Zethu Mashika

Zethu Mashika is an award-winning South African composer renowned for crafting captivating musical journeys that enhance the cinematic experience. With a passion for storytelling and an innate ability to convey emotions through music, Zethu has solidified a prominent presence in the world of film and television. Born and raised in Benoni, located in the east of Johannesburg, Zethu has been composing music since 2003. He is the founder of the film scoring studio Control And Command Studios.

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Throughout Zethu's scoring career, he has garnered numerous accolades including a SAFTA Golden Horn for ‘Best Original Song in a TV Drama’ for his work on Amazon Prime series Classified. Zethu has scored TV series commissioned by Disney, Netflix, Amazon and Acorn (UK) to name a few, including episodes of Disney+ animated sci-fi series Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire (2023), Netflix series Go! (2025), Justice Served (2022), Jiva! (2021) and Queen Sono (2020), Amazon Prime’s Classified (2024), Acorn TV’s Recipes for Love and Murder (2022), ShowMax’s true-crime documentary series Rosemary’s Hitlist (2023) and long-running SA series Gomora.

His film credits include Tubi horror Match (2025), Netflix drama feature Happiness Ever After (2021), comedy-drama Do Your Worst (2023), Zuko Nodada’s action feature Uncovered (2019), as well as his score to Roland Joffé’s The Forgiven starring Forest Whitaker and Eric Bana.

TV

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Go! (2025)

Production Company: The Star Film Company / Netflix

Director: Tristan Holmes

Producers: Samora Sekhukhune, Adam Thal 

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Classified (2024)

Production Company: Amazon

Directors: Kagiso Lediga, Tebogo Malope, Karabo Lediga 

Producer: Anna Walton 

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Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire (2023)

Production Company: Disney+

Directors: Terence Maluleke, Isaac Mogajane, Lesego Vorster

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Gomora (2020-2024)

Production Company: Seriti Films

Directors: Zeno Petersen, Nozipho Nkelemba

Producer: Lulu Hela 

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Rosemary’s Hitlist (2023)

Production Company: IdeaCandy/ ShowMax

Director: Richard Finn Gregory, Valentino Mathibela

Producer: Elle Oosthuizen

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Justice Served (2022)

Production Company: Netflix

Director: Jozua Malherbe, Rolie Nikiwe,

Producer: Lodi Matsetela

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Recipes for Love and Murder (2022)

Production Company: Acorn TV

Directors: Christiaan Olwagen, Karen Jeynes

Producer: Thierry Cassuto

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Jiva! (2021)

Production Company: Netflix

Directors: Busisiwe Ntintili, Mandla Dube, Scottnes L. Smith

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Queen Sono (2020)

Production Company: Diprente Films/ Netflix

Directors: Kagiso Lediga, Tebogo Malope

Producers: Tamsin Andersson, Luke He

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FILM

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Match (2025)

Production Company: Blue Ice Africa / Tubi

Director: Danishka Esterhazy

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Do Your Worst (2023)

Production Company: Blingola Media

Director: Samantha Nell

Producer: Bongiwe Selane

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Happiness Ever After (2021)

Production Company: AAA Entertainment/ Netflix

Director: Thabang Moleya

Producer: Bongiwe Selane

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Loyiso Gola: Unlearning (2021)

Production Company: Netflix

Director: Kagiso Lediga

Producers: Tamsin Andersson, Loyiso Gola, Kagiso Lediga

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Uncovered (2019)

Production Company: AAA Entertainment

Director: Zuko Nodada

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The Forgiven (2017)

Production Company: Light and Dark Films

Director: Roland Joffé

Producers: Craig Baumgarten, Zaheer Goodman-Bhyat

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