Music for stories beyond words.
Original music and sound for film, television, animation, exhibitions and visual storytelling.
Selected Works
Selected works across film, brand films and contemporary art.
01 / COMMERCIAL & BRAND FILMS
Original Music Composition · Music Production
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02 / SOUND ART & INSTALLATION
Sound Art · Interactive Works · Spatial Sound
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03 / FILM & ANIMATION
Original Film Score · Composition · Orchestration
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Selected Credits
Music for feature films, short films, animation and television.
GIVE IT ALL (2024)
Give It All (2024), featuring original music by Sayuri Hayashi Egnell, received the Award of Excellence for Animation of the Year at the 48th Japan Academy Film Prize.
Gold Prize, Urban Soundscape Competition
SAPPORO INTERNATIONAL ART FESTIVAL 2014
A total of 578 works from around the world were submitted to the Urban Soundscape Competition. Following a rigorous judging process led by guest director Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sayuri Hayashi Egnell's work was selected for the Gold Prize.
During the festival, her work was exhibited and presented to the public at venues including the entrance hall of the Sapporo City Museum.
Nobel Museum – Official Exhibition
NOBEL CREATIONS
Official Art Exhibition by the Nobel Museum
Created original music inspired by the achievements of the 2014 and 2015 Nobel Peace Prize laureates and the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate.
The works were exhibited and presented at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm for three months. Sayuri also performed at the exhibition opening.
AUDI
Composed and performed original music for an Audi brand film.
Selected Cultural Projects
Music for exhibitions, installations and interdisciplinary projects, creating soundscape for space and ideas.
BIWAKO BIENNALE
Performance Art
2015–2027
In collaboration with US-based landscape designer Saiho, Sayuri has created and presented three installation works to date. Their works have been exhibited in various locations, including Shiga, Kyoto, San Francisco and Shanghai.
MORI (2016)
An experimental, immersive performance art project conceived and produced by Sayuri, inspired by Haruki Murakami’s novel Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World.
The performance weaves together music, physical expression, moving images, spoken word and audience participation to create an unfolding, immersive narrative.
Premiering at the Stockholm Arts Festival in 2016, Mori later received support from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee for a tour in Japan. The performances took place at venues including the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa; Fukui Seiren Planet; Tokyo Geijutsu Center; and Kyoto International Performing Arts Festival.
PANDORA'S BOX (2018)
Conceived and produced a large-scale calligraphy performance art project, Pandora's Box, as an official event celebrating the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Sweden.
About
Sayuri Hayashi Egnell is a Japanese composer, music producer and sound artist based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Her work spans film and animation scoring, contemporary art, sound installations and original music production. Her practice explores the relationship between sound, image, space and emotion, combining piano, orchestral textures, electronics and experimental sound.
For film scoring, original music, sound art commissions and creative collaborations, please get in touch.