Lukas McNally is a musician and composer based in Berlin. He is active in numerous fields & genres of music production. Introduced to the musical world through classic at the age of five, his musical studies started in private and scholared education in piano lessons and composition.
In his teens, Lukas developed a keen interest for Jazz and Popular Music.
Following this pursuit, he attended the Newtown School of the Performing Arts in Sydney, Australia.
Having moved to Berlin at the age of 15, he soon adapted to the music scene,
joining several musical projects and continuing schooling in piano and composition by
attending private lessons at the Hanns Eisler Conservatory, Berlin.
Over the last decade, Lukas has toured and performed on stages throughout Europe and Australia. Concerts include venues such as the Sydney Opera House, Fusion Festival (Laerz), Admiralspalast (Berlin) and the Fabrik (Hamburg) to name a few.
He played piano & keyboards for tonsteinescherben.com
The band reunited and came together in 2013 and toured for over a decade.
Lukas composes and arranges music for theatres, choirs and orchestras.
Next to his activities and involvement in diverse ranges of music for a stage context, Lukas also writes and produces film scores. He has acted as the musical assistant to film composer Ali N. Askin and has been involved in projects such as BARBARIANS (TV-Series, Netflix) and MOONBOUND (Movie, ZDF). He is also involved in numerous collaborations with trixx-musikproduktion.de
His studio is in the legendary Funkhaus Berlin – a creative hotspot for musicians and artists.
-I am currently composing for a documentary series
-My score for CYCLING AGAINST GHOSTS won at
Your Way Film Festival 2025
-My commissioned composition “Fin y Principio” has its premier with the
Coral San Esteban in Burgos, Spain 11th May 2024
–The audio book NOMADE is now out on streaming platforms link
(I acted as the producer and composer on this)
-MADE TO MEASURE wins the
Information Is Beautiful Awards 2022
(I composed the score to this film)
-MOONBOUND has been nominated for
Best Original Score 2022 by the
German Film Academy
Congratulations Ali N. Askin!
(I assisted Ali on this project)
FLOAT
Short Film, Kenya 2025
Ivy Kiru Productions, Some Fine Day Pix
Dir: Lydia Matata
Original Music: Lukas McNally
ONKEL FRITZ MACHT DEN LETZTEN (AT)
Documentary Film, 2024/2025
Plarre Produktion (taz)
Dir: Plutonia Plarre
Original Music: Lukas McNally
RUH' SANFT
KALTE EICHE
CYCLING AGAINST GHOSTS
Documentary Short, 2024
Livia Giuliani Produktion
Dir: Livia Giuliani
Original Music: Lukas McNally
WINNER – BEST ORIGINAL SCORE at
YOUR WAY FILM FESTIVAL 2025
ACT OF LOVE
Movie, Kenya 2023
Some Fine Day Pix / Blackwell Films /
Ripple Productions
Dir: Eric Mwangi
Original Music: Lukas McNally, Max van Dusen
WINNER – BEST SHORT FILM at
LUXOR AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL 2024
NOMINATED – BEST ORIGINAL SCORE at
KALASHA INTERNATIONAL FILM & TV AWARDS 2024
WINNER – BEST SHORT FILM at
MASHARIKI AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL 2023
ROBIN HOOD
Theatre Play, 2022/2023
by Paula Thielecke
Theater Baden-Baden
Original Music: Lukas McNally
MADE TO MEASURE
TV Documentary and Interactive Website, 2021
Beware of Horses / WDR / RBB / SRG SSR
Dir: Moritz Riesewieck, Hans Block, Cosima Terrasse
Original Music: Lukas McNally
WINNER – “Information Is Beautiful Awards 2022”
WINNER – “Journalistenpreis Informatik 2021”
NOMINEE – “Best European TV Documentary 2022” by the Prix Europa
TATORT – DIE DRITTE HAUT
TV Series, 2021
Studio.TV.Film / RBB
Dir: Norbert ter Hall
Original Music: Max van Dusen, Lukas McNally
MOONBOUND
Movie, 2021
ZDF
Dir: Ali Samadi Ahadi
Original Music: Ali N. Askin
Assistant to the Composer: Lukas McNally
nominated for Best Original Score 2022 by the German Film Academy
BARBARIANS
TV Series, 2020
Gaumont GmbH / Netflix
Dir: Barbara Eder, Steve St. Leger
Original Music: Ali N. Askin, Maurus Ronner
Assistant to the Composer Askin: Lukas McNally
GUSTAVO BERTONI
WAVES | MIDNIGHT SUN | MIRROR IN THE ROOM
Album: The Fine Line Between Loneliness And Solitude
Music: Gustavo Bertoni
Producer: Lucas Mayer
String Arrangements: Lukas McNally, Tim Knapp, Max van Dusen
2020
further trax:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPVEDQf-9JU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLlDVPr8P90
WAS DER MOND ROT AUF GEHT
Movie, 2020
Julian Withalm Produktion
Dir: Julian Withalm
Original Music: Lukas McNally
BENZIN
Movie, 2019
Alibi Film / Mohr & Vornehm
Dir: Oliver Mohr
Original Music: Lukas McNally
nominated for First Steps Award 2019
LIFE WAS GOOD IN LIBYA
Movie, 2019
Toulany
Dir: Roman Toulany
Original Music: Lukas McNally
invited to Short Film Corner, Cannes 2021
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
TV & Web Campagne, 2017/18
Cobblestone / Pius Agency
Dir: Joachim Zunke
Music: Lukas McNally / Tim Knapp
Collaborations:
Ton Steine Scherben
DJ Kaos
Andrew Unruh (Einstürzende Neubauten)
Alexander Hacke (Einstürzende Neubauten)
Wolfgang Tillmans
Gustavo Bertoni
Deo & Z-Man
Hafendisko
Hazy Pockets
Grey City Passengers
The Dukes
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Netflix
ARD
RBB
WDR
ZDF
Some Fine Day Pix
Münchner Kammerspiele
Galleria Mario Iannelli
Reeperbahn Festival
Deutsche Filmakademie
Maryville University
Amnesty International
Jung von Matt
Cobblestone
Walker Agency
Not A Machine
DaHouse Audio
Trixx Studios
(amongst others)