Chance Thomas scores music for film, TV, games, and commercials.  He's especially well known for his work on multiple Lord Of The Rings games.

The Musician's Studio host Ethan Millard talks to Chance about how you get into J.R.R. Tolkein's head well enough to know what middle earth sounds like.

Chance also wrote THE book on composing music for games.  It's titled "Composing Music For Games".  You can find it on his website chancethomas.com.

He has worked with ABC, Hulu, National Geographic, Fox, PBS, CBS, KSL, History, Lifetime, Valve, Abrakam Entertainment, Ryark, Kingdom Games, WB, Ubisoft, Activision, LucasArts, Turbine, Atari, Disney, Storm 8, EA Games, LB Games, Sierra, VU Games, Legend Entertainment, SEK Games, Blizzard, Columbia Pictures, LDS Films, Kaleidoscope Films, Sony Imageworks, Lightstream Pictures, Feature Films For Families, Mcdonalds, United Way, Mall Of America, Tupperware, NuSkin, Home Front, RC Willey, and others.

Some of his game titles include: Warcraft III, Fellowship Of The Ring, Paraworld, Unreal II, War Of The Ring, The Realm, Swat II, Quest For Glory V: Dragon Fire, The Hobbit, Left Behind, Left Behind II, Left Behind III, The Two Towers, Earth & Beyond, Bunny Luv, LPS: Garden, LPS: Winter, LPS: Jungle, LPS: Spring, LPS: Friends, N-Strike, N-Strike II, Monopoly Streets, Baker Story II, Combat Of Giants, Dinosaurs ED, Ghosts Of Mistwood, Champions Online, Dungeons & Dragons Online, Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, XMen: The Official Game, Might & Magic: Duel Of Champions, Might & Magic: Forgotten Wars, Valiant Hearts: The Great War, Peter Jackson's King Kong, James Cameron's Avatar, Lord Of The Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, Lord Of The Rings Online: Mines Of Moria, Lord Of The Rings Online: Riders Of Rohan, Five, Cytus, Dota 2, Faeria

Some of his TV work includes: Lost Treasure Hunt, Pawn Stars, The Bachelorette, Nathan For You, Swamp Men, America's Most Wanted, Hometown Heroes, Ski Utah, Rise Above The Blues, Bim Bam Bino, and Jazz Beat.

He also did a virtual reality project called Curse Of The Serpent's Eye from The VOID.