Philipp Fabian Kölmel
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Philipp Fabian Kölmel is a Munich-based film composer best known for his epic-melodic scores to the fantasy hit trilogy Ruby Red (2013) - Sapphire Blue (2014) - Emerald Green (2016), whose soundtracks were released on Sony Classical, and Netflix's teen-horror success The Privilege (2022). Blending contemporary orchestral writing with subtle electronic colors, his music has reached a global fan-base and topped soundtrack charts.
After early prizes at the "Jugend komponiert" competition, Kölmel studied piano, conducting and Tonmeister technique at Berlin University of the Arts, followed by film-scoring studies with Enjott Schneider in Munich. Since his debut feature Cascadeur (1998) he has composed for a wide array of films, television series and international events, while remaining active as a concert pianist and songwriter.
Kölmel is a founding board member of the German Film Music Society and belongs to the German Film Academy and the German Composers Association.
After early prizes at the "Jugend komponiert" competition, Kölmel studied piano, conducting and Tonmeister technique at Berlin University of the Arts, followed by film-scoring studies with Enjott Schneider in Munich. Since his debut feature Cascadeur (1998) he has composed for a wide array of films, television series and international events, while remaining active as a concert pianist and songwriter.
Kölmel is a founding board member of the German Film Music Society and belongs to the German Film Academy and the German Composers Association.
