Kenneth Lampl received his D.M.A. in composition from the Juilliard School of Music and was a student of John Williams. As a composer of film music Kenneth Lampl has scored over 90 films including Pokémon: The First Movie: Mew vs Mew Two, Pokémon Mewtwo Returns, Frontera (starring Ed Harris and Eva Longoria), 35 & Ticking (starring Kevin Hart and Nicole Ari-Parker), Ninja’s Creed (starring Pat Morita and Eric Roberts), and Winter of Frozen Dreams (starring Thora Birch and Keith Carradine). His recent Australian films include 2067 which was the #1 steamed film on Netflix, Amazon Prime and iTunes, The Furies and Sissy which premiered this year at SXSW. The 2067 soundtrack was released on Sony and was listed as “One of the Best Scores of 2020” by the Film Music Institute in Los Angeles.
Lampl has written orchestral arrangements for the American rock band Foreigner’s latest record Foreigner and the 21st Century Symphony Orchestra and Chorus which hit #1 on Billboard Magazine Classical Charts for seven weeks and he conducted the Australian tour. He also composed orchestral music for the band Evanescence for their Synthesis tour.
Kenneth Lampl is currently the Convenor of the Composition for Film and Video Game Program at the Australian National University.