Chris LaRosa is a composer for film, television, video games, and the concert hall.  He combines his extensive orchestral music training with a modern approach to synthesizers and commercial music production.  Chris composed the heartfelt piano/synth score for the drama When I Loved Her, which won awards at nine festivals including the Variety International Film Festival.  For the science-fiction thriller Level 23, Chris created an uncanny and propulsive score, blending edgy orchestral arrangements with innovative piano techniques and large percussion.  Chris composed additional music for the TIFF award-winning feature film Kanaval, alongside BAFTA award-winning composer Brian D’Oliveira and Noah Sherrin, creating an imaginative orchestral underscore for the film’s magical realism.  

Chris served as a staff arranger for The United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own,” where his music and arrangements were regularly performed for sitting U.S. Presidents and world leaders at The White House, Arlington National Cemetery, and The Pentagon.  Chris has prepared music for Hal Leonard’s John Williams Signature Series, and he regularly arranges music for ensembles such as l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and the National Arts Centre Orchestra.  Chris recently collaborated with beloved Québécois storyteller Fred Pellerin for a live music-storytelling concert Le Secret de Polichignon, and created a custom arrangement for the 2024 World Figure Skating Championship Final Gala.  Chris’ compositions have been performed by orchestras across the world including the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and Suzhou Symphony Orchestra.  He has received commissions from premier organizations such as the American Guild of Organists and the Hartford Symphony Orchestra.

Growing up in Pennsylvania, Chris began his musical journey as a pianist and composed his first pieces at the age of eight.  He studied and performed classical music at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna, and in Paris at IRCAM, the world's top academy for composers bridging music and technology.  Chris completed a doctorate in composition at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and studied film music at the Berklee College of Music.  He is currently based in Montreal, Canada.