
Walter Mair is an Ivor Novello-nominated and Telly Award-winning composer known for his captivating scores ranging from epic orchestrations recorded with 80-piece choirs to intimate, small ensemble and hybrid electronic pieces that have graced a diverse mix of feature films, documentaries, television dramas, narrative-driven interactive entertainment and video games.
Walter scored the 2021 survival thriller Till Death, directed by S.K. Dale and starring Megan Fox, as well as the psychological horror film The Unfamiliar, which won the 2021 Telly Award for Best Original Music and an Award for Best Music Score at the 2020 NOLAHFF, and was described by the press as “the Babadook meets Pet Sematary”. Other recent projects include the coming-of-age drama Iceland is Best and the action-thriller Knuckledust, directed by James Kermack and starring Moe Dunford (Vikings), which won the 2021 Telly Award for Best Original Music.
In 2020, he also received two Telly awards for “Best Original Music” for his scores to the BAFTA “Mobile Game of the Year” Call of Duty: Mobile as well as his score to the Netflix docuseries Formula 1: Drive to Survive which won the Telly Award for Best Original Music, a 2021 BAFTA Award for Best Sound, and topped the Netflix charts globally. Other credits include Academy Award nominee Oliver Hirschbiegel’s International cold war series for Netflix and ZDF, The Same Sky, which premiered at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival, and Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut Lost River starring Saoirse Ronan, Matt Smith, Christina Hendricks, and Eva Mendes.
In the video game space, he scored Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time which won the PlayStation Choice Award 2020 for “Best Video Game” and received several other similar nominations. Forbes said: “Mair’s score uses a ridiculous range of organic and electronic sounds, deriving its unique audio from ‘tons of vintage and analogue effects’, ‘modular synths’ and, er, seashells.”
His music can also be heard in video games such as Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto titles, Sony’s sci-fi franchise Killzone, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction and The Creative Assembly’s Total War series.
Walter believes that the main principle of creativity is to come up with genuine sounds, and he enjoys experimenting and creating unique sonic worlds for each of his projects, using his extensive collection of analog digital synths and blending live orchestral arrangements with experimental post-recording techniques.
In 2006, Walter moved from his native Austria to London to open his own state-of-the-art recording studio in Soho and is a member of both BAFTA and The Ivor’s Academy.
He is co-repped in the US by Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency.
Credits
TILL DEATH | Millenium Films Director: S.K.Dale Producers: Jeffrey Greenstein, Yariv Lerner and David Leslie Johnson Starring: Megan Fox, Lili Rich, Callan Mulvey | |
KNUCKLEDUST | Featuristic Films Director: James Kermack Producers: Laurent Fumeron, Daniel Goroshko, Genny Goudard, Julien Loeffler, Rodolphe Sanzé Starring: Oliver Richters, Yolanda Lynes, Kate Dickie | |
ICELAND IS BEST | No Reservations Entertainment Director: Max Newsom Producers: Tim Kaza, Will Randall-Coath, Dankuro Shinma Starring: Iris Tanja Flygenring, Judd Nelson, Helena Mattsson | |
THE UNFAMILIAR | Dark Matter Studios Director: Henk Pretorius Producers: Llewelyn Greef, Barund Kruger Starring: Jemima West, Rebecca Hanssen, Christopher Dane | |
BAGHDAD IN MY SHADOW | Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG Director: Samir Producers: Joël Louis Jent Starring: Kerry Fox, Shervin Alenabi | |
3 LIVES | 3 Lives Movie Ltd / High Octane Pictures Director: Juliane Block Producers: Wolf-Peter Arrand, Juliane Block Starring: Mhairi Calvey, Anatole Taubman | |
UNMASKING JIHADI JOHN: ANATOMY OF A TERRORSIT | Channel 4 Director: Anthony Wonke Producers: Richard Kerbaj, Marcel Mettelseifen Starring: Noel Cecil, Barrack Obama (Self) | |
BITTERSWEET SYMPHONY | Dignity Films Finance Director: Jamie Adams Producers: Jamie Adams, Richard Elis, Maggie Monteith Starring: Suki Waterhouse, Jennifer Grey | |
BALANCE NOT SYMMETRY | Dignity Films Finance Director: Jamie Adams Producers: Jamie Adams, Maggie Monteith Starring: Laura Harrier, Lily Newmark | |
3 WAY JUNCTION | Dignity Films Finance Director: Juergen Bollmeyer Producer: Michael Auret, Maggie Monteith, Oliver Stoltz Starring: Tommy Flanagan, Tom Sturridge | |
LUCID | Morse Rose Productions Director: Adam Morse Producer: Adam Morse Starring: Billy Zane | |
FIRSTBORN | Little House Productions Director: Nirpal Bhogal Producer: Uzma Hasan Starring: Antonia Thomas, Jonathan Hyde | |
VICTRIX | Victrix Productions Director: Tom Delmar Producers: Pauline Richards, Tom Stevens, Dom Williams Starring: Omar Sharif, Rutger Hauer, Ian Whyte | |
RONALDO | On The Corner Films Director: Anthony Wonke Producer: Paul Martin Starring: Cristiano Ronaldo | |
BLOOD ORANGE | Lightworks Film Director: Toby Tobias Producers: Chris Bunyan, S. Gary Sangha, Toby Tobias Starring: Iggy Pop, Kacey Barnfield, Ben Lamb | |
THE CANDY HOUSE | Gynormous Pictures Director: Nicholas David Lean Producer: Rosanne Milliken Starring: Sylvester McCoy, Ian Whyte | |
THE LIST | Cabin Fever Films / Creativity Media / NOW Films Director: Klaus Huttman Producers: Patrick Fischer, Michael Knowles Starring: Sienna Guillory, Clive Russell | |
RUN FOR YOUR WIFE | Run For Your Wife Film Director: Ray Cooney, John Luton Producers: Graham Fowler, James Simpson Starring: Judi Dench | |
SEAMONSTERS | Orange Trousers Director: Julian Kerridge Producer: Angela Gordon | **Nominated for “Best British Feature” at Raindance 2011** |
THE SCANDALOUS FOUR | Galloping Films Director: Christianne Van Wijk | |
THE ROAD HOME | Director: Rahul Gandotra Producer: Ameenah Ayub Allen | **Shortlist for Academy Award 2012 and Nominated for Palms Springs** |
F1: DRIVE TO SURVIVE | Netflix / Box To Box Exec Producers: James Gay-Rees, Paul Martin |
THE SAME SKY | UFA Fiction / Beta Film Directors: Oliver Hirschbiegel Producer: Friedemann Goez Starring: Steven Brand, Sofia Helin |
CUFFS | Tiger Aspect Productions Directors: Kieron Hawkes, Anthony Phillipson Producer: Trevor Hopkins Starring: Ashley Walters, Peter Sullivan, Amanda Abbingdon |
GLUE | Eleven Director: Daniel Nettheim and Oliver Blackburn Producer: Joel Wilson Starring: Jasmin Paige, Billy Howle, Jessie Cave, Charlotte Spencer |
EGYPTIAN VICE | Wild Dream Films / Spike TV Director: Richard LopezBlackburn Producer: Stuart Clarke Starring: Alexander Saddig |
CRASH BANDICOOT 4: IT’S ABOUT TIME | ACTIVISION | |
TOTAL WAR: KINGDOMS | SEGA | |
KILLZONE ‘MERCENARY’ | Sony | |
TOTAL WAR: EMPIRE | SEGA | **Nominated for an Ivor Novello Award 2010 Best Original Soundtrack for a Video Game** |
GRAND THEFT AUTO IV | Rockstar Games | |
VIKING: BATTLE FOR ASGARD | SEGA | |
GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY | Rockstar Games | |
GRAND THEFT AUTO: LIBERTY CITY | Rockstar Games | |
GRAND THEFT AUTO: SAN ANDREAS | Rockstar Games |
EE ‘Kevin Bacon’ (2015) TV commercial |
ROBERTO CAVALLI (2015) Fashion Show Milan SS 2015/16 |
COCA COLA (2014) TV commercial |
INFINITI ‘EX’ (2014) TV commercial |
SONY ‘Experia’ (2013) TV commercial |
3 MOBILE (2013) TV commercial |
MENTOS ‘Ice Man’ BBH (2013) TV commercial |
DODGE ‘The Premier’ (2011) TV campaign USA |
AUDI ‘Dark Road’ (2010) TV commercial |
FOOTBALL WORLD CUP (2010) TV campaign worldwide |
SAMSUNG ‘Moments of Glory’ (2009) TV campaign Europe |
MERCEDES ‘S-Class’ (2009) TV campaign |
SAMSUNG ‘Attraction’ (2008) TV campaign Europe |
INFINITI ‘EX Series’ (2008) TV campaign USA |
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