Christian Hurst(II)
- Music Department
Christian Hurst is a music, media and entertainment professional based in Toronto, Canada. He is Co-Founder and Managing Director at Interleave, and is driven by connection, collaboration and affection for chaos, and has been working across creative, business and technical roles for more than 25 years.
Christian began his career as a storyteller, songwriter and musician, and studied jazz performance, composition and arranging at Humber College, focusing on voice, saxophone and guitar. He was awarded the Sennheiser Award for Academic Excellence in audio engineering, production and music business at Trebas Institute in 1998, and won a full scholarship to study with Paul McCartney and George Martin at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.
Christian has contributed to a diverse array of music related initiatives in a broad range of roles, including music supervisor, producer, engineer, mixer, songwriter, composer, sound designer, lyricist, session player, performer, arranger, manager, publisher, label, stage manager, artist liaison and educator as well as music, marketing, business development and project consultant.
In 2018, Christian co-founded Interleave, a super-collaborative team of award winning music and audio professionals with extensive experience across all genres and formats, and with a primary focus on interactive, immersive and multi-platform projects. Collectively, the Interleave team has provided music, audio and voice direction, composition, sound design and implementation for over 100 AAA games, dozens of mobile titles and immersive projects, and composition, sound design and music supervision for hundreds of tv shows, feature films, ads and trailers.
Interleave's recent work includes Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla/Sony), The New Bioshock (Cloud Chamber/2K), Gears 5 and Gears Tactics (Microsoft/The Coalition), Warhammer Age Of Sigmar: Storm Ground (Gasket/FHI), FIFA 20 (EA Sports), Dauntless (Phoenix Labs), Peaky Blinders: The Kings Ransom VR (Maze Theory/Oculus), Doctor Who: The End Of Time VR (Maze Theory/Playstack), Tankhead (Alpha Channel), Freediver: Triton Down VR (Archiact), Scarygirl: Mission Maybee VR LBE (Dark Slope), Gabby Duran & The Unsittables (Disney), Under Wraps (Disney), Julie and the Phantoms (Netflix), 13: The Musical (Netflix), and many other unannounced projects.
Interleave's credits include projects for Marvel, Microsoft, Disney, Netflix, Sony, Capcom and 2K, and they work globally, with people in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Los Angeles and London. The team includes award winning composers, music supervisors, producers and editors, audio, music and voice directors, sound designers, audio leads, implementation and technical audio experts, software engineers and more, and they are always keen to explore anything extraordinary.
Christian is also co-founder of rights management startup Rights.Kit, advisor to a number of music, media and tech companies, and partner and producer on innovative music and culture initiatives. He develops, produces and consults on a broad range of music, media, technology, education and cultural projects.
Christian began his career as a storyteller, songwriter and musician, and studied jazz performance, composition and arranging at Humber College, focusing on voice, saxophone and guitar. He was awarded the Sennheiser Award for Academic Excellence in audio engineering, production and music business at Trebas Institute in 1998, and won a full scholarship to study with Paul McCartney and George Martin at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.
Christian has contributed to a diverse array of music related initiatives in a broad range of roles, including music supervisor, producer, engineer, mixer, songwriter, composer, sound designer, lyricist, session player, performer, arranger, manager, publisher, label, stage manager, artist liaison and educator as well as music, marketing, business development and project consultant.
In 2018, Christian co-founded Interleave, a super-collaborative team of award winning music and audio professionals with extensive experience across all genres and formats, and with a primary focus on interactive, immersive and multi-platform projects. Collectively, the Interleave team has provided music, audio and voice direction, composition, sound design and implementation for over 100 AAA games, dozens of mobile titles and immersive projects, and composition, sound design and music supervision for hundreds of tv shows, feature films, ads and trailers.
Interleave's recent work includes Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla/Sony), The New Bioshock (Cloud Chamber/2K), Gears 5 and Gears Tactics (Microsoft/The Coalition), Warhammer Age Of Sigmar: Storm Ground (Gasket/FHI), FIFA 20 (EA Sports), Dauntless (Phoenix Labs), Peaky Blinders: The Kings Ransom VR (Maze Theory/Oculus), Doctor Who: The End Of Time VR (Maze Theory/Playstack), Tankhead (Alpha Channel), Freediver: Triton Down VR (Archiact), Scarygirl: Mission Maybee VR LBE (Dark Slope), Gabby Duran & The Unsittables (Disney), Under Wraps (Disney), Julie and the Phantoms (Netflix), 13: The Musical (Netflix), and many other unannounced projects.
Interleave's credits include projects for Marvel, Microsoft, Disney, Netflix, Sony, Capcom and 2K, and they work globally, with people in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Los Angeles and London. The team includes award winning composers, music supervisors, producers and editors, audio, music and voice directors, sound designers, audio leads, implementation and technical audio experts, software engineers and more, and they are always keen to explore anything extraordinary.
Christian is also co-founder of rights management startup Rights.Kit, advisor to a number of music, media and tech companies, and partner and producer on innovative music and culture initiatives. He develops, produces and consults on a broad range of music, media, technology, education and cultural projects.