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KARL SÖLVE STEVEN

Karl Sölve Steven is an award-winning New Zealand/Swedish composer who devises unique scores from his home of Pārāwai Thames, a once-affluent former gold rush town nestled between rainforests and beaches at the southwestern end of the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand's North Island.

Karl works with an ever-evolving array of musicians and ensembles, whether in Auckland at Neil Finn's Roundhead Studios, in Wellington with the Stroma Chamber Ensemble, or further afield in London, LA, Sweden and Iceland. In 2024 he was invited to attend the Cannes Film Festival as one of ten international composers as part of the Marché Du Film’s ‘Spot The Composer’ initiative.

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AWARDS

Best Original Music in a Feature Film ‘Never Look Away’, with Jason Smith, APRA Screen Music Awards 2024

Best Original Music in a Series ‘Black Coast Vanishings’, with Rob Thorne, APRA Screen Music Awards 2024

Best Original Music in a Feature Film ‘The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*ck’
APRA Screen Music Awards 2023

Best Original Music in a Series ‘Black Hands’
APRA Screen Music Awards 2021

Best Original Music in a Feature Film ‘Come To Daddy’
APRA Screen Music Awards 2020

Best Original Music in a Series ‘The Bad Seed’
APRA Screen Music Awards 2019

Winner Best Original Score ‘Resolve’
NZTV Awards 2018

Best Original Music in a Series ‘800 Words’
APRA Screen Music Awards 2016

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