Biography
Anya Lagman is a Filipina composer, producer, and songwriter. Most recently, she composed additional music for Peabody Award-winning Common Side Effects, an Adult Swim animated series created by Joseph Bennett and Steve Hely and executive-produced by Greg Daniels (The Office) and Mike Judge (Beavis and Butt-Head).
Lagman also contributed additional music to the Emmy Award-winning Scavengers Reign, a Max Original/Netflix animated series created by Joseph Bennett and Charles Huettner. Her works have been performed by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Budapest Scoring Orchestra at notable venues across the United States, Europe, and the Philippines.
She was selected as the first composer to perform at the Malacañang Heritage Tours’ Goldenberg Mansion Cultural Center, an initiative of the Philippines’ Department of Tourism. In 2024, she was chosen as one of three Alliance for Women Film Composers scholars for the Joy Music House Los Angeles Workshop. In 2025, she was named the first composer brand ambassador for Avignon Clinic.
Her other works include “Together in Motion,” the 2026 ASEAN theme song; “Together as One,” the theme song for Estée Lauder Philippines’ Breast Cancer Campaign; and “The Best You,” the theme song for Avignon Clinic, the first campaign of its kind in the Philippines.
Originally from Manila, Philippines, Lagman began playing piano at the age of four and started composing at fourteen after being inspired by Hans Zimmer’s score for Christopher Nolan’s Inception. Raised in a musical household and surrounded by gifted vocalists and musicians, she developed a deep passion for composing and producing from an early age.
Lagman graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Composition from the University of Southern California’s renowned Thornton School of Music. There, she studied under distinguished composers including Donald Crockett, Andrew Norman, Ted Hearne, Nina Young, and Veronika Krausas. She was also selected by the Thornton School of Music for mentorship with Michael Gorfaine and John Debney.
