Chris Swanson

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Chris Swanson

Biography

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 featur...

Acting

2014

Happy Christmas

as Music Supervisor

Production

2021

Ride the Eagle

as Music Supervisor

2018

Hearts Beat Loud

as Music Supervisor

2020

The Last Shift

as Music Supervisor

2024

I Saw the TV Glow

as Music Supervisor

2014

Happy Christmas

as Music Supervisor

2016

Joshy

as Music Supervisor

2015

6 Years

as Music Supervisor

2014

Night Moves

as Music Supervisor

2015

The Overnight

as Music Supervisor

2017

Person to Person

as Music Supervisor

2021

Untold: Breaking Point

as Music Supervisor

2021

Untold: Crime & Penalties

as Music Supervisor

2021

Untold: Caitlyn Jenner

as Music Supervisor

2017

Lovesong

as Music Supervisor

2020

Feels Good Man

as Music Supervisor

2011

New Jerusalem

as Executive Producer

2020

Minor Premise

as Music Supervisor

2019

The Mountain

as Music Supervisor

2021

The Evening Hour

as Music Supervisor

2017

Win It All

as Music Supervisor

2020

I Used to Go Here

as Music Supervisor

2016

Other People

as Music Supervisor

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