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Christopher Reutinger (born September 10, 1946 in San Diego, California) is an American musician, composer, arranger, author and teacher. He is a violinist.
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Reutinger began to study music composition at the age of seven with his mother Joan Reutinger, a concert pianist. At the age of nine, he began to study violin with noted violin pedagogue Nick Stamon. The range of his musical ability was realized when the San Diego Symphony performed his original composition: "18th Century". The following year, in 1958, the San Diego Symphony orchestra debuted his original composition "Gigue".
Reutinger won a full scholarship to San Francisco State University to be part of the school's flagship music ensemble: The Morrison Quartet. The quartet appeared on San Francisco local CBS every Sunday in the show: "Molnar on Music" hosted by the renowned violist Molnar. He also studied with Naoum Blinder pupil and San Francisco Symphony Concertmaster: Frank Houser. Transferring to the University of California at Berkeley he studied composition with Roger Sessions before graduating in 1970. During this period he performed with the Oakland Symphony. As a graduate student at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California, Reutinger studied violin with renowned violinist Alice Schoenfeld. He was also asked by conductor Daniel Lewis to be part of the elite USC String Orchestra.
Winning an audition to be a first violinist with the Honolulu Symphony in 1972, he spent one season in Hawaii before returning to Los Angeles to begin a career in live performances and studio recordings. To date, he has contributed to over 550 motion pictures scores and over 450 record/CDs. He has recorded and performed with Elton John, Barry Manilow, Henry Mancini, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Roy Orbison, Ray Charles, Diana Ross, Lionel Richie, Beck, Natalie Cole, Andrea Bocelli, Jewel, and Michael Feinstein, to name a few. Reutinger was a founding member of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra conducted by John Mauceri. He has performed with numerous other symphonies. His string arrangement for "Silverplated" and his violin/viola performances appear on Granite Records recording artist Geoff Byrd's new CD: "Shrinking Violets". [1] Reutinger recently composed and performed the music to accompany the interpretive dances for the prototype for "Artists for Trauma", a non-profit founded by Laura T.Sharpe of "The Laura Project".
Filmography
Addams Family Values — Air America — Aladdin — All of Me — American Tail 3—Amos & Andrew-Another Stakeout — Another You — Baby's Day Out — Back to The Beach — Back to The Future 2—Back to The Future 3—Beauty and The Beast — Bingo — Black Rain — Blind Date — Body Double — Brain Donors — Buddy Buddy — The Champ — Chances Are — A Change of Season — Chapter Two — Chrome Soldiers — Cleopatra Jones & The Casino of Gold — Clifford — Condorman — Cool Runnings-Corvette Summer — Crazy People — Cry Baby — Curly Sue — Deceived — Delirious — Demolition Man — Edward Sissorhands — Everybody's All-American — Family Man — The Favor — Fear — Fire And Rain — Flight of The Intruder — Foodfight-For Love or Money — Frankie and Johnny — Free Willy — Geronimo: An American Legend — Get Smart Movie — Ghost — Ghost Dad — Godzilla — A Goofy Movie — Grand Canyon — The Great Mouse Detective — The Great Outdoors — Grumpy Old Men — Grumpier Old Men — H.E. Double Hockeysticks — Harry and Son — Heat Wave — Hero at Large — Hide in Plain Sight — Hocus Pocus — Holy Matrimony — Homeward Bound — Honey I Blew Up The Kids — Hot Shots 2—Hunchback of Notre Dame — I Spy Movie — Invasion of The Body Snatchers(78')--The Jetsons Movie — Josh and Sam — Last Action Hero — Last of The Mohicans — A League of Their Own — A Life in The Theater — Lion King 2—Little Big League — Little Nilita — Logans Run — Look Who's Talking Too — Love and Bullets Charlie — Mac and Me — Man Who Loved Women — Married to It — Marvin and Tige — Maybe Baby — McHale's Navy — Meet Joe Black — Men Don't Leave — Meteor — Meteor Man — Micki and Maude — Miles From Home — Moment by Moment(78)--Mommie Dearest — Moscow on The Hudson — The Mountain Men — The Muppet Movie — My Favorite Year — My Stepmother is An Alien — Narrow Margin — Never Forget — Newsies — Next of Kin — Nightmare on The 13th. Floor — Nightwing — Once Upon a Crime — The Other Side of The Mountain 2—Pennies From Heaven(81)--A Perfect World — The Personals — Physical Evidence — Pocahontas — Point Break — Police Academy 5—Police Academy 7—Primary Colors — Pure Country — Quest For Camelot — Quigley Down Under — The Rapture — Ratboy — Return to The Blue Lagoon — Roman Holiday(87)--Ruby Bridges — S.O.B.--Sea of Love — The Seduction of Gina — She's Having a Baby — Shiloh — Silverado — Skin Deep — Space Cowboys — Spaceballs-Star Trek 5—Stay Tuned — Steel — Stella — Stick — Sunset — Sweet Dreams — Swing Shift — Switch — Switching Channels —TED- Telefon — That's Dancing — That's Entertainment 2—That's Entertainment 3—That's Life — Time Cop — The Toy — Tremors — True Identity — Unfaithfully Yours — Violets Are Blue — Walk Proud — Welcome Home — When Time Ran Out — White Fang — White Fang 2—Who'll Stop
Television
The Cleveland Show
Tile artist
In addition to his music career, Reutinger is a tile artist, with installations around the world. His tiles are handmade, one at a time, in the style of the old Catalina Tile Company. His love of Catalina Island inspired him to keep alive the historic art of making ceramic picture tiles in the Catalina style. His tiles can be found in homes around the world. http://www.thecatalinaislander.com/article/chris-reutinger-keeps-dreams-and-beauty-catalina-tile-alive
Tennis coach
Reutinger has coached High School Tennis for more than 14 years. His teams have been award-winning teams from Malibu High School in Malibu, California and Saint Bonaventure High School in Ventura, California.
Coaching Winning High School Tennis by Christopher Reutinger AKA: Coach R