Suvi-Eeva Äikäs - Cool Music

Suvi-Eeva Äikäs is a Finnish composer, sound artist and producer, pushing musical boundaries to create bold and interesting scores.

Since moving to Bristol in 2015 to study sound engineering and music production, she has worked on multiple projects, including Constellation for Apple TV+, Alberto Corredor’s Baghead starring Jeremy Irvine, Saffron Burrows and Peter Mullan, Hulu’s Matriarch, directed by Ben Steiner and starring Jemima Rooper and Kate Dickie, the short film Thy Name Is Woman for which she received a Best Composer nomination at Underwire Film Festival and FEMME which premiered at SXSW Festival, written and directed by Ng Choon Ping and Sam H. Freeman, and starring Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You). Suvi has acted as assistant composer on the Netflix series Sex Education and Living the Dream, with composer Oli Julian. She has scored three episodes of Amazon’s Hanna as well as working with Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow on all three series of Hanna, the Julius Onah directed film Luce and Alex Garland’s MEN and award winning series Devs.

Credits

Film

BAGHEAD	Studio Canal/ The Picture Company Director: Alberto Corredor Producers: Alex Heineman, Andrew Rona Starring: Saffron Burrows, Freya Allen, Peter Mullan, Jeremy Irvine
MATRIARCH	Hulu / 20th Digital Studio Director: Ben Steiner Producers: Eoin O’Faolain, Ian Sharp Starring: Jemima Rooper, Kate Dickie
MEN Assistant Composer	A24 / DNA Films Director: Alex Garland Producers: Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich Starring: Jessie Buckley, Paapa Essiedu, Rory Kinnear
FEMME (Short)	Agile Films Directors: Ng Choon Ping, Sam H. Freeman Producers: Rienkje Attoh, Sam Ritzenberg Starring: Paapa Essiedu, Harris Dickinson, Theo Narklem-Biggs
LUCE Assistant Composer	Dream Factory Group Director: Julius Onah Producers: John Baker, Julius Onah, Andrew Yang Starring: Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Tim Roth
MAKE UP Assistant Composer	BBC Films Director: Claire Oakley Producer: Emily Morgan Starring: Molly Windsor, Joseph Quinn, Stefanie Martini
IN THE CLOUD Music Editor	Automatik Entertainment Director: Robert Scott Wildes Producers: Jilian Apfelbaum, Chris Goble Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Daniel Portman, Laura Fraser
FISHING FOR WAVES	Jessica Jones, Joe Auborn, Olga Czarkwiani, Emmely Slabon
THIS IS WHAT DEPRESSION FEELS LIKE (Short)	Director: Charlie Mason Producers: Matthew Christey, Spencer Ellis
THAT DAY THAT BROKE (Short)	Director: Tom Bereton Downs Producers: Tilly Karabina, Olly Owens, Joe Spurgeon
THY NAMES IS WOMAN (Short)	Director: Tom Bereton Downs Producers: Tilly Karabina, Olly Owens, Joe Spurgeon

Television

CONSTELLATION (Co-scored with Ben Salisbury)	Apple TV+ / Turbine Studios Directors: Joseph Cedar, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Michelle MacLaren Starring: Noomi Rapace, Jonathan Banks, James D’Arcy
HANNA (Series 1-3) Composer for 3 episodes Assistant Composer	Amazon Studios Directors: Sarah Adina Smith, Anders Engström, Jon Jones Executive Producers: David Farr, Tom Coan, Andrew Woodhead, Marty Adelstein, Tim Bevan Producers: Laura Hastings-Smith, Mark Hedges, Callum Devrell-Cameron Starring: Esme Creed-Miles, Joel Kinnaman, Mireille Enos, Dermot Mulroney
DEVS Assistant Composer	DNA Films / Hulu Director: Alex Garland Producer: Sarah Desmond Starring: Sonoya Mizuno, Nick Offerman, Jin Ha, Alison Pill
NOUGHTS AND CROSSES Assistant Composer	Mammoth Screen Directors: Koby Adom, Julian Holmes Producers: Sarah Lewis, Johann Knobel Starring: Masali Baduza, Jack Rowan, Josh Dylan, Helen Baxendale
SEX EDUCATION Assistant Composer	Eleven / Netflix Directors: Ben Taylor, Kate Herron, Producers: Laurie Nunn, Jon Jennings Starring: Hannah Waddingham, Gillian Anderson, Jason Isaacs, Asa Butterfield, Emma Mackey
LIVING THE DREAM Assistant Composer	Big Talk Productions Directors: Saul Metzstein, Philippa Langdale, Anthony Philipson Producer: James Dean Starring: Robert Glenister, Lesley Sharp, Rosie Day

Sound Design / Production

Kang Hyo in performance 360 film – Making Futures- Sound Implementer and Composer
Ambient Literature: The Cartographer’s Confession – Interactive app- Music Editor and Producer
This Excited Surface – Interactive sound installation by Jane Grant – Sound Designer and Producer
AuthentiCity – Virtual reality installation
Appellation – Sound design
Gerhard Richter art exhibition in Plymouth: Two pieces for two paintings – Two original music pieces
HP Wolf series – True Alpha – Co-composer

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