SCHLECHTE MENSCHEN at the ISFMF 2026

For the third year in a row, I’m thrilled to share that I’ve received a nomination at the International Sound and Film Music Festival – this time for my score to the German series SCHLECHTE MENSCHEN, in the category Best Original Score, Series or Limited Series.
When I first saw the nominee list, I had to take a moment. Sharing a category with composers like Cristobal Tapia de Veer, whose work on The White Lotus has been nothing short of extraordinary, or Antonio Sanchez, whose score for The Studio has been turning heads across the industry – that’s not something I take for granted. These are artists I deeply admire, and being mentioned alongside them is both humbling and genuinely exciting.
SCHLECHTE MENSCHEN has been one of those projects that stays with you. The tone, the characters, the world the directors built – it gave me so much creative space to explore, and I’m proud of what we created together. A score like this doesn’t happen in isolation. It’s the result of a deeply collaborative process, and I’m grateful to every single person on that team for trusting me with it.
Three nominations in three consecutive years feels like a milestone worth pausing on. It’s a reminder of why I do this work – the constant push to find the right sound for a story, to serve the narrative without losing your own voice in the process.
I’m looking forward to the festival with a lot of excitement. Whatever happens, this nomination already means the world to me.