Chris Granner | |
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| Born | 1957 (age 67–68) Mt. Kisco, New York, U.S. |
| Other names | Granzo |
| Occupation(s) | Video game and pinball composer |
| Website | CGMusic |
Christopher P. Granner (born 1957 inMt. Kisco, New York) is a freelance music composer, best known for composing music forvideo games andpinball games.
Granner's father was an organist/pianist, so he was interested in music since his childhood. He studied composition and computer sound/music atUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign under prolific musiciansBen Johnston,Herbert Brün,Salvatore Martirano and Scott Wyatt. After finishing university with aBachelor of Music and aMaster of Fine Arts in music composition he moved toEvanston-locatedNorthwestern University's music lab. There Granner heard thatWilliams Electronics (which evolved inMidway Games) was looking for composer, and he took the job and became leading composer incoin-op andpinball industry.[1] After leaving Midway, Granner set up his own sound production studio CGMusic and produced music and sound for manyvideo games,advertisements andpinball games.
From 2006 to 2011, Granner had retired from composing music for games, after he was finished with Stern / Steve Ritchie Productions' pinball,World Poker Tour.[2] In 2011, Granner came out of retirement and joined the newly formed Jersey Jack Pinball, where he served as the composer and audio director for their first pinball game,The Wizard of Oz.[3] In April 2012, Granner began audio work with Spooky Cool Labs, a Chicago-based startup company developing social games for Facebook and mobile platforms. He joined Spooky Cool, in-house, as Audio Director in October 2012. In June 2013, Spooky Cool was acquired byZynga; Granner is currently serving as Audio Director of that studio, now known as Zynga Chicago, which produces games for the Hit It Rich! social casino.
Note: The titles shown are in chronological order.
The names in superscript are the designers from the pinball machine, PLD stands for Pat Lawlor Design, SRP stands for Steve Ritchie Productions
