Adam Lastiwka

Adam Lastiwka (pronounced lah-STOO-kah) is a Canadian musician and composer.

He has written music for more than 500 episodes of television. His music has primarily been used in science fiction and reality TV series. A multi-instrumentalist, he owns about 100 instruments and has taught himself to play most of them himself.

Early life, family and education
Lastiwka is the youngest sibling in his family. His grandfather was a musician who recorded albums.

He apprenticed for seven years with Shawn Pierce.

Career
Lastiwka received a three-album contract from an independent record label when he was 17 years old.

He has composed the music for the Canadian sci-fi series Travelers which was also distributed by Netflix. He is the composer for several other television series, including The Astronauts and the reality shows Eat St., Klondike Trappers, Jacked! and Jade Fever. Additionally, he composed the music for two episodes of Colony and one episode of The Expanse. He has also been a music editor for the series Yukon Gold. His music has been featured on TV networks that include The History Channel, Discovery Channel, Food Network, Syfy and NatGeo.

He has written music for the XBox video game Gears 5: Hivebusters.

Lastiwka has also recorded albums. The soundtracks to the first two seasons of Travelers were released by Lakeshore Records.

Personal life
Lastiwka resides in Vancouver. He is Type 1 diabetic.

Albums

 * Floodrising (2017)
 * Memory Fades (Original Soundtrack) (2017)
 * She Finds the Meaning (2017)
 * Travelers (Original Series Soundtrack) (2018)
 * Travelers: Season 2 (Original Series Soundtrack) (2018)
 * The Captive (2018)
 * Come Back to Earth With Me (2018)
 * The Ambergris Threnody (Music for Installations) (2018)
 * Neutron (Music for Installations) (2018)
 * Clouds (2019)
 * Pieces of Earth (Soundtrack) (2019)
 * Avalanche (2019)
 * Flutter (2020)
 * Dusk run (2021)