Creating Chris

Documentary Series

It all started when a team at Boston Children's Hospital had an idea for how technology could improve patient care. This is a story about vision, determination, and how an open source platform has the potential to transform medicine as we know it.

The folks at Red Hat asked me to score this documentary series about radiologists using open source technology to better diagnose patients at Boston Children’s Hospital. Documentary soundtracks are their own special animal in the world of film scores. The music has to walk a fine line between boosting the emotional impact of a scene and staying honest. After all, this is a true story being told, and the people on screen telling this tale are the folks who lived it themselves.

The challenge here was walking this fine line as a composer in the format of a “mini” documentary. A feature film usually has the luxury of letting things slowly develop, but in this format the story must move along quickly and so must the composer. I really enjoyed the opportunity to hit so many cues in each five-minute segment. After all, it’s not often we get to flex our creative muscles like this.

Enjoy the following episodes from Red Hat’s “Creating ChRIS.”

Radiologists spend hours looking through images every day, which means they have less time to interpret findings and treat patients. This was the reason for creating ChRIS. "Creating ChRIS" is a video series from Red Hat that shows what happens when passionate visionaries and open technologies come together.

Once the team at Boston's Children's Hospital got their idea off the ground, they realized they'd need greater computing power. Enter the Massachusetts Open Cloud. "Creating ChRIS" is a video series from Red Hat that shows what happens when passionate visionaries and open technologies come together.

ChRIS needs plug-ins so users can access this data with the push of a button. Watch how the open source community is building hundreds of plug-ins and learn how you can get involved. "Creating ChRIS" is a video series from Red Hat that shows what happens when passionate visionaries and open technologies come together.