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seismicFX was founded by noted
sound guru Chris Julian, an award winning composer/producer,
sound editor, and foley artist whose work spans
the film, record, and television industries. In
genres ranging from film sound, to rock, to hip-hop
/ R&B, to jazz, Chris has earned an Emmy
Award, and dozens of Gold
and Platinum records . In the last 24
months seismicFX post sound has been featured in
films earning 6
major award wins and 14 major award nominations,
including 10 Emmy nominations
and 1 Emmy win for A&E’s poignant film,
“Flight
93 . Chris' contributions as studio owner,
engineer, programmer, and player have merited his
esteemed clients 4
Grammy Nominations.
In the late nineties Chris began focusing on post-production
sound. His classical training and experience writing
and mixing music of all genres quickly put him in
demand. He studied foley with superstar, Alicia
Stevenson, and honed his crafts working for many
noted supervisors, including Larry Blake, Pat Bietz,
Multiple Emmy Award-winner Mark Linden, Emmy Award-winner
Harry Snodgrass, and Clancy Troutman. Through the
years Chris has contributed his post production
sound to dozens of feature films starring actors
such as Academy Award Winner, Lee Marvin, Academy
Award Winner, Olympia Dukakis, Academy Award Nominee,
Elliot Gould, Academy Award Nominee, JoBeth Williams,
Naomi Watts, Chevy Chase, Cybil Sheppard, Billy
Baldwin, Kathleen Quinlan, Wesley Snipes, Mario
Van Peebles, James Van Der Beek, Steven Seagal,
Tom Arnold, Linda Hamilton, Joe Mantegna, Edward
Furlong, Daniel Baldwin, William Shatner, David
Carradine, Tara Reid, Mark Hamill, Elle Fanning,
Danny Glover, Michael York, Alexander Nevsky, Beau
Bridges, and many more (see: seismicFX/CREDITS
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| During the eighties and early nineties Chris owned and was the founder of Calliope Productions, a NYC based music production company which among other things, became ground zero for the now legendary East Coast hip-hop movement known as the Native Tongues. Comprised of artists De La Soul, Black Sheep, Queen Latifah, Monie Love, Chi Ali, The Beatnuts, and others, the movement promoted Black roots awareness and a new, progressive, brainy, "hippy" sensibility within the hip hop community. Acclaimed artists David Bowie, Chaka Khan, Deee-Lite, Don Was, Jimmy Webb, Art Garfunkel, Afrika Bambaataa, Vanessa Williams, and David Crosby have worked with Chris, seeking his unique sound and approach to writing, playing, and producing. (See credits for a more complete list). |
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Also during his years in Manhattan,
Chris was the co-owner and co-founder of Bang Music,
( www.bangworld.com
), a NYC based cutting-edge, youth oriented commercial
music production company. Bang, still operating
today, continues with the brash
moniker “we’re the commercial music company that doesn’t do commercial music”. With Bang, Chris and his colleagues wrote and produced commercials for Coke, Pepsi, Mercedes Benz, Anheuser-Busch, Ford, Burger King, The American Cancer Society,
Proctor and Gamble, Sony, and a host of other national sponsors.
A native New Yorker now based in Topanga, California Chris is classically trained in voice, trombone, and timpani. He attended Syracuse University from 1975-1979 and earned a BS degree in Television and Radio Production. Chris also plays guitar, keyboards, and bass, and toured as lead singer for six years around the US with his rock band.
Chris' knowledge and experience in arranging, writing and
producing music, recording, mixing, and editing
film sound effects has kept him in demand. He's
as comfortable with a chart for first violin, as
he is with a James Brown sample, roaring jets, or
monster footsteps in the mud. |
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