Costa Kotselas is an American film composer, producer and guitarist. He works in a variety of genres including film, pop, electronic, ethnic and metal.[1] He is known for combining modern rhythms and sounds to create entirely new compositions that could not have been possible at the time while staying true to the original style and form of the film. His music appears in the TV series Charmed and Beverly Hills 90210, in films, including Domino, The Girls' Room, and his aggressive metal style guitars can be heard in films like From Paris With Love and the video games Call of Duty: Ghosts and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.[2][3]
Costa Kotselas | |
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 Costa in studio, Los Angeles,CA | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Constantine Evangelos Kotselas |
| Genres | Film score, television score, video game score, electronic, Metal, Pop, Ethnic Music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, film composer, music producer |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, keyboard, MIDI master keyboard, synthesizer, Cubase |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | Sleeping Giant Media |
| Website | www |
Early life and career edit
Born to Greek parents in Fairfax, Virginia, US, he spent most of his summers in Greece and traveling through Europe, where he gained early exposure to different cultures' music, art and religions. At an early age he began playing guitar and had a natural ability to play almost anything he heard by ear. In 1995, Kotselas moved to Los Angeles, California, and began working for Steinburg, the makers of Cubase music software. This position began his musical journey to working with some of his favorite film composers including, Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams, Dave Buckley, Graeme Revell, Paul Haslinger and many others. Kotselas worked directly with Zimmer and Gregson-Williams in all aspects of film composition and production in over 30 films.[4][5][6][7]
Discography edit
Guitarist credits edit
- From Paris With Love (Guitars)
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Guitars)
- Beer Pong Saved My Live (Guitars)
- Call of Duty: Ghosts (Guitars)
Film and television credits edit
- 2003 "Sinbad" (Consulting, Support)
- 2003 "Spy Game" (Consulting, Support, Sound Design, Drum Loop Programming)
- 2004 "Man on Fire" (Consulting, Support)
- 2004 "Shrek 2" (Consulting, Support)
- 2004 "Bridget Jones 2" (Consulting, Support)
- 2004 "Team America: World Police"
- 2005 "Kingdom of Heaven"
- 2005 "Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont"
- 2005 "Domino"
- 2005 "The Chronicles of Narnia:The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe"
- 2006 "Seraphim Falls"
- 2006 "Flushed Away"
- 2006 "Deja Vu"
- 2007 "Slipstream"
- 2007 "The Number 23"
- 2007 "Slip Stream"
- 2007 "Shrek The 3rd"
- 2007 "Gone Baby Gone"
- 2008 "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian"
- 2008 "Jolene"
- 2009 "X-Men Origins: Wolverine"
- 2009 "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3"
- 2010 "Twelve"
- 2010 "Shrek Forever After"
- 2010 "Prince of Persia: The Sands Of Time"
- 2010 "The Town"
- 2010 "Unstoppable"
- 2011 "Cowboys & Aliens"
- 2011 "Arthur Christmas"
- 2012 "Mister Pip"
- 2012 "Total Recall"
- 2014 "The Equalizer"
- 2015 "Sweet Mickey for President"
2000–2002 edit
- "Black Hawk Down" (Sony) Assistant, Sound Design, Drum Loop Programming
- "Spirit" (DreamWorks) Assistant
1998–2002 edit
- "Bait": Consulting, Sound Design, Drum Loop Programming
1996–2002 edit
- "Crazy Beautiful" Consulting
- "Blue Crush" (Universal) Consulting
1999–2002 edit
- "Titan AE" (Fox) Consulting, Sound Design, Drum Loop Programming
- "Human Nature": Consulting, Sound Design, Drum Loop Programming