Career
He works in a variety of genres including film, popular, electronic, ethnic and Metal. He is known for combining modern rhythms and sounds to create entirely new compositions that could not have been possible at the time while staying true to the original style and form of the film. His music appears in the television series "Charmed" and "Beverly Hills 90210", in films including "Domino", "The Girls" Room" and his aggressive metal style guitars can be heard in films like "From Paris With Love" and the Video games "Call of Duty: Ghosts" and "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare".
Born to Greek parents in Fairfax, Virginia United States of America, he spent most of his summers in Greece and traveling through Europe, where he gained early exposure to different cultures" music, art and religions.
At an early age he began playing guitar and had a natural ability to play almost anything he heard by ear. In 1995, Kotselas moved to Los Angeles, California and began working for Steinburg, the makers of Cubase music software.
This position began his musical journey to working with some of his favorite film composers including, Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams, Dave Buckley, Graeme Revell, Paul Haslinger and many others Kotselas worked directly with Zimmer and Gregson-Williams in all aspects of film composition and production in over 30 films.