Kenneth Lampl

Prof Kenneth Lampl serves as Film and Video Games Composition Convenor at the Australian National University's School of Music. He holds a D.M.A. from The Juilliard School and has received over 30 prestigious awards including the Prix Ravel, Joseph H. Bearns Prize, and multiple ASCAP honors. His expertise spans film scoring for major studios like Netflix, Sony, and Lionsgate, with notable works including Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back, 2067, and the Foreigner symphony collaboration. Lampl also conducts orchestras and has arranged music for Evanescence and Radiohead.

Education: D.M.A. (Juilliard School), M.A. (Rutgers University), Diploma (Fontainebleau Conservatory). Research focuses on feature film scoring, animation, and video game music with over 100 film credits including recent projects like The Furies (2019) and Sissy (2022). His 2023 book Film Music: The Basics provides foundational analysis of cinematic sound design.

Key awards include the ASCAP Raymond Hubble Fellowship, Gretchanov Memorial Prize, and multiple state arts fellowships. His work has been performed by orchestras including Tanglewood Festival and Delaware Symphony. Lampl's compositional style blends modern orchestration with innovative digital techniques, evident in his Billboard-topping Foreigner collaboration.

Current projects include scoring four 2025 films: Pray for Dawn, Resonance, Autisto, and Break a Leg. He maintains active roles in ANU's compositional pedagogy and industry partnerships.