Composing the score for Ojue was both a creative challenge and a deeply emotional journey.
The music required a careful balance between the grandeur of a symphonic language and the soul of Panama’s traditional soundscape. To achieve this fusion, I combined orchestral textures with Panamanian folk instruments, incorporating elements such as a marching band, traditional tamborito rhythms, native instruments, and modern samples.

The result is a hybrid score that lives simultaneously in two worlds: cinematic and folkloric, expansive yet intimate. Each musical decision was crafted to support the emotional arc of the film, placing special emphasis on the human moments that drive the story.

At its core, Ojue is a deeply moving narrative about the bond between a father and his daughter. The music serves as an emotional storyteller, amplifying unspoken feelings, guiding the audience through moments of tenderness, tension, and reconciliation, and giving voice to a relationship shaped by love, loss, and identity.

This score is not only a soundtrack to the film, but a musical reflection of cultural heritage, emotional truth, and cinematic storytelling.

The score for Tumbadores embraces a bold, contemporary approach to action film scoring.
Built almost entirely from synthesizers, the music creates a psycho-futuristic soundscape that reflects the raw intensity and moral ambiguity of a world driven by crime and power. Rather than relying on traditional orchestration, the score leans into electronic textures to construct an atmosphere that feels both dangerous and forward-looking.

The soundtrack is intentionally emotional, minimalistic, and daring. Tension is shaped through evolving oscillators, pulsing low frequencies, and synthetic ambiences that stretch and breathe with the narrative. These sonic elements are used not only to heighten action sequences, but to immerse the audience in a constant state of unease, anticipation, and psychological pressure.

What makes this score especially distinctive is its deeply personal execution. Nearly every sound heard throughout the film was performed and crafted by me, allowing for complete creative control over the musical identity of the story. This hands-on approach results in a cohesive, contemporary, and at times experimental soundtrack that functions as an extension of the film’s emotional core.

The music of Tumbadores does not simply accompany the action—it drives it, pushing the narrative forward with a sound that is unapologetically modern, immersive, and fearless.