Chris Orazi
- Music Department
- Sound Department
- Composer
Chris Orazi is an Emmy winning composer/arranger/producer with 12 Telly awards for post-production scores and soundtracks. Owner and founder of C.A.S. Music Productions, in 1984 in Southern, NJ. He scores and produces for TV, Film and ad campaigns.
He has produced and co-written albums for a number of singer-songwriters, jazz artists and indy artists. The Lost Princess of Oz, a live musical was co-written with Daytime Emmy winner, Donna Swajeski and is also available as a podcast.
Chris Orazi's childhood influences include Big Band, Russian Composers, and Motown and Rock. An American in London in grammar school then became electrified by the early Brit pop/rock scene. Soon after he moved to Milan, Italy and Italian Pop became another listening addiction. Started playing guitar, moved back to the states, added drums and piano and dove into all forms of rock (especially if there was a mellotron) anything instrumental by Zappa, then came Coltrane, Corea's Bitches Brew, George Duke, the Brecker Brothers, Manhattan Transfer, music of Brazil and on. In his 20's, ran countless trips over the Philly bridges to Just Jazz, The Spectrum, and on up to Gullivers for Phil Woods, Chicago, Earth Wind and Fire, Carla Bley, Ferguson and anything jazz/funk/punk/orchestral.
Music major studies at Glassboro State College included private composition and arranging with Manny Albam, Joel Thome, Guy Klusevsek. His first all-original band, Soundstage a 9 piece jazz/fusion ensemble played southern, NJ and lead to his 10 piece touring band, Out as writer, director and keyboard/percussionist. Eventually his projects and experience continued to include musical director positions at showrooms and theaters, music teaching at various schools including Stockton University, writing and arranging for artists, dance companies and live projects in Atlantic City and Philadelphia.
C.A.S. Music Productionsais his proprietorship that brought him safely off the road and into the world of recording, production and film scoring. Through his C.A.S. studios, Chris has produced numerous award winning scores and projects. Emmy and Emmy noms, Telly's (11), Addys and Prism have awarded him for his PBS scores, TV show themes, and radio/TV productions.
Composing/Songwriting, live vocal and instrumental arranging, producing album projects and artists, are simply the result of years of studies, listening, performing, and "especially the exceptional talents of the countless brilliant creatives in film, radio, TV "and stage, musicians, and the variety of artists I have been fortunate to hang with!"
Avenue C is Chris Orazi's evolving catalog of personal music. The songs and instrumental passages are cinematic in scale. Evolving orchestrations combine pop, experimental harmonic movement, live jazz, orchestral arranging and passionate vocals and lyrics.
Music major studies at Glassboro State College included private composition and arranging with Manny Albam, Joel Thome, Guy Klusevsek. His first all-original band, Soundstage a 9 piece jazz/fusion ensemble played southern, NJ and lead to his 10 piece touring band, Out as writer, director and keyboard/percussionist. Eventually his projects and experience continued to include musical director positions at showrooms and theaters, music teaching at various schools including Stockton University, writing and arranging for artists, dance companies and live projects in Atlantic City and Philadelphia.
C.A.S. Music Productionsais his proprietorship that brought him safely off the road and into the world of recording, production and film scoring. Through his C.A.S. studios, Chris has produced numerous award winning scores and projects. Emmy and Emmy noms, Telly's (11), Addys and Prism have awarded him for his PBS scores, TV show themes, and radio/TV productions.
Composing/Songwriting, live vocal and instrumental arranging, producing album projects and artists, are simply the result of years of studies, listening, performing, and "especially the exceptional talents of the countless brilliant creatives in film, radio, TV "and stage, musicians, and the variety of artists I have been fortunate to hang with!"
Avenue C is Chris Orazi's evolving catalog of personal music. The songs and instrumental passages are cinematic in scale. Evolving orchestrations combine pop, experimental harmonic movement, live jazz, orchestral arranging and passionate vocals and lyrics.