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Sandrine Rudaz

Additional Composer

Music Samples

About Sandrine

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.

Studio Equipment

Computers

Mac Mini, 3.2GHz 6‑core 8th‑generation i7, 64GB RAM

Macbook Pro, 2.9GHz Intel Core i5, 16GB RAM

Digital Audio Workstation

Logic Pro X

Mixing Software

Pro Tools

Audio Interface

iPad Mini

Korg nanoKONTROL2

Zoom R24

Microphones

Shure SM58-CN Cardioid Dynamic Microphone

Zoom H4N PRO Multitrack Reccorder

Headset

Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro

Midi Keyboards

Novation Launchkey 61

Studio Monitors

Mackie MRmk3

Notation Software

Finale 25

Sibelius 8

Instruments

Grand Piano Kawai KG-C1

Piano Korg SV-1 88

Acoustic Guitar D'Angelico Premier

Acoustic Ukulele Baton Rouge

Sample Instruments

Brass

EastWest

Spitfire

Choirs

8Dio

EastWest

Guitar

Native Instruments

Spitfire

Harp

Spitfire

Percussion

8Dio

Black Octopus

EastWest

Native Instruments

Saga

Soundiron

Spitfire

Piano

8Dio

Native Instruments (NI)

Soundiron

Spitfire

Strings

8Dio

Cinematic Studio

EastWest

Spitfire

Synthetizer

Heavyocity

Native Instruments (NI)

WoodwindsEastWest

Spitfire

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John Swihart

Composer (How I Met Your Mother, Napoleon Dynamite)

Grammy Award Nominee

Sandrine is a marvelous composer whose musical instincts are always "dialed in" to the narrative of the film. Not only does she possess immense natural talent and broad knowledge of musical mechanics, but a discipline and focus that can bring a scene to life.

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Bruce Dukov

Concertmaster Hollywood Bowl Orchestra 1991-2007

Having recorded in over 1800 motion picture soundtracks, I believe I have a good criterion for assessing composers. Sandrine has a very bright future in the film music business. She not only composes music in a very relevant style to serve the film, but she can also orchestrate and conduct her music, which many successful composers do not attempt.

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Hummie Mann

Composer (Robin Hood, Thomas and the Magic Railroad)

2-time-Emmy Award Winner

Sandrine is an extremely talented composer who writes music perfectly appropriate in tone and dramatic impact.

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