Where it all began
Kevin Manthei - founder Triumph Audio
Film, tv and game composer Kevin Manthei has been working actively in Hollywood for over 20 years. As a working composer he has always relied on fresh and creative approaches to his scores. One of those ways was to create his own sample libraries via sonic manipulation & recording of live musicians. This passion has led to the founding of Triumph Audio as a creative outlet for his custom sampling and musical sound design. You can count on the sample libraries of Triumph Audio to inspire and give you a cinematic creative edge. Expect the unexpected, the rethinking of the obvious and the conventional from a new perspective. This is boutique sampling. This is Triumph Audio.
Lorenzo is a UK-based Italian composer specialising in film & TV. As a creative collaborator, Lorenzo has crafted original scores for a diverse range of visual media, with a particular focus on multi-episodic series and IPs. His sound often experiments with synthesis, sampling techniques, and modern production practices.
At Triumph Audio, Lorenzo directs major music library developments and executes key Kontakt programming tasks alongside Kevin Manthei. He also contributes to marketing and web development.
Collaborators
It takes a village - here’s ours!
Owen Nathanael is a Jakarta-born, Los Angeles-based composer, he possesses a passion for music and storytelling. He has contributed his sonic touch to award-winning films, chart-topping podcasts, advertisements. At Triumph Audio, Owen Nathanael programs patches into Kontakt, handles graphics design on the engine, and films and creates marketing content, ranging from patch walkthroughs to trailers. When not working, he might be found brewing the perfect cup of coffee or hitting the backroads for an adventure.
Born and raised in the LA area, Royal's goal is to serve and fulfill the musical needs of visual storytellers by composing original music. At Triumph Audio, Royal works in creating libraries, Kontakt programming, and web development. With a knack for oddball sounds and instruments, similar to that of Kevin, Royal enjoys creating new pieces with unexpected elements. When he’s not working with Triumph Audio, Royal is an avid composer and electronic music producer.
Tim Verstegen is a Netherlands-based composer.
With roots in percussion, Tim has a deep understanding of rhythm and timbre, as well as a unique approach to sound. As a professional percussionist, he has always been creative in discovering new sounds and is excited to apply this passion to his work at Triumph Audio.
At Triumph Audio, Tim creates patches and demos; he also transforms original sampled recordings into dynamic, expressive, otherworldly sounds for you to use within our libraries
While forming an ever-evolving freelance career as a creative in the concert, media, and marching arts worlds, Mathew “Mat” Aaron Campbell (b. 1992) uses his proficiency in notation and music production software to elevate his solo ambitions or projects with others in various capacities to the next level. Over time, this list has grown to include the roles of composer, conductor, arranger, sound designer, engraver, and collaborator across stage, studio, field, and genre.
At Triumph Audio, Mat specializes on creating engine-processed patches that inspire him both as a composer and listener.
Tangelene Bolton is an award-winning film, TV, and media composer known for her bold, genre-blending scores that push creative boundaries. A Berklee College of Music graduate and 2020 Sundance Composer Fellow, she has worked for renowned composers like Hans Zimmer, Henry Jackman, and Bobby Tahouri. Her lead composer credits include Warrior Nun (Netflix), Awkwafina is Nora from Queens (Comedy Central), the Blumhouse thriller Unseen and Disney’s Let’s Be Tigers. She has also conducted and recorded her music at iconic venues like The Wiltern and legendary studios such as the Fox Newman Scoring Stage and Capitol Records, continually shaping the landscape of film, TV, and media.
At Triumph Audio, Tangelene contributes to creating sounds and patches for new libraries and writing demos.
Austin Blau is a music composer of 5 years from New Jersey, with a background of audio engineering for 12 years, and a rich history of musical performance for 15 years. With a history of touring internationally with musical artists, writing synced music with a small team for primetime television shows, and composing music for over 20 different indie video games, Austin’s determination for telling stories only grows stronger.
Lately Austin has been working closely with VST companies such as Triumph Audio to help showcase their brand new virtual instrument libraries.
Mathew Mozzoni is a composer and guitarist whose work includes Only You (HBO MAX), West of Greatness, and Clucky’s (ROBLOX). Mathew is 2023 Independent Shorts Awards winner and ASCAP Young Jazz Composer finalist, and holds degrees in Jazz Performance and Media Composition/Orchestration.
At Triumph Audio, he enjoys the challenge of crafting sounds that are unique and fit seamlessly into any mix or cue.
Fernando Cañedo is a Brazilian composer, sound designer, music producer, voice artist, and multi-instrumentalist with over 10 years of experience in audio post-production for animation, films, trailers, and advertising. As founder and creative director of Data Estelar Estúdios, his work has been featured on Cartoon Network, HBO Max, Comedy Central, Netflix, Paramount+, and other major platforms, as well as in international film festivals.
At Triumph Audio Fernando has helped with beta testing, written demos and created sounds & patches for many libraries.
Jake Weston is really just a music nerd. He loves exploring unique sound palettes and creating modern emotional scores with his arsenal of synths and instruments. With most recent credits as an additional music composer for The Boys and Gen V, Jake is a source of a ‘new sound’ in film and TV music. Jake’s music has also appeared in various festivals such as SXSW, DWF NYC and LA, Chelsea Film Festival, Mammoth Film Festival, and many more. At the core, he loves telling stories through sound.
At Triumph Audio, Jake mangles and morphs a library’s raw samples using his modular system, outputting a completely new synthesized sound. Jake re-imagines these sound sources into inspiring patches.
Where the magic happens
Triumph Studios - home of Triumph Audio
Working from his modern industrial barn-inspired recording studio among the hills of north Los Angeles County, Kevin recently built a 2400sf professionally designed multi-purpose facility complete with a scoring stage, writing rooms, theater, and offices. Nestled on his private 2.5 acre home property, the state of the art rustic building has plenty of room to work, relax, and play, transpiring into a soothing space to fully create. Many of Triumph Audio’s libraries are developed, recorded and programmed here.
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Our Line Up
Sound Different with our Unique Sample Libraries
