:Draft:Batu Sener

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Batu Sener

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| birth_place = Izmir, Turkey

| genre = Film score, television score

| occupation = Composer, producer, orchestrator, arranger

| website = {{URL|batusener.com}}

| instruments = Piano, keyboards

| years_active = 2014–present

| label = Crashington Music

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Batu Sener is a Los Angeles based composer, orchestrator, and arranger, known for his work on The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild, Harold and the Purple Crayon (film), Ice Age: Scrat Tales and Better Man.

He actively works alongside Oscar-nominated composer John Powell and has written additional music for films including Pan, Jason Bourne, Ferdinand, Solo: A Star Wars Story, as well as How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Migration and most recently Wicked (2024 film).

His recent works include the studio album 'Lugano Impressions,' an a cappella choir single titled 'LII Dies Tenebrarum,' and the score for the film Better Man, which earned him his AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score.{{Cite web |title=Winners & Nominees |url=https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/winners-and-nominees/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=www.aacta.org |language=en-AU}}

Filmography

= Film and television =

== As primary score composer ==

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width="30" \| Year ! width="200" \| Title ! width="150" \| Director ! width="300" \| Studio / Publisher ! Notes
rowspan="2" \|2022 \|The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild{{Cite web \|last=Shuler \|first=Skyler \|date=2021-08-03 \|title=Batu Sener to Score Disney+ 'Ice Age' Spin-Off 'Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild' \|url=https://thedisinsider.com/2021/08/03/batu-sener-to-score-disney-ice-age-spin-off-ice-age-adventures-of-buck-wild/ \|access-date=2025-02-03 \|website=Daily Disney News \|language=en-us}}{{Cite web \|last=says \|first=JackS \|title=Batu Sener Scoring Disney+'s 'Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild' {{!}} Film Music Reporter \|url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2021/08/02/batu-sener-scoring-disneys-ice-age-adventures-of-buck-wild/ \|access-date=2025-02-06 \|language=en-US}} \|John C. Dobkin \|Walt Disney Pictures 20th Century Studios 20th Century Animation Bardel Entertainment \|Sener's first score for an animated film. Themes from Ice Age: The Meltdown and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs by John Powell Nominated for Public Choice Award at 2022 World Soundtrack Awards{{Cite web \|last=Kasule2022-09-16T13:00:00+01:00 \|first=Melissa \|title=World Soundtrack Awards unveils second wave of 2022 nominations \|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/world-soundtrack-awards-unveils-second-wave-of-2022-nominations/5174522.article?referrer=RSS \|access-date=2025-02-06 \|website=Screen \|language=en}} Winner for Best Streaming Media Award at 2023 BMI Film & TV Awards{{Cite web \|title=2023 BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Award \|url=https://www.bmi.com/award-shows/film-tv-2023/ \|access-date=2025-02-06 \|website=BMI.com}}
Ice Age: Scrat Tales \|Donnie Long \|Blue Sky Studios 20th Century Animation \|Blue Sky Studios' last project. End Titles Theme by John Powell Nominated for Best Score in a TV Show/Limited Series at 2022 Hollywood Music in Media Awards{{Cite web \|title=2022 HMMA Nominations and Winners \|url=https://www.hmmawards.com/2022-hmma-nominations-and-winners/ \|access-date=2025-02-06 \|website=Hollywood Music In Media Awards \|language=en-US}}
2023 \|Atatürk (film) \|Mehmet Ada Öztekin \|Lanistar Media \|Initially released as 2-part theatrical films. To be released on digital platforms as 6-episode TV series. Additional Music by Markus Siegel
rowspan="2" \|2024 \|Harold and the Purple Crayon{{Cite web \|title=Batu Sener Scoring Carlos Saldanha's 'Harold and the Purple Crayon' {{!}} Film Music Reporter \|url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2023/02/10/batu-sener-scoring-carlos-saldanhas-harold-and-the-purple-crayon/ \|access-date=2025-02-06 \|language=en-US}}{{Cite web \|title=Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024) - Soundtrack.Net \|url=https://www.soundtrack.net/movie/harold-and-the-purple-crayon-2023/ \|access-date=2025-02-03 \|website=www.soundtrack.net}} \|Carlos Saldanha \|Columbia Pictures Davis Entertainment \|Additional Music by Markus Siegel Score Consultant: John Powell
Better Man{{Cite web \|title=Batu Sener Scoring Michael Gracey's 'Better Man' {{!}} Film Music Reporter \|url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2024/02/28/batu-sener-scoring-michael-graceys-better-man/ \|access-date=2025-02-06 \|language=en-US}} \|Michael Gracey \|Distributed by Paramount Pictures \|Original Score by Batu Sener Songs by Robbie Williams Winner for 2025 AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score{{Cite web \|last=Brandle \|first=Lars \|date=2025-02-06 \|title=2025 AACTA Awards Industry Gala: All the Winners \|url=https://au.variety.com/2025/awards/news/2025-aacta-awards-industry-winners-20052/ \|access-date=2025-02-06 \|website=Variety Australia \|language=en-AU}}

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! Notes

rowspan="2" |2022

|The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild{{Cite web |last=Shuler |first=Skyler |date=2021-08-03 |title=Batu Sener to Score Disney+ 'Ice Age' Spin-Off 'Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild' |url=https://thedisinsider.com/2021/08/03/batu-sener-to-score-disney-ice-age-spin-off-ice-age-adventures-of-buck-wild/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Daily Disney News |language=en-us}}{{Cite web |last=says |first=JackS |title=Batu Sener Scoring Disney+'s 'Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild' {{!}} Film Music Reporter |url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2021/08/02/batu-sener-scoring-disneys-ice-age-adventures-of-buck-wild/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |language=en-US}}

|John C. Dobkin

|Walt Disney Pictures
20th Century Studios
20th Century Animation
Bardel Entertainment

|Sener's first score for an animated film.

Themes from Ice Age: The Meltdown and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs by John Powell

Nominated for Public Choice Award at 2022 World Soundtrack Awards{{Cite web |last=Kasule2022-09-16T13:00:00+01:00 |first=Melissa |title=World Soundtrack Awards unveils second wave of 2022 nominations |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/world-soundtrack-awards-unveils-second-wave-of-2022-nominations/5174522.article?referrer=RSS |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Screen |language=en}}

Winner for Best Streaming Media Award at 2023 BMI Film & TV Awards{{Cite web |title=2023 BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Award |url=https://www.bmi.com/award-shows/film-tv-2023/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=BMI.com}}

Ice Age: Scrat Tales

|Donnie Long

|Blue Sky Studios
20th Century Animation

|Blue Sky Studios' last project.

End Titles Theme by John Powell

Nominated for Best Score in a TV Show/Limited Series at 2022 Hollywood Music in Media Awards{{Cite web |title=2022 HMMA Nominations and Winners |url=https://www.hmmawards.com/2022-hmma-nominations-and-winners/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Hollywood Music In Media Awards |language=en-US}}

2023

|Atatürk (film)

|Mehmet Ada Öztekin

|Lanistar Media

|Initially released as 2-part theatrical films. To be released on digital platforms as 6-episode TV series.

Additional Music by Markus Siegel

rowspan="2" |2024

|Harold and the Purple Crayon{{Cite web |title=Batu Sener Scoring Carlos Saldanha's 'Harold and the Purple Crayon' {{!}} Film Music Reporter |url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2023/02/10/batu-sener-scoring-carlos-saldanhas-harold-and-the-purple-crayon/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024) - Soundtrack.Net |url=https://www.soundtrack.net/movie/harold-and-the-purple-crayon-2023/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=www.soundtrack.net}}

|Carlos Saldanha

|Columbia Pictures
Davis Entertainment

|Additional Music by Markus Siegel

Score Consultant: John Powell

Better Man{{Cite web |title=Batu Sener Scoring Michael Gracey's 'Better Man' {{!}} Film Music Reporter |url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2024/02/28/batu-sener-scoring-michael-graceys-better-man/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |language=en-US}}

|Michael Gracey

|Distributed by Paramount Pictures

|Original Score by Batu Sener

Songs by Robbie Williams

Winner for 2025 AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score{{Cite web |last=Brandle |first=Lars |date=2025-02-06 |title=2025 AACTA Awards Industry Gala: All the Winners |url=https://au.variety.com/2025/awards/news/2025-aacta-awards-industry-winners-20052/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Variety Australia |language=en-AU}}

== As composer of additional music ==

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width="30" \| Year ! width="200" \| Title ! width="150" \| Director ! width="300" \| Lead Composer
2015 \|Pan \|Joe Wright \| rowspan="14" \|John Powell
2016 \|Jason Bourne \|Paul Greengrass
2017 \|Ferdinand \|Carlos Saldanha
2018 \|Solo: A Star Wars Story \|Ron Howard
2019 \|How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World \|Dean DeBlois
2020 \|The Call of the Wild \|Chris Sanders
2021 \|Locked Down \|Doug Liman
2022 \|Don't Worry Darling \|Olivia Wilde
rowspan="2" \|2023 \|Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie \|Davis Guggenheim
Migration \|Benjamin Renner
rowspan="3" \|2024 \|Thelma the Unicorn \|Jared Hess Lynn Wang
That Christmas \|Simon Otto
Wicked (2024 film) \|Jon M. Chu
2025 \|How to Train Your Dragon \|Dean Deblois

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2015

|Pan

|Joe Wright

| rowspan="14" |John Powell

2016

|Jason Bourne

|Paul Greengrass