His recent works include the studio album 'Lugano Impressions,' an a cappella choir single titled 'LII Dies Tenebrarum,' and the score for the film Better Man, which earned him his AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score.[3] He was a nominee for Breakthrough Composer of the Year in 2022 at IFMCA Awards.[4][5]
Sener's first feature length score was in the Ice Age franchise titled The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild. A few months later, in the same franchise, Sener scored Ice Age: Scrat Tales, a mini TV series produced by Blue Sky Studios, which turned out to be the last project they released before the studio closed. Sener had collaborated with director Carlos Saldanha via John Powell on the animated feature film Ferdinand. This relationship led to his next feature score Harold and the Purple Crayon. He continues working out of John Powell's 5 Cat Studios and Powell is credited as Score Consultant on this score.
Meanwhile in Turkey and Europe, Sener scored Atatürk, a two-part Turkish epicbiographicalhistorical drama film directed by Mehmet Ada Öztekin and written by Necati Şahin. The film follows the life of the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.[11] This project was initially intended to be a 6-episode television series. It stars Aras Bulut İynemli in the title role. The first part of the film, titled Atatürk 1881 - 1919 premiered on October 29, 2023 and the second one, Atatürk II 1881 - 1919 premiered on January 5, 2024, both in Turkey and across Europe. Both films and the television version were later released on Amazon Prime Video.[12]
In 2024, he released an album of arrangements of some of the most recognized traditional pop songs, Reset, by Ben Fuller. Sener is credited as a performer and producer on the album as well. He later scored Michael Gracey's Better Man, a biographicaljukebox musicaldrama film based on the life of the English singer Robbie Williams.
Sener's first studio album for chamber music. Includes 'Lugano Suite' for cello and piano. Performed by Charlie Tyler and Batu Sener. Written, Recorded and Produced at 5 Cat Studios by John Michael Caldwell.
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