**bar zahlen is an independent sound and music post-production studio working across film, documentary, advertising, animation, podcasts, audiobooks, performances, installations and other narrative and media projects.** We combine original music, composition, sound design and professional audio post-production, and can work on a specific stage of a project or take care of the complete audio workflow from creative concept to final delivery. **Music & Composition:** original music and scoring of any complexity, film and documentary scoring, music for advertising and video, soundtracks for performances and installations, podcast and audiobook music, arranging, re-arranging and orchestration of existing scores, re-composition and adaptation of musical material, electronic and acoustic composition. **Sound Design & Editing:** film, animation and performance sound design, podcast and audiobook sound design, sound effects editing, ambience and atmosphere creation, field-recording based sound work, creative sound editing, sonic storytelling and musical editing. **Dialogue & Voice:** dialogue editing, speech and voice editing, voice cleanup, production audio editing, podcast and audiobook editing, interview and lecture editing, noise reduction, de-noising, de-clicking, de-humming, de-rustling, de-reverberation, de-clipping, room-tone editing and preparation of dialogue for mixing. **Audio Restoration:** restoration and repair of problematic, noisy or damaged recordings, archival and documentary audio restoration, with particular attention to preserving natural voice character, intelligibility and the original sonic character of the recording. **Podcasts & Spoken Word:** complete podcast production and post-production — from voice restoration and dialogue editing to sound design, original music, jingles, sonic identity, mixing and final delivery. We also work on audiobooks, narration, interviews, lectures and other spoken-word formats. **Mixing & Delivery:** stereo, multichannel and immersive mixing, mastering, spatial audio, Ambisonics and Dolby Atmos workflows, stem preparation and delivery for different platforms and formats. **Audio Branding:** sonic identity, sonic logos, original jingles, branded music, custom sound worlds and audio assets for creative campaigns and organisations. Our practice is rooted in film sound and storytelling, sound art, field recording, contemporary and electronic music. We combine technical precision with an artistic approach to sound, adapting each project to its narrative, visual or performative language. We work remotely and internationally and are available for individual commissions, complete productions and longer-term collaborations.

Bar Zahlen

**bar zahlen is an independent sound and music post-production studio working across film, documentary, advertising, animation, podcasts, audiobooks, performances, installations and other narrative and media projects.** We combine original music, composition, sound design and professional audio post-production, and can work on a specific stage of a project or take care of the complete audio workflow from creative concept to final delivery. **Music & Composition:** original music and scoring of any complexity, film and documentary scoring, music for advertising and video, soundtracks for performances and installations, podcast and audiobook music, arranging, re-arranging and orchestration of existing scores, re-composition and adaptation of musical material, electronic and acoustic composition. **Sound Design & Editing:** film, animation and performance sound design, podcast and audiobook sound design, sound effects editing, ambience and atmosphere creation, field-recording based sound work, creative sound editing, sonic storytelling and musical editing. **Dialogue & Voice:** dialogue editing, speech and voice editing, voice cleanup, production audio editing, podcast and audiobook editing, interview and lecture editing, noise reduction, de-noising, de-clicking, de-humming, de-rustling, de-reverberation, de-clipping, room-tone editing and preparation of dialogue for mixing. **Audio Restoration:** restoration and repair of problematic, noisy or damaged recordings, archival and documentary audio restoration, with particular attention to preserving natural voice character, intelligibility and the original sonic character of the recording. **Podcasts & Spoken Word:** complete podcast production and post-production — from voice restoration and dialogue editing to sound design, original music, jingles, sonic identity, mixing and final delivery. We also work on audiobooks, narration, interviews, lectures and other spoken-word formats. **Mixing & Delivery:** stereo, multichannel and immersive mixing, mastering, spatial audio, Ambisonics and Dolby Atmos workflows, stem preparation and delivery for different platforms and formats. **Audio Branding:** sonic identity, sonic logos, original jingles, branded music, custom sound worlds and audio assets for creative campaigns and organisations. Our practice is rooted in film sound and storytelling, sound art, field recording, contemporary and electronic music. We combine technical precision with an artistic approach to sound, adapting each project to its narrative, visual or performative language. We work remotely and internationally and are available for individual commissions, complete productions and longer-term collaborations.

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bar zahlen is an independent sound and music post-production studio working across film, documentary, advertising, animation, podcasts, audiobooks, performances, installations and other narrative and media projects.

We combine original music, composition, sound design and professional audio post-production, and can work on a specific stage of a project or take care of the complete audio workflow from creative concept to final delivery.

Music & Composition: original music and scoring of any complexity, film and documentary scoring, music for advertising and video, soundtracks for performances and installations, podcast and audiobook music, arranging, re-arranging and orchestration of existing scores, re-composition and adaptation of musical material, electronic and acoustic composition.

Sound Design & Editing: film, animation and performance sound design, podcast and audiobook sound design, sound effects editing, ambience and atmosphere creation, field-recording based sound work, creative sound editing, sonic storytelling and musical editing.

Dialogue & Voice: dialogue editing, speech and voice editing, voice cleanup, production audio editing, podcast and audiobook editing, interview and lecture editing, noise reduction, de-noising, de-clicking, de-humming, de-rustling, de-reverberation, de-clipping, room-tone editing and preparation of dialogue for mixing.

Audio Restoration: restoration and repair of problematic, noisy or damaged recordings, archival and documentary audio restoration, with particular attention to preserving natural voice character, intelligibility and the original sonic character of the recording.

Podcasts & Spoken Word: complete podcast production and post-production — from voice restoration and dialogue editing to sound design, original music, jingles, sonic identity, mixing and final delivery. We also work on audiobooks, narration, interviews, lectures and other spoken-word formats.

Mixing & Delivery: stereo, multichannel and immersive mixing, mastering, spatial audio, Ambisonics and Dolby Atmos workflows, stem preparation and delivery for different platforms and formats.

Audio Branding: sonic identity, sonic logos, original jingles, branded music, custom sound worlds and audio assets for creative campaigns and organisations.

Our practice is rooted in film sound and storytelling, sound art, field recording, contemporary and electronic music. We combine technical precision with an artistic approach to sound, adapting each project to its narrative, visual or performative language.

We work remotely and internationally and are available for individual commissions, complete productions and longer-term collaborations.

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Russian
Fluent
English
Fluent
French
Advanced
German
Beginner
Italian
Beginner

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Education

master flute class at Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory
September 1, 2003 - September 1, 2008
postgraduate performer at Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory
September 1, 2008 - September 1, 2011
Film and TV Sound Engineer, specialist degree, diploma with honors at All-Russian State University of Cinematography named after S.A. Gerasimov (VGIK)
September 1, 2008 - September 1, 2012
Advanced Mixing, Mastering and Production for Visual Media, professional certificate (US) at Berklee Online
September 1, 2024 - September 1, 2026

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