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Michael Abels

Michael Abels, the Pulitzer Prize-winning co-composer of the opera OMAR, is best known for his genre-defying scores for the Jordan Peele fiims GET OUT, US and NOPE.

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Michael Abels

Composer

Peter Albrecht

Peter Albrecht's scores span feature films (VENA), documentaries (DENN DIESES LEBEN LEBST NUR DU), ZDF and ARD series, podcasts, and commercials for brands like VITRA, LAMY, and Mercedes.

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Peter Albrecht

Composer

Sofia degli Alessandri

Sofia degli Alessandri's accolades include work with studios such as 20th Century Studios (‘Rosaline’), Lionsgate (2023’s ‘Cobweb’), NBC (e.g. ‘Good Girls’), AppleTV+ (‘Dickinson’), Amazon Studios (‘Red, White & Royal Blu& Royal Blue’) and more.

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Sofia degli Alessandri

Composer, Musiscian

Michael P. Aust

Michael P. Aust, the head of SoundTrack_Cologne and SoundTrack_Zurich, is a German curator, organiser of cultural events and film producer.

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Michael P. Aust

Festivaldirector SoundTrack_Cologne and Producer TelevisorTroika GmbH

Volker Bertelmann

Volker Bertelmann is an internationally acclaimed pianist, composer and experimental musician. In 2023 he won a BAFTA and Oscar in the Best Original Score category for ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT.

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Volker Bertelmann

Pianist, Composer and Experimental Musician

Yevgeni Birkhoff

Y. Birkhoff works as a composer and sound designer. He creates music for media and international event productions. He is also a keynote speaker and an expert on AI-powered audio and music tools, sharing his insights at various industry events.

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Yevgeni Birkhoff

Composer, Sound Designer

Dagmar Blume-Niehage

Producer/Owner of the Cologne-based production company dagstar*film. Dagmar was a speaker at the very first Soundtrack_Cologne and subsequently helped the Congress to develop and to grow as Project Manager.

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Dagmar Blume-Niehage

Film Producer

Jongnic Bontemps

Jongnic “JB” Bontemps is a uniquely modern film composer who has been tapped by Paramount Pictures to score the blockbuster, sci-fi action movie TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS directed by Steven Caple Jr.

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Jongnic Bontemps

Film composer

Helge Borgarts

Helge Borgarts is a freelance composer and producer. He is programme manager for games music at SoundTrack_Cologne. His references include work for the developers Crytek, Deck13, Spitfire Audio, Steinberg, Stratotainment and phenomedia.

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Helge Borgarts

Composer, Audio Director

Sandra Brandl

Sandra Brandl works as a freelance film editor, producer and director. She edits cinema documentaries, feature films and works freelance for WDR Cologne.

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Sandra Brandl

Film editor, producer and director.

Lennart Brauwers

Lennart Brauwers is a freelance journalist focused on music. He writes album reviews, interviews, and features for outlets including Zeit Online, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Musikexpress, and Kaput-Mag, where he also runs a column and co-hosts a podcast.

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Lennart Brauwers

Music Journalist

Pierre Cattoni

Pierre Cattoni has 12 years of experience in the music field. In 2021, he joined the Troisième Auteur agency, where he represents 20 composers from very various backgrounds and genres, who worked on more than 70 projects in 2024.

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Pierre Cattoni

Composer agent

Jasin Challah

Jasin Challah is a director, film music composer and co-funder of the production company Puppetempire.com. His thesis film Kamakia – The Heroes of the Islands premiered successfully at the Berlinale.

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Jasin Challah

Director, Composer

Daisy Coole

Daisy Coole began her career in film and television scoring in 2015, collaborating with Tom Nettleship as a composer duo under the name Two Twenty Two.

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Daisy Coole

Composer and saxophonist

Anthony d’Amario and Édouard Rigaudière

Anthony d’Amario and Édouard Rigaudière are an award-winning composer duo known for Under Paris (Netflix’s most-watched French film), Ghostland, and Log Out (Best Music, Series Mania). Their bold, modern scores blend emotion, texture, and innovation.

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Anthony d’Amario and Édouard Rigaudière

Composer

Dascha Dauenhauer

Dascha Dauenhauer has been working as a film composer since 2015, collaborating on numerous feature films. The film Jibril (by Henrika Kull) had its premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2018.

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Dascha Dauenhauer

Composer

Olivier Derivière

Olivier Derivière is a composer who’s spent the last 20 years redefining how music interacts with video games.

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Olivier Derivière

Composer

Frank Döhmann

Working with BOOGIE ENTERTAINMENT from 2017 to 2025 as Head of Production, developing international drama series with ZDF STUDIOS and partners from France (France Television Distribution), New Zealand and Japan (NHK).

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Frank Döhmann

Line Producer, Executive Producer

Marc du Moulin

Marc du Moulin is Secretary General of ECSA (European Composer and Songwriter Alliance). He has an in-depth understanding of the functioning of the creative industries and an extensive experience in European Affairs.

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Marc du Moulin

ECSA Secretary General

Hamish Duff

Hamish Duff manages the European office of Music talent agency First Artists (FAM) representing Composers, Music Editors and Music Supervisors, based in London.

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Hamish Duff

Agent

Dr. Yati Durant

Dr. Yati Durant is a U.S. born composer, lecturer, trumpeter and conductor.  He is head of AcadeMeet at SoundTrack_Cologne and IMMSANE.

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Dr. Yati Durant

Composer, Lecturer, Musician

Prof. Michael Edwards

Michael Edwards is a composer, improvisor, software developer, and since 2017 Professor of Electronic Composition at ICEM, Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen.

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Prof. Michael Edwards

Composer, Improvisor, Software Developer

Högni Egilsson

Högni Egilsson is one of Iceland’s most acclaimed musical voices—a composer, performer, and producer known for his genre-blurring sound. From Hjaltalín to GusGus, film scores to symphonies, his work fuses emotion, atmosphere, and innovation.

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Högni Egilsson

Composer, Performer, Producer

Verena Fink

Verena Fink is the managing director of the strategy consulting firm Woodpecker Finch. Through numerous publications and lectures, she is one of the thought leaders of the emerging AI economy.

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Verena Fink

Director

Dominik Giesriegl

Dominik Giesriegl, *1986, is an Austrian composer who lives in Munich and Vienna. He has composed the music for over 70 television and feature films (including The School of Magical Animals, The Shadow, Tatort).

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Dominik Giesriegl

Composer, Lecturer

Melissa Graj

Melissa Graj is a German executive producer. In 2017 she joined Warner Bros. ITVP Germany

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Melissa Graj

Executive Producer

Jack Halama

Jack is a BAFTA and Ivor Novello–nominated composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. His work spans top productions including Netflix’s Who Is Erin Carter?, Disney+’s Rivals, BBC’s Traces, and additional music for Loki and Obi-Wan Kenobi.

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Jack Halama

Composer, Producer

Martin Häne

Martin Häne is a publisher of currently 7 different music production labels for both major distributors as well as independents. Before becoming a music publisher, Häne worked as a composer for 10+ years.

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Martin Häne

Music Producer

Tobias Holzmüller

Tobias Holzmüller, Chairman of the Executive Board since 2023, has led GEMA’s legal department since 2013 and ZPÜ since 2016. A copyright and EU law expert, he previously practiced at Gleiss Lutz and holds a doctorate and LL.M. from NYU.

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Tobias Holzmüller

Lawyer, Chairman

Matthias Hornschuh

Matthias Hornschuh lives and works as a media composer in Cologne. Hornschuh represents authors and artists as spokesman for the umbrella organization Initiative Urheberrecht and on the board of GEMA.

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Matthias Hornschuh

Composer

Martin Hossbach

Since 2004 Martin has been working on 118 films and series as a music supervisor.

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Martin Hossbach

Music Supervisor

René Kampka

René Kampka is one of the Managing Directors of scholz+kampka audio operations GmbH & Co. KG, a media production company in Munich specialising in film sound post-production.

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René Kampka

Tonmeister

Cornelia Köhler

Cornelia Köhler has been working in the media industry since 2000. She works as an independent script-writer for cinema, TV formats and stage. She presents discussion panels, film talks and networking events and is a dedicated networker.

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Cornelia Köhler

Author, Presenter, Director

Ulla Kösterke

Since 1989 Ulla Kösterke worked as Production Sound Mixer on Feature Films and Documentaries, for Cinema and TV and shot more than hundred films all over the world.

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Ulla Kösterke

Sound Mixer

Dr. Anselm Kreuzer

Dr. Anselm Kreuzer is a proven specialist for TV title music, station IDs, soundtracks for series and TV drama as well as music for new media and advertising. He sets soundtracks for series like "In aller Freundschaft" and "Rosenheim-Cops".

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Dr. Anselm Kreuzer

Composer

Marc Lehnert

Marc Lehnert is an foley-artist and re-recording mixer from Stuttgart.

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Marc Lehnert

Foley Artist, Re-recording mixer

Alexander Lüngen

Alexander Lüngen is the CTO and Co-Founder of Klangio, a company dedicated to empowering musicians worldwide with innovative AI tools.

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Alexander Lüngen

CTO and Co-Founder of Klangio

Zoë Lustri

Zoë Lustri (she/her) is a UK-based film composer and music producer from Austin, Texas. Her work spans film, television, and interactive media, with credits including Blue’s Clues & You, General Hospital, and Love is Blind.

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Zoë Lustri

Composer, Music Producer

Anne Maschlanka

Anne Maschlanka was born in Düsseldorf in 1983 and grew up in Lüttelforst. Between 2005 and 2017, she worked as a script supervisor and assistant director. Since 2017 she has been working as a junior producer at Warner ITVP.

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Anne Maschlanka

Junior Producer

Amelia McCloskey

Amelia McCloskey is an Award-nominated Music Supervisor and founder of Ultimate Sync, placed music in Love Island UK, Elite, and Monarca, and supervised Fish Out of Water (Cannes, Tribeca).

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Amelia McCloskey

Rachel Oker

From feature films to animation and commercials, Rachel is passionate about finding ways to bring images to life through sound.

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Rachel Oker

Sound Designer, Sound Mixer, Re-recording mixer

Claudio Pagonis

Claudio Pagonis is a platinum and award-winning composer and producer based in Cologne. He has written music for films such as Die Geschichte der Menschheit (leicht gekürzt) and for Germany’s iconic TV show Verstehen Sie Spaß?.

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Claudio Pagonis

Composer, Producer

Sebastian Parche

Sebastian Parche is a German composer with a passion for creating captivating music that enhances storytelling.

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Sebastian Parche

Composer

Luisa Prinz

Since January 2023, Luisa Prinz has been working for Enterprises Sonor Musikverlag as Publishing Director Artists & Repertoire. In 2022, she moved from TV rights distribution to film music publishing.

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Luisa Prinz

Director Artists & Repertoire

Nik Reich

Nik Reich has been working as a composer for movies, tv shows and advertising since 1997.

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Nik Reich

Regina Reis

Regina Reis is Head of Music at UFA Fiction and a leading Music Supervisor behind major productions like Ku’damm 63 (ZDF), Sam – A Saxon (Disney+), Maxton Hall (Amazon), and Where is Wanda (Apple TV+), with a career spanning BMG and tape.tv.

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Regina Reis

Music Supervisor

Sarah Roche

Sarah Roche has worked on high-profile Emmy campaigns for acclaimed composers including David Fleming (Jim Henson Idea Man, Disney+), Jeff Toyne (Palm Royale, Apple TV), and Carlos Rafael Rivera (Lessons in Chemistry, Apple TV) - all secured wins.

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Sarah Roche

Publicist

Stefan Rusconi

Stefan Rusconi (b. 1979, Zurich) is a Swiss pianist, composer, sound artist, and improviser based between Berlin and Zurich.

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Stefan Rusconi

Composer, Sound Artist, Musician

Reinhard Schaub

Reinhard Schaub is a Cologne-based music producer and composer for film, TV, and global artists. His award-winning, chart-topping work spans Rita Ora to BMW, with credits in Polizeiruf 110, Die Sendung mit der Maus, and more.

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Reinhard Schaub

Music Producer, Composer

Carla Schild-Kreindl

Carla Schild-Kreindl is a Postproduction Supervisor with over 30 years of experience in the media industry.

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Carla Schild-Kreindl

Postproduction Supervisor

Pieter Schlosser

Whether scoring for AAA games or network television, Pieter crafts music that connects deeply with story and character.

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Pieter Schlosser

Games and TV Composer

Philipp Scholz

Philipp Scholz is co-founder and post-production supervisor of scholz+kampka audio operations GmbH & Co. KG.

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Philipp Scholz

Tonmeister

Ralf Schulze

Ralf Schulze is Music Publisher and Festival director of UNERHÖRT! Hamburg

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Ralf Schulze

Music Publisher, Festival Director

Sarah Schygulla

Sarah Schygulla has a Drama degree and a joint Bachelor's degree in Romance Languages, Literature, and Linguistics and Asian Literature and Societies. She writes novels and screenplays.

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Sarah Schygulla

Author, Curator, Presenter, Digital Marketing Specialist

songs in cinema (Victoria Hillestad & Julian Erhardt)

Victoria Hillestad and Julian Erhardt are a composer duo known for scoring the Amazon Prime series Maxton Hall – The World Between Us. Since meeting at the Filmakademie in 2017, they've scored numerous films for ARD, ZDF, ARTE, and SWR.

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songs in cinema (Victoria Hillestad & Julian Erhardt)

Composer

Florian Sonnleitner

With a primary focus on music supervision, Florian remains actively involved in the technical aspects of score production, including orchestration and score preparation.

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Florian Sonnleitner

Music Supervisor

The Flight

Ivor Novello award winning duo Joe Henson and Alexis Smith aka The Flight. Composers of ALIEN: ISOLATION, HORIZON: ZERO DAWN, ASSASSIN'S CREED ODYSSEY, HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST, GOTHAM KNIGHTS, and ASSASSIN'S CREED SHADOWS.

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The Flight

Composers for Videogames

The Penelopes

The Penelopes are award-winning French duo Axel Basquiat and Vincent Tremel. They are celebrated for their ability to blend orchestral arrangements with electronic music effortlessly.

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The Penelopes

Composers, Musicians

Katharina Uppenbrink

Katharina Uppenbrink has been the managing director of Initiative Urheberrecht (Authors’ Rights Initiative) since May 2014. She worked for various publishing houses and has been managing director of the Association of German Screenwriters (VDD).

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Katharina Uppenbrink

Managing Director

Lisa-Marie Uttenlauch

Lisa-Marie Uttenlauch is a music supervisor based in Berlin supervising projects like Maxton Hall – Season 2 and Miss Sophie- Same Procedure as every year (both Amazon MGM Studios) and Softies (RTL Plus).

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Lisa-Marie Uttenlauch

Music Supervisor

Venus Theory

Venus Theory is a composer, content creator, and sound designer based outside of Nashville, TN

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Venus Theory

Composer, Content Creator and Sound Designer

Kåre Christoffer Vestrheim

Since his debut as a composer for feature films in 2005 Vestrheim has done several films in a wide range of genres from minimalistic folky feel via grandiose and dark electronic synth-scores to classical scores for full philharmonic orchestra.

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Kåre Christoffer Vestrheim

Composer, Record Producer, Musician

Alexander Wankhammer

Alexander Wankhammer is one of the co-founders of sonible, an Austrian company dedicated to developing intelligent audio plug-ins that serve as assistive tools for modern audio production.

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Alexander Wankhammer

Audio Engineer

Paul Wolinski

Paul is currently working as a composer on a major new video game, and has worked in various audio, sound design and programming roles on a number of indie games.

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Paul Wolinski

Composer, Sound designer

Christoph Zirngibl

Munich-based Christoph Zirngibl has crafted 80+ scores for ZDF, Netflix, and Apple TV+. His vast experience in film music and passion for efficiency have made him an expert in transforming creative chaos into streamlined productivity for composers.

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Christoph Zirngibl

Composer