Freya Berkhout
Freya Berkhout is a Sydney-born multi-award winning composer and creative technologist based in Los Angeles. She began her professional music career as half of experimental pop duo kyü, releasing two records to critical acclaim and winning a slew of awards.
Since then, Freya has been scoring films, television, podcasts and interactive media, notably The Greenhouse (Netflix) and Pillow Talk (Audible). Her scores have been heard at festivals around the globe, including Cannes, SxSW, Warsaw, Tribeca and BFI London Film Festivals. She is a graduate of Sydney University, the Australian Film Television and Radio School, and has a Masters in Computational Art from Goldsmiths, University of London. Freya has been nominated for two APRA Screen Music Awards, for Best Music in a Short Film and Best Soundtrack Album, and she received the prestigious APRA Professional Development Award in 2021.
Freya returned to the world of music in 2023, releasing her debut solo album Fruit. She is a 2024 Women in Film Music Fellow and a 2025 recipient of the Reel Change Grant from New Music USA. In 2025, she scored queer feature Ride or Die, which will premiere in competition at Tribeca in June.
Freya’s passion is to manifest profound, emotional, thought-provoking experiences, creating sonic worlds that span the dark and enigmatic to the delicate, exquisite and transcendental. She revels in bold, celebratory intersectional feminist and queer narratives and perspectives.
Since then, Freya has been scoring films, television, podcasts and interactive media, notably The Greenhouse (Netflix) and Pillow Talk (Audible). Her scores have been heard at festivals around the globe, including Cannes, SxSW, Warsaw, Tribeca and BFI London Film Festivals. She is a graduate of Sydney University, the Australian Film Television and Radio School, and has a Masters in Computational Art from Goldsmiths, University of London. Freya has been nominated for two APRA Screen Music Awards, for Best Music in a Short Film and Best Soundtrack Album, and she received the prestigious APRA Professional Development Award in 2021.
Freya returned to the world of music in 2023, releasing her debut solo album Fruit. She is a 2024 Women in Film Music Fellow and a 2025 recipient of the Reel Change Grant from New Music USA. In 2025, she scored queer feature Ride or Die, which will premiere in competition at Tribeca in June.
Freya’s passion is to manifest profound, emotional, thought-provoking experiences, creating sonic worlds that span the dark and enigmatic to the delicate, exquisite and transcendental. She revels in bold, celebratory intersectional feminist and queer narratives and perspectives.