 37067

707-***-****

acxdwt@r.postjobfree.com

www.cbmsd.com

-RESUME-

****/**** ******** ********/********/Sound Designer: Chris Bell and Company. Owner, Composer, Producer and Sound Designer for one of the leading providers of original music and sound design for TV Commercials and the Web. Originally in Los Angeles, then Northern Calif, and now the Nashville area. Working with major advertising agency creatives and directors to compose and produce immediate hit music scores, sound design and audio treatments for high-end television advertising and interactive/web media. Music campaigns include Lexus, Direct TV, Verizon, Mercedes, BMW, ESPN, AT&T, Chevrolet, Nike, Budwieser, Ford, Nissan, Toyota, Hyundai, McDonalds, Carl’s Jr, GE, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Home Depot, Nascar, Pepsi, Coke, Microsoft, Apple and 100’s more. Advertising agencies include Saatchi & Saatchi, Chiat Day, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, BBDO, DDB Needham.

TV 2015

Projects with 20th Century Fox (Homeland, Kamal Bell, Ricki Lake) Vivindi, CBS, Sony (Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune) Composed/Produced complete Jeopardy music makeover package and ongoing show promo spots. Compose and produce much of the music heard nightly on Wheel of Fortune as well as weekly show promos. Many 2015 music campaigns for McDonalds, Toyota, Hyundai. Interactive in 2015

Composed and produced all of “The Bar Method” Online series music. Composed and produced the “Heros of Summer” Online campaign music for Oberto Foods. Composed and produced music for numerous Toyota and McDonalds online projects. Films: 2006 Chasing The Lotus / Exec Producer and Composer: Winner “Best Original Score” 2007 X-Dance Film Festival at Sundance.

“Chasing The Lotus”. A feature length documentary film on the “Evolution of Surf Culture” from the mid 60’s to the 90’s featuring Jeff Bridges. Released in June 2007 thru Mandalay Pictures. Nominated for “Best Picture”, “Best Documentary” and winner of

“Best Original Score” (composed by Chris Bell) at the X-Dance Film Festival at Sundance 2007. Winner of the “Outstanding Achievement in Film” award at the 2007 Newport Beach Film Festival. Also Composer for 2002 Black Cadillac / Artist View,

2000 Nicolas / Reef Point Pictures.

1995/2005 Chris Bell designed, built and managed a 10,000 sq ft state of the art Los Angeles recording studio and post production facility which became the audio Post home for 10 years for Lexus Automobiles, Fox Sports, Kingworld Entertainment, Warehouse Records and countless other advertising agencies and music video/film clients. Worked with mega stars including Prince, Michael Jordan, George Benson, Shaq, Kobe Bryant, Charlton Heston, Danny DiVito, Kelsey Grammer, Morgan Freeman, Will

Smith, Brittany Spears, Steve Martin and many others. 1998/2005 “Skye FX” and “X1 FX”. Chris Bell launched and oversaw two separate visual efx companies, both winning numerous awards including an Academy Award for visual efx for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe work. Chris was deeply involved in budgeting, production, employee management, cost control and equipment purchasing.

1996/2005 ToneDog.Com Chris Bell Launched one of the first companies in Los Angeles dedicated to the production of music and sound design for the web with Lexus Automobiles interactive being the sole client for the majority of the run.

Chris Bell also oversaw creative department and budgeting. Chris Bell is a member of AFM Local 47, Screen Actors Guild, AFTRA, AMP, AICP, AICE. Awards for music and sound design include 3 Clio’s, 4 AICP/MOMA awards, 6 Belding Awards, 3 Telly Awards, 1 GSN Best Music For a Game Show Award and 2 Art

Show Awards.

Press Features:

http://www.mixonline.com/news/facilities/la-grapevine/366739 http://shootonline.com/node/27445

www. linkedin.com/in/chrisbellmusicandsounddesign