Alex Olijnyk is an award-winning screen music composer based in Melbourne, Australia. Her work combines acoustic and electronic textures to make cool noises and tell stories. She has a background in contemporary classical music, and loves to use these traditional sounds before putting them in a blender, shaking them up, and giving them a good talking to.

Alex has scored various projects, including Paramount+’s Fake, Netflix’s Surviving Summer, and MIFF’s 2024 pick for Best Australian Short Film, The Meaningless Daydreams of Augie & Celeste. She has also written additional music for the Sundance hit Together, Netflix’s Apple Cider Vinegar, and the Philippou bros A24 horror Bring Her Back.

Alex was named Emerging Screen Composer of the Year at the 2024 APRA Screen Music Awards. She was also nominated for Best Music for a Short Film for her work on ‘Augie & Celeste’, and was nominated for the same award in 2023 for ‘My Bubble-Wrapped Exorcism’. She has also been nominated for and won other cool awards at various festivals, which is nice!