Paweł Sęk (born 7 April 1977,

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) is a Polish

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and

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. He received three

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nominations. He grew up in Przemyśl,

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. In 2000, Sek graduated from

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. After graduating, he moved to

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, where he started writing and producing music for television shows and advertising. Pawel Sek at the Grammys

Credits

His credits include, ''

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'', '' Frontier House - PBS'', Beowulf - Trailer, KFC National Campaign, GM National TV ad, Audi National TV ad. In 2009 he relocated to Los Angeles where he started to work with major label recording artists. His current engineering credits include: Jeff Bhasker,

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,FUN. – Some Nights Personnel

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Retrieved 31 March 2021.

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,Watch The Throne Personnel
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, The Sleepy Jackson, Empire Of The Sun. Sek's film scoring credits include: The Way, Way Back (Score Mix), Deadline, The Ballerina and the Rocking Horse. In 2012, Pawel was nominated for two Grammys in the Album of the Year and Record of the Year categories with the group FUN.

Engineering

** Some Nights ***Some Nights (Intro) ***Some Nights ***We Are Young ***Carry On ***Why Am I the One ***All Alone ***Stars *

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***Holy Ground ***The Lucky One *

** The Truth About Love *** Just Give Me a Reason (featuring Nate Ruess) *

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*** Let Us Move On (featuring Kendrick Lamar) *

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*** Lift Off (featuring Beyoncé)

Film Scoring Credits

*, 2012 *, (Music Score Mix), 2013 *, 2011 *

, 2008

Music Licensing Credits

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Apple Trailers
Retrieved 31 March 2021. - movie and video game trailer *

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- trailer *

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* The Unusuals * Pimp My Ride * Making The Band * America's Next Top Model

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sek, Pawel 1977 births American audio engineers American people of Polish descent American film score composers American male film score composers Living people Musicians from New York City People from Przemyśl Berklee College of Music alumni Engineers from New York (state)