Steven Cravis

Steven Cravis is a pianist, composer and soundtrack producer based in San Francisco. He was born in Lexington, Massachusetts, began piano lessons at seven, and was drawn as a teenager to the music of George Winston. He studied piano performance at the University of Bridgeport and then at Berklee College of Music in Boston before moving to California. He names Sting, George Winston, Hans Zimmer and Andreas Vollenweider as influences. On Insight Timer he is also known as "Meditation Music" and "Bokuyamo".

His solo piano albums include True Reflections (1992), The Sound of Light (1995), Lavender Dreams (2004), Healing Piano (2009) and Cloudwalker (2016). In 2022 he released Felt Piano for Anxiety exclusively through the Calm app. His new age music focuses on meditation and relaxation. In a 2011 interview, according to Wikipedia, he spoke about how important his own meditation practice has been to his creative and professional development.

Cravis has also scored for games, television and film. He wrote music for several video games designed by Ferry Halim, including Orisinal: Morning Sunshine, and was hired in 2010 to produce the music for the award-winning Quell app. His music has been heard on Animal Planet, CBS, CNN, NBC and Matchroom Sport (UK), and in 2017 he scored the documentary Going the Distance: Journeys of Recovery, about survivors of traumatic brain injury. He also performs in the band 2012 BC, which he formed with the poet and writer D.C. Bianchino.