Los Angeles, CA. U.S.A.
+1.989.289.2166
christopher.hatfield [at] gmail.com
Christopher Hatfield is a composer, songwriter and sound designer based in Los Angeles, California. A talented multi-instrumentalist, he incorporates a diverse array of techniques and approaches to writing and performing. Chris has a unique ability to bring a trained ear and analytical component to a situation and provide professional opinions while being able to remain creatively inspired and innovative.
Hatfield's output includes work for television and film, commercials, symphonic and chamber ensembles, electronic media, orchestral arrangements, and numerous albums as songwriter and performer. He can be found touring nationally with his band Love Axe, whose newest album, South Dakota, was praised by The AVClub as "a collection of hook-laden tracks that could inspire melodic envy in the likes of Sloan and Fountains Of Wayne.”
Education
Master of Music in Composition, Central Michigan University, 2008
Concentration in electronic and symphonic music
Bachelor of Music in Composition and Theory, Central Michigan University, 2004
Concentration in electronic and chamber music
Selected Works as Composer & Performer
2016 - Amateurs, Television Pilot (dir. Jasmine Chiong)
2016 - Bounce, Short Film (dir. Courtenay Johnson)
2015 - Winter Break Worship Party, Short Film (dir. Andrew Lewis)
2015 - Love Axe, South Dakota LP, New Granada Records
2012 - Love Axe, Phenomenomenons LP, Suburban Sprawl Music
2011 - Jim Cooper's Legacy, Documentary Short, Produced by the United States Veterans Administration & Stanford University
2011 - Arts & Humanities, Short Film, Produced by The US Department of State & Stanford University
2011 - Send It Back, Short Film, Directed by Scott Allen
2008 - Rotation 1-4, electronic media, Masters thesis project Electronically generated and sample-based composition and performance
2008 - The Glath Houthe, percussion ensemble
2008 - Double Path, symphony orchestra
2007 - Blues for Alice, jazz arrangement, big band
2007 - Daydream for Winds, wind ensemble
2007 - Jordu, jazz arrangement, combo
2006 - Piano Duet no. 1, two pianos.
2006 - Sonnet no. 1, mezzo-soprano and piano
2006 - Those Transatlantics – Knocked Out LP, Suburban Sprawl Music
2004 - YRR05 3R3W, electronic media
2004 - P3OPL3, electronic media
2004 - Those Transatlantics, You're Seated In The Back EP
2004 - String Quartet No. 1, string quartet
2004 - Rumination on the Abrupt Shortcomings of the Vinyl Medium, piano and vibraphone
2004 - Army/Navy, Army/Navy LP
2003 - Diferencias, solo flute
2003 - Furcht, piano and clarinet
2003 - Army/Navy, Everyrhing Will Meet EP, Suburban Sprawl Music