Chris Ryan(XXXV)

Hailing from Long Island, NY, Chris Ryan is an ASCAP award-winning composer based in Los Angeles whose credits span film, television, videogames and theatre. A storyteller at heart, he received his degree in film production before transitioning into music. Chris composed music for the cult hit Hundreds of Beavers (2022), praised by the Los Angeles Times as "mania from heaven." His work can also be heard in projects such as Scream VI (2023), AppleTV+'s critically acclaimed nature docuseries Tiny World (2020), and the period thriller-comedy Coup! (2023) starring Billy Magnussen and Peter Sarsgaard, for which he composed the Main Titles. As an orchestrator, Chris had the pleasure of working on Benjamin Wallfisch's rousing score for the #1 box office hit Shazam! (2019) As a performer and arranger, his collaboration with Michael Giacchino, 'LOST: Music from the Island for Solo Piano,' landed on the Billboard charts and remains a fan favorite. As a songwriter, Chris's music and lyrics can be heard in SNL head writer Anna Drezen's animated adult comedy Praise Petey (2023), and his score for Spotify Original's scripted audio series Gay Pride & Prejudice (2022) was nominated for a Podcast Academy Award in 2022. Chris has contributed additional music to shows such as ABC's The Bachelor (2002) and The Bachelorette (2003), and his work can be heard in national ad campaigns for companies including Trulicity and CAMP. An alum of the ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop and recipient of the prestigious ASCAP Foundation Steve Kaplan Award, Chris previously served as assistant to orchestrator David Krystal, with whom he worked on projects for composers Benjamin Wallfisch, Harry Gregson-Williams and Tom Howe, among others.