David Bertok

EPISODE 122: Composer of the award-winning feature films Peace by Chocolate, Daughter of the Sun, and Botero, David Bertok writes for film, TV, and the concert hall. After graduating from music college in Germany, David enjoyed a busy career as a live musician touring Europe with progressive rock bands opening for acts such as Scorpions and Saga. His band, Subsignal, reached the German album charts twice during his tenure as keyboarder, songwriter, lyricist, and producer. In 2012, he relocated to Los Angeles on a Fulbright Scholarship and was admitted to the famed Scoring for Motion Picture and Television Program at USC. David’s lush orchestral themes and distinctive melodic approach can be heard on Netflix’s Chef’s Table and Home Game, as well as Amazon’s Brittany Runs a Marathon and For the Love of George, just to name a few. David’s musicography extends to songwriting, producing, and more. He has lent his orchestration skills to the 2018 Deadmau5 release of “Where’s the Drop?”, arranging for 2018 America’s Got Talent Semi-Finalists Angel City Chorale, collaborating with German Idol winner Marie Wegener and scoring a 60-minute symphonic orchestra work for the art installation “Stranger-Mankind” debuting in Munich in 2022. Whether scoring for a full orchestra or creating an intimate piece with a single piano, David has the spectral ability to tap into a project’s soul and lift it off the screen into your memory. Recent projects include the feature films Daughter of the Sun (Audience Award winner at Montreal’s Fantasia Film Fest), Peace by Chocolate, which premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival, and the documentary Botero, brilliantly highlighting the life and works of legendary Columbian artist Fernando Botero. David has recently been nominated for a Hollywood Independent Music Award in the Contemporary Classical category for his piece “Fontana dell’Anima.” davidbertok.com Contact us: makingsoundpodcast.com Follow on Instagram: @makingsoundpodcast Follow on Threads: @jannklose Join our Facebook Group Please support the show with a donation, thank you for listening!