AndrewHagen
- Composer
- Sound
Andrew Hagen began composing for film while in band Schtung. Hagen and fellow bandmember Morton Wilson provided music for a quartet of Kiwi movies, including Kingpin and The Scarecrow, then moved to Hong Kong and set up studios in Asia. In 1992 Hagen headed to LA, establishing himself as an award-winning composer, sound designer and sound supervisor. In 2011 he launched a branch of Schtung back in Wellington.
Biography
Andrew Hagen’s career involves multiple mentions of another musician: Morton Wilson. The two met as teenagers in Wellington, launched a band called Schtung, and created soundtracks together. Later they appropriated Schtung as the name of a multi-national sound company that has spanned three decades.
Screenography
Awards
2010 Maverick Movie Awards (United States)
Nominated for Best Original Score: for Killer God
2003 WorldFest - Houston International Film Festival
Platinum Remi Award (shared with sound designer Alan Schlaifer): for Hero international trailer
“We signed our record contract underwater ... that was very Schtung. ”