Alexander Piglov

Film & Animation Composer

Graduated from the Gnessin State Musical College (Moscow).
Compose across styles: classical, jazz, avant-garde.
Work across genres: drama, detective, children’s films, and animation.

Awards (2025)

Golden Goblet — Best Animated Short (SIFF, Shanghai) — SON (dir. Zhanna Bekmambetova)
Grand Prix — KOROCHE (Kaliningrad) — SON
Jury Prize — Festival du Film Merveilleux (France) — SON
Audience Award — Imaginaria (Italy) — SON
Best Music Award (A. Y. Eshpai Prize) — “I KRATKAYA” (Yoshkar-Ola) — SON
Best Composer — “Love in Every Heart” International Film Festival (VII) — The Nearest Sea

Official Selections (Europe · Asia · North America)Giffoni (Italy), SPARK ANIMATION (Vancouver, Canada), Seoul Indie-AniFest (South Korea), FEST — New Directors | New Films (Portugal), shnit WSF (Moscow, out of competition), Almaty Animation Festival (Kazakhstan).

Projects

Animated Short SON

Director: Zhanna Bekmambetova · Studio: Bazelevs

Winner — Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF 2025)
Grand Prix — KOROCHE (2025)
Audience Award — Imaginaria (Italy)

Awards & Festivals

Children’s Short The Nearest Sea

Director: Alexey Balashov

Best Composer — “Love in Every Heart” International Film Festival
Shortlisted — 31st “St. Anna” Film Festival

Watch Online

Short Film Shame

Director: Amir Batashev (VGIK)

Watch Teaser

Short Film based on M. Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita

Director: Amir Batashev (VGIK)

Feature Film Chameleon Effect

Director: Alexander Kharlamov
Invited to the composer tender.в

Short Film Voice

Director’s graduation film by Egor Gocharov (VGIK)

Feature Film Pranker

Director: Alexander Kharlamov
Invited to the composer tender.

Short Film Who Is Ded Moroz?

Short Film Color the World

Director: Inessa Kraft

Musical Interpretations of World Cinema

Nocturnal Animals (dir. Tom Ford) — Piano + symphonic orchestra (programming)

Anna Karenina (dir. Joe Wright) — Symphonic orchestra (programming)

My Services

My ServicesOriginal music for feature films, series, animation, and shorts
Arranging and adapting musical themes
Sound design and creation of sound effects
Collaboration with domestic and international productions

If you’re looking for a film composer who can translate your ideas into sound, let’s craft something unique together.

Contact

PIGLOS@gmail.com