PAUL CHITEN
MUSIC SUPERVISION - COMPOSER

Music & Technology Talents

Primary Instruments • Piano & Synthesizers

Other Instruments • Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Flute, Organ, Harmonica, Vibes, Harpsichord, Recorder, Harmonium, Drums, Marimba, Percussion, Didgeridoo

Career Milestones

• Winner of three 2005 Telly Awards for Best Television Commercial.
• Winner of 2005 Aurora Platinum Award for Best Commercial.
• Arranged & Performed the Main Title music for the CBS Movie, "Helter Skelter" Co-produced with "X-Files" composer Mark Snow. Music for the show was nominated for an Emmy Award.
• Producer/Performer/Co-Composer for Sony/Showtime television series, "Street Time."
• Music Director, Arranger and Performer for Cisco Systems Show, Las Vegas.
• Composed and produced the theme music that daily opens and closes "The Tokyo Stock Exchange."
• Musical Director and Performer, "Crystal Palace," Tokyo, Japan.
• Musical Director for featured show at "Windows Of The World" Amphitheatre, China.
• Music publishing deal with Fuji Pacific.
• Worked with composer Mike Stoller on the definitive music arrangements for the "Elvis Presley Sings Lieber & Stoller Songbook."
• South American tour with Donna Summer, Keyboards and Vocals.
• European tour with Donna Summer, Keyboards and Vocals.
• African tours with own band, "Angel City."
• Music publishing deal with Paramount/Famous Music.
• Member of the Songwriter's Summit excursion to Russia with "Music Speaks Louder Than Words" project. Album on Epic Records.
• Featured in Emmy Award winning television mini-series "Makin' Music."

PARTIAL LIST OF CREDITS

Film & Television

Street Time Dawson's Creek Law & Order Wonder Pets Helter Skelter (main title) Coming To America Witness Saving Milly Tokyo Stock Exchange Spring Break Shark Attack Beyond Chance Queen's Logic True Colors Santa Barbara The Jew In The Lotus (score) New Attitude Distant Thunder Woman On The Run Lame Ducks Hollywood Beat Transylvania 6-5000 Bad Guys Street Smart Sweet Poison (score) Los Angeles Olympics (score) Fantasy Chamber (score) Intellidex (LaserDisc score) Erotic Visions (score) Pulsebeat (score) Intersil (score) Technics (score) Marbella (score) Fame

Sony/Showtime Columbia/Tri-Star/Warner Brothers NBC Nickelodeon CBS Movie Paramount Paramount CBS Movie Of The Week Music for Nikkei Exchange CBS Movie Of The Week Lifetime Universal Paramount NBC Blind Dog Films ABC Paramount NBC Mini-Series Paramount Aaron Spelling/ABC New World Tomorrow Entertainment Cannon Universal Master Arts Ultimate Post Films Ultimate Calla Films General Electric Technics Ltd. Calla Films ABC

Trailers

Slingblade Let The Devil Wear Black Joe The King The Cape The Blood Oranges Witness Mona Lisa River's Edge Jimmy Reardon Sweet Lies Rocky IV Pope of Greenwich Village

Miramax Trimark Trimark MTM Television Trimark Pictures Paramount Island Pictures New World Island Pictures Island Pictures CBS/Fox United Artists

Commercials

Armani Olympiad Relax Countrywide Port Of Los Angeles The Bus Ride Just Can't Wait Metro Parks Island Presents Season Theme Attitude Prom Fantasy Logo Theme

Giorgio Armani Ford Countrywide M-Creative Big Star Jeans Toyota Ohio State Parks Island Pictures Oakland A's Gotcha Jeans Elektra Casadei Designs Pathe

Video

Fighter Squadron (video game) Faster Faster Girls Of Radio • Talk, Rock & Shock London Nights On Campus (score) Beyond Vaudeville Art of Massage (score) Bump & Grind • History of Burlesque Poison Letter Paris Lights

Activision MTV Playboy Entertainment Trikilis Productions Warner Vision Exotic World Warner Vision Sheba Productions MTV Trikilis Productions

Studio & Production
Composed, Arranged, Produced, Performed, Programmed and/or Sound Designed for:

Michael Jackson Tina Turner Donna Summer Pointer Sisters Commodores Lou Rawls, Jr Glass Five Star NBC B.D. Fox & Friends Warner Brothers Universal Phil Perry Herbie Hancock KPIX

Natalie Cole Alice Cooper Cyndi Lauper The Breakfast Club Kokopop Marvin Gaye, Jr. Phil Perry Julian Lennon Solid Gold ABC Fox Television Cucoloris Films Flicker Films History Channel Saatchi & Saatchi

Anita Baker Brenda Russell LA Law Vince Neil (Motley Crue) Skin Deep Alisha Santa Barbera Fame CBS Court TV Propaganda Films McClatchy Films Lifetime Andre Fisher

Songs

Master Produced (*)
Master co-Produced (**) by Paul Chiten

Education

Mills College, Masters Degree in Music Composition
Brown University, Bachelor's Degree
Harvard University, Special Arts Program
University Of California at San Diego
New England Conservatory Of Music
Berklee School Of Music
Private Piano & Composition Study

Lecturing & Publications (partial list)

UCLA - Topic: Music For Visuals
Musician's Institute - Topic: Music Composition Using MIDI & Computers
National Academy of Songwriters - Topic: Record Deals For New Artists
Mix Magazine - Topic: The Importance Of Pre-Production
Songwriter's Expo_- Topic: The Promotion & Marketing of New Music
San Luis Obispo - Dept. of Corrections Outreach Program - Topic: World Music
Los Angeles Songwriters Showcase - Topic: Modern Songwriting
South By Southwest Music Conference BMI Guest Speaker - Topic: Music Composition For Different Genres
N.A.M.M Show - Topic: Producing New Artists
A.E.S Show - Topic: Music & The Internet
Digital Living Room High Technology Convention - Topic: Music & Technology
National Music Educators Convention - Keynote Speaker - Topic: The Future of Music

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