ABOUT
Composer, producer, sound artist,
film and game music composer.
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 (see credits) such as Silent Legacy and Becoming, both premiering at the Locarno Film Festival. He also scored the TV-series Pasilan Myrkky: Manni (season 1) released in 2024 on Ruutu/Viaplay, nominated for the Golden Venla Award in Finland.
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, Clermont FilmFest, Tacoma Film Festival, Poitiers Film Festival, Helsinki Film Festival, Music&Cinema Marseille, Tampere Film Festival, Santa Barbara FIlm Festival...) 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)
He has also worked on commercials for various Finnish brands through his frequent collaboration with Helsinki-based Keksi Agency.
In 2021 he also became a member of the film sound post-production studio Muuntamo Sound Oy, where he collaborates closely with sound designers and music producers on various film, commercial and music production projects.
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 distinct. In addition to his work in film, he creates sound and music for a wide range of audiovisual works (games, sound-art installations…), and produces and writes for collaborative projects across genres—from art-pop to jazz fusion and neoclassical.
Some background:
Born in 1999, Emil entered the world of music at a very young age. Through his studies in several music academies in Finland, France and Belgium, he developed an unyielding enthusiasm for the art of rhythm and harmony. Sana's music has since drawn its inspiration from a diverse collection of genres, varying from impressionism and minimalism to jazz, ambient and electronic music.
Emil entered the distinguished Sibelius Academy of Helsinki at the notably young age of 17. There he matured extensive interests in various compositional techniques and sound art philosophies as well as recording arts and music production.