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Czech film & television composer · Prague

Music that stays with the story.

Karel Havlíček is a contemporary Czech film and television composer. Based in Prague, he creates orchestral and electronic scores for Czech and international films, series and trailers.

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2024Czech Lion · Best Music nominee
HBOIn Treatment · Mamon · The Penguin
PRGKabelovna Studios · Prague
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Profile

A contemporary Czech film composer with international experience.

Karel Havlíček (born 31 July 1974 in Prague) is a Czech composer, pianist, multi-instrumentalist and sound designer. His work centres on original music for feature films, television drama, documentaries and trailers.

His musical language brings together contemporary orchestral writing, intimate piano, electronics and a detailed understanding of sound. After several years in Los Angeles, he now works primarily from Kabelovna Studios in Prague.

Havlíček received a 2024 Czech Lion nomination for Best Music for the feature film Brothers. His credits include HBO Europe series In Treatment and Mamon, the films Lion Ark, Ghoul, Carpe Noctem and Silent Secrets, and trailer music for HBO’s The Penguin.

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Selected work

Original music for the screen.

2023

Brothers

Feature film

Original scoreCzech Lion nominee
2023

Silent Secrets

Feature film

Original score
2022

Carpe Noctem

US feature film

Original score
2015

Mamon

HBO Europe · series

Original score
2014–19

In Treatment

HBO Europe · series

Original score
2013

Lion Ark

Documentary feature

Original score
2024

The Penguin

HBO · trailer

Trailer music
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Scoring approach

Story before style.

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The musical language grows from the characters, dramatic structure and pacing of each film.

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Acoustic instruments, piano, live orchestra and electronic textures form one coherent cinematic world.

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Composition, production and sound thinking under one direction keep communication with the creative team precise.

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