Martin Svensson

Martin got in to music when his older brother came home from school with a guitar, he was then about 11 years old. When he started at the music program in high school Martin got more and more interested in classical harmony and theory, much thanks to discovering the role film music has and also discovering composers like Stravinsky, Mahler and Schostakovich.

In 1998 he got accepted at Gotland school of music, were he studied composition for two years with teachers such as Sven-David Sandström, Per Mårtensson and Henrik Strindberg. During the two years he wrote a number of different pieces and the orchestra piece ”I den nya tiden” (In the new age) that won first price in a contest for young composers announced by the symphony orchestra in Umeå, Sweden. The autumn of 2000 Martin was back in Malmö and started a master degree in composition with Rolf Martinsson, Kent Olofsson and Luca Francesconi.

Since graduation Martin has been busy writing and arranging in many styles of music, earning gold and platinum awards in Europe and Japan. He co-write the song "In my blood" recorded by Natalia Druyts that ended up being used as the theme song for the European broadcast of the HBO show "Empire".
Music for short films, commercials such as Black Diamond jewelry company in Japan, Wacom Bamboo online commercial. Music commissioned for short film coupled with a performance with Shinee at K-pop expo in Seoul, music and SFX for SM Entertainment DVD header logo to name a few. Recently Martin also began working with a publisher for trailer music aimed at ethnic and middle eastern productions (deal trough Taxi)