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PORTFOLIO MUSIC

by Akmaral Mergen

compilation of cinematic music and other genres

listen to ‘QAS’ OST and other music

about Akmaral Mergen

Filmography

2024 - Lynx, Drama ‧ 1h 40m ‧ Directed by Sharipa Urazbayeva
Eurasia Film Production

2024 - Crickets, it's your turn, Thriller ‧ 1h 44m ‧
Directed by Olga Korotko
Produced by Seven Rivers, Caractères Productions

2023 - Abel, Drama ‧ 2h 00m ‧
Directed by Elzat Eskendir
Produced by Qazaqfilm, KazakhCinema  

2023 - Gingerbread for her Dad ‧ Documentary ‧ 1h 26m ‧
A film by Alina Mustafina

Produced by Uvent, KazakhCinema

2022 - Guardian of the steppe ‧ Drama ‧ Short 17m ‧
Directed by Saya Omar
Nomination at ISFMF Crystal Pine Awards
Produced by KazakhCinema

2021-2022 - Qaş ‧ Thriller/Drama ‧ 1h 53m ‧
Directed by Aisultan Seitov
Critics' Choice Award for Best Music in Kazakhstan
Nomination at the Asian Film Academy Awards 2024 for Best Original Score
Produced by Qara Production

2020 - History of Civilization ‧ Drama ‧ Short 15m ‧
Directed by Zhannat Alshanova

2019-2021 - Hostages of War ‧ Historical/Drama ‧  1h 52m ‧
Directed by Yeldar Kaparov, Aliya Uvalzhanova, Shinju Sano
Produced by Qazaqfilm, Japan co-production
released only in Japan 2023
https://ahiko-samurai.com/


2019 - Dissolve, Thriller/Drama ‧ 1h 20m ‧
Directed by Kim Ki Duk

2019 - The Horse Thieves. Roads of Time ‧ Western/Drama ‧ 1h 24m ‧ Directed by Yerlan Nurmukhambetov, Lisa Takeba
Produced by Qazaqfilm, Japan co-production

2014 - The Others, Mystery ‧ Short 18m ‧
Directed by Tolegen Baitukenov

2011 - Horchata ‧ Comedy/Drama ‧ Short 16m ‧
Directed by Malik Zenger

Work In Progress (post-production)

2020 - QyzBolsyn (May it be a Girl), Documentary ‧ full length film by Ekaterina Suvorova
Winner of German Composition of Funding Award at Dok.Fest 2021 in Munich

2024 - We Live Here (Semipalatinsk test site), Documentary ‧ full length aprox. 1h 20m, a film by Zhanana Kurmasheva, producer Banu Ramazanova
Produced by PlanB, Kazakhstan/France

Music for Theater

2023 Päter, Drama/Political ‧ Theater of the absurdity 1h 07m
Directed by Annas Bagdat, ArtKӧshe Independent Theather

Some of Akmaral's works are not available as video excerpts due to copyright restrictions on distribution


video

QAŠ - teaser

Directed by Aisultan Seit

QAŠ - trailer

Directed by Aisultan Seit
Music compiled from the original soundtrack

Dance of Men https://www.nowness.asia/story/dance-of-men

Directed by Zhannat Alshanova

Ad Campaign for MURAA jewelry

Directed by Baurzhan Bismildin

Excerpt from the film ‘The Horse Thieves: Roads of Time’

One morning, a man who loves his family very much goes to a town market to sell his horse with the other villagers. After exchanging affectionate glances with his wife, and leaving his 10-year-old son and two daughters still in a deep sleep, the man goes to the market and is killed by horse thieves, holding a kitten in his arms for his kids. With the help of the villagers, the wife holds the mans funeral and decides to return to her family with her kids. Then, another man who left her 8 years ago without leaving any notes appears to help the woman move. Somehow, the son of the wife resembles the man and learns to ride a horse from him. One day, they go out on horseback together and bump into the horse thieves.

Film directors: Yerlan Nurmukhambetov, Lisa Takeba

Screenplay: Yerlan Nurmukhambetov Actors: Samal Yeslyamova, Mirai Moriyama, Madi MinaidarovProducers: Shozo Ichiyama, Julia Kim, Hikaru Kinouchi

Excerpt from the film ‘The Horse Thieves: Roads of Time’

https://variety.com

Trailer for Japanese release of the film “Hostages of war” by Yeldar Kaparov, Aliya Uvalzhanova, Shinju Sano

Music from original soundtrack

Campaign for UNDP Climate Promise
by Kazakhstan Fashion Revolution

Directed by Lyazzat Khanym

video-installation for a kinetic sculpture by Julia Nizamutdinova, Cyberflora.Saint-Petersburg 2020

Musical miniature “Reverie“

Video from NASA archives

Musical miniature ‘ALOOF’

#mergenmoods

Ad Campaign for Saks Fifth Avenue & Viled.kz

Ad Campaign for Magnum (Magnat) Ice Cream
In collaboration with composer Robert Zingashin