Faculty

(BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC)

Steffen is a Film Composer in Los Angeles, CA.

His recent scores include "Buddy VR" by Redrover Studios - winner of "Best VR Experience" at the 75th Venice Film Festival | La Biennale di Venezia, "Follow The White Rabbit" a VR experience by Dexter Studios - showcased at Marche Du Film @ 71st Cannes Film Festival, both directed by South Korean director Chuck Chae.

Steffen is also the recent recipient of two "Best Original Score" awards, one at the Milledgeville-Eatonton Film Festival (2018) for his score to "Every Tuesday" and the second atL.A Under The Stars Film Festival (2019) for "Guest of Honor". 

Starting from a young age, Steffen was exposed to the orchestral sound and performed as a violinist and violist in youth symphonies in his home city of Portland, Oregon (USA), where he also toured Europe and China with the Metropolitan Youth Symphony. He started conducting towards the later half of high school which was crucial towards his development as a film score composer later on, having conducted and/or produced small to larger ensemble groups in Los Angeles and around the world for his projects.

Steffen is a graduate of Berklee College of Music (2013), where he studied film scoring and practiced his directed study with Hollywood composer George S. Clinton, as well as Silent Film with Sheldon Mirowitz.