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Penka Kouneva ( Bulgarian: Пенка Кунева) (/ˈpɛŋkɑː kuːˈnɛvɑː/; born February 25, 1967, in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian-American composer, orchestrator and soundtrack producer.
Recognized in Hollywood as an extraordinary talent, Penka Kouneva has composed on iconic video games (League of Legends, Prince of Persia, The Mummy), the Netflix animated series Dragon Age: Absolution, a NASA theme park at the Kennedy Space Center, and numerous feature films (the Oscar contender Aga, Sony Pictures releases - Encounter and ...
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Recognized in Hollywood as an extraordinary talent, Penka Kouneva has composed on iconic video games (League of Legends, Prince of Persia, The Mummy), the Netflix animated series Dragon Age: Absolution, a NASA theme park at the Kennedy Space Center, and numerous feature films (the Oscar contender Aga, Sony Pictures releases - Encounter and ...
- February 25, 1967
Penka Kouneva is a game & film composer of ‘exquisite talent’ (Forbes). Kouneva scored Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands, The Mummy VR game, and a $30M multimedia exhibit Heroes and Legends at the Kennedy Space Center. She also composed on Activision’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen game.
Penka Kouneva (Ph.D. Composition, 1997) composed seven tracks on Women Warriors: The Voices of Change, which won a 2022 GRAMMY for Best Classical Compendium. In 2017, she was one of three inductees into the Duke Graduate School's Few-Glasson Alumni Society.
Apr 15, 2024 · Grammy-winning composer and studio orchestrator Penka Kouneva has worked in Hollywood for 25 years scoring television (Dragon Age Absolution series), films (Aga, Encounter), video games (Legends of Runeterra, Prince of Persia) and theme parks (NASA). On IMDB, she has 170+ credits.
We spoke with award-winning film, television, video game orchestrator and composer, Penka Kouneva (‘World of Warcraft,’ ‘The Matrix Reloaded,’ ‘Sims 3’) to learn more about the profession and her career.
