---
name: "Rihards Zaļupe"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rihards-zalupe"
fi1m_id: "rihards-zalupe"
imdb_id: "nm5956554"
tmdb_id: 2553500
wikidata_id: "Q55285808"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "21 April 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-30T22:22:20.145344+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."
---

# Rihards Zaļupe

## Identity

Rihards Zaļupe

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rihards-zalupe
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rihards-zalupe
- **IMDb ID:** nm5956554
- **TMDB ID:** 2553500
- **Wikidata ID:** Q55285808
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55285808, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5956554/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2553500

Composer. Born 21 April 1983 in Talsi, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia].

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 21 April 1983, Talsi, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]
- **Also known as:** Rihards Zalupe
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55285808, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5956554/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2553500

## Biography

Rihards Zaļupe is a Latvian composer, percussionist and producer. Born in Talsi in 1983, he trained at the Jāzepa Mediņš Music High School and the Jāzepa Vītola Latvian Academy of Music, where he completed master’s degrees in percussion and composition. He has been a percussionist with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra since 2006 and lectures at the academy.

Zaļupe is best known for his film scores, including co-composing the music for the animated feature *Flow* (2024) with director Gints Zilbalodis, and composing the score for *The Pagan King* (2018). He has also scored Latvian television series and shorts, and maintains an active career in concert music, with works for marimba, orchestra and choir.

*Sources: imdb.com, readrange.com, wikidata.org, jvlma.lv.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Flow* (2024), Fi1m 83, Orchestrator, Original Music Composer, Music, Conductor — [page](https://film.one/film/flow.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Gaiss* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Flow* (2024), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/flow.md)
- *Putin's Playground* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Mutiny* (2024), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Mystery of Missing Socks* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Before the Light* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Poop, Spring and Others* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Accidental Santa* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Where Is the Key?* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Taboo* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Perfektās kāzas* (2021), series, Original Music Composer
- *Dawn of War* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Komandas mūzika* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Things, We Do Not Talk About* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Class Reunion 2* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *1906* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Class Reunion* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *The Pagan King* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *OKI - In the Middle of the Ocean* (2014), Original Music Composer

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Order of the Three Stars, 3rd Class 2025: Order of the Three Stars, 3rd Class (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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