Award winning composer, producer, and sound designer.
Chris James is an award winning music and sound design composer based in Austin, Texas. A University of Texas Film School graduate and native of Austin, he spent his youth in the late 80’s perfecting radio mix-tapes and plugging crappy guitars into 4-track recorders.
He began composing music for commercials, films, and trailers full-time in 2005, and has since scored over 300 nationally airing commercial spots and trailers, including multiple Super Bowl spots. He’s written and produced tracks for a large list of brands including Nike, Apple, Toyota, Samsung, Reebok, Cadillac, McDonald’s, and Levi’s. In 2023 he scored his first full-length snowboard film, The Battle for First Chair.
Chris is also half of the band/production duo darkDARK, along with Genevieve Vincent. Together, they have composed and placed dozens of original tracks, trailers and remixes for Universal Music Group, Sony Music, Warner Chappell, and Viacom among others. They’ve written original trailer tracks with acclaimed rappers Pusha T and J.I.D, and remixed legacy trailer versions for Bob Dylan, Nina Simone, Doris Day, and Bill Withers among others.
