Orchestrated by Christopher Guardino.
Music by Mark Mothersbaugh; conducted by James T. Sale; engineered by John Kurlander.


Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 - Chester's Plans/Main Title

Cloudy With a Chance of meatballs 2 - Flint's Remorse

Music by Mark Mothersbaugh; conducted by James T. Sale; recorded by John Kurlander.
Orchestrated by Christopher Guardino

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 - Getting the Gang Back Together

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 - Journey to the Island

Orchestrated & conducted by Christopher Guardino.
Music by Erran Baron Cohen; engineered by Dennis Sands.

The Dictator Suite

Performed by Jim Parsons & Kate Micucci; 
Music by Matthew Sklar; Lyrics by Chad Beguelin;
Orchestrations by Christopher Guardino & Doug Besterman; Conducted by Christopher Guardino; Mixed by James T. Hill

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas - A Christmas Song

Music by Matthew Sklar & Christopher Guardino; 
Conducted by Christopher Guardino;
Mixed by James T. Hill

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas - Buddy Makes It To New York

Performed by Max Charles and Rachael MacFarlane;
Music by Matthew Sklar; Lyrics by Chad Beguelin;
Orchestrations by Christopher Guardino & Doug Besterman; Conducted by Christopher Guardino; Mixed by James T. Hill

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas - I'll Believe In You

Performed by Max Charles, Rachael MacFarlane and Jim Parsons;
Music by Matthew Sklar; Lyrics by Chad Beguelin;
Orchestrations by Christopher Guardino & Doug Besterman; Conducted by Christopher Guardino; Mixed by James T. Hill

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas - Sparklejollytwinklejingley

Performed by Jay Leno, Rachael MacFarlane, Kevin Michael Richardson, Jim Parsons, Kevin Shinick;
Music by Matthew Sklar; Lyrics by Chad Beguelin;
Orchestrations by Christopher Guardino & Doug Besterman; Conducted by Christopher Guardino; Mixed by James T. Hill

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas - Nobody Cares About Santa

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas - There Is A Santa Claus

Music by Matthew Sklar & Christopher Guardino;
Orchestrated & Conducted by Christopher Guardino;
Mixed by James T. Hill

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas - Buddy and Walter Reconcile

Music by Matthew Sklar & Christopher Guardino;
Orchestrated by James T. Sale; Conducted by Christopher Guardino; Mixed by James T. Hill

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas - Off The Naughty List

Performed by Fred Armisen, Ed Asner, Rachel Bloom, Max Charles, Larry Dorf, Gilbert Gottfried, Mark Hamill, Steve Higgins, Rachael MacFarlane, Kate Micucci, Jim Parsons, Rachel Ramras, Kevin Shinick; Music by Matthew Sklar; Lyrics by Chad Beguelin; Orchestrated by Christopher Guardino & Doug Besterman; Conducted by Christopher Guardino; Mixed by James T. Hill

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas - The Story Of Buddy The Elf

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas - Maple Syrup

Music and Text by Christopher J. Guardino © ascap

Performed by the Debut Ensemble of the National Children's Chorus, Los Angeles; Dr. Pamela Blackstone, conductor; Dr. Hiroyo Hatsuyama, pianist

Recorded and Mixed by Francesco Perlangeli; Mastering by Brad Cobb; Produced by Christopher J. Guardino, Dr. Pamela Blackstone, and Francesco Perlangeli

TEXT:

Spoken: 

We are born in Light,
Casting an earthly shadow.
Which will you favor?


Ani ma' amin  -  -  I believe:

Adonai ori  -  -  The Lord (m) is my light;
Shekhinah ori  -  -  The Lord (f) is my light.
(Psalm 27:1)

V'laylah ori ba' adani  -  -  Even the night (adversity) is luminous about me.
(Psalm 139:11)

Shekhinah ori v'yishi  -  -  The Lord (f) is my light and liberation;
Adonai ori v'yishi -  -  The Lord (m) is my light and liberation.
(Psalm 27:1)

Ehyeh-asher-ehyeh  -  -  "I am that I am; I will be what I will be."
(The Book of Exodus)

Nella Luce, Nella Luce  -  -  In the light, in the light!

Hashem echad  -  -  The Name is One,

Amen  -  -  Amen.

Ani ma' amin  -  -  I believe.

Nella Luce

Arranged, orchestrated & conducted by Christopher J. Guardino

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Original Television Soundtrack (Season 1, Vol. 2)

Dear Joshua Felix Chan (feat. Rachel Bloom)

Cold Showers (feat. Rachel Bloom & cast)

I'm the Villain in My Own Story (feat. Rachel Bloom & Gabrielle Ruiz)

After Everything I've Done For You (feat. Donna Lynne Champlin)

Orchestrated and conducted by Christopher Guardino.
Music & production by Endless Noise; engineered by Barry Goldberg.

Cocoa Puffs at the Opera

Orchestral arrangement by Christopher Guardino.
Song by Stephen Foster; produced by Ry Cooder; conducted by Thomas Pasatieri; engineered by Allen Sides.

Primary Colors - Camptown Races (edit)

Orchestration by Christopher Guardino.
Music by Marco Beltrami; engineered by John Kurlander.

Hellboy - Light My Fire (edit)

Music & lyrics by W. Axel Rose & Chris Pitman;
Brass & Strings orchestrated & conducted by Christopher Guardino;
Marco Beltrami, orchestral session producer; John Kurlander, engineer.

Guns N' Roses - There Was a Time (edit) - from Chinese Democracy

Brass & Strings orchestrated & conducted by Christopher Guardino.
Music & lyrics by W. Axel Rose & Chris Pitman.
Marco Beltrami, orchestral session producer; John Kurlander, engineer.

Guns N' Roses - Madagascar (edit) - from Chinese Democracy

Orchestrated by Christopher Guardino.
Music by Mark Mothersbaugh; conducted by James T. Sale; engineered by Brad Haenel.

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs - The Latest Invention

Orchestrated by Christopher Guardino.
Music by Mark Mothersbaugh; conducted by James T. Sale; engineered by Brad Haenel.


Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs - Main Theme

Music by Mark Mothersbaugh; conducted by James T. Sale.
Orchestrated by Christopher Guardino

Hotel Transylvania - The Lady Lubove

String quartet arrangement & piano by Christopher Guardino.
Music & lyrics by Alice Smith; produced by Lukas Burton.

Alice Smith - Just Go (EP)

Conducting, orchestrations, and keyboards by Christopher Guardino.
Music by Mark Mothersbaugh; recorded by Bob Casale.

The Life Aquatic - We Call Them Pirates Out Here (edit)

The Royal Tenenbaums - Sparkplug Minuet

Strings arranged & conducted by Christopher Guardino.
Produced by Jeff Redd & Adrian Van Velson.

Keke Wyatt - Without U (EP)

Music by Mark Mothersbaugh !
Arranged/orchestrated by Christopher Guardino;
Recorded and mixed by Brad Haehnel : )

Disenchantment

Disenchantment (Theme)

Music composed by Christopher Guardino; co-produced with Wolfgang Amadeus.

La Puente - Sonia

Composer, arranger, orchestrator and Emmy-nominated music director, Christopher J. Guardino has collaborated with Marco Beltrami, Doug Besterman, Erran Baron Cohen, Ry Cooder, Endless Noise, Martin Erskine, Siedah Garrett, Guns 'n' Roses, Patrick Leonard, Mark Mothersbaugh, Eve Nelson, Thomas Pasateiri, J.A.C. Redford, Jeremy Rubolino, Stephen Schwartz, Super Diamond (with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra), and Mare Winningham. He has contributed arrangements, orchestrations and conducting to the films of Wes Anderson, Raymond DeFelitta, Barry Levinson, the late Mike Nichols, Guillermo del Toro, and to The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (Grammy®winner - Best Children's Album).  With co-score composer Matthew Sklar, he received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Music Direction for Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas, starring Jim Parsons, Edward Asner, Gilbert Gottfried, Mark Hamill, Jay Leno, and Kate Micucci, for NBC TV and Warner Brothers Animation. Currently, Christopher arranges, orchestrates and conducts for the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning television show, Crazy Ex Girlfriend (on the CW Network) and for Matt Groening's Disenchantment (on Netflix).

In the concert world, Christopher has composed for a variety of performing artists and ensembles. His "Nella Luce", composed for the National Children's Chorus, was given its world premiere at Royce Hall (Los Angeles) and its east coast premiere at Carnegie Hall (NYC) in 2015.

A few of Christopher's chamber works are published by/can be purchased here: https://sheetmusicbyfatrock.com/?s=Guardino

As an educator and teacher of music, Christopher has been a chamber music coach and conductor for the Suzuki Music Program of Los Angeles, a Resident Teaching Artist at the Brandeis-Bardin Summer Arts Institute, and a Visiting Professor in the music department at California State University, Los Angeles.  Privately, he teaches students in composition, counterpoint (species, canon, fugue), improvisation, music analysis (Schenkerian), piano, and solfège (fixed Do). 

Christopher was born not far from Los Angeles into an artistic family and studied piano from an early age.  On scholarships, he attended the Mannes College of Music in New York City and the American Conservatory at Fontainebleau, France.  Among his mentors and teachers were Leonard Bernstein, Narcìs Bonet, Felix Galimir, Gérard Grisey, Dr. Charles Kaufman, David Loeb, George Monseur, Dr. Hugo Norden, Thomas Pasatieri, Marie Powers, Carl Schachter, and Louise Talma.

http://www.facebook.com/christopher.guardino

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  Reviews

  “Guardino’s (music) was a revelation, displaying sublimely subtle keyboard shadings and passionate ‘cello lines that eloquently described the complexities and joys of spirituality…”

  “Guardino’s music for guitar was sensitive and imaginatively poetic…”

  - Los Angeles Weekly


  “Guardino’s provocative works were so smoothly and convincingly performed… that one might overlook the depth beneath the slickness”

  “…reflective and lush…”

  - The Los Angeles Times


  “…(Vlahos’ vocals) supported cushily by Guardino’s funky, insinuating arrangements…”

  - Backstage

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