Hello, and thank you for visiting my page!

My name is Anastasia, and I’m a composer and writer from Russia and the Netherlands, now based in LA.

My grandad was an actor, TV director, and professor of cinematography, and ever since I can remember myself, I was playing with his books on film theory. My first musical dream was to become a musical theater composer, which led me to delve into drama and lyric writing studies. Between the ages of 15 and 16, I wrote four musicals.

I switched to pop music and had a record deal as a songwriter, with some of my songs performed on more than 120 radio stations across Russia and Ukraine. In addition, I took private lessons in 20th-century composition techniques with a former student of Rodion Shchedrin, a prominent Soviet and Russian composer of the last century.

I eventually gravitated toward film music, as it naturally combined all my areas of interest. Besides USC, I studied screen scoring at Berklee Online and was honored with Mark Mothersbaugh Celebrity Scholarship. I trained in music production and sound engineering at Abbey Roads Institute and completed an electronic music production program at Pyntago school in Amsterdam.

Today, I have hands-on experience building and leading music production teams — coordinating additional composers, managing remote recording sessions, and overseeing the full cycle of score delivery, all while maintaining a cohesive musical voice across the project.

Outside of music, I studied screenwriting professionally in film schools in both Russia and the US. I also took multiple genre courses and the Anatomy of Story masterclass with renowned story expert John Truby, and participated in workshops led by Robert McKee, Linda Seger, and Neil Landau. I believe this has helped me develop a strong sense of narrative, character, and pacing, and has deepened my understanding of how music supports storytelling.

My latest projects include the feature films Perpetual Perfection (2025), a psychological drama about an aspiring ballet dancer, and a surrealistic horror Inside a Spider (2024).

Awards:
2025 Best Composer for The Path To Enigma, American Golden Picture International Film Festival (USA), winner.
2025 Best Original Score for The Path To Enigma, Five Continents International Film Festival (Venezuela), winner.
2025 Best Original Score for The Path To Enigma, Amsterdam New Cinema Film Festival (the Netherlands), winner.
2024 Best Soundtrack and Best Sound Design in an Experimental Feature for Inside a Spider, Experimental Film Brazil Festival (Brazil), finalist.

You can contact me by e-mail listopad at usc.edu and on Instagram @anastasia__listopadova