Markus Ziehofer
Lecturer
Markus is the Founder and Lead Composer of AudioCreatures, an audio studio specializing in music and sound design for games and multimedia. He studied composition and piano at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (MDW) and completed his Master’s at the Filmuniversity Babelsberg. He has worked on a wide range of projects, from international productions to indie games, involved in the music for titles and related media, like League of Legends, Ghost of Tsushima, Death Stranding, Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, The Witcher: Blood Origin, and SMITE.
Markus was discovered as major talent through the Hollywood Music Workshop at age 15 in Austria. His passion lies in music for games. With his education in classical composition in Vienna and multimedia production in Berlin, he combines craftsmanship and historical musical knowledge with modern music production. After his master studies he has been non stop composing and producing music for numerous multimedia projects of well known companies.
He has been fortunately involved in projects from small indie teams to bigger IPs: Witcher Season 3 (Netflix), Gangs of Sherwood (NACON), Destroy all Humans (THQ), The Wagadu Chronicles (Twin Drums/Riot Games), Smite (Hi-Rez), TinTin Match (5th Planet Games), Insurmountable (Daedalic), Infinity: Battlescape (INOVAE Studios), Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch), Death Stranding (Kojima Productions), Pokémon Masters (Nintendo / DeNa). Nominated for best soundtrack 2018 (Audio Game Awards 2018).
