"I score my life with orchestral music filling my head. I hear grooves in someone knocking on the door, create fanfares from the honking of car horns, and go to sleep thinking in melodies.”

Luca Millard-Kish is a composer and orchestrator whose work artfully embraces orchestral scores (lush to bombastic), intimate ensembles, and electronic hybrid soundscapes. His collaborators trust him to blend eclectic influences into imaginative music for the screen, musical theater, and the concert stage.

Recent film credits include DRIVE INSIDE (dir. Arman Taheri), SAVING CONEY ISLAND (dir. Mick Bongiovi), THE POINT OF NO RETURN (dir. Grey Blake), and TITLE PENDING (dir. Siddarth Sudan & Henry Farber). Luca enjoys finding the distinct musical voice of each project and values the importance of clear communication, interdisciplinary collaboration, creative flexibility, and meticulous organization.

Luca’s concert work has been performed and recorded by distinguished ensembles, including The Seattle Symphony at Benaroya Hall, The Budapest Scoring Orchestra, The World Youth Symphony Orchestra at Interlochen, and by session musicians at East West Studio in Los Angeles.

In working for theater, Luca is lit up by the power of live collaboration in real time. He’s the co-founder of Liminal Productions (along with Joseph Lim) where he works to musically realize the vision of lyricists and playwrights. He’s currently developing three musicals with collaborators at Tisch School of the Arts and in the New York City area. In addition to writing for theater, Luca has worked as Music Director for Seattle Broadway Bound Children's Theater's production of Matilda the Musical, Band Director and Accompanist for Lakeside High School's Matilda and Les Miserables, and performed in the pit for other shows.

Luca is currently studying Music Theory and Composition with a focus in Screen Scoring at NYU. He’s grateful to have studied composition with renowned composer John Kaefer, eclectic pianist and composer Amy Rubin, and have been mentored by Richard Danielpour, Composition Co-Chair at UCLA, and Hummie Mann, founder of the Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program.