Our philosophy
A strong team
We believe that the most successful projects are born out of strong partnerships. That’s why we value open communication, reliability, and the fullest commitment towards our clients, trying our best to not just deliver results – but to exceed expectations.
Team
Our creative heads
Rosetta Bachofner, film composer & customer relations
Rosetta Bachofner was born in 1993 in Bern. She is a trained jazz singer (Bern University of the Arts) and holds a Master of Fine Arts in Scoring for Motion Pictures and Contemporary Media. She was the first and only woman selected in her cohort of 18 global students at the prestigious Film Scoring Academy of Europe, where she graduated with “First Honours” under the guidance of Hollywood industry giants.
An innovative and open-minded composer, Rosetta is a versatile multi-instrumentalist with a flair for languages and a global perspective. Her dynamic and refined sound has been showcased in the British period drama The Ballad of Lucy Sands and the Swiss short film Apate, which premiered on the big screen in 2022. Influenced by both Nordic and Balkan cultures, Rosetta has a unique and unconventional career path.
Andreas Graf, film director & producer
Andreas Graf was born in Basel, Switzerland. He received his training at the New York Film Academy and holds a master’s degree in business and media from the university of Bern, Switzerland.
His short film “The Laws of Attraction”, starring Aaron Kuban, has won several awards and was accepted for competition at international film festivals. He has produced and directed short films in England, Spain and the USA. He lived in Los Angeles where he produced film content for start-up companies in the cleantech business and interviewed meterologists and NASA scientists about sustainability, climate change und earth science.
Andreas is also a multiple awarded classical concert cellist. He holds a master’s degree in performing arts from Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main, and is a member of the Bern Symphony Orchestra.
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Peter Hauser, film composer
Peter Hauser derives from a musical family of long tradition. He graduated at Musikhochschule Stuttgart (violoncello and piano, major in orchestra «with excellence») and pursued further studies with world-renowned cellist Natalia Gutman. He was also a member of Gaudeamus Fondation Cologne, led by Manfred Niehaus.
As a cellist he performed with many big symphony orchestras in Germany, such as Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Württembergisches Staatstheater Stuttgart, Orchester des Süddeutschen Rundfunks Stuttgart, Symphonieorchester des Bayrischen Rundfunks, participating in tours through England, Spain, Japan and the USA. Since 1994 he is 2nd solo cellist of the Bern Symphony Orchestra.
Peter has a passion for electronic music and film music. He has the ability to create truly mesmerizing musical themes. His works are a tribute to his admired film composers Hans Zimmer, James Horner und John Williams. His motto: “No good movie without good film music.”
Shan Lee, film development & funding
Shan Lee, born Lishantha Govinthu, is a bestselling author, screenwriter, and former radio presenter. Her novel Love Leiyah was released in September 2020 and earned a ‘Top 3’ placement in the International SABA Book Award in the UK. In 2022, it became the No. 3 fiction bestseller at Sandton City’s Exclusive Books, South Africa.
As the Film Development and Funding Manager at Epic Lab, Shan plays a pivotal role in the company’s film ventures. She also founded “When Ink Can Talk,” an association uniting creative minds across South Africa, and hosted the radio segment “The Bookstop” on Al Ansaar Radio.
Donato Coscia, music producer & film composer
Donato Coscia has been a guitarist, composer and producer for many years. He graduated in Classical Guitar at the “N. Piccinni” Conservatory in Bari, Italy, and improving with the major exponents of the guitar scene such as, Aniello Desiderio, Lorenzo Micheli and Oscar Ghiglia, He is a member of the guitar quartet A.G.Q. (Adriatic guitar quartet) with which he won numerous international competitions and recorded the album “Concerto for classical guitar and jazz piano” in 2020.
His passion for film music and composition leads him to take a master’s in music composition for films, documentary videogames and TV series with full marks and honors. He participated in several international competitions such as the Sonuscore Music Award, the Spitfire competition, The Cue Tube and Score the world competition, ranking among the top 100 and the approval of the whole jury.
Donato has participated in webinars and masterclasses of artists such as Danny Elfmann, Bryan Tyler, Joe Kataldo, Steffen Schmidt, Conrad Pope, John Powell, John Debney, Hans Zimmer.
Nobert Eichler, Sound engineer and audio post-production specialist
Norbert Eichler discovered his love for audio recording while running, together with friends, the local folk club and taping many wonderful gigs on his Revox and Nakamichi tape machines. Tape? Yes, that was a long time ago, in the seventies to be precise.
Several decades later, having set his priorities more on family life and an IT career, he resumed audio work in the digital domain, recording numerous live concerts, mostly classical. Other jobs like CD productions, music videos, audio books, and movie audio postproduction followed. He was always particularly passionate about making the human voice sound great, be it a solo singer, a choir, or a speaker.
In order to improve his skills, Norbert took classes and private lessons with several of the best audio professionals, among which renowned Tonmeister Malgorzata Albinska-Frank. She gave him her seal of approval by recommending him repeatedly to some of her clients.
Norbert employs tools of excellent quality – microphones, speakers, headphones, up-to-date software and, not to forget, his sensitive hearing – but his credo is that each job must begin with a true understanding of the client’s needs and visions.
Sebastian Androne, film composer
Sebastian Androne-Nakanishi is a multi-award winning composer who writes contemporary concert music as well as soundtracks for theater and film. He studied music composition in the UK, France and Romania. The Swiss-based composer won the 2018 “Golden Eye” trophy at the Zurich Film Festival’s International Film Music Competition for his score for Steve Cutt’s short film “Happiness.” His music is performed worldwide by established ensembles and orchestras.
He received his PhD from the National University of Music of Bucharest in 2018 and taught composition, orchestration and musical form at the same institution. He received two Erasmus scholarships and studied composition with Stefano Gervasoni during his doctoral studies in Paris at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse, and with Joe Cutler, Howard Skempton, and Ed Bennett during his Masters at Birmingham Conservatoire.
Sebastian attended master classes with established composers such as Mark-Anthony Turnage, Isabel Mundry, Agustín Fernández, Brian Ferneyhough, Richard Ayres, Christopher Fox and Jörg Widmann.
Niklaus Vogel, film composer
Niklaus Vogel has been a violinist, conductor, composer and producer for many years.
He studied classical violin in Lucerne and Zurich and holds a “Diploma of Advanced Studies in Conducting”. In 2016 he graduated from Berklee College of Music in Valencia (Spain) and became the assistant of film composer Lucas Vidal (Fast and Furious) and producer Griffin Boice (Black Eyed Peas) in Los Angeles.
As a composer and producer he worked for bands such as The Souls, Chica Torpedo, Baschi, Henä, Gavin Rossdale, Amaia Montero, Elias Bendix and many others.
Some of his more recent projects were realized with the the Budapest Art Orchestra, the Sinfonietta Mosaique and the Taurida State Symphony Orchestra.
Niklaus Vogel conducted and recorded film music in the prestigious Air Studio in London and is a regular contributor to Film und Trailer Musik, Germany (CHROMAMUSIC). He lives with his family in Thun, Switzerland.
Emre Türktopu, customer relations & marketing
Emre Türktopu completed his bachelor’s degree at Dokuz Eylül University State Conservatory, Izmir. He was accepted to Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, for his master’s degree.
As an oboist, he performed in important concert halls and festivals in Europe with various orchestras, such as Young Euro Classic Festival, Ravello Festival, Rudolfinum Concert Hall Prague, Smetana Hall, Vigadò Concert Hall Budapest, Die Glocke Bremen, Teatro Filarmonico Verona, etc.
He had the opportunity to participate in masterclasses with famous oboe artists. During his education, he received the support of important foundations and won degrees from various competitions.
He continues to improve himself in the field of “Music Business and Management” as well as continuing his master’s degree at Conservatorio
della Svizzera italiana.
Collaboration with artclassic for best live recordings
In order to ensure the highest quality standards for live recordings we are collaborating with artclassic. Artclassic takes pride in working with some of the most renowned classical artists and ensembles in Switzerland.
In addition to its expertise in sound recording and sound engineering, artclassic is offering various editing services for motion picture sound including dubbing, time-twist editing and audio mixing in stereo and 5.1 surround sound.
About us
Epic Lab • Film, Music & Scoring
Epic Lab • Film, Music & Scoring is a forward-thinking production company based in Bern, offering premium film, music, scoring and audio post-production services.
Recent highlights include HOPE, a charity album recorded at Abbey Road Studios with the London Symphony Orchestra, and The True Face of Bach, a deepfake commercial that garnered widespread media attention for its use of the most accurate reconstruction of J.S. Bach’s face to date.
Epic Lab also serves as a publisher for production music albums, collaborating with film composers from around the globe. We believe that the strongest projects are built through meaningful partnerships. Get in touch with us to create something extraordinary.
Our three divisions:
1. Film production
2. Music Production
3. Publisher
Do you have specific requirements? Do not hesitate to contact us.