Bio

Oliver Schmellenkamp completed his studies at the Cologne University of Music with renowned lecturers such as Bill Dobbins, Andreas Lonardoni and Frank Haunschild, graduating in 2001. Today he is a university professor and head of the Institute for Media Music at the Jam Music Lab University in Vienna. His areas of specialization include film music, game audio and music production.

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For over two decades, Schmellenkamp has worked as a composer and sound designer for renowned clients such as Coca-Cola, Boss, McDonald’s, ZDF, Netflix, National Geographic and many more. During this time, he has worked on more than 200 video games, film scores and advertising productions. A particular focus is on composition and sound design for computer games, which makes up a large part of his artistic work. He is also active as a composer for Universal Edition in Vienna and premiered a composition at the Musikverein.