Biography

Christian Heschl is an award-winning composer for film and television.

Located in the heart of Vienna in his new state-of-the-art studio, Christian writes music across a wide repertoire of styles from live-recorded full orchestral scores, creating atmospheric soundscapes or composing for small intimate ensembles. On every production, Christian gives priority to create a cinematic sound, a strong focus on melody and choosing the right sonic world for each project.
His wide and unique range of musical styles is reflected in his versatile list of credits. These include National Geographic, Disney+, AppleTV+, DiscoveryChannel, PBS, AmazonPrime, Sony, NBC/SyFy, ZDF, ARD, and ORF.

Most recently, he composed the score to the new 6 part adventure series LOST CITIES REVEALED for Disney+, following National Geographic Explorer Albert Lin. Further credits include the highly acclaimed NBC/SyFy documentary “LIKE HELL I WON’T”, telling the captivating story of comic artist legend “Todd McFarlane” creator of Spiderman, Venom and Spawn as well as the PBS/TerraMater Film-epos “HIPPO KING” directed by EMMY nominee Will Steenkamp (BBC Planet Earth II, Hostile Planet, Primates).

His unique scores for other natural history films, such as the short films “Okavango” & “Endless Beauty” from NatGeo Explorer Chris Schmid, got him a nomination at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards.

As a collaborator of Walter Mair, recent notable credits as score producer include the action blockbuster THE BRICKLAYER (starring Aaron Eckhart & Nina Dobrev) directed by Renny Harlin (Die Hard2, Cutthroat Island); The AppleTV+ thriller series “LAISON” (starring Eva Green & Vincent Cassel) directed by Stephen Hopkins (Lost in Space).  Active in Television he contributed music to the AmazonOriginal sports documentary ROONEY, and Sky Televisions DETTORIE which was directed by triple BAFTA winning director, and Oscar nominated and Emmy winning Executive Producer, Anthony Wonke.

Aside from film scoring, Christian also writes music for commercials for brands such as Vodafone, SonyUK, Pfizer, REMAX Europe, British Heart Foundation, ÖBB, EGGER Group, Austrian Tourism Board, and many more.

He also freelances for various music production companies, including Hans Zimmer’s Emmy winning “Bleeding Fingers Music”.

Awards

2019 New York Film Festival

Best Original Score

OKAVANGO (June Edition)

2019 New York Film Festival

Annual Nominee - Best Original Score

OKAVANGO

2019 Festigious International Film Festival

Best Original Score

OKAVANGO (June Edition)

2019 Festigious International Film Festival

Annual Nominee - Best Original Score

OKAVANGO

2019 Los Angeles Film Awards

Honorable Mention

OKAVANGO (June Edition)

2019 LA Short Awards

Best Original Score

Jamil

2018 Los Angeles Film Awards

Honorable Mention Best Original Score

The Frozen Warriors

2018 LA Short Awards

Best Original Score

The Frozen Warriors

2018 CineFest LA

Best Original Score

The Frozen Warriors

2017 Global Film Festival Awards LA

Best Original Score

Iceland - A Breath of Nature

Press & Recommen­dations

„The score for OKAVANGO is the work of composer Christian Heschl, and it is a score that I will here and now recommend that you seek out and add to your collection.“

JOHN MANSELL(Filmmusic Journalist, Writer for The International Filmmusic Critics Assosiation), 2019

„Whether „National Geographic“ animal film or Marvel documentary: Christian Heschl is just starting a promising career as a film composer.“

Die Presse, 2019

„Best Film Score“ at the Global Film Festival Awards in Los Angeles. For his current work „The Frozen Warriors“ he holds four awards so far.“

Kurier, 2018