Ali Helnwein is a Los Angeles-based composer who has worked on multiple Emmy and Grammy winning projects.
Films he's scored have gone to festivals ranging from Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca, TIFF and more.
Scores for documentaries include The Lionheart, an HBO documentary with the music nominated for a sports Emmy, as well as a 3 part HBO documentary, Alex vs Arod. Other docu work includes the Netflix originals Untold series which landed in the top 10 on Netflix multiple times.
In his earlier days he founded the Traction Avenue Chamber Orchestra. The orchestra has become known for showing up in places where one normally wouldn’t expect an orchestra, premiering new works, and playing to new audiences — performing in places such as a skatepark, a Chinatown Alley, the rooftop of the Standard, etc. Aside from his own orchestra, he has worked with many other orchestras across the U.S. and around the World. The project culminated In 2010 when his Violin Concerto was commissioned by Kat Von D and premiered by the orchestra in downtown LA’s historic Million Dollar Theater.