Music composer, producer, and mixing engineer with over 10 years of experience across film, video games, record production, audiobooks, and experimental audio formats. I hold a _Magna Cum Laude_ Master’s degree in _Scoring for Film, Television, and Video Games_ from Berklee Valencia (2015). My work has taken me to renowned studios including Abbey Road Studios (London), East Connection (Budapest), and the Ann Kreis Scoring Stage (Spain), where I have recorded with exceptional musicians and orchestras. I have also collaborated with U.S.-based company Soundiron as a beta tester and demo composer for more than 50 of their virtual instruments. Highlights of my scoring work include _A Cidade que Tinha um Cinema_ (2024), _Avorus_ (2024), _Les Petits Rats_ (2021), and _Lux Aeterna_ (2015). Earlier in my career, my songwriting received international recognition, with finalist placements in competitions such as the UK Songwriting Contest. Alongside my work for audiovisual media, I have produced and mixed over 150 tracks for indie artists and bands. Selected credits include Variantes’s _Xx_ (2025) and Sagrav’s _Contestado War_ (2024), which was nominated for Best Brazilian Indie Metal Album of the Year by Roadie Crew, a leading Brazilian heavy metal magazine.…

Fernando Nicknich

Music composer, producer, and mixing engineer with over 10 years of experience across film, video games, record production, audiobooks, and experimental audio formats. I hold a _Magna Cum Laude_ Master’s degree in _Scoring for Film, Television, and Video Games_ from Berklee Valencia (2015). My work has taken me to renowned studios including Abbey Road Studios (London), East Connection (Budapest), and the Ann Kreis Scoring Stage (Spain), where I have recorded with exceptional musicians and orchestras. I have also collaborated with U.S.-based company Soundiron as a beta tester and demo composer for more than 50 of their virtual instruments. Highlights of my scoring work include _A Cidade que Tinha um Cinema_ (2024), _Avorus_ (2024), _Les Petits Rats_ (2021), and _Lux Aeterna_ (2015). Earlier in my career, my songwriting received international recognition, with finalist placements in competitions such as the UK Songwriting Contest. Alongside my work for audiovisual media, I have produced and mixed over 150 tracks for indie artists and bands. Selected credits include Variantes’s _Xx_ (2025) and Sagrav’s _Contestado War_ (2024), which was nominated for Best Brazilian Indie Metal Album of the Year by Roadie Crew, a leading Brazilian heavy metal magazine.…

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Music composer, producer, and mixing engineer with over 10 years of experience across film, video games, record production, audiobooks, and experimental audio formats.

I hold a Magna Cum Laude Master’s degree in Scoring for Film, Television, and Video Games from Berklee Valencia (2015). My work has taken me to renowned studios including Abbey Road Studios (London), East Connection (Budapest), and the Ann Kreis Scoring Stage (Spain), where I have recorded with exceptional musicians and orchestras. I have also collaborated with U.S.-based company Soundiron as a beta tester and demo composer for more than 50 of their virtual instruments.

Highlights of my scoring work include A Cidade que Tinha um Cinema (2024), Avorus (2024), Les Petits Rats (2021), and Lux Aeterna (2015). Earlier in my career, my songwriting received international recognition, with finalist placements in competitions such as the UK Songwriting Contest.

Alongside my work for audiovisual media, I have produced and mixed over 150 tracks for indie artists and bands. Selected credits include Variantes’s Xx (2025) and Sagrav’s Contestado War (2024), which was nominated for Best Brazilian Indie Metal Album of the Year by Roadie Crew, a leading Brazilian heavy metal magazine.

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Skills

Experience Level

Language

Italian
Intermediate
Portuguese
Fluent
English
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Advanced
French
Beginner

Work Experience

Re-recording Mixer | Sound Post-Production for Film & Documentary at Nicknich Music
January 2, 2021 - Present
Deliver sound post-production services for independent films and documentaries, including dialogue and sound effects editing, sound design, and re-recording mixing. Edited and mixed independent short films and documentaries selected for indie film festivals in Brazil and internationally. Examples include "A Cidade Que Tinha Um Cinema" (Festival de Cinema de São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, 2025); "Tape Porã Arandu", an official selection at numerous ethnographic and documentary film festivals such as the Festival Internacional de Cinema Socioambiental Planetadoc (Brazil, 2025), Mostra Prêmio Pierre Verger (Brazil, 2024), and the VII Mostra Sesc de Cinema (Brazil, 2024); and "Les Petits Rats", officially selected at the 25th Florianópolis Audiovisual Mercosul International Film Festival (Brazil, 2021), Kalakari International Film Festival (India, 2022), and the Lift-Off Global Network Film Festival (International, 2022).
Music Composer at Nicknich Music
September 29, 2019 - Present
Compose cinematic, immersive music for games, film, TV, and interactive media. When needed, oversee full audio production to create cohesive, immersive soundscapes integrating music, sound design, and mixing. Project highlights include: "A Cidade Que Tinha Um Cinema" (2025) – documentary, dir. Daniela Farina [Três Quadros Filmes]; "Os Guias de Luz 2: As Aventuras de Flora" (2024) – videogame [NGO Salva]; "Be Hero" (in development, currently on hold) – videogame [Mirabolis Studios]; "Avorus" (2024) – short animation, dir. Rogério Puhl & Andrei Mallmann; "Tape Porã Arandu" (2023) – documentary, dir. Beatriz Fernanda das Chagas Régis (official selection at numerous festivals across Brazil).
Beta tester at Soundiron LLC
February 5, 2018 - April 29, 2022
Served as a beta tester for the company’s upcoming digital instruments and produced demo tracks demonstrating the features and quality of their sample libraries. Role currently on hiatus.
Score Preparation at Freelancer
February 2, 2008 - Present
I have been occasionally hired to prepare orchestral, chamber, and solo music editions, primarily of Brazilian modern and contemporary composers such as Cláudio Santoro, Roseane Yampolschi and Márcio Steurnagel. I was also responsible for musical editing of excerpts published in scientific magazines in Brazil and Europe, including Portuguese translations of works by Prof. John Rink (University of Cambridge) and Prof. Márta Grabósz (Université de Strasbourg / Institut Universitaire de France). I am also experienced in preparing scores for film scoring sessions, having prepared scores of my own compositions for recording sessions in state-of-the-art professional studios accross Europe.

Education

Mestre em Música – Scoring for Film, Television and Video Games at Berklee Valencia
September 1, 2014 - July 31, 2015
Bacharel em Música – Produção Sonora at Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)
February 1, 2005 - December 31, 2008
Bacharel em Música – Composição e Regência at Escola de Música e Belas Artes do Paraná (EMBAP)
February 17, 2003 - June 30, 2005

Qualifications

Master of Music in Scoring for Film, Television and Videogames (Berklee College of Music)
September 1, 2014 - July 31, 2015
Berklee College of Music
Bolsa de Iniciação Científica, CNPQ
January 1, 2008 - January 3, 2026
Bolsa de Iniciação Científica Voluntária, UFPR
January 1, 2006 - January 1, 2006

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Gaming, Education
    paper Avorus (2024)

    End-to-end audio production for a fantasy animated short film commissioned by the Brazilian nonprofit organization Salva. Directed by Andrei Mallmann and Rogério Puhl; narrated in Brazilian Portuguese.

    Concept: Avorus is a mythic creature from a fantasy world created by Salva’s director and writer, Tiago Gheno. Gheno’s narratives draw heavily on the local culture and history of the region in southern Brazil where the NGO is based, blending these influences with elements of role-playing game storytelling to highlight the importance of the arts and of fostering creativity in children’s education.

    Audio roles: original music composition, sound design, voice-over recording, audio editing, and re-recording mixing.

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    [Runtime: 6’40’’]

    paper Lux Aeterna (2015)

    Original music composition for an alternative version of Lux Aeterna, created and directed by Spanish digital artist Cristóbal Vila. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios (London) in June 2015; orchestration and score preparation were also part of the work.

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    Recording session (Abbey Road Studios, June 2015)
    Behind-the-scenes footage from the orchestral recording session for Lux Aeterna.

    paper Be Hero (in development)

    Original music composition and audio production for Be Hero, a farming/crafting RPG about an aspiring hero who arrives too late for the final battle and must work in a tavern to earn a way back home.

    Audio roles: original music composition, music editing and mixing, and additional sound design.

    Gameplay footage featuring the original soundtrack for Be Hero. Video published on the Shattered Rift YouTube channel.

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    Suggested viewing point: 11:00 (soundtrack discussion)