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Nga Weng Chio is an award-winning film and game composer based in Los Angeles. Recently, she received the Harold Arlen Award from the ASCAP Foundation and was nominated for the Game Music Awards at the World Soundtrack Awards. Her recent work includes composing for the game Stormgate in collaboration with Frost Giant Studios, scoring the…
If you’ve recently uploaded a film to YouTube, only to find your audio mix sounds… off, you’re not alone! Here’s why YouTube’s sneaky new feature could be the culprit – and how it’s distorting your sound design. Introduction: The Pain of Hearing Your Mix Ruined As filmmakers, we meticulously mix every sound, voice, and piece…
Ishaan Tyagi is a composer and performer from India currently based in Los Angeles. His recent work includes independent films (Go Dani Go, A Proper Education, Chasing Jupiter etc.) along with writing music for trailer labels and reality tv for Warner Brothers Discovery. Some of his scores were recorded by LA’s top musicians at some…
We are pleased to announce that Epic Lab is responsible for the audio post-production of the documentary “Teruko Yokoi – Art in the Making” by Geneva-based filmmaker Kuniko Satonobu Spirig. The film was made in collaboration with Bern-based cinematographer and editor Matthias Günther and highlights the life and work of Japanese artist Teruko Yokoi, who…
We are proud to announce that our new trailer music album “Mixology” is currently in the works. It will feature music tracks by film composers Orazio Saracino, Michael Momohara, Lukas Piel, Bo-Xun Lin, Daniel Velasco, Alberto Bellavia and Donato Coscia. Produced by Donato Coscia, who’s also the music supervisor of the project, and Andreas Graf,…
Alberto Bellavia is a multi-award winning Italian film composer and pianist. His recent works include the original music for “History Of Now,” a play written and directed by English author Jayson F.A. Bartlett, and the film score for “E Ci Ridiamo un po’ Su,” a short film written and directed by Jean Luc Servino. His…
Happy New Year from Epic Lab! With this musical greeting, written and performed by our composer Peter Hauser, and filmed and edited by our director Andreas Graf, we wish you good luck for the year 2023. A heartfelt thank you to all our clients and project partners. We are happy to share our passion for…
I recently came across this hilarious video (apparently it’s now famous and has been featured on The Tonight Show) and wanted to give a little insight into why I think it’s the perfect short film, from a screenwriting perspective. You can watch it here: https://youtube.com/shorts/kf6pnUbg-3Y?feature=share Any screenwriter out there knows that writing a good short…
We are pleased to announce that multi-award winning composer Sebastian Androne is joining our team of composers at Epic Lab GmbH – Film Music & Scoring. The Swiss-based composer with Romanian roots has just completed his specialization in film music at the Zurich University of the Arts. A sought-after contemporary composer, his music has been…
We are pleased to announce that Epic Lab GmbH – Film Music & Scoring is partnering with German director and producer Alex Pfander to co-finance his horror film “House of Rooms” (working title), which is currently filming in Berlin. Be prepared for an entertaining story about an overconfident TV producer who tries to improve his…
As a director and casting director of short films, I regularly go through hundreds of actor profiles on platforms like Lacasting, Spotlight, Mandy, Castforward and many others. It always strikes me how little aspiring actors seem to be invested in their showreels. In this article I would like to highlight five points that I believe…
Bachwochen Thun shines as a popular music festival in Switzerland with innovative concert formats and smart forms of cooperation. Epic Lab had the opportunity to talk to festival director Vital Julian Frey about the marketing strategy of the new concert format “Digital concert”, a production for which we were responsible in the camera and editing…
