Swiss French HMMA-Winning composer Sandrine Rudaz creates emotionally compelling music for film, video games, and theatre.
Based in California, Sandrine has a proven track record of success bringing stories from talented directors to life, most notably the French play Blanc, which was performed over 25 times in France and Switzerland. Other notable experience includes writing and conducting orchestra music for animated film Star Bard, for which she won Best Orchestration at the 17th Garden State Film Festival, feature films such as The Shell and Aylesbury Estate, and short films such as the award-winning Kneeling Sheep. Sandrine’s work for full orchestra Aurore Boréale has been recognized with a Jerry Goldsmith Award nomination, a global Music Award, and a Hollywood Music in Media Award. The Hollywood Music in Media Academy honors original music for visual media from around the globe, with past winners including Alan Silvestri (Avengers: Endgame), Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther), Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born), and Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water). In 2018, she was selected to attend the SESAC Workshop with composer John Swihart (How I Met Your Mother).
Sandrine is both exceptionally versatile—able to wield both full orchestra and a sparse piano and cello duo to devastating effect—and stylistically distinct, due to both her European classical piano training started at age 4 and American influences. She holds a Master of Music in Film Composition from the prestigious Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program and has studied orchestration at Stanford University. She holds a Bachelor of Music from Switzerland’s Conservatory of Lausanne.
Variations
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Aylesbury Estate
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The Shell
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Film
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Kneeling Sheep
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Film
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Missing Piece
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Film
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Texts From The Dead
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Film
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The Temporal Show
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Film
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Texas Tall Tales
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Film
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Sémédée
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Film
(Fantasy and Short)
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Star Bard
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Film
by Chloe Peters (Animation and Short)
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Snow
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Film
by Stephanie Taylor
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The Elephant in the Room
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Film
by Jason T. Cox
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Hard Rock Hero
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Film
by John C. Campos (Drama and Short)
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Blanc
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Theater
by Compagnie Étéya
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Celtic Tales
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Film
(History and Short)
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Joel's Party
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Film
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Iceland
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Film
by Patrick Güller
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Sailing Through Life
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Nominated at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards
(2019)
Finalist at the FMC-Film Music Contest
(2019)
Global Music Awards, Silver Medal
(2019)
Best Orchestration from an Animation, 17th Garden State Film Festival
(2019)
Global Music Awards, Bronze Medal
(2019)
“Aurore Boréale” selected to be showcased at the Venice Audio-Visual Show
(2019)
Semi-Finalist at the Fidelio Piano Competition
(2019)
Selected to the SESAC Scores Workshop with John Swihart (How I Met Your Mother)
(2018)
2nd Jury Prize as Co-director of HEMU Choir, Montreux Choral Festival
(2016)
Stanford University
(2018-2018)
Master of Music in Film Composition, PNWFS (Seattle, WA)
(2017-2018)
Bachelor of Arts in Music, Conservatory of Lausanne (Switzerland)
(2017-2018)
Diploma and Advanced Diploma of Piano, Conservatory of Sion (Switzerland)
(2017-2018)