PENKA KOUNEVA

Endorsements

An artist of uncommon talent and passion … The Woman Astronaut is luminous and inviting work.
–John Debney, Oscar- & BAFTA-nominated and Emmy-winning composer, The Passion of the Christ, Iron Man 2

A composer of beautiful, majestic and haunting music …
– Brian Tyler, Emmy & BAFTA nominated composer, Iron Man 3, Fast & Furious franchise

The Woman Astronaut is absolutely stunning, breath-taking, beautiful and melodically soaring music.
– Nathan Barr, Emmy-winning composer, True Blood, The Americans

A star in the making …
– Christopher Young, Golden Globe-nominated composer, Spider Man 3, Ghost Rider

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LEAD ORCHESTRATOR

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First woman Lead orchestrator of Hollywood blockbusters, after Shirley Walker (1980’s)

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Latest News

NEWS – Updated October 14, 2020

PANDORA

Composers Penka Kouneva and Joe Kraemer (Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation) are scoring Season 2 of Pandora TV series on the CW Network (Sundays, 8 PM starting October 4th).

Pandora is a SciFi-action-drama about a young woman named Jax who survives an attack on her home planet but loses her parents. She joins the Space Training Academy where she and her new friends fight various intergalactic and terrestrial enemies. The series has been described as Star Trek meets Riverdale. Pandora was created by writer-producer Mark A. Altman

Pandora: Music Video:

The premiere soundtrack label La-La-Land released the soundtrack of Pandora Season 1

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Apple Music:

https://music.apple.com/us/album/pandora-season-one-original-television-soundtrack/1498359560

HOLLYWOOD BOWL CONCERT “AMERICA IN SPACE” celebrating the Moon landing anniversary

On August 15, 2019, The Los Angeles Philharmonic premiered Penka’s orchestral composition Women Astronauts on a concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing. The entire idea for a concert featuring live-to-picture excerpts from Hollywood movies about astronauts was Penka’s brainchild. She pitched her concept to producer Michael Alexander, who, in turn, presented it to LA Phil as Los Angeles’ unique way to celebrate the Moon landing anniversary. The concert was attended by 18,000 people and featured excerpts from blockbusters such as Hidden Figures, First Man, Gravity, Apollo 13, The Martian, special presentations by JPL and more. Falcon’s Creative Group was commissioned to create a commemorative documentary honoring the women astronauts of NASA which Penka scored.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2019-08-15/space-movies-music-classical

OLAY’s SUPERBOWL TV AD CAMPAIGN #MakeSpaceForWomen

Penka was commissioned to score Olay’s TV ad campaign for Super Bowl LIV titled “Make Space for Women.” Super Bowl LIV was watched by 102 million viewers. The ad campaign was created by Badger and Winters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-0Ll60FkLg

LEAGUE OF LEGENDS – Tales of Runeterra

Penka was commissioned to score the cinematic Shadow Isles: None Escape from Tales of Runeterra.

League of Legends is one of the biggest online games with more than 115 million active players from 145 different countries.

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