Freya Arde
CompositionFilm Composition
Freya Arde is a composer, guitarist, and music producer. She studied composition and acoustic guitar at the Conservatory of Music in Dresden. Further studies followed at the Conservatoire National in Paris and at the Film University Berlin-Babelsberg where she garnered a master's degree in film scoring. She wrote the original score for films like The Hidden Life of Trees (director: Jörg Adolph) and The Flying Classroom (director: Carolina Hellsgård). Her latest works include the documentary Riefenstahl (2024, director: Andres Veiel) and the new film by Maryam Touzani Calle Málaga (2025) which both premiered at the Venice Biennale. Freya Arde has worked with orchestras like the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg, the Brandenburg State Orchestra Frankfurt and the Budapest Art Orchestra. In 2020 she released her debut EP as a solo artist, Spirit Awake, followed by her single Moon Window which she released with Deutsche Grammophon in 2021. In 2025 she released her debut album E C H O for string trio, electric guitar, piano and vocals.
Freya Arde is Villa Aurora Fellow of Initiative Musik.
Selected Filmography
2026 I Everyone's Sorry Nowadays (director: Frederike Migom)
2025 I Calle Málaga (director: Maryam Touzani)
2025 I Mädchen Mädchen (director: Martina Plura)
2025 I Fassaden (director: Alina Cyranek)
2024 I Riefenstahl (director: Andres Veiel)
2024 I Klandestin (director: Angelina Maccarone)
2023 I Das fliegende Klassenzimmer (director: Carolina Hellsgård)
2022 I The Corridors of Power (director: Dror Moreh)
2021 I Bilder (m)einer Mutter (director: Melanie Lischker)
2021 I Viva Forever (director: Sinje Köhler)
2020 I Das geheime Leben der Bäume (director: Jörg Adolph)
2019 I Meine wunderbar seltsame Woche mit Tess (director: Steven Wouterlood)
2018 I Endzeit (director: Carolina Hellsgård)
Selected Discography
2025 I E C H O (album), Freya Arde
2023 I with James Heather - Immortal Beloved - Freya Arde Rework, Ahead Of Our Time
2022 I Shimmer (single), 7k! Music
2021 I Moon Window (single), Deutsche Grammophon
Selected Awards
2023 I German Film Score Award for Das fliegende Klassenzimmer
2016 I German Film Score Award (Best Newcomer) for Nellys Abenteuer (director: Dominik Wessely)
2012 I European Guitar Award