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About Sandrine

Sandrine Rudaz is a Swiss-French composer known for her richly orchestral, emotionally driven scores, recorded with world-class musicians in prestigious venues including the iconic Eastwood Scoring Stage at Warner Bros. She is a three-time Hollywood Music in Media Award winner and a Jerry Goldsmith Award nominee. Her music blends a European classical piano heritage with the cinematic scope of Hollywood, creating a sound that is both modern and timeless.


With more than forty projects to her credit, Sandrine has composed music for feature films, television series, and documentaries. Her work includes the TV series On the High Seas (RTS/ARTE) and the documentary PARADiCE (Canal 9). She is currently scoring Yogis of Ukraine, a documentary directed by Bob Degus—producer of Austin Powers and the Oscar-nominated Pleasantville—for which she received a grant from New Music USA’s Reel Change Fund.
 

Sandrine has also contributed music to major studio productions, including the blockbuster video game Diablo IV (Blizzard), Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2 (Warner Bros.), Disney’s Mickey and the Very Many Christmases, and television series such as FUBAR (Netflix), Reacher (Amazon), and Eva Longoria: Searching for Spain (CNN).

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Her academic background includes a Master of Music in Film Composition from the Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program and a Bachelor of Arts in Music from the Conservatory of Lausanne, Switzerland. She further studied orchestration at Stanford University and was selected for the SESAC Workshop with composer John Swihart. She also participated in the LA Film Conducting Intensive under the mentorship of renowned orchestrators William Ross and Conrad Pope.

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Beyond her compositional work, Sandrine is actively engaged in industry leadership and advocacy. She is an ambassador for the Primetime Network, serves on the European Committee of the Alliance for Women Film Composers, and is a member of the Society of Composers & Lyricists and Women in Film. She is also a voting member of both the World Soundtrack Academy, the European Film Academy and the Recording Academy.

Selected Awards

  • 2025 Hollywood Music in Media Awards

    • TV Show/Main Title (Foreign Language)

    • Nominated - TV Show (Foreign Language)

  • 2023 Hollywood Music in Media Awards

    • Nominated - Independent Film (Foreign Language)

  • 2022 Hollywood Music in Media Awards

    • Best Music: Documentary

  • 2019 Hollywood Music in Media Awards

    • Best Contemporary Classical

  • 2019 Jerry Goldsmith Awards - Nominated

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