ABOUT

Luke Mombrea is a composer, sound artist and music producer originally from Oakland, California. His work often utilizes electroacoustic processing, improvisation, microtonality and archival folk materials.

Luke’s music has been performed internationally, including by players from the London Symphony Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. His piece Black Gold was premiered by the London Symphony Orchestra in May 2024 and was followed up by his piece Redwood Hymn receiving its premiere at the Barbican Centre in June 2025. In November 2025, he won an Ivor Novello Award for his work on Black Gold.

Luke frequently collaborates on installations and live electronic performances, particularly with New York-based artist Nate Mohler. Luke’s production and A/V work has been featured at SXSW, Berghain, LACMA, Hammer Museum, The Wallace Collection, the Barbican Centre and Art Basel.

While studying at UCLA, Luke was introduced to the film music industry by interning and then working at Hans Zimmer’s Remote Control Productions. He then traveled to London where he graduated from the Royal College of Music with a Master’s of Music in Composition.

Since then he has regularly worked as an orchestrator on large-scale film, television and game projects including Silo, Loki, Emancipation, Frozen Planet and the Final Fantasy series. His orchestrations have been recorded at Abbey Road, AIR, Fox, Warner Brothers and Sony studios.

Luke has scored films that have premiered at numerous major film festivals such as at Cannes, BFI London, Berlinale, Venice, TIFF, Tribeca and Sundance. He recently completed the score for Point Unknown, a pilot being developed by HBO/Warner. Luke’s catalog is represented by Peermusic. He is currently based in Los Angeles.

Photo: Ben Wulf