Hi! My name is Santiago Amézquita, and I am a composer and sound designer for film, TV, video games, and media. I am based in Los Angeles, and I enjoy creating music that ranges from electronic to fully orchestral sounds. As a composer, I have worked on three feature films, numerous short films, games, advertisements, documentaries, audiovisual installations, and animation projects, all of which have been showcased at prestigious film festivals worldwide.
Employment and Project Experience
• Doing additional writing for film and TV composer Jeff Morrow on projects like “American Pain” (HBO), “The Snoopy Show” season 3 , and “Camp Snoopy” (Apple TV). Credits also included on awarded TV shows like “George Carlin’s American Dream” (HBO) - Emmy 2022 winner for Outstanding Documentary; and “Snoopy Presents: Lucy’s School” (Apple TV).Phone details not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup)
•Additional music for the reality TV show on CBS called “The Challenge: USA” (2022)
•Additional music on the Amazon Prime TV show “Mala Fortuna” (Misfortune) for composer Juan Cortes.Phone details not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup)
• Assisting composer Zach Robinson on projects like the 7-episode Netflix documentary “America’s Sweethearts: the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders” and the last season of the Netflix TV show “Cobra Kai”. (2024)
Music Producer
• Signed his music under the name of “Amezquita” with several international electronic music labels like Motek Music, Moiss Music, and Piston Recordings among many other. (2014 -2019)
• His song Amezquita -‐ “Rise” (System Recordings) reached No.1 on Colombian radio station called Radiónica (99.1 FM) – (2015)
Skills
• Softwares: Logic Pro X, Cubase , Ableton Live, Sibelius, Pro Tools, Izotope RX,
VEP Pro, Kontakt, cue DB.
• Experience in sound design and audio restoration for various short films.
• Main instrument is the guitar and has experience playing piano.
