Years active 1999–present Website www.messogeon.com | Name Costa Kotselas Role Composer · messogeon.com | |
Birth name Constantine Evangelos Kotselas Born January 6, 1966
Fairfax, VA, United States ( 1966-01-06 ) Genres Film score, Television Score, video game score, electronic, Metal, Pop, Ethnic Music Occupation(s) Musician, film composer, music producer Instruments Guitar, keyboard, MIDI master keyboard, synthesizer, Cubase Similar People Toby Chu, Martin Tillman, Lisbeth Scott, Harry Gregson‑Williams, Nick Glennie‑Smith | ||
Costa Kotselas (born January 6, 1966) is an American film composer, producer and guitarist. He works in a variety of genres including film, pop, electronic, ethnic and Metal. He is known for combining modern rhythms and sounds to create entirely new compositions that could not have been possible at the time while staying true to the original style and form of the film. His music appears in the TV series "Charmed" and "Beverly Hills 90210", in films including "Domino", "The Girls' Room" and his aggressive metal style guitars can be heard in films like "From Paris With Love" and the Video games "Call of Duty: Ghosts" and "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare".
Contents
- Early Life and career
- Guitarist Credits
- Film and Television Credits
- 20002002
- 1998 2002
- 1996 2002
- 1999 2002
- References
Early Life and career
Born to Greek parents in Fairfax, Virginia USA, he spent most of his summers in Greece and traveling through Europe, where he gained early exposure to different cultures' music, art and religions. At an early age he began playing guitar and had a natural ability to play almost anything he heard by ear. In 1995, Kotselas moved to Los Angeles, CA and began working for Steinburg, the makers of Cubase music software. This position began his musical journey to working with some of his favorite film composers including, Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams, Dave Buckley, Graeme Revell, Paul Haslinger and many others. Kotselas worked directly with Zimmer and Gregson-Williams in all aspects of film composition and production in over 30 films.