About the composer Born in Zurich, Switzerland, composer Flavio Motalla studied piano and composition with Boris Mersson and Gunhard Mattes. He later graduated from the University of Southern California’s advanced studies program in 'Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television', where he studied among others under tutorship of Elmer Bern- stein, Leonard Rosenman and Christopher Young. Alongside his academic education, he got involved early on in writing music for short movies of his friends and fellow film enthusiasts, which further nurtured his passion of writing music for films. What started by recording synthesizers in his basement has resulted in a professional career that led to conducting full size symphony orchestras at Skywalker Sound. Over the past few years he has established himself as one of the most refreshing and promising composers of his generation in orchestral, chamber and film work. His highly emotional and compelling compositions as well as his inventive orchestrations have brought him wide acclaim. Even though it was his love for the movies that has led to become a film composer, he continues to write concert music in between his film projects. Up to now, his classical works have been performed in the USA, Switzerland, Romania and Taiwan. He currently works and resides in Los Angeles, CA.