Chris Ruggiero hosts Preservation Sound Radio.

Chris Ruggiero is an Emmy-nominated composer and music producer. His work includes the scores to the Oscar-nominated “Minding The Gap,” Nanfu Wang’s “Hooligan Sparrow,” “I Am Another You,” and “One Child Nation,” and the celebrated PBS series “Soundbreaking.” Ruggiero’s compositions have appeared in over 200 television series including The Voice, Pawn Stars, and American Pickers, and in commercials for brands such as Coke, Taco Bell, HSN, Dewars, Coppola Winery, and Liberty Mutual.

As a music producer, Ruggiero works with bands and artists across genres. He lectures on film, sound, and semiotics at the University of Bridgeport, and runs the popular audio-history website Preservation Sound.