Varqa Buehrer

Biography

Varqa Buehrer, a graduate from the esteemed University of Southern California (USC) Screen Scoring program, once an apprentice under three-time Grammy Award-nominated producer Photek, participated in the Emmy Award-winning Disney ABC’s How To Get Away With Murder, composed music for the Hong Kong Screen Awards Best Picture Better Days. He has worked with famed directors Peter Chan, Ted Melfi, and Jia Zhangke. Varqa has on multiple occasions worked as composer and music director on International campaigns for Fortune 500 companies such as Samsung, Oppo, Columbia and Bank of China. Varqa's latest film, “Better Days” has been nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, winning Best Picture at the 39th Hong Kong Film Awards, and earning multiple nominations for the 33rd Golden Rooster Awards. His latest 12 episodes original series The Long Night, done in collaboration with his childhood friend and rising director If Chen has received “prevailing success beyond its initial premiere,” so much so the term "explosion from a height" was coined to describe this phenomenon.