Biography

Christopher Raymond is a highly acclaimed Composer, Orchestrator and Conductor for film/TV and theater. He has won an NAACP, 2 BroadwayWorld Awards and a Stage Raw Award.

Raymond is honored to have been Music Consultant/Vocal Producer for the 2023 feature film, The Offering (scored by Emmy and Golden Globe-Nominated film composer, Christopher Young). The soundtrack for The Offering is available on all major streaming platforms. Raymond also recently worked with Christopher Young on the hit 2022/2023 Apple TV+ series, Echo 3 as Vocal Conductor. Raymond composed Additional Music for the feature documentary, Breaking Bread (distributed by Cohen Media Group). Breaking Bread was released in 65 cities in the US in 2022. Raymond recently composed a lush, orchestral score for a new feature documentary, more details will be released soon. In 2022 and 2023, Raymond assisted Grammy-Winning singer/composer, Melissa Manchester with the digital notation software, Sibelius as she composed her Concerto for Piano and Orchestra.

Raymond co-wrote the theme song for the show, Troy (which opened at the 80,000 seat Beijing National Stadium in July, 2017). The theme song was recorded by Jackie Evancho and written by Christopher Raymond, Tyler Bates (composer for Guardians of the Galaxy) and Sebastian Cano-Besquet.

In 2020, Raymond composed the music for the Horror-Comedy podcast series, The Haunting of Haunted House. The podcast is available on all major Podcast platforms. Raymond has also composed music for numerous short films.

Raymond served as Music Director, Orchestrator, Arranger and Conductor for several Ovation Awards ceremonies and LA Drama Critics Circle Awards ceremonies in Los Angeles. These award ceremonies took place at prestigious theaters such as the Ahmanson Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse and The Theatre at Ace Hotel.

Christopher Raymond wrote the book, music, lyrics and was Co-Producer for Scarlet Letter: The Musical (based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel). Scarlet Letter had a successful workshop production at the Greenway Court Theatre (Hollywood) in 2018.

From 2011-2018, Raymond was Music Director for DOMA Theatre Company (Hollywood); he also co-produced several productions for the company. With DOMA, Raymond worked on 11 full-scale musicals. Productions that Raymond worked on for DOMA Theatre Company won numerous Ovation, NAACP, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, LA Weekly, Broadway World and Stage Raw awards.

Raymond proudly served as Music Director for Valley Outreach Synagogue (Calabasas, CA) from December 2018 to February 2022.

Christopher Raymond began his career as a teenager playing in the band for 13 The Musical (by Jason Robert Brown) on Broadway (Bernard Jacobs Theatre). Raymond studied Musical Arts at CalArts.
- IMDb mini biography by: Christopher Raymond