Award winning Los Angeles-based composer and music producer Ludek Drizhal has written a long list of stylistically wide-ranging film scores, such as comedy/drama Rounding First for which he received an award from the Park City Film Music Festival 2006 (Original Music in Independent Film): Silver Medal for Excellence – Audience Choice for Best Impact of Music in a Feature Film. The music that Ludek composed for the film was described as “highly enjoyable and moving… offering wonderful support for the many powerful moments in the film.” (Poppedcorn.com) He created a “…musical soundtrack…” that “… is lush and provocative…” (Soapdom) as well as “…brilliant and [it] adds to the film's pace and feeling.” (The Young Star) Among many other projects he has also worked on Sci-Fi Network/Kevin VanHook productions Death Row, Slayer, Sands of Oblivion and Voodoo Moon, for which score was said to be “…right on the spot .” (EvidDread.com) One of the more recent projects that Ludek composed music for is Badland. It is a drama of an American soldier who recently returned from Iraq and is unable to cope with his past. The film has been described by critics as "…strong, absorbing, impressive... " (William Wolf Entertainment), as well as “Expertly constructed and beautifully photographed….” (L.A. Times). The score that Ludek created for Badland was described as “…lovely…” (New York Sun), “… serious, symphonic and even operatic…” (Variety). In addition his song “Nothing’s There” has been short-listed for the 80th Oscar Nominations in 2007 in the category for Best Song in a Feature Film. (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)

Ludek has also written countless original songs including music for 10 songs for recording artist Valencia Vas’ debut album Reflections. His songs have been described as “…textural music containing pure, angelic, and diverse vocals set against soundtrack-like symphonic backgrounds…” (Billboard)

He has composed incidental music for theater productions, and numerous orchestral and chamber ensemble concert pieces many of which have received critical acclaim. His Symphony for voices and orchestra titled "Two Voice From Terezin" is based on poems from the book I Never Saw Another Butterfly—a collection of poems and artworks by children who died in Terezin Concentration camp during World War II. The piece received its premier performance in 2002 in Los Angeles by the Thornton Symphony.

Ludek is a truly versatile composer who draws inspiration from a richly diverse breadth of musical experiences. Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Ludek studied violin starting at age five, and attended the Vorsilska School of Music of the Prague Conservatory. He began performing professionally by the age of nine, and won awards at national and international competitions.

With the knowledge he acquired while studying violin, Ludek discovered an affinity and insatiable desire for improvisation at the piano. By age ten, he began to cultivate his improvisations into fully structured compositions. His ambition to become a film composer was ignited while listening to Elmer Bernstein's score to the film The Magnificent Seven in a Prague Theatre in 1978.

Before focusing exclusively on composing, Ludek kept a busy schedule playing with bands, and performing styles that range from Gypsy music to Jazz, Bluegrass, Blues and Rock— not only violin, but also keyboard, guitar, harmonica and lead vocals. After moving to the United States in 1986 he continued to perform, and eventually formed a band that played his original roots-rock music in live venues in Austin and around Texas. After being approached by producer Chet Himes, he was offered two recording contracts, one with Warner Brothers Records and the other with Amazing Records.

In addition Ludek performed as a concert violinist with a long list of symphony orchestras, working with the likes of Marvin Hamlisch, Bobby McFerrin, Jeff Lynne and Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), to name a few. He also conducts international orchestral recordings and performances of his own works as well as other composers, such as Graham Reynolds of the Golden Arm Trio. He has recorded and conducted the Slovak Radio Symphon and the Hungarian National Symphony among others.

Ludek received degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and the USC Thornton School of Music—where he taught music composition, orchestration, music history and music theory for six years.