Born on January 21, 1984, in Brandenburg an der Havel (Germany), Florian Linckus discovered his passion for film and storytelling at an early age. This love soon extended to music, where he found a profound connection between sound and narrative. By the late 1990s, he began creating his own works, focusing on music for film.

In the early 2000s, Florian composed for several short films and refined his craft through formal training in composition at the Deutsche Pop Music Academy, graduating in 2009. Since 2007, he has collaborated closely with VFX artist Thomas Zeug, composing music for the beloved animated series 2 Aliens: Quiqueck & Hämat since 2012.

Florian’s career took on an international dimension in 2014 when he began assisting renowned Chinese composer Raymond Wong. His contributions span film and television, including notable projects like Ice Man, Horror Online, The Monkey King, The Treasure, and Lingji, along with several acclaimed Asian TV series.

Florian Linckus is a master of versatility, navigating effortlessly across genres to find the perfect tone for every project. His rich and diverse musical palette ranges from classical orchestral arrangements to bold, sound design-driven contemporary works. Whether crafting epic cinematic scores or intimate musical landscapes, Florian continues to push the boundaries of musical storytelling.

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Akira Kosemura (he/him) is a composer and pianist hailing from Tokyo, Japan. He is a prolific artist, constantly releasing solo albums and composing music for films, TV drama, games, stage, and commercial music.

Akira founded his own label Schole Records early on after his solo album It’s on Everything released in 2007 while he was still in school. In 2017 and 2018 Akira’s music was ranked in Spotify’s “Most Played Japanese Artists/Songs Top 10”, and his works have been highly acclaimed on media around the world, including US music media Pitchfork, Australian newspaper THE AGE, French public broadcast FIP, and Canadian public broadcast Ici Musique.

Akira’s major score works include Fragments of The Last Will by Takahisa Zeze, the Cannes 2020 featured film True Mothers (Asa Ga Kuru) directed by Naomi Kawase, Hollywood produced drama series Love Is__, the Nintendo Switch game Jack Jeanne produced by Sui Ishida, the TBS drama series Chugakusei Nikki, the contemporary ballet piece MANON, and the Japan Pavilion in Milano EXPO. His music pieces were also featured in the Amazon original movie Jonas Brothers’ CHASING HAPPINESS, the Venice Film Festival Golden Lion awarded director Audrey Diwan’s debut film Mais vous etes fous (Losing It), and the Toho movie Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare.

In recent years, he has worked on projects in different media such as SK-II STUDIO’s documentary The Center Lane (featuring Rikako Ikee), directed by Hirokazu Koreeda, the runway music for a collection from apparel brand TAKAHIROMIYASHITA The Soloist., as well as music for LA MER BLUE HEART, LAND ROVER, and L’OCCITANE. Akira has also co-produced a song with American musician Devendra Banhart.

In addition to his versatility and diverse portfolio, Akira has been working on a world scale. In 2022 he signed a contract with prestigious Decca Records, and the EP Pause (almost equal to) Play was released worldwide. Akira’s music was also sampled in John Legend’s song “The Other Ones feat. Rhapsody” included in his new album Legend Act I & II. And Akira’s first major album SEASONS was released on Decca Records (UMG) on June 30, 2023.

German-born, Los Angeles-based film composer Klaus Badelt has written music to over 50 films. His projects grossed $4+ billion, were broadcast live to 2+ billion and screened at all major festivals including Cannes, Venice, Berlin and Sundance.

When he is not writing, he enjoys playing with his children in sunny Santa Monica, California.

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