Bio
I was born in 1998 and grew up in Oerlinghausen, a small town near Bielefeld, Germany. My journey into music began with the trombone, followed by the piano and guitar and composing first tracks for the school intern big band. Between 2016 and 2021, I studied Music and Media at the Institut für Musik und Medien, part of the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf, where I also had jazz guitar classes with Heiner Rennebaum and was honored to receive two scholarships.
In 2019, I won the WDR Filmscore Award in the European Talent Competition, which led to the opportunity to compose two pieces for the WDR Funkhausorchester. After my studies, I worked as an in-house music producer at the WDR "Studio für Klangdesign" and pursued freelance composition, co-releasing my first vinyl project, Palimpsest.
Currently based in Ludwigsburg, I am studying film music at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg with a focus on immersive audio for film and media, including installations, theatre, games, and projections. I receive a Franz Grothe scholarships and work as a sound technician for the SWR.
In 2024, I co-founded the collective "Samples unterm Sofa," aimed at fostering creative collaborations across diverse music projects. I am passionate about exploring new soundscapes, working with non-linear music, and crafting unique textures through analog samples.
Article in "Rheinische Post"
RP wrote about my two orchestral works and the pictorial effect of music.
"Leon Brückner’s score served the different settings of the film excellently. Through good use of silence, the music flexibly switched through the different filmic realms and was capped-off with a nice French twist. The placements and scoring of the music were well-designed and served the film’s humour very well." - STC Jury