Ludek Drizhal

Award-winning Los Angeles-based composer and music producer Ludek Drizhal has written a long list of stylistically wide-ranging film scores, such as comedy/drama "Rounding First" for which he received an award from the Park City Film Music Festival 2006 (Original Music in Independent Film): Silver Medal for Excellence - Audience Choice for Best Impact of Music in a Feature Film.

Among many other projects he has also worked on Starz/Sci-Fi Network/Kevin VanHook productions horror "Death Row" (a.k.a." Haunted Prison"), horror/action "Slayer", action/adventure "Sands of Oblivion" and fantasy/drama/horror "Voodoo Moon". One of the more recent projects that Ludek scored is "Badland". In addition his song "Nothing's There" was short-listed for the 80th Oscar Nominations in 2007 in the category for Best Song in a Feature Film. (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)

Ludek has also written countless original songs including ten songs for vocalist Valencia Vas' debut album Reflections. A single from the album "When The Sun Comes Up", music written and produced by Ludek Drizhal, lyrics by Valencia Vas, tied for #1 most added on the ACQB radio chart with 13 Adds Most Added with Island Records priority single from Chrissette Michele and ahead of such established artists as Rascal Flatts, Paul McCartney, John Mayer and Fergie.

Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Ludek studied violin starting at age five at the Prague Conservatory. He began performing by the age of nine, and won awards at national and international competitions.

With the knowledge he acquired while studying violin, Ludek discovered an affinity for improvisation at the piano. By age ten, he began to cultivate his improvisations into fully structured compositions. His ambition to become a composer was ignited while listening to Elmer Bernstein's score to the film "The Magnificent Seven" in a Prague Theatre in 1978.

Ludek received degrees from the University of Texas at Austin Butler School of Music and the USC Thornton School of Music-where he taught music composition, orchestration, music history and music theory for six years.