Film Music Composer John Koutselinis Talks about Scoring Movies

Award-winning film music composer John Koutselinis has composed high-quality film scores with notable collaborations such as Gary Kurtz (Star Wars IV & V), Brian Presley (The Great Alaskan Race), Harry & George Kirby (Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday),  Steve Stone (Entity), Danny Wilson (Nephilim), David Levy (Concept Designer - Avatar 2 & 3, The Rise of Skywalker), Richard Bazley (Disney, Warner Bros) and Mel Smith (Director of High Hills and Low Lifes, Radioland Murders - Story by George Lucas).

He has recently composed the score for the film 'Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday' (Sony Entertainment - Scott Adkins, Ray Stevenson) by directors Harry & George Kirby and 'Hostile Territory' by writer/director Brian Presley (Brian Presley, Matt McCoy & Brad Leyland).

In addition, John has composed music for ‘The Great Alaskan Race’ by writer/director Brian Presley, also starring Henry Thomas (E.T., Legends of the Fall) and Treat Williams, among others (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack album has been released by SONY MUSIC/MILAN).

He also composed the music for the films 'DEUS' with David O'Hara (The Departed, Harry Potter)  & Claudia Black (Farscape), 'Katherine of Alexandria' (Peter O’Toole, Steven Berkoff & Edward Fox), ‘Nephilim’ (John Savage - award-winning score, music performed by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra) and 'Centurion Resurrection' (Gary Kurtz -Producer, Richard Bazley - Director).

John has composed music for over 40 short films, including music for films by K&K Productions, which among others include Dragonball Z and The League of Legends, which have collectively generated over 15 Million views. 

 

He is the recipient of 6 awards and several nominations, including nominations by the prestigious 'Jerry Goldsmith Awards'.

In 2023,  John became part of the demonstration team at the world-class Virtual Instruments company 8DIO. He also won ‘Best Score’ for his work on the short films 'Beyond the Lake' (Simon Constantine - Director), and ‘Summerville’.

In the same year, he completed the score for the feature film 'Sunlight' (Mark David -Director), and also composed the music for the short films ‘Summerville’ and ‘Moon Kontrol’ (Writer/Director David Levy - Concept Designer - Avatar 2 & 3, The Rise of Skywalker). 

 

In addition, the Original Sound Track from the film 'Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday' was released by MovieScore Media. 

This year John has been attached to score the music for the film ‘Circle of 3s’  featuring Costas Mandylor (Saw IV, V & VI), and written by Mark Bruner, and Logan Riley Bruner (Stranger Things) and has also been attached to score the music for the motion picture ‘FATE’ by director Jonathan Baker. 

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