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Balázs ALPÁR “BALEEMUS”
sonic storyteller - composer, music producer

Balázs Alpár (aka Baleemus) is a musically multilingual, Hungarian born composer with “a classical musician’s mind and a pop-rocker’s heart”. He is a member of the European Film Academy, furthermore he is the in-house composer and sound designer of Kedd Animation Studio lead by Oscar-nominated Géza M. Tóth.
He has recently created music for the HBO docu-drama “ULTRA” (shortlisted for the European Film Award 2017), for AMC Networks’ channel „JIMJAM”, for the 52-episode animated series Rabbit Academy (AkkordFilm, Germany), a multi-award winning 3D CGI film for WWF/NatGeo “PAPER WORLD” , for the stop-motion short MATCHES (on the 2021 OSCAR longlist: best animated short), for the TV series „VIRTUOSOS”, and for the animated movies “The Kuflis” I, II & III.

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Balázs ALPÁR “BALEEMUS”
sonic storyteller - composer, music producer

Balázs Alpár (aka Baleemus) is a musically multilingual, Hungarian born composer with “a classical musician’s mind and a pop-rocker’s heart”. He is a member of the European Film Academy, furthermore he is the in-house composer and sound designer of Kedd Animation Studio lead by Oscar-nominated Géza M. Tóth.
He has recently created music for the HBO docu-drama “ULTRA” (shortlisted for the European Film Award 2017), for AMC Networks’ channel „JIMJAM”, for the 52-episode animated series Rabbit Academy (AkkordFilm, Germany), a multi-award winning 3D CGI film for WWF/NatGeo “PAPER WORLD” , for the stop-motion short MATCHES (on the 2021 OSCAR longlist: best animated short), for the TV series „VIRTUOSOS”, and for the animated movies “The Kuflis” I, II & III.

Partners & Awards

AMC International
HBO Europe
ARD Television Network (Germany)
 European Film Academy
Kulfi Collective (India)
WWF / National Geographic
Lusófona University Lisbon (Portugal)
TED conferences (TEDx Danubia)
Supertoon (Croatia)
Akkord Film Gmbh (Germany)
Oribel (Singapore)
Asian Boxing Confederation
Hollywood Music Workshop (Austria)
Béla Bartók National Concert Hall / Müpa Budapest (Hungary)
Best Original Score - Feel the Reel International Film Festival (UK)- International Soundtrack Competition Finalist - Associazione Ravel (Italy)
Berlinale Talent Campus scholarship (DE)
International Live Award (Vienna, Austria)
Jackie Orszáczky Award
Budapest Fringe Audience Prize

Workshop

"Sonic Layers of Storytelling: Building Characters with Music and Sound" - a soundtrack concept development workshop by European Film Academy member, composer Balázs ALPÁR (HU)

Specifically aimed at emerging filmmakers (primarily directors, writers, editors, but also music composers and sound creators) this playful and highly interactive program is focusing on central topics like "musical character development" and non-trivial functions of music in film. It is designed to help directors/filmmakers create musical and sonic concepts in a more conscious way, fully unlocking the storytelling potential of applied music and sound design.

More about the workshop

The workshop focuses on the communicative power of musical genres in film, also exploring how it can go beyond setting moods to fulfill complex storytelling functions. Participants will learn to analyze music in various media, understand the use of image-sound clichés, and organize sound layers for clarity and impact. The session delves into the art of telling subtextual stories with sound, building tension, and shaping story arcs through music dramaturgy. The program also explores how different sound layers and musical domains can express character. Through hands-on exercises, attendees will develop sound concepts, create music briefs, and learn to communicate effectively with composers. The interactive workshop brings these ideas to life with playful exercises, like microphone-looping, body percussion, and translating visual elements and character traits into musical expressions.  

what tasks can music fulfill beyond emphasizing basic moods
how to analyse music in film and media (from mainstream to experimental)
how popular media uses expectations and associations evoked by image+sound clichés in storytelling
how to plan and organize sound layers (dialogue, sound FX, music) for a transparent and effective film sound

interactive workshop, exercises include:



  • producing sounds and loops with simple instruments such as parts of our body
- exploring chaos and discipline in the sonic world
  • giving sound reactions to picture – translating colors, shapes, visual concepts, characters’ personal traits to the language of music
  • developing stories from sound (and vice versa)
  • sound concept development and music briefing exercises
  • telling secondary stories (sub-text) with sounds
  • how to talk about music – basic terminology for an effective director-composer communication
- main title soundtracks – matching quiz game
- creating tension with music and sound
  • story arcs, transformations and music dramaturgy
 – incorporating foley and found sound in soundtracks
OPTIONAL: Soundtrack consultation & mentoring - Open discussions on film projects under development

Workshop presented by Balázs ALPÁR (PhD) – composer, music coach, member of the European Film Academy. With an academic background from Budapest & Vienna, he has been working for over 20 years as a music composer/producer for film, TV and media. He teaches film scoring & musical concept development at universities, film festivals and workshops. He has recently created music for the HBO docu-drama “ULTRA” (shortlisted for the European Film Award 2017), for AMC Networks’ channel „JIMJAM”, for the 52-episode animated series Rabbit Academy (AkkordFilm, Germany), a multi-award winning 3D CGI film for WWF/NatGeo “PAPER WORLD” , for the stop-motion short MATCHES (on the 2021 OSCAR longlist: best animated short), for the TV series „VIRTUOSOS”, and for the animated movies “The Kuflis” I, II & III. He is the in-house composer and sound designer of Kedd Animation Studio lead by Oscar-nominated Géza M. Tóth. His applied music production company is operating inside the renowned building of Pannonia Studios, Budapest.

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