Berkeley native, Chris Capriotti is breaking new ground with Nocturnal Sun Productions. His 20 years of experience as a musician and two degrees in music recording have shaped his passion as music producer. He has engineered and played on many albums, from his own guitar driven solo album, to collaborations with some of the Bay Area's top talents. With his newfound interest in scoring, Chris is creating more sound recordings for film.

In 2000, Chris acquired a BA in Sound Arts from Ex'pression-Center for Digital Arts. Before that he completed a two year certificate program from San Francisco State University in the Music Recording Industry. Utilizing his talent as an engineer, Chris has created his own unique working environment to accommodate his guitar and keyboard compositional skills. Having this customized environment allows for ease of composition, enabling the development of pieces from their first embryonic stage to final completion of a mastered CD.

In his senior year of high school, Chris studied under master guitarist Joe Satriani. Joe taught modal theory, scales, arpeggios and most of all, amazing technique. Chris will always remember Joe's words of wisdom, "sometimes you just have to forget everything, put your head back, and pretend you're BB King."

Capriotti has developed a wide palette of guitar sounds from open tuning acoustic, 12 and nylon string, to modern textural space and surf guitar. Chris can also create that lyrical, singing sound of an understated lead. His second passion is for the piano, with interests and skills in synthesizers and samplers.

Some of Capriotti's instrumental pieces have a way of telling a story without words. "Imagery is a big part of my music, I want to take people around the globe when they close their eyes and listen. Music creates the picture. I'm excited now as I begin to experiment with classical and jazz and music that has more dissonance."

Chris scored his first short when he met ILM animator, Tim Harrington in 1998. Harrington's AGONY is much like a Tarantino film with more of a horror soundtrack. Two years later, Chris earned a Bachelor's Degree in Sound Arts at Ex'pression in Emeryville, CA.