David Gana

David Gana writes music that sticks. Coming from rock, after fifteen years of writing, producing and performing with metal and pop-rock bands, he scores for picture the way you write songs: themes and title songs that hook from the first listen, played by himself, from bass and drums to guitar, keys and vocals. Specializing in animation, his credits include the score and theme song of Atomic Puppet (Gaumont Animation, Mercury Filmworks, Technicolor), the theme of Noddy, Toyland Detective, the score of Idéfix et les Irréductibles, and he is currently composing for Superprod, including the series Underdog, where he also serves as music editor. He has worked with Gaumont Animation, DreamWorks, Disney and Technicolor, for broadcasters such as France Télévisions, Netflix, Gulli, Sprout, Teletoon and Boomerang, as well as on documentaries, commercials and corporate films in France and Germany. A sound designer and Foley specialist, he co-founded HEY! Studios near Bordeaux. Under the alias SAWAGii, he channels his rock energy into reworks of Kavinsky, Cassius, Wax Tailor, 2080, CSS and Uffie. He graduated from CMCN (MAI – Music Academy International) and trained at Gobelins Paris.