Adam Lastiwka
Adam Lastiwka (pronounced lah-STOO-kah)[1] is a Canadian musician and composer.[2][3]
He has written music for more than 500 episodes of television.[3] His music has primarily been used in science fiction (often involving use of synthesizers[4]) and reality TV series. A multi-instrumentalist, he owns about 100 instruments and has taught himself to play most of them himself.[2][5]
Early life, family and education[edit]
Lastiwka is the youngest sibling in his family. His grandfather was a musician who recorded albums.[2]
He apprenticed for seven years with Shawn Pierce.[2]
Career[edit]
Lastiwka received a three-album contract from an independent record label when he was 17 years old.[2]
He has composed the music for the Canadian sci-fi series Travelers[6][7][8] which was also distributed by Netflix.[3][2][4] He is the composer for several other television series, including The Astronauts and the reality shows Eat St., Klondike Trappers, Jacked! and Jade Fever.[5] Additionally, he composed the music for two episodes of Colony and one episode of The Expanse. He has also been a music editor for the series Yukon Gold. His music has been featured on TV networks that include The History Channel, Discovery Channel, Food Network, Syfy and NatGeo.[3]
He has written music for the Xbox video game Gears 5: Hivebusters.[1] He created the music for an interactive public art installation in Vancouver, FIELD, which opened in 2018.[9]
Lastiwka has also recorded albums.[5] The soundtracks to the first two seasons of Travelers were released by Lakeshore Records.[3]
Personal life[edit]
Lastiwka resides in Vancouver.[8][9] He is Type 1 diabetic.[2]
Albums[edit]
- Floodrising (2017)
- Memory Fades (Original Soundtrack) (2017)
- She Finds the Meaning (2017)
- Travelers (Original Series Soundtrack) (2018)
- Travelers: Season 2 (Original Series Soundtrack) (2018)
- The Captive (2018)
- Come Back to Earth With Me (2018)
- The Ambergris Threnody (Music for Installations) (2018)
- Neutron (Music for Installations) (2018)
- Clouds (2019)
- Pieces of Earth (Soundtrack) (2019)
- Avalanche (2019)
- Flutter (2020)
- Dusk run (2021)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "About". adamlastiwka.com. Adam Lastiwka. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Johnson, Diedre (16 July 2018). "Netflix's Travelers composer Adam Lastiwka on making music, the show and battling chronic illness". Mandy.com. Mandy News. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Lastiwka, Adam (August 21, 2018). "Adam Lastiwka - Travelers" (podcast). The Annotator. Interviewed by Christopher Coleman. Tracksounds. Retrieved February 9, 2021 – via art19.com.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Vail, Mark (2014). "Composition, Formatting, and Performance Techniques". The Synthesizer: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding, Programming, Playing, and Recording the Ultimate Electronic Music Instrument. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199334858. Search this book on
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Lastiwka, Adam (February 11, 2019). "Interview: 'Travelers' Composer Adam Lastiwka Talks Soundtrack, Favorite Instrument and More! [EXCLUSIVE]". nerdsandbeyond.com. Interviewed by Nicole. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
- ↑ Gunderson, Alexis (April 12, 2018). "Why You Should Be Watching Bosch, Amazon's Under-the-Radar Noir". Paste. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ↑ "Travelers: review of the Netflix TV series with MacKenzie Porter". cinematographe.it (in italiano). January 20, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Binkley, Lisa (December 2018). "Good News Stories". Vancouver Post Alliance Monthly Newsletter. Vancouver: Vancouver Post Alliance. Retrieved February 10, 2021 – via vancouverpostalliance.com.
All of the sound post was done at DBC and the music by local composer, Adam Lastiwka.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Shaw, Melissa (August 9, 2018). "Public art installation lets you pump up the jams in Vancouver's Ackery's Alley". Vancouver Courier. Glacier Media Digital. Retrieved February 25, 2021 – via vancouverisawesome.com.
External links[edit]
- Adam Lastiwka on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Adam Lastiwka on IMDb
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