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Chris Swanson
Chris Swanson is a founding partner of the American independent record labels Dead Oceans (formed in 2007), Jagjaguwar (1996) and Secretly Canadian (1996), each operated primari…
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Chris Swanson is a founding partner of the American independent record labels Dead Oceans (formed in 2007), Jagjaguwar (1996) and Secretly Canadian (1996), each operated primarily out of Bloomington, Indiana, with satellite offices in New York, London and Austin. These labels are home to such diverse acts as Bon Iver, Antony & the Johnsons, Yeasayer, comedian Tig Notaro, The Tallest Man on Earth, Jens Lekman, Dinosaur Jr., The War on Drugs, Foxygen, Phosphorescent, The Besnard Lakes, Okkervil River and Black Mountain, to name a few. Swanson first got involved in cinema through the works of Rick Alverson, whose first three features - The Builder (2010), New Jerusalem (2011) and The Comedy (2012) - were each co-executive produced by Swanson and his Jagjaguwar partners Darius Van Arman, Ben Swanson and Jonathan Cargill. He acted as music supervisor for The Builder and The Comedy, and has gone on to work with director Joe Swanberg on Drinking Buddies (2013). He is currently working on three other film projects that are in production. In 2011, Swanson co-founded the artist management company Fort William Artist Management, with Ami Spishock, Ben Swanson and Darius Van Arman. Some of Fort William's clients include Beirut, Grizzly Bear, Jens Lekman and The War On Drugs. In 2012, Swanson co-founded SC Publishing, a boutique music publishing service, whose client roster includes Bill Fay, Foxygen, Kishi Bashi, Spencer Krug, Night Beds and Frankie Rose, among others.
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2026
Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly
Movie Music Supervisor
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2026
The Sun Never Sets
Movie Music Supervisor
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2024
I Saw the TV Glow
Movie Music Supervisor
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2023
Untold: Jake Paul the Problem Child
Movie Music Supervisor
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2023
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
Movie Thanks
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2022
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
Movie Music Supervisor
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2021
Untold: Breaking Point
Movie Music Supervisor
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2021
Untold: Crime & Penalties
Movie Music Supervisor
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2021
Ride the Eagle
Movie Music Supervisor
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2021
The Evening Hour
Movie Music Supervisor
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2020
Minor Premise
Movie Music Supervisor
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2020
A Teacher
TV show Music Supervisor
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2020
The Last Shift
Movie Music Supervisor
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2020
I Used to Go Here
Movie Music Supervisor
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2020
Feels Good Man
Movie Music Supervisor
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2019
The Mountain
Movie Music Supervisor
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2019
The Dirt
Movie Music Supervisor
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2018
Tyrel
Movie Music Supervisor
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2018
Hearts Beat Loud
Movie Music Supervisor
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2018
Wild Wild Country
TV show Music Supervisor
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2017
Person to Person
Movie Music Supervisor
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2017
Win It All
Movie Music Supervisor
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2017
Lovesong
Movie Music Supervisor
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2016
Other People
Movie Music Supervisor
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2016
Joshy
Movie Music Supervisor
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2015
The Overnight
Movie Music Supervisor
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2015
6 Years
Movie Music Supervisor
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2014
Happy Christmas
Movie Music Supervisor
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2014
Night Moves
Movie Music Supervisor
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2011
New Jerusalem
Movie Executive Producer
