
Nov 13, 2023
HMMA Award Nomination for Best Live Concert
I'm beyond excited to be nominated alongside the other talented composers at Hexany Audio for the Hollywood Music in Media Awards for our collaboration on the “Arknights: Ambience Synesthesia” live concert! Among the featured music in this concert are two tracks of mine. The concert opener...
Oct 24, 2023
"Late" Soundtrack Release!
New soundtrack release! About a year ago, Zac Villanueva graciously invited me to score his film “Late”, about a soon-to-be father who desperately fights to protect his family after an affair places him in the center of a murder investigation. The score needed to be dark, intimate, and personal...
Oct 20, 2023
"SwiftyMart" the Rom-Com/Horror Film
We just released a brand new film! SwiftyMart is an ambitious short film comedy that shows the wildly different perspectives of two supermarket shoppers, one who sees the world through rose-colored lenses, and one who is living in a perpetual nightmare. The story begins as the two of them meet, and...
Sep 30, 2023
Honor of Kings Asian Games Music
I’m honored to have written the lobby music for the Honor of Kings 2023 Asian Games! Comparable to the Olympics, the Asian games are held every four years and have recently expanded their competition to Esports. This years games, held in Hangzhou, China, feature the first appearance of "Honor of...
Sep 25, 2023
"The Most Beautiful Sound" Viral Piano Video
After racking up 500,000 views and counting on Instagram, "The Most Beautiful Sound" reel, part of Maffe's composition secrets series, has been released in a full version on all streaming platforms. The original video opens with "this might be the most beautiful sound in music." Maffe then goes on to explain the...
Aug 6, 2023
"Cognitive" screens at Valley Film Festival to full house
The third collaboration between composer Sterling Maffe and Evan Richards (prev. "There's a Monster Behind You" and "Two People One Ring"), psychological thriller "Cognitive" screened to a packed audience at the Valley Film Festival in North Hollywood. The feature film stars Rachel Fleischer, who...
Jul 16, 2023
"Little Pictures" a new collaboration with old friends
Ilan Morgenstern, Principal Bass Trombonist at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and Sterling Maffe go back years! In 2015, the two collaborated on the recording of Maffe's award winning piece "Aficionado". The two reconnect after nearly a decade to produce a new composition titled "Little Pictures for Bass...
Jun 1, 2023
Behind the scenes comes to small screens
Maffe continues to expand his career, this time dipping his toes into the internet personality/influencer realm by launching a new short video series his approach to composing for film and video games. This content aims to bring viewers behind the scenes into Maffe's process in a way that is digestible to all...
May 17, 2023
Afterglow: Modern, Dark, Massive
In sanguine umbram! “Afterglow” (Thronum Immortalem) is Maffe’s most recent contribution to the Arknights game, and is perhaps his most ambitious track to date. The score features a full orchestra (Funk Studio Recording Orchestra, dir. Nathan Hofheins) and choir (dir. Dr. Jane Fjeldsted) in an epic musical...