Biography
Karl Sölve Steven is a New Zealand/Swedish composer and musician. He is known for his work on films including Come to Daddy (2019), Uproar (2023), Bookworm (2024) and Mārama (2025), the latter scored with Rob Thorne.
Steven was the frontman of the New Zealand funk-rock band Supergroove in the 1990s. He has a background in music production and studio engineering, and holds a PhD in Ancient Philosophy from Trinity College Cambridge. He is the son of filmmaker Geoff Steven and writer Carin Svensson.
His scores have won multiple APRA Screen Music Awards, including for Come to Daddy and the series Black Hands. He works from Thames, New Zealand, and has composed for numerous films, television series and shorts.
