Award-winning composer, arranger, orchestrator, pianist for film, TV, GRAMMY®-albums and concert hall.
GRAMMY™-nominated professional composer, arranger, orchestrator and pianist based in Southern California. As a composer, Mr. Wills served as Composer-in-Residence with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic at SUNY, won Hollywood awards such as the Irwin Kostal Memorial Award for Composition adjudicated by Quincy Jones and presented by John Williams at the Beverly Hilton, and national awards such as the Kenneth Davenport National Competition for Orchestral Works with world premiere performances at the Bardavon Opera House. Mr. Wills composed an original work entitled A Centennial Tribute to celebrate the 1908 founding of Biola University. He worked with Invisible Children’s Jason Russell (known for his “KONY 2012” viral video), scoring, conducting and recording his USC master’s thesis at the Steven Spielberg Scoring Stage and screened at the Norris Cinema Theatre. Mr. Wills also contributed animation film trailer music for
Colossal’s “Hollywoodland.”
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Orchestral arrangements for a Simon and Garfunkel concert series conducted by maestro Michael Krajewski that has been touring the U.S. for several years, played by the Houston, Atlanta, and Seattle Symphonies, as well as Philly Pops and dozens of other orchestras.
Jason Russell directed this wonderful USC Masters Thesis film (you may recognize Jason as the founder of Invisible Children, and the record-breaking viral KONY 2012 video). I composed the score, recorded and conducted a chamber orchestra at the Spielberg Scoring Stage (now “John Williams Scoring Stage”). The film was screened at the Norris Cinema Theater. It’s a love story about young boy who has lost his mother, after which he has been given the ability to fly. In Jason’s words: “Think ‘Peter Pan’ meets ‘My Girl’ meets ‘E.T.’ It’s magical. It’s moving. It’s a love story about believing.’”
My name is Christopher Wills and I’m a professional composer, orchestrator and pianist of music for film, television, Broadway musicals and symphony orchestras. You can hear me in blockbuster Hollywood movies and televised concerts. Many know me as “Professor Wills,” so I’m also an educator at two universities.
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