Sound & Music for Animation

PMWO

Specializing in music & sound for animation, I have worked with many independent animation filmmakers developing a unique sound and music world for their films. In close collaboration with filmmakers, I oversee all aspects of a film’s sound — from concept and music composition to sound design, foley through to the final mix. Efficient mix reviews, 15+ years of experience working on international projects, and my calibrated 7.1.4 mix room guarantee a solid mix for cinema, online, and TV. I served on the juries of various film festivals and am a voting member of the European Film Academy and MPSE. I had the privilige to work with Ed Atkins, Sean Buckelew, Mikey Please, Réka Bucsi, Nicolas Ménard, Adrian Dexter, Sean Pecknold, Johnny Kelly, Kirsten Lepore, Jun Seo Hahm, Robert Seidel, Max Hattler, Celine Desrumaux, Julian Glander, Kangmin Kim, David OReilly, Lucas Zanotto, Stefan Sagmeister, Pernille Kjaer, Jonatan Schwenk, Joseph Wallace, Andy Rementer, Kevin Dart, Alan Warburton, Caleb Wood, Philip Hunt, Mario Klingemann, Nikita Diakur, Katy Wang, Robert Löbel, Joe Donaldson, Eoin Duffy, Julien Vallée, Claudio Salas, Lucas Zanotto, James Curran, Scott Benson, Eamonn O’Neill, David Wilson, Adam Gault and many others. I’ve worked with animation studios like StudioAKA, Buck, Blink, Nexus, Miyu, Sun Creature, IKKI, Animal Tank, La Cabane, Psyop and many others.

Awards & Screenings

Selected Films

Angela Stempel

"Thanks a mil again 👏 👏 👏 You really nailed it and added so much to the piece with your work!"

Angela Stempel / Independent Animator

Animation World Magazine

"You’d be hard pressed to find a recent indie animation short or commissioned work that doesn’t feature David Kamp’s name in the credits. From Nikita Diakur’s Ugly, Nicholas Ménard’s Wednesday with Goddard, David OReilly’s Please Say Something to commissioned projects for Ted-Ed, The New York Times and other organizations I’ve no desire to plug without full compensation, Kamp’s soundscapes are distinct."

Chris Robinson / Founder Ottawa International Animation Festival OIAF / AWN Interview

Form Magazine Nº 279

"In animated films, the key task of sound design is to bring abstract images to life and to find convincing soundscapes for the frequently fantastic worlds, even and especially if they have no connection to everyday reality. David Kamp manages this in an impressive manner. His soundscapes open up the cinematic space beyond the framework of the screen, entirely in the spirit of Béla Balázs, who noted: The possibility afforded by sound films to hear the space without having to see it, the ability to regard the most intimate close-up and simultaneously hear the entire breadth of the huge space, offers contrapuntal potential which has seldom been exploited in cinema and hardly ever to full effect."

Thomas Goerne / Prof. Sound Design & Film Sound HAW Hamburg / VP AES Central Europe / Author “Sound in Animation” published in Form Magazine

Nexus Studios

"David Kamp was brilliant. He created a cinematic soundscape that really helps make these flat, book-like compositions come to life."

Nicolas Ménard / Designer & Director / Nexus Studios

Chromosphere

"You know how when you have an idea for something in your mind, and it seems like it'll be so epic and beautiful, but then you start drawing and you're just constantly disappointed?  And so you contact a musician to try and dig that original inspiration out of your crummy drawings and turn it into the great thing you were imagining? That's what David does. Every single time."

Kevin Dart / Animation Director & Founder / Chromosphere