Hi, I’m Rafael Bernabeu García, a multidisciplinary sound designer and composer based in Montreuil, just outside Paris. I work across cinema, advertising, contemporary music, and sound installations, creating immersive soundscapes and detailed post-production for film, TV, and digital projects. I co-own and lead The Guernica Group and Eport Studio, coordinating audio postproduction, design, and creative direction for international collaborations. I thrive in collaborative, interdisciplinary environments and enjoy shaping narratives through sound. My work spans projects with Iran, the USA, France, and Spain, and I aim to craft accessible, innovative solutions that respect the cultural and historical context of each piece while delivering top-tier audio.…

RAFAEL BERNABEU GARCÍA

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Hi, I’m Rafael Bernabeu García, a multidisciplinary sound designer and composer based in Montreuil, just outside Paris. I work across cinema, advertising, contemporary music, and sound installations, creating immersive soundscapes and detailed post-production for film, TV, and digital projects. I co-own and lead The Guernica Group and Eport Studio, coordinating audio postproduction, design, and creative direction for international collaborations. I thrive in collaborative, interdisciplinary environments and enjoy shaping narratives through sound. My work spans projects with Iran, the USA, France, and Spain, and I aim to craft accessible, innovative solutions that respect the cultural and historical context of each piece while delivering top-tier audio.…

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Hi, I’m Rafael Bernabeu García, a multidisciplinary sound designer and composer based in Montreuil, just outside Paris. I work across cinema, advertising, contemporary music, and sound installations, creating immersive soundscapes and detailed post-production for film, TV, and digital projects. I co-own and lead The Guernica Group and Eport Studio, coordinating audio postproduction, design, and creative direction for international collaborations.

I thrive in collaborative, interdisciplinary environments and enjoy shaping narratives through sound. My work spans projects with Iran, the USA, France, and Spain, and I aim to craft accessible, innovative solutions that respect the cultural and historical context of each piece while delivering top-tier audio.

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Language

Spanish; Castilian
Fluent
English
Fluent
French
Fluent
German
Intermediate

Work Experience

Creative Producer at The Guernica Group
January 1, 2020 - Present
Design, coordination, and production of digital and audiovisual content: videos, DTP, social campaigns, etc.
Freelance Composer, Sound Designer & Audio Post-Producer at Eport Studio
January 1, 2008 - Present
Freelance composer, sound designer and audio post-producer.
Co-Manager & Artistic Director at Chacapa Films/Studio
January 5, 2015 - March 13, 2018
Co-Manager & Artistic Director overseeing creative direction and production coordination, with hands-on experience in scoring, arranging, sound editing, foley, sound design, and re-recording mixing for film, audiovisual media, and branded content.

Education

Master of Arts at Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV)
November 4, 2025 - June 15, 2003
Audiovisuals
DEM at Conservatory of Bordeaux
September 1, 2006 - June 15, 2010
Electroacoustic and Instrumental composition
DEM in Electroacoustic Music Composition at CRR Bordeaux
January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010
Diploma in Computer-Assisted Music at CRR Bordeaux
January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2008
Internship at SCRIME (Studio for Creation and Research in Computer and Electroacoustic Music), University of Bordeaux 1
January 1, 2004 - January 1, 2005
Higher Degree in Fine Arts, Audiovisual specialization at Polytechnic University of Valencia
January 1, 2003 - December 31, 2003
Erasmus Grant, Sound Installation & Electroacoustic Music at Bauhaus Universität, Weimar
January 1, 2001 - January 1, 2002

Qualifications

Best Sound, Top Indie Film Awards – Untimely
January 1, 2019 - September 25, 2025
Best Soundtrack, SHH Ushuaïa Festival – Araucaria Araucana
January 1, 2018 - September 25, 2025
Honorary Diploma, UNICA Festival – Teletrope
January 1, 2011 - September 25, 2025
1st Prize, Samobor Festival (Croatia) – Teletrope
January 1, 2010 - September 25, 2025

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Education, Other, Non-Profit Organization, Software & Internet, Government
    Angkor

    Videography: Tristan Guerlotté - Grenouilles Productions

    Choreography & Dance: Aude Westphal

    Music: Rafael Bernabeu García - eport Studio

    Angkor

    Videography: Tristan Guerlotté - Grenouilles Productions

    Choreography & Dance: Aude Westphal

    Music: Rafael Bernabeu García - eport Studio

    Araucaria Araucana
    In the Southern Andes, a living being survives since 200 million years: the “Araucaria Araucana” with its incredible history, little known and forever linked to an Amerindian people of Chile: the Pehuenches. This isolated community survived during centuries thanks to the Araucarias. A perfect harmony between man and nature, upset by the invasion of the Spanish colonists, the conflicts of territories and the increase of logging. Protected today, this sacred forests are the refuge of a unique and wild nature; but other dangers threaten this balance. Genre : documentary Producer : Grenouilles Productions & Chacapa Studio Director : Rémi Rappe & Santiago Serrano Country : France Year : 2017 Runtime : 52 minutes Format : 4K Color : Color Sound mix : Dolby 5.1 filmcomposer sounddesign soundmixing soundediting soundtrack…
    The Majnoun and the Wind
    Genre : Documentary, feature Producer : Vincent Paul-Boncour & Gita Aslani Shahrestani Director : Gita Aslani Shahrestani Distributor : Carlotta Films , The Criterion Collection Country : France Year : 2022 Runtime : 51 minutes Format : Full HD Color : Color Sound mix : Stereo Storyline: After its controversial release in 1976, all the negatives of the Iranian cinema masterpiece Chess of the Wind are lost for more than 40 years. The random discovery of an original copy by the family in a flea market brings a new chance for the film. Restored by the Cineteca Di Bologna in 2020 the film knows a renaissance. In this documentary, the director’s daughter Gita Aslani Shahrestani puts together the most part of the film’s crew to give the keys for understanding the film and analyze 46 years of silence. From the genesis of the project to the discovery, the team look back at a formidable artistic adventure through numerous testimonies. documentaryfilm documentary sounddesign soundeditor soundmixer musiccomposer…
    Untimely
    Genre : Fiction, feature film Producer : Mohammad Sajadian Director : Pouya Eshtehardi Country : Iran Year : 2020 Runtime : 78 minutes Format : 4K Color : Color Sound mix : Dolby 5.1 Storyline: Hamin is a young private doing his military service in a watchtower in the borderline of Iran and Pakistan. Impatient for a day off to attend his sister's wedding ceremony, he gets into a fight with his commander. Up in the watchtower, Hamin reviews the past years and the things happened to him and his sister since their childhood. Hamin in Balochi means the heat of summer. featurefilm bestsound sounddesign sounddesigner soundpost soundpostproduction…