---
name: "Karl Steven"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/karl-solve-steven"
fi1m_id: "karl-solve-steven"
imdb_id: "nm1036085"
tmdb_id: 1506188
wikidata_id: "Q123398357"
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-21T02:13:43.987301+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Karl Steven

## Identity

Karl Steven

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/karl-solve-steven
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** karl-solve-steven
- **IMDb ID:** nm1036085
- **TMDB ID:** 1506188
- **Wikidata ID:** Q123398357
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123398357, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1036085/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1506188

Composer.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Also known as:** Karl Sölve Steven, Supergroove
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123398357, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1036085/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1506188

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Mārama*](https://film.one/film/marama.md) (77)

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## 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.

*Sources: imdb.com, nzonscreen.com, au.rollingstone.com, karlsolvesteven.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mārama* (2026), Fi1m 77, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/marama.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Moss & Freud* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Mārama* (2026), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/marama.md)
- *Holy Days* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Pike River* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Rochelle* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Bookworm* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Black Coast Vanishings* (2024), series, Original Music Composer
- *Red, White & Brass* (2023), Music Producer
- *The Subtle Art of Not Giving a #@%!* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Meng* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Jessica* (2021), Music
- *June* (2021), Music
- *Munkie* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *The Justice of Bunny King* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Toke* (2020), Additional Music
- *Ablaze* (2019), Music
- *Fools and Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Bellbird* (2019), Music
- *Come to Daddy* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *In a Flash* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Pike River* (2016), Music
- *The Monster of Mangatiti* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Housebound* (2014), Additional Music
- *Ross & Beth* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Honk If You're Horny* (2012), Music Supervisor
- *Wing Chun*, Music

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