Composer · Songwriter
Music for storytelling.
Original scores and songs for film, television and animation.
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Animation
Brave · The Inventor · Super Giant Robot Brothers
Dramatic Live Action
Paper Bag Plan · East Side Sushi
Songs for Film
Brave · The Inventor · Paper Bag Plan
Alex Mandel | Composer & Songwriter
Alex Mandel is an Annie Award-nominated composer and songwriter whose career bridges music, storytelling, and animation.
He wrote two original songs for Pixar's Academy Award-winning Brave, composed the score for Netflix's Super Giant Robot Brothers, directed by Mark Andrews, and created the score and original songs for The Inventor, directed by Oscar-nominated Ratatouille writer Jim Capobianco. His songs for The Inventor were performed by an international cast including Daisy Ridley, Marion Cotillard, Stephen Fry, and Matt Berry.
Alongside his composing career, Mandel held management roles across Pixar's production pipeline, from story and development through rendering. At Weta Digital, he co-led the animation department on productions including Avengers: Endgame, Avatar: The Way of Water, and Game of Thrones.
His work extends to live performance as musical director for NPR's Snap Judgment LIVE and as a songwriter for Norman Rockwell's America, presented as a staged reading at Tony Award-winning TheatreWorks Silicon Valley.
Equally at home with orchestral, electronic, and acoustic music, Mandel combines a musician's versatility with a filmmaker's understanding of story, character, and the collaborative creative process.
His work has been featured in Variety, with articles exploring the music of Brave, Super Giant Robot Brothers, and The Inventor.
In the press