Spitfire Audio Scoring Competitions
Bridgerton Scoring Competition
In August 2022, we collaborated with Bridgeton composer Kris Bowers to launch this exciting competition, scoring a scene from the acclaimed series. The prize was a whopping $25,000-worth of sample libraries and a one-to-one mentoring session with the composer himself.
Runners up
Winner — Sam Hatchwell
Darkstar — Haunted House
In January 2022, Spitfire Audio teamed up with legendary British electronic duo Darkstar (Warp Records), to launch a brand new competition, rescoring an exclusive clip from the Haunted House campaign using the Darkstar - Haunted House sample library. We offered you the opportunity to reimagine it with your own original score and win some amazing prizes! Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter. Check out the winning entry below from Sam Hatchwell, selected by Darkstar and the Spitfire Audio Composer Team.
Runners up
Winner — Chris Hurn
DC's Stargirl
In July 2021, Spitfire Audio teamed up with A-list composer Pinar Toprak (Captain Marvel, Fortnite, DC’s Krypton), Mad Ghost Productions and DC Entertainment to launch a brand new competition. Having secured an exclusive clip from season one of the DC Universe series Stargirl, we offered you the opportunity to reimagine it with your own original score, work with top-of-the-line visual material (that includes all dialogue and FX) and win some amazing prizes!
Runners up
Winner — David Kudell
Westworld
We teamed up with HBO’s Westworld to bring you an exclusive competition: to download and score a scene from Westworld Season 3 for your chance to win some amazing prizes – as well as the opportunity to showcase your work to the best in the business. What happened next was extraordinary. We received 11,000 entries, in a variety of styles and re-imaginings. From this huge number of compositions, just one Winner and five Runners-Up were selected by an elite panel comprising the show’s composer, Ramin Djawadi, as well as the creators: Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy, Executive Producer J.J. Abrams and the team at Spitfire Audio.