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Kevin Leysath II

Composer

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Kevin Leysath II is an award-winning composer, saxophonist, and conductor based in Los Angeles, originally from Rochester, NY. Kevin is celebrated for his sensitivity, multilayered compositions, use of altered saxophone and memorable themes. From collaborating with directors to working with orchestras, his goal is always to tell a story through his music. Inspired at age six after a movie score moved him to tears, Kevin knew then that he wanted to create music that could evoke deep emotions in others. Kevin is the recipient of the 2024 ASCAP Foundation Film Scoring Award, recognizing a promising composer pursuing a career in television and film scoring.

Music Reel

Sensitivity (specialization)

Past Memory

0:56

Searching for a Sign

1:44

Keeping Her Spirit Alive *

1:50

Am I worth it?

1:37

Proving Myself

1:00

Change Me*

1:04

Altered Sax* (specialization)

Aftermath

0:29

Cognition of Dystopia *

1:56

Test Facility

0:38

Disagreement*

1:30

Red Cyan (Drone Sax Improv)

1:00

Journeys

Beauty in the Wild

0:41

Door of Return*

1:57

Becoming One

2:22

Road to Liberation*

1:06

Beyond the Headlines

1:06

More About Me!

Kevin works extensively a film composer, composing scores for a wide variety of genres such as recently Kyvon Edwin's, ***The Things We Carry, Chad B. Hamilton’s Way Back Home* (ASCAP sponsored), Killer of Men (AFI), CINEMA RECOMPOSED in collaboration with Paramount's Max Fleischer studios & American Genre Film Archive, to working on the music team for National Geographic’s *For Winter***.

Kevin has conducted ensembles ranging from Brass Octet to Full Orchestra. Worked with the Nazareth University Wind Symphony with pieces such as Lincolnshire Posy by Percy Grainger, Carmina Burana by Carl Off, American Elegy by Frank Ticheli and with New York University Orchestra on Manuel de Falla’s, El Sombrero de Tres Picos. Recording Session Conductor for NYU Screen Scoring and Concert Composition. He also participated and was coached during Amy Andersson's SCL conducting intensive.

Kevin’s concert works have been performed by groups such as the Cordancia Chamber Orchestra, NYC Brass Choir, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Nazareth University Wind Symphony, NU Saxophone Society, McDuffie Center for Strings, Uconn Saxophone Quartet, 1924 Quartet, Bernadette Quartet, and the Irondequoit String Orchestra.

Kevin holds a master’s degree in Music Theory & Composition: Screen Scoring at NYU Steinhardt, Where he studied under Alba Torremocha and Shruti Kumar. He earned his B.M. in Music Composition at Nazareth University, where he studied with Octavio Vazquez and Diana Rosenblum.