Start somewhere
“Andrew Yarovenko‘s Start Somewhere is a rich, multi-textured record. Yarovenko’s […] compositions draw on flamenco, electronic post-rock, chamber pop, and acoustic guitar explorations to create a unique, engaging collection [...] that remains hopeful in the midst of sorrow”
- Independent Clauses
Negative Space
Explaining The Joke
Requiem
This is for my grandfather.
It is for Ukraine.
It is for anybody who needs to find that endings contain beginnings.
Stephen’s Top Ten Albums of 2022 (Start Somewhere #5) - Independent Clauses
Andrew Yarovenko’s Start Somewhere delivers beauty, hope, and adventure - Independent Clauses
Song Premiere: “Forty Visits” by Andrew Yarovenko - The Big Takeover
Interview: LA Instrumental Composer/Producer Andrew Yarovenko - Vents Magazine
Netflix original anime series by the illustrious and brilliant LeSean Thomas
Fun, cute, funky anime with a diverse cast of characters
Official Cannon Busters Soundtrack streaming everywhere now
Tweens, horses, wild west adventure, somehow no racism despite the time and place it’s set in. Actually a really fun show by Dreamworks. Loosely based on Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron.
Smithsonian’s Drinks, Crime and Prohibition (they don’t support the Oxford Comma, I guess…)
I learned so much working on this project. Did you know that much of the prohibition movement was fueled by corporate interests exploiting anti-German hate and racism???
The Cocoa Fondue Show — A drag musical comedy short EXTRAVAGANZA
Willem Dafoe is kinda mean to a rambunctious puppy, but then they team up to save lives by delivering the dypyheria antitoxin serum. It’s basically Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, but Santa is grumpy, the reindeer are huskies, and the presents are “not dying.”
Got to have notes I wrote performed by Gabe Witcher of the Punch Brothers on it. Still reeling from the thrill.
Somebody stole Christmas of course. Time to sing about it!
Worked on this in July… Oof.
Everyone is banging everyone. They all kill each other. Or something…
Promotional miniseries for Impossible Foods sliders at White Castle
The world’s greatest questions asked and answered by members of the Wu Tang Clan
Tribeca X Award recipient
Love In The Last Five Days is a darkly funny, tragic, romantic short about zombies by the hilarious Scout Durwood. It’s really really good, guys. I like it a lot.
This is literally the project that brought me back into recording and producing artists. Kabir and this song are both very special to me.
Scored this wild short about a guy realizing he’s a robot and having an existential freakout
Cannon Busters! Soundtrack! Finally you can hear the full version of Regardless!
I’m not properly credited on this (yes, I’m bitter and I’ll say it in a googleable place), but I had a ton of fun performing, writing, arranging and engineering aspects of just about every song on this album and soundtrack.
Arranged strings, played synths, played guitar on this dynamic debut album by my day one homie, Sherbanski.
Album art by Ariana Dixon, who is just such a wonderful collage artist and photographer.
Played something along the lines of synthy lap steel on a Roli Seaboard on this beautiful track. Love how it turned out, and chuffed that my part is so prominent in the song!
Three audio engineers, one band
A lifelong musician, Andrew has worked in many genres and styles, blending new and exciting sounds with classical finesse. His compositions and productions can be heard in Disney’s “Togo,” Netflix’s “Cannon Busters,” Hallmark’s “Christmas Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses,” The Smithsonian’s “Drinks, Crime, Prohibition,” the web series “Wu-Tang In Space Eating Impossible Sliders,” Netflix and Dreamworks’ animated series “Spirit Riding Free,” and several independent short films.
Dedicated to pushing the boundaries of musical expression and how it is used to enhance the images it accompanies, Andrew above all seeks to use music to deeply connect an audience to the film's underlying emotion and intellect in ways that make it more enjoyable, more meaningful and more memorable.
Andrew is a classically trained flute player and multi-instrumentalist with extensive experience in recording engineering and music production. He graduated from Tufts University in 2016 with a BA in music. Several of his chamber works have been performed by the Tufts University New Music Ensemble.
Andrew comes from a family of doctors and therefore feels very humble about pursuing a career in the arts.
