EmmoLei Sankofa

ComposerSongwriterMusic ProducerArtist

Mar 5

Written By Arbel Bedak

Composer, Music Producer, Multi-Instrumentalist, Singer-Songwriter

Featured Credits

The Other Black Girl

Project CC

Three Ways

Highlights Reel

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Credits

The Other Black Girl (2023)
Series | Hulu
EP Danielle Henderson
*Nominee, Outstanding Film/TV Score,
55th NAACP Image Awards
Project CC (2023)
Short Film | Walt Disney Studios
Dir. Cashmere Jasmine
*Premiere and Official Selection, 2023 HollyShorts Film Festival
Three Ways (2023)
Feature Film | Hulu
Dir. Jamal Dedeaux
*Premiere, 2022 American Black Film Festival
Chocolate Milk (2023)
Feature Documentary
Dir./Prod. Elizabeth Bayne
Step Up S3 (2022)
Series | Starz
EP: Holly Sorensen
Co-composer
Captain Ocean (2022)
Short Film
Dir. Jessie Klearman
Defining US (2022)
Feature Documentary
Dir. Stacey DeWitt
Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls (2022)
Series | Amazon Studios
Dir. Nneka Onuorah
Common Characters (2021)
Pilot | Terra Visuals
Dir. Lisa Janae
Horror Noire (2021)
Anthology Film | AMC/Shudder
EPs: Shelby Stone, Derek Dudley
CHERIE Beauty Evergreen Campaign (2020)
Brand Campaign
Dir. Sade Ndya
Who Should I Be In The World? (2020)
Short Film
Dir. Jamal Ademola
JIM (2019)
Short Film
Dir. Chris Black
SOJOURN (2019)
Paris + BW Trailers
Dir. Jonathan Lewis
Parallax (2018)
Short Film
Dir. Ajiri Akpolo
POWER WOMEN (2018)
Nike Women | Branded Film
Dir. by Rhea Dillon
Kitchen (2017)
BLAVITY | Branded Film
Dir. Takaitheartist
*Featured in RESPECT: Hip Hop Style & Wisdom exhibit, Oakland Museum of California
QUIRK (2017)
Short Film
Dir. Denis Semikin
Somehow So Normal (2016)
Short Film
Dir. Denis Semikin
TRANSCENDENT (2015)
Short Film
Dir. Sekani Solomon
2021
Geometry.Instrumental, Digital
2020
Don’t Fight (Single), Digital
Noise Remix (with Jabriel), Digital
2019
Ashy Primar-E, Digital
Geometry, EP and Commentary Album, Digital
2018
Banana by Danni Cassette, Co-Producer, Digital
Circles (Single), Digital
Intentions, Digital
2017
Relax, Digital
Avowal, Digital
OW, Digital
2015
Lifted (with HALO the Great), Digital Vagabond, Digital
Don’t Wanna Let You Go, Digital
The Stormy Brain Collection, Digital
Golden Dragon, Digital
2014
The House of Gunt, CD & Digital
Osmosis, Digital
Grow, Digital
2013
YCANIMRETEDNI, CD & Digital
2011
Stereosexuality, CD & Digital
2020
stitching | Art Installation
Lauri Stallings and Glo ATL
Atlanta, GA
lost loose and loved | Art Installation
Lauri Stallings and Glo ATL), Atlanta, GA (Sept. 10 & 12)
2017
JOZI Photography Exhibition
Jade & Fox Co, Atlanta, GA (Nov. 18–Dec 30)
Art Share LA, Los Angeles, CA (Oct. 25 – Nov. 11)
UCLA Broad Art Center, Los Angeles, CA
2014
Plant This!
Jessica Henry | Fresh Exhibitions
Savannah, GA

Bio

EmmoLei Sankofa (she/her), an American composer, producer, musician, artist, and creative entrepreneur, channels her expansive creativity across music, visual media, and fine art. Recently nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the inaugural Outstanding Original Score for Film/TV category, EmmoLei's innovative compositions have left an indelible mark on acclaimed productions such as Hulu's The Other Black Girl, Three Ways, Disney+'s Project CC, Lizzo’s Emmy-Award winning series Watch Out For the Big Grrrls and much more. Additionally, her work has graced screens at HBO, the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, Lionsgate, Warner Bros, and various film festivals worldwide. In addition to her remarkable body of work as a composer, EmmoLei has led as a sound supervisor on projects for major brands such as Nike, Pandora, Vans, Kamala Harris for the People, Pulse Films, and more through her creative audio company, Bèl Son.

EmmoLei's diverse discography comprises over twenty-one independently released albums, EPs, and singles, showcasing a fusion of soul, jazz, classical, and rhythm and blues. Notably, her single "Don’t Fight" was featured on Adult Swim’s OPUS compilation album. A dynamic percussionist, EmmoLei has shared the stage with the likes of Nelly, Ella Mai, and Kurt Schneider. Her debut on Mobley’s Devil in a Daydream Virtual Tour marked a significant milestone in her career as a solo act. An alum of the Sundance Composers Lab and Recording Academy NEXT program, EmmoLei has been guided by esteemed figures in the Film/TV and music industry and championed as an emerging talent and influential voice among the next generation of industry leaders.

EmmoLei’s work has garnered attention on various platforms, including Hollywood Records “The Big Score,” The Karen Hunter Show, The Film Scorer, Lyrical Lemonade, OC Weekly, Billboard, and more. She was inducted into the inaugural class of Hampton University’s Young Alumni 40 under 40 honorees and served as SCAD Atlanta’s alumni speaker for the 2023 Commencement ceremony.

EmmoLei indulges her curiosity outside her artistic endeavors through boxing, nutrition, wellness, the art of business, coffee science, design, and beyond.