Onward Movie

New Movie I played on is in theaters next week! Can't wait for you all to meet brothers Ian & Barley on their adventures to find their Father in Disney and Pixar's Onward. #PixarOnward #violinist

147 Likes, 18 Comments - Christian Hebel (@christianhebel) on Instagram: "New Movie I played on is in theaters next week! Can't wait for you all to meet brothers Ian &..."

Tonight, the countdown is over for my latest movie I worked on: Join Chris Pratt, Tom Holland, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Octavia Spencer in #PixarOnward! and listen for my violin playing. @pixaronward @disney #violinist

74 Likes, 3 Comments - Christian Hebel (@christianhebel) on Instagram: "Tonight, the countdown is over for my latest movie I worked on: Join Chris Pratt, Tom Holland,..."

Exciting news: the time hath come to check out the latest movie I played on.✨ Even though it just opened in theaters... due to no theaters being open anymore Disney and Pixar decided to make Onward available ON DIGITAL TONIGHT! Available in the US. @pixaronward #pixaronward #disney #pixar #violinist #soundtrack recording

194 Likes, 12 Comments - Christian Hebel (@christianhebel) on Instagram: "Exciting news: the time hath come to check out the latest movie I played on.✨ Even though it just..."

Lady and The Tramp

OUT TODAY! It was a true joy working on this film. I still remember seeing Lady & the Tramp in the movie theater with my Mom when I was little. Swipe to listen to a bit of the score. Thanks for having me @joecomposer & @ginazimmitti @ladyandthetramp #soundtrack #violinist #filmmaking #violin #musician #ladyandthetramp

407 Likes, 32 Comments - Christian Hebel (@christianhebel) on Instagram: "OUT TODAY! It was a true joy working on this film. I still remember seeing Lady & the Tramp in the..."

Lucy in the Sky Movie

The latest movie I worked on is in theaters now!! 'Lucy In The Sky' chronicles an astronaut's awe-inspiring experience in outer space and her return to Earth only to find she starts to lose touch with reality in a world that now seems too small. @foxsearchlight @natalieportman @thatdanstevens #jonhamm #musician #violinist #soundtrack #music #filmmaking

313 Likes, 14 Comments - Christian Hebel (@christianhebel) on Instagram: "The latest movie I worked on is in theaters now!! 'Lucy In The Sky' chronicles an astronaut's awe-..."

The Act - Hulu

Not watching #gameofthrones tonight? Binge the latest project I worked on @theactonhulu All episodes streaming now. Hold on. It's intense! #hulu #joeyking

382 Likes, 20 Comments - Christian Hebel (@christianhebel) on Instagram: "Not watching #gameofthrones tonight? Binge the latest project I worked on @theactonhulu All..."

Wonder Park Movie

Experience the wonder that is #wonderpark . I'm extremely excited to have worked on this movie. In theaters next week @wonderparkmovie #wonderland

317 Likes, 21 Comments - Christian Hebel (@christianhebel) on Instagram: "Experience the wonder that is #wonderpark . I'm extremely excited to have worked on this movie. In..."

Welcome to Marwen Movie

Loved working on this film with my heroes @alan.silvestri_music and #robertzemeckis . . . See Welcome To Marwen in theaters December 21.

458 Likes, 36 Comments - Christian Hebel (@christianhebel) on Instagram: "Loved working on this film with my heroes @alan.silvestri_music and #robertzemeckis . . . See..."

25th Anniversary - The Nightmare Before Christmas - Hollywood Bowl

Sound checking at the Hollywood Bowl for our shows this weekend for the 25th Anniversary of #dannyelfman & @timburton_ 's The Nightmare Before Christmas with the original cast!! Such a fun show. @hollywoodbowl #happyhalloween #jackskellington

225 Likes, 7 Comments - Christian Hebel (@christianhebel) on Instagram: "Sound checking at the Hollywood Bowl for our shows this weekend for the 25th Anniversary of..."

Night Two of our shows. #hollywoodbowl #nightmarebeforechristmas #livemusic

221 Likes, 11 Comments - Christian Hebel (@christianhebel) on Instagram: "Night Two of our shows. #hollywoodbowl #nightmarebeforechristmas #livemusic"

Disney Christopher Robin

It's a new Disney Classic and I'm thrilled to have played on it. I can not wait for my son to see it in a few years. @pooh #christopherrobin @disney #violin

284 Likes, 28 Comments - Christian Hebel (@christianhebel) on Instagram: "It's a new Disney Classic and I'm thrilled to have played on it. I can not wait for my son to see..."

Castle Rock on Hulu

Wanted to post about a new TV show I played on. It feels good to say I'm on a #jjabrams & #stephenking show! Check it out if you dare. #castlerock

342 Likes, 23 Comments - Christian Hebel (@christianhebel) on Instagram: "Wanted to post about a new TV show I played on. It feels good to say I'm on a #jjabrams &..."

In the studio recording the new season of @castlerockhulu . It's good! It's scary. It's Stephen King!

338 Likes, 8 Comments - Christian Hebel (@christianhebel) on Instagram: "In the studio recording the new season of @castlerockhulu . It's good! It's scary. It's Stephen..."

Love Means Zero

The documentary "Love Means Zero" that I orchestrated premieres tonight on @showtime 9pm. Please check it out and let me know what you think. It's a truly fascinating story of success and endurance in any discipline and I'm very proud of the film. #lovemeanszero @shosports

134 Likes, 10 Comments - Christian Hebel (@christianhebel) on Instagram: "The documentary "Love Means Zero" that I orchestrated premieres tonight on @showtime 9pm. Please..."

Love Simon - now in theaters

I am extremely proud to be a part of this beautiful film and be on its soundtrack. It is a brave and empowering movie for this current generation that is told in a kind and genuine way. Do yourself a favor and and see it! @lovesimonmovie #comingofage #comingout #acceptance

350 Likes, 24 Comments - Christian Hebel (@christianhebel) on Instagram: "I am extremely proud to be a part of this beautiful film and be on its soundtrack. It is a brave..."

Exciting news....THE MUSIC…THE MEM’RIES…THE MAGIC! on Netflix & CD

I'm extremely excited to share our concert event with all those who didn't make it out to one of our shows this past year. Coming to Netflix on Nov 22, 2017. Barbra Streisand in concert!!! She sounds incredible!

The concert CD will be released on December 8, 2017. The album is available in two versions: A single disc, 19-song album of memorable concert highlights, and a Deluxe 2 disc set featuring the entire concert performance. Streisand takes us behind-the- scenes while recording her recent #1 album: ENCORE Movie Partners Sing Broadway. Songs include career-spanning hits from Streisand's #1 albums, including songs from FUNNY GIRL, FUNNY LADY, YENTL, A STAR IS BORN, RARITIES, NEW MATERIAL, A SOARING DUET WITH JAMIE FOXX and more. To pre-order the CD, click here

"Love Means Zero" documentary orchestrated by Christian Hebel

It was exciting to orchestrate the soundtrack for this documentary which premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). It was ranked in the Top 10 films at TIFF by The Rolling Stone magazine. The documentary will premiere on SHOWTIME in 2018.

Love means zero is a documentary about the legendary tennis coach Nick Bollettieri. His tennis academy for youngsters was a groundbreaking training ground for generations of professional players; his take-no-prisoners approach to mentoring helped players ranging from the Williams sisters to a comeback-era Boris Becker achieve champion-level status; and his uncanny ability to wipe his memory clean regarding decades of bad decisions and one particular devastating break-up. Documentarian Jason Kohn (Manda Bala) keeps lobbing over-the-net questions off-camera – not for nothing was he an Errol Morris protege – and Bollettieri keeps bouncing them back with "I don't remember ... that's just Nick!" It's his evasiveness and silences around star pupil Andre Agassi, however, that speak volumes about this brash figure, and why this extraordinary portrait ends up only peripherally being about the sport and all about the art of burning bridges.

Jane Goodall Movie "Jane" screening at Hollywood Bowl

 Set to a rich orchestral score from world-renowned composer Philip Glass, the one-time-only event on Monday, Oct 9, will feature a live-to-film concert performed by a 54-piece orchestra and include special appearances by Brett Morgen, Philip Glass and the legendary Dr. Jane Goodall herself. I am honored to play at the film premiere of this movie.

Philip Glass -- who has written dozens of operas, ballets, theater music, symphonies, film scores, experimental theater and more -- had extraordinary footage to work with, featuring "characters" that were loving, protective, aggressive, mourning, jealous, nurturing, just like human beings.

Directed by Brett Morgen, who made the music doc Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, Jane chronicles the pioneering and tenacious life of Goodall, who left her home in England in 1960 to live in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania, to study and research the little-known habits and behaviors of the chimpanzee population. Morgen had access to over 100 hours of never-before-seen 16mm footage shot by Dutch wildlife filmmaker -- and Goodall's future husband -- Hugo van Lawick, who died in 2002.

Monday night marked the Los Angeles premiere of the film, held at the Hollywood Bowl, and a star-studded group came out to pay tribute to Goodall's work and share what it has meant to them. Among the premiere's attendees were Angelina Jolie, Judd Apatow, Kate Bosworth, Ty Burrell, Jamie Lee Curtis and Jane Lynch, as well as Goodall herself, now 83. The screening was also open to the general public, which sold out the venue with almost 18,000 attendees. 

I can not explain how powerful and moving it was to speak with Dr. Goodall after our concert at the Hollywood Bowl. I told her what a presence she was during my youth and how fascinated I was with chimpanzees and how she opened up human's perception of them. My mother taught me all about her life's work (which Dr. Goodall is still doing today at 83 years young). She shared with me how I should raise my son Henry and open his world up to conservation, the environment, climate change and our planet. She inscribed to him in the first book she ever wrote in 1961 and then wrote notes on the back of the book of things that I should teach Henry. She is such a Light! I love her.

Hollywood's Night Under the Stars: MPTF 95th Anniversary / Kirk Douglas 100th Birthday

It was so awesome to have played at Hollywood’s Night Under the Stars, a celebration of the 95th anniversary of the Motion Picture and Television Fund (MPTF).  MPTF is a charitable organization that offers  assistance and care to those in the motion picture and television industries with limited or no resources. 

It was an evening of performances hosted by George Clooney, last Saturday night October 1, at the MPTF's Wasserman Campus in Woodland Hills, California.

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Actor George Clooney, Christian Hebel in the background. Photo by Getty Images 

Musical performances included a Les Miserables medley from Jean Valjean himself, Hugh Jackman, while Derek Hough donned his tap shoes for a rendition of “Singing in the Rain.” Loretta Devine belted out “Listen” from the film version of Dreamgirls and surprise guest Kevin Spacey – an active participant in the organization – took the stage for Sinatra’s “Can I Steal a Little Love?” Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Bojangles.” Campus resident Helen Reddy’s evoked nostalgia with “You and Me Against the World” as did Johnny Mathis with his signature song, “Misty.”

But the special part of the evening was a tribute by Michael Douglas to his father, Kirk Douglas, who turns 100 on Dec. 9.  It was an early birthday celebration and I was so honored to play "Happy Birthday" for this legendary actor. 

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Actor Matt Bomer at the 95th MPTF Anniversary. Christian Hebel in the background. Photo by Getty Images