19/01/2026
Three months and hundreds of submissions later, the Rhodes Custom Keys Challenge finalists have been selected - with great difficulty.
The overwhelming quality of entries made the decision incredibly challenging. It was clear how much care, time, and attention went into every single soundtrack, and for that, we extend our sincere thanks to our community for their passion, creativity, and for making the Custom Keys Challenge such a success.
Following one week of independent internal judging across the Rhodes team, ten finalists have been selected based on criteria including use of Rhodes sounds, audio-visual sync, sound design, and compositional development throughout each piece.
We are delighted to announce our ten finalists:
Antoine Artaud, Gael Benyamin, Jack Hymers, Mats Jøger , Owen Moriatry, Todd Pentney, Attila Pacsay, Kristof Engelen, Israel Jabar, Gavin Russell-Rockliff.
Voting is now open.
The winner will be decided by public vote. To cast your vote, simply ‘like’ your favourite finalist video on YouTube via the link below. The video with the highest number of likes at the close of voting on 23rd February will be crowned the winner.
You can view and vote for all finalist submissions here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxsEAEYBH1q5xgkoA8WPbzGGwEgyRVaAv
Good luck to all our finalists.
