Emil Sana

Becoming

Music | Feature film / Dir. Zhannat Alshanova

Silent Legacy

Music | Feature documentary / Dir. Jussi Rastas & Jenni Kivistö

How to Shout

Music | Feature film / Dir. Josefiina Rautiainen

Pasilan Myrkky: Manni (Season 1)

Music | TV-series / Yellow Films & TV

Rajalla (In The Borderland)

Music | Documentary feature / Dir. Elina Hyvärinen

The Heart of the Forest

Sound Design | Fulldome film / Dir. Markku Laine

Short Scores I

Music | Collection Album

Short Scores II

Music | Collection Album

Lizard State

Music | Video Game / Lead dev: Benjamin Rose

The Forest You Live In

Music | Short film / Dir. Topi Raulo

Overtime

Music | Short film / Dir. Siiri Halko

A Part Unwritten

Music | Short film / Dir. Arman Zafari

Thank You In Your Language

Music | Short film / Dir. Fabian Munsterhjelm

Circology

Music | Dance Short Film / Dir. Tero Peltoniemi.

How To Take Care of Your Parakeet

Music | Short film / Dir. Roosa Vuokkola

Joy The Magic Clown

Music | Short film / Dir. Veikko Timonen

Written by AI

Music | Documentary / Dir. Ada Johnsson & Siiri Halko

Seraphim

Music | Short film / Dir. Oscar Ramos

Stay

Music | Short film / Dir. Annie Kane

Primal Therapy

Music | Short film / Dir. Santtu Salminen

Habitat

Music | Dance and architecture film / Dir. David Jakob

Pyykkitupa

Music | Short film / Dir. Fabian Munsterhjelm

Spiraali

Music | Short-form comedy / Dir. Santtu Salminen

Summer of Bees

Music | Short film / Dir. Ida Olva

Shaded Fest

Music | Short film / Dir. Elisa Kujala

Carrier

Music | Short film / Dir. Max Ovaska

Katharsis OY

Music | Short film / Dir. Siiri Halko

about.

Emil Sana is a half-French, half-Finnish composer, producer, and sound artist currently based between Finland, Belgium and France.

He has scored multiple fiction and documentary feature films in Finland, France, and the US such as Silent Legacy (dir. Jussi Rastas & Jenni Kivistö) and Becoming (dir. Zhannat Alshanova), both premiering at the Locarno Film Festival 2025 and the Jussi-award nominated How To Shout (dir. Josefiina Rautiainen).

He has composed the soundtracks to many award-winning short films featured in major international festivals and competitions (BAFTA student awards shortlist, Student Academy Awards Finalist, Jussi Awards Nominee...) and for which he has received several awards for the original music (Best Original Score at SEVIFF, Special Mention for Best Original Score at MCM, Best Original Score nomination in Prague Film Festival)

Keen on exploring creative limitations, inventive sonic palettes, and conceptual approaches to scoring, Sana continually seeks new composition methods and processes that make each project unique. Alongside his work in film, he creates sound and music for a wide range of audiovisual works and medias (games, sound-art installations…), and produces and writes in collaborative projects across genres—from art-pop to jazz fusion and neoclassical.

full credits.

FEATURE FILMS & TV SERIES

Huutamisen taito (eng: How to Shout, drama feature, 2025) dir. Josefina Rautiainen (FIN)
Silent Legacy (Documentary, 2025, Väki Films, YLE, France 2) dir. Jussi Rastas & Jenni Kivistö (FIN / FRA)
Becoming (drama feature, 2025, Films de Force Majeure) dir. Zhannat Alshanova (FRA / KAZ / NLD / SWE)
In The Borderland / Rajalla (Documentary, 2025, Koko productions, YLE) dir. Elina Hyvärinen (FIN)
Näkyville (Documentary limited series, 2025, YLE) dir. Reeta Annala (FIN)
Pasilan Myrkyt: Manni (season 1) - Yellow Films & TV - Elisa viihde / Viaplay (2024) (FIN)
They Know Not What They Do (drama feature TBA) dir. Oscar Ramos (USA)
Metsän Sydän planetarium film (dir. Markku Laine) - Heureka (Helsinki) and Hublo Distribution

SHORT FILMS

The Forest You Live In (2025) dir. Topi Raulo
Yliaika (2025) dir. Siiri Halko
Itkijä (2024) dir. Arman Zafari
Koneen kirjoittama (2024) dir. Ada Johnsson
Kuinka Huolehtia Undulaateista (2023) dir. Roosa Vuokkola
No Talking (2023) dir. Eris Zhao
Vesikastanja (2023) dir. Juuso Timonen
Thank You In Your Language (2022) dir. Fabian Munsterhjelm
Mammutti (2023) dir. Inga Pohjolainen
Viestejä äidiltä (2023) dir. Josefiina Rautiainen
30 Kilometers a Second (2023) dir. Jani Peltonen
Ilo P. Illerin Taikatemppu (2023) dir. Veikko Timonen
Stay (2022) dir. Annie Kane
Seraphim (2022) dir. Oscar Ramos
Conference of the Birds (2022) dir. Shamsil Balkis
Metsänpeitto (2022) dir. Teresa Siltanen
Circology (2023) dir. Tero Peltoniemi
Aspiration (2022) dir. Annie Kane
Kala (2021) dir. Elisa Kujala
Pyykkitupa (2021) dir. Fabian Munsterhjelm
Mehiläiskesä (Summer of Bees) (2021) dir. Ida-Maria Olva
Habitat (2021) dir. David Jakob
Suoterapia (2021) dir. Santtu Salminen
Varjojuhla (2020) dir. Elisa Kujala
Making Tove (2020) dir. Max Ovaska
Haikara (2020) dir. Siiri Halko
Bad To The Boner (2021) dir. Robert Lönnqvist
Kiitos Ja Hyvää Joulua (2020) dir. Konsta Verta
Maalasin Niin Perkeleesti (2020) dir. Josefiina Rautiainen
Yhteydenotto (2020) dir. Siiri Halko
Lasti (Carrier) (2020) dir. Max Ovaska
Utopia (2020 animation) dir. Virve Ranta
Rituals (2020) documentary dir. Lyydia Mäkipää
Katharsis OY (2019) dir. Siiri Halko
Torppari (Debt) (2019) dir. Max Ovaska
Les Etrangers (2019) dir. Justine Mériaux
Under Control (2019 animation)
Kalastaja (2018 documentary) dir. Kaisa Astikainen
La Force de l'Âge (2018) dir. Alice Passalacqua
Vogue (2018) documentary dir. Alice Passalacqua

OTHER WORKS

EMS Studios Stockholm - Halldorophone Project (Joasia Ciezlak)
Soundtrack for videogame In The Ruins Of...(2020)
De Rerum Natura - piece for choir and electronics (2019)
Sound design for Elements de Langage publishing house (Brussels) - Le Lecteur (2017) // Le Jour où j'ai réussi ma vie (Trailer 2017)
Soundtrack for dance performance of Sonia Lautenbacher - Liquid Breath (2017)
KAVI Archives for "Helsingin Elävä Muisti" event (2018) - Poika Ja Sukset / Suomenlinna (performed in Maunula Talo, Helsinki)
Mixing and arranging for Juhani Nuorvala's opera FlashFlash: The Two Deaths of Andy Warhol (2019)
Bris de Verre (piece for Kantele and electronics, MuTeFest18')
Pétèr Gyarfás Quartet - (album 2020) Recording and Mixing
Urban Poem - sonic walk experience for the city of Helsinki (MuteFest18')

COMMERCIALS

Aseman Lapset / Aivovammaliitto - Älä anna sen kasvaa (video campaign)
Espoociné Trailers (2023-2026)
Sound Installation for K1 Museum of Photography (2020 - Keksi Agency)
Etra commercial (Keksi Agency 2021)
Apu-media video Ei Tartte Auttaa (Keksi Agency 2021)
Musical Identity for Solidaarisuus (Keksi Agency 2021)
Maaret Kallio's web-course Voimana Toivo (2020, Keksi Agency)
Henua Organics commercials (Koski-Syväri Production, 2020)
Finnish Ski Association (Hiihtoliitto) - commercial (Keksi Agency 2020)
Amerikka - commercial (Keksi Productions 2020)

new EP out now

Becoming

Silent Legacy

How to Shout

Pasilan Myrkky: Manni (Season 1)

Rajalla (In The Borderland)

The Heart of the Forest

Short Scores I

Short Scores II

Lizard State

The Forest You Live In

Overtime

A Part Unwritten

Thank You In Your Language

Circology

How To Take Care of Your Parakeet

Joy The Magic Clown

Written by AI

Seraphim

Stay

Primal Therapy

Habitat

Pyykkitupa

Spiraali

Summer of Bees

Shaded Fest

Carrier

Katharsis OY

about.

full credits.

FEATURE FILMS & TV SERIES

SHORT FILMS

OTHER WORKS

COMMERCIALS