Viktor Zhalnin

I’m Viktor Zhalnin, a Berlin-based film composer focused on feature films, documentaries, and art cinema. I create original scores and soundtracks with a hybrid approach that blends live instruments, voices and choirs, orchestral writing, and experimental textures—always shaped tightly to the story’s emotional logic and pacing.

My working palette includes archaic instruments, grand piano, guitar and electric guitar, flutes and horns, strings and choir writing, along with atmosphere-driven sound design and subdued or experimental sound worlds. I also have extensive experience recording with tape and a background that includes orchestral and choir work, product testing for Native Instruments and EastWest, and prior music releases and festival performances—so I bring both musical depth and a hands-on studio mentality into every production.