I am a sound artist focused on creating music and sound to enhance and embellish stories for media, video games, and films. I pride myself on working collectively, leading projects, or being the right part of the ensemble. I have directed most of my projects through my freelance brand, A Tropics Company, leading small teams on several movies and games, and have also collaborated on several video games by myself as a composer. Most of my scores are for Nickelodeon video games, such as Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2, Nicktoons & the Dice of Destiny, and others, as well as some smaller ones. I love being creative, looking for new paths and ways to enrich the stories we work on.…

Carlos Aguilar

I am a sound artist focused on creating music and sound to enhance and embellish stories for media, video games, and films. I pride myself on working collectively, leading projects, or being the right part of the ensemble. I have directed most of my projects through my freelance brand, A Tropics Company, leading small teams on several movies and games, and have also collaborated on several video games by myself as a composer. Most of my scores are for Nickelodeon video games, such as Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2, Nicktoons & the Dice of Destiny, and others, as well as some smaller ones. I love being creative, looking for new paths and ways to enrich the stories we work on.…

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I am a sound artist focused on creating music and sound to enhance and embellish stories for media, video games, and films.

I pride myself on working collectively, leading projects, or being the right part of the ensemble. I have directed most of my projects through my freelance brand, A Tropics Company, leading small teams on several movies and games, and have also collaborated on several video games by myself as a composer.

Most of my scores are for Nickelodeon video games, such as Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2, Nicktoons & the Dice of Destiny, and others, as well as some smaller ones.

I love being creative, looking for new paths and ways to enrich the stories we work on.

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Language

Spanish; Castilian
Fluent
English
Advanced

Work Experience

Sound Supervisor / Composer at A Tropcis Company
May 1, 2010 - Present
This is my freelance brand, from here I lead all my projects for the last 16 years
Steinberg Pro Apps Brand Ambassador at Steinberg Media
August 1, 2020 - Present
I have been working as a freelance brand ambassador for the latam region with Steinberg directly, creating content in spanish and english for youtube and other services.
Composer / Sound Supervisor at 921 Productions
January 1, 2001 - March 1, 2010
This was a production house in Costa Rica, here I lead the sound team and scored music for tv commercials mostly, I left to start my freelance career.

Education

Bachelor in Music (incomplete) at Universidad de Costa Rica
February 2, 1998 - December 3, 2001
I started my bachelor in music, but I was not able to finish it. But i got all my formal education from the classical studies I did there.
Arranging Certification at Berklee Online Music
June 6, 2011 - November 2, 2011

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Gaming
    Nickelodeon All Star Brawl - 2021

    I scored the main theme for the video game along with other ten cues. My project studio
    and my team created almost sixty percent of the sound design and character design of
    the project, the rest was developed by Ludosity.