about
Every story has a sound waiting to be found.
Mark Lazeski writes music and designs sound for film, television, animation and games from his studio in Vancouver.
His documentary scores include the award-winning The Painted Life of E.J. Hughes and KONELINE: Our Land Beautiful, along with the feature Part of the Pack. He scored the science fiction feature Quantum Suicide, worked on DreamWorks’ Pinecone & Pony, and writes for the GenZeroes universe.
Games ask something different of a score. The player decides what happens next, so the music has to follow them and still hold the world together. Mark is composing the score for Armatus, an upcoming roguelite, and for Leftovers KO!, and he created sound design and additional music for Warner Bros. Studios’ Superman Experience: Defenders Unite.
Brand work has taken him to Nike, Arc’teryx, the International Olympic Committee and SAP’s partnership with McLaren Racing, usually alongside Vancouver studios like The Still, Giant Ant and Hulse & Durrell. Handling the score and the full audio post on those films taught him how a soundtrack holds a picture together, from the dialogue edit right up to the last swell under the logo.
Every project starts with a conversation. Mark wants to hear what the director or the developer hears in their head before he writes a note, and he keeps that conversation going until the final mix.