RECENTLY
Was awarded an HMMA for Best Score for the documentary "A Dream Called Khushi" by Rishabh R. Jain, which has won the Student Academy Award Bronze 2024 and the College Television Award 2025.
ABOUT
Benjamin Westphalen is an award-winning composer, producer and sound designer from Germany, working in New York and Hamburg.
Films featuring his work have been showcased at numerous festivals and won awards at the Student Academy Awards, Independent Shorts, the Tasveer Film Festival, and the College Television Awards / Emmys. His Score for "A Dream Called Khushi (Happiness)" recently won the Hollywood Music in Media Award 2025 for Best Score in the Short Film (Documentary) category.
Benjamin’s background in piano, audio engineering and beat production allows for an unconventional fusion of traditional and modern techniques, organic ambiences and electronic soundscapes, orchestral textures and electronic beats.
He has been on stages across Germany, performing as a keyboardist in various bands or just by himself showcasing his solo piano compositions.
Benjamin was a member of the SCL mentorship cohort in 2024-25 in New York and graduated with the master’s degree in Music Theory & Composition: Screen Scoring from NYU Steinhardt in 2025.