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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). 

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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.

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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)

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2023

Hollywood Music in Media Awards

Winner

Live Concert for Visual Media for "Arknights: Ambience Synesthesia 2023 Wanted"

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2020

Sandra & Alan Silvestri Award

Winner

Highest Rated Candidate to USC Thornton Screen Scoring Program

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2020

Guerrilla Film Festival

Nominee

Best Original Score for "Soldado Raso"

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2020

Western Fairs Association

Winner

Excellence Award in a TV Advertising Series for Alaska State Fair commercial

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2019

Biola Conservatory of Music

Winner

Outstanding Composer Award

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2019

Biola Composition Competition

Winner

2nd Place for "The Artisan"

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2018

A Piacere Composition Competition

Winner

for “Patchwork Grey”

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2018

Vienna Summer Music Festival

Winner

Featured Composer

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2018

Biola Film Festival

Winner

Best Original Score for "Mort."

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2018

Biola Composition Competition

Winner

1st Place for "Karyenda"

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2017

A Piacere Composition Competition

Winner

for “A Raven on the Moor”

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2017

Biola Composition Competition

Winner

1st Place for for “Catacombs of a Rose”

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2016

American Choral Directors Association

Winner

Biola Chapter Composition Competition award for “Carpe Diem”

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2015

National Young Composers Challenge

Winner

for "The Water Phoenix"

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2024

G.A.N.G. Awards

Nominee

Best Audio for Casual Game for "Honor of Kings" (Contributing Composer)

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2023

LA Independent Women Film Awards

Nominee

Best Composer for "Marjanah" (Shared with Amrita Kalsi)

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2020

Chainsaw Film and Game Festival

Winner

Best Game Audio for "Stuck"

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2020

Guerrilla Film Festival

Nominee

Best Original Score for "An Ode to Solitude"

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2019

Biola Film Festival

Winner

Best Original Score for "Sunsprite"

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2019

Biola Composition Competition

Winner

1st Place for “Patchwork Grey”

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2018

British Horror Film Festival

Nominee

Best Music for "There's a Monster Behind You"

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2018

PRISM Competition

Winner

for “Alaska: Crest of the Hinterland”

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2018

Biola Conservatory of Music

Winner

Outstanding Composer Award

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2018

Biola Film Festival

Nominee

Best Original Score for "Hexit"

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2018

Biola Composition Competition

Winner

2nd Place for “A Raven on the Moor”

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2017

Rayner Brown Composition Award

Winner

for outstanding musicianship

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2016

Newport News Christian Film Festival

Winner

Best Original Score for "Bully’s Bane"

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2015

A Piacere Composition Competition

Winner

for “Aficionado”

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2012

NASA Humans in Space Youth Art Competition

Winner

for “Alien Armada”

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