Composer & Sound Designer · Ghent

Sonic worlds for image, narrative & space.

Marianna “Marion” Chalampalaki brings contemporary composition, organic textures and experimental sound into one emotionally precise language for film, games, performance and immersive media.

PORTRAIT / WORKING PROCESS
Marianna “Marion” Chalampalaki
Selected work / 01

Listen before reading.

The portfolio opens with sound, not biography. The main reel moves from an immediate dramatic gesture into contrasting work for documentary, games, performance and intermedia environments.

01 / 06

(Al)leenkind

Short documentary · 2025–26
02 / 06

Man’s Best Friend

Video game · 2025
Creative approach / 02

Between music and sound.

The distinction between score and sound design is not treated as a border. Instrumental writing, recorded material, electronic processing and spatial sound can become one dramatic language.

01

Begin with dramatic logic

Structure, point of view and emotional pacing guide the sonic language before genre or instrumentation.

02

Compose the whole environment

Music and sound are developed as related materials, supporting continuity across image, action and space.

03

Leave room for discovery

The sound carries narrative information without flattening ambiguity or over-explaining the image.

Built around the project.

Film & Documentary

Original music, sonic concept development and sound design shaped around structure, perspective and emotional pacing.

Games & Interactive

Music and sonic worldbuilding developed around character, atmosphere, progression and the logic of interaction.

Performance & Immersive

Composition and sound developed with dramaturgy, rehearsal, spatial design, visual material and audience perception.

“Sound can hold narrative information while remaining open enough for the listener to discover it.”

Artist statement

Making something that needs its own sonic language?