Sterling Maffe is an award-winning American composer. In his robust career, Maffe has demonstrated a unique voice that takes advantage of a powerful orchestral tradition while offering a fresh and innovative sound.
Maffe began composing at age 14 in Alaska, moved to Los Angeles where he studied composition at Biola University, and earned his Master of Music in Screen Scoring from the University of Southern California in 2020.
He has composed music for more than 50 films, television shows, and video games, among them the critically acclaimed short films "Milk Teeth" (2020), "Sunsprite" (2018), and "Mort." (2017).
Maffe has also written compositions for nearly 50 concert performances across the world including music for symphony orchestra, symphonic band, choir, and a variety of chamber ensembles. The Southern California Brass Consortium, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay, Ensemble PHACE, Anchorage String Quartet, and Biola Symphonic Band are amongst the institutions that have commissioned new works by Maffe.
Maffe has also released eight albums including several soundtracks to his films and independent collections of cinematic music, most notably "The Frozen King" (2018), and "Legend" (2016).
Maffe currently lives in Los Angeles, California and works as a composer at Hexany Audio, a video game audio company known for it's collaboration with blockbuster franchises such as Apex Legends, Call of Duty, League of Legends, PUBg, Arena of Valor, Arknights and countless others.
Through an ever-expanding repertoire of scores for film and contemporary classical pieces, Maffe has firmly established himself as a rising composer both on the scoring stage and in the concert hall.
BIO
AWARDS
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2024
G.A.N.G. Awards
Winner
Best Audio for Casual Game for "Call of Duty: Mobile" (Contributing Composer)
2023
Hollywood Music in Media Awards
Winner
Live Concert for Visual Media for "Arknights: Ambience Synesthesia 2023 Wanted"
2020
Sandra & Alan Silvestri Award
Winner
Highest Rated Candidate to USC Thornton Screen Scoring Program
2020
Guerrilla Film Festival
Nominee
Best Original Score for "Soldado Raso"
2020
Western Fairs Association
Winner
Excellence Award in a TV Advertising Series for Alaska State Fair commercial
2019
Biola Conservatory of Music
Winner
Outstanding Composer Award
2019
Biola Composition Competition
Winner
2nd Place for "The Artisan"
2018
A Piacere Composition Competition
Winner
for “Patchwork Grey”
2018
Vienna Summer Music Festival
Winner
Featured Composer
2018
Biola Film Festival
Winner
Best Original Score for "Mort."
2018
Biola Composition Competition
Winner
1st Place for "Karyenda"
2017
A Piacere Composition Competition
Winner
for “A Raven on the Moor”
2017
Biola Composition Competition
Winner
1st Place for for “Catacombs of a Rose”
2016
American Choral Directors Association
Winner
Biola Chapter Composition Competition award for “Carpe Diem”
2015
National Young Composers Challenge
Winner
for "The Water Phoenix"
2024
G.A.N.G. Awards
Nominee
Best Audio for Casual Game for "Honor of Kings" (Contributing Composer)
2023
LA Independent Women Film Awards
Nominee
Best Composer for "Marjanah" (Shared with Amrita Kalsi)
2020
Chainsaw Film and Game Festival
Winner
Best Game Audio for "Stuck"
2020
Guerrilla Film Festival
Nominee
Best Original Score for "An Ode to Solitude"
2019
Biola Film Festival
Winner
Best Original Score for "Sunsprite"
2019
Biola Composition Competition
Winner
1st Place for “Patchwork Grey”
2018
British Horror Film Festival
Nominee
Best Music for "There's a Monster Behind You"
2018
PRISM Competition
Winner
for “Alaska: Crest of the Hinterland”
2018
Biola Conservatory of Music
Winner
Outstanding Composer Award
2018
Biola Film Festival
Nominee
Best Original Score for "Hexit"
2018
Biola Composition Competition
Winner
2nd Place for “A Raven on the Moor”
2017
Rayner Brown Composition Award
Winner
for outstanding musicianship
2016
Newport News Christian Film Festival
Winner
Best Original Score for "Bully’s Bane"
2015
A Piacere Composition Competition
Winner
for “Aficionado”
2012
NASA Humans in Space Youth Art Competition
Winner
for “Alien Armada”