# Steven Cravis

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**Steven Cravis** (born, [Lexington, Massachusetts](/source/Lexington,_Massachusetts)), is a pianist, composer and music producer based in San Francisco, California, who scores for video games,[1] television, film and [ringtones](/source/Ringtones)[2] as well as releasing [new age music](/source/New_age_music) with a focus on [meditation](/source/Meditation) and relaxation.[3]

## Early life

Cravis began taking piano lessons at the age of seven and was influenced as a teenager by the music of [George Winston](/source/George_Winston). After high school he studied piano performance at the [University of Bridgeport](/source/University_of_Bridgeport) in Connecticut and then the [Berklee College of Music](/source/Berklee_College_of_Music) in Boston before moving to California. In a 2011 interview, he stated the importance of his meditation practice on his creative and professional development[4]

## Career

Cravis released his first solo piano work in 1992 called *True Reflections* and his second *The Sound of Light* in 1995.

In 2000, Cravis met American solo piano composer and a pianist [David Nevue](/source/David_Nevue) and went on to become one of the first of 237 artists featured in David Nevue’s Whispering Radio Station.

In 2004 he released the album *Lavender Dreams followed by in Healing Piano* in 2009.

Between 2001 and 2010, Cravis composed music for several video games design by Ferry Halim, including 2003 World Summit Award winner [Orisinal: Morning Sunshine](/source/Orisinal:_Morning_Sunshine).[5]

In 2010, Cravis was hired to produce the music for the award-winning [Quell (video game)](/source/Quell_(video_game)) [app](/source/Application_software).[6]

In 2016 he released the album *Cloudwalker*.[7]

His works include for the award-winning [Quell (video game)](/source/Quell_(video_game)) [app](/source/Application_software), [Orisinal](/source/Orisinal), [Animal Planet](/source/Animal_Planet), [CBS](/source/CBS), [CNN](/source/CNN), [NBC](/source/NBC), and [Matchroom Sport](/source/Matchroom_Sport)|UK.[8]

In 2017 he provided the score for the TV documentary *Going the Distance: Journeys of Recovery*,[9] about survivors of [traumatic](/source/Major_trauma) [brain injury](/source/Brain_injury).

In 2022, he released the album Felt Piano for Anxiety exclusively through the [Calm](/source/Calm_(company)) app.[10]

## Discography

- *True Reflections* (1992)[11]
- *The Sound of Light* (1995)[12]
- *Lavender Dreams* (2004) [13]
- *Healing Piano* (2009) [14]
- *Cloudwalker* (2016)[15]
- *Felt Piano for Anxiety* (2022).[16]

## References

1. ["Fallen Tree Games announces Quell will be coming to Android. – Droid Gamers"](http://www.droidgamers.com/2011/05/23/fallen-tree-games-announces-quell-will-be-coming-to-android/). *Droid Gamers*. May 23, 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2017.

1. ["Soothing Ringtones"](https://open.spotify.com/album/05eAVsdl3STY1gY8aE9QAU). *spotify.com*

1. ["Steven Cravis Interview: Quell"](http://www.vgmonline.net/steven-cravis-quell/). *VGMO -Video Game Music Online-*. March 31, 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.

1. Kathy Parsons (11 March 2011). ["Interview with Steven Cravis"](https://mainlypiano.com/interviews/steven-cravis-2011-march)

1. ["Ferry Halim"](https://www.ferryhalim.com/). *ferryhalim.com*. Retrieved 16 November 2017.

1. ["Steven Cravis Video Game Credits and Biography – MobyGames"](http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,330959). *MobyGames*. Retrieved 16 November 2017.

1. ["Cloudwalker Review"](https://mainlypiano.com/reviews/steven-cravis-cloudwalker). *Mainly Piano*

1. ["Steven Cravis Bio"](https://www.deezer.com/en/artist/1085567/biography). *Deezer*

1. Jennifer Robinson (18 January 2019). ["Going the Distance"](https://www.kpbs.org/news/arts-culture/2019/01/18/going-distance-journeys-recovery). *KPBS.org*

1. ["Felt Piano for Anxiety"](https://www.calm.com/app/program/CsD0RG9SkB). *Calm.com*

1. ["Interview with Steven Cravis, March 2011"](http://mainlypiano.com/interviews/steven-cravis-2011-march). *mainlypiano.com*. Retrieved 16 November 2017.

1. ["Sound of Light Review"](https://mainlypiano.com/reviews/steven-cravis-the-sound-of-light). *Mainly Piano*

1. ["Artist Page for Steven Cravis"](http://mainlypiano.com/artists/steven-cravis). *mainlypiano.com*. Retrieved 16 November 2017.

1. ["Healing Piano Review"](https://mainlypiano.com/reviews/steven-cravis-healing-piano). *Mainly Piano*

1. ["Steven Cravis"](https://stevencravis.bandcamp.com/). *Steven Cravis*. Retrieved 16 November 2017.

1. ["Felt Piano for Anxiety"](https://www.calm.com/app/program/CsD0RG9SkB). *Calm*

## External links

[Orisinal](/source/Orisinal)

- [Trailer](http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/others/trailer.htm)

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