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.
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.
Most recently, he composed the score to the new 6 part adventure series LOST CITIES REVEALED for Disney+, following National Geographic Explorer Albert Lin as well as the science doc-film “SUPER REEFS” on NatGeo and Hulu. He also scored 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). One of the recent projects “UNWAVERING” got a nominated with a Panda Award at the Wildscreen Festival 2024.
In addition to his own projects, Christian has also ongoing collaborations with other composers including, Walter Mair by serving as score producer on 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).
Christian’s music can be also heard in the upcoming adventure series “NAUTILUS” on AmazonPrime on which he worked on as well for Emmy-winning composer Nainita Desai as additional composer.
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 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.
In addition to his own projects, Christian has also ongoing collaborations with other composers including, Walter Mair by serving as score producer on 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).
Christian’s music can be also heard in the upcoming adventure series “NAUTILUS” on AmazonPrime on which he worked on as well for Emmy-winning composer Nainita Desai as additional composer.
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 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.
