{"id":23837,"date":"2023-07-28T12:34:11","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soundtrk.com\/?post_type=client&#038;p=23837"},"modified":"2023-08-09T01:45:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T09:45:01","slug":"cris-velasco","status":"publish","type":"client","link":"https:\/\/soundtrk.com\/?client=cris-velasco","title":{"rendered":"Cris Velasco"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-8\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"--col-width:65%;flex-basis:65%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/soundtrk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ab6761610000e5ebdf6bcc6f3fef64283a483fe4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23842 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soundtrk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ab6761610000e5ebdf6bcc6f3fef64283a483fe4.jpg 640w, https:\/\/soundtrk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ab6761610000e5ebdf6bcc6f3fef64283a483fe4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soundtrk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ab6761610000e5ebdf6bcc6f3fef64283a483fe4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/soundtrk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ab6761610000e5ebdf6bcc6f3fef64283a483fe4-560x560.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Cris Velasco is one of the most sought after composers working today in media, scoring some of video games biggest franchises including <strong><em>God of War, Mass Effect, Borderlands, Fortnite, <\/em><\/strong><em>and<\/em><strong><em> Overwatch.<\/em><\/strong> He has maintained an active career in the game industry with over a hundred other original scores such as <strong><em>Bloodborne, Resident Evil, The Long Dark, Assassin\u2019s Creed, Company of Heroes 2,<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>Darksiders<\/em><\/strong>. He has also worked extensively in VR with award winning titles like <strong><em>Star Wars: Vader Immortal<\/em><\/strong>, and <strong><em>The Invisible Hours<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cris is also a passionate art collector, and has curated a number of dark and surreal art exhibits around the country, including a solo show for <strong><em>Clive Barker<\/em><\/strong> called \u201cWunderkammer\u201d, and a tribute show to <strong><em>H.P. Lovecraft <\/em><\/strong>called \u201cFrom the Depths\u201d. Cris\u2019 artistic involvement with Clive turned into a number of collaborations as well when he scored Clive Barker\u2019s Jericho, and an animated project for <strong><em>Books of Blood<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Velasco regularly brings his skills as a multi-instrumentalist to his music. As an award winning classical guitarist, he also has a studio full of other interesting stringed instruments like guitar viol, morin khuur, shamisen, charango, and marimacho. They can all be frequently heard as a backdrop to many of his scores, adding a unique tone to his orchestral pallet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cris\u2019 music is also regularly performed by symphony orchestras around the world. He has received numerous awards and accolades including \u201cOutstanding Achievement in Original Composition\u201d from the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, IGN\u2019s People Choice Award &#8211; Best Music, NBC News Award for Best Video Game Music, and multiple nominations for<strong><em> Best Original Music from the BAFTA\u2019s.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/crisvelasco.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Website\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">PDF Credits<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-5\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"--col-width:35%;flex-basis:35%\">\n<!-- ReelCrafter reel: Cris Velasco -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\"\n  width=\"100%\"\n  height=\"1200\"\n  scrolling=\"no\"\n  frameborder=\"no\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/play.reelcrafter.com\/embed\/d240b9b8-d7ed-49a2-aef4-303dbb04f3f3\">\n<\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/soundtrk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/client\/23837"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/soundtrk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/client"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/soundtrk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/client"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/soundtrk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}