Winner of 18 awards for Best Score internationally. Combining avant garde classical techniques and EDM.

Colin Aguiar is an award-winning, Indian-Canadian composer and was a musical prodigy performing at two and writing music at ten. He is known for his left-field approach to film scoring, and a specialization in unique scores and world music. He grew up living across parts of India, the Middle East, Europe and Canada studying the music of various cultures before writing music for musicals, theatre and film. His music has won awards the world over in New York, London, Italy, Barcelona, Venezuela, Calcutta, Nairobi and on almost every continent. He is the protégé of Oscar-winning composer, Mychael Danna.


Based in Los Angeles. 

Qualifies as BIPOC diversity hire, and for Province of Ontario and Canadian Tax Credits.

HIGHLIGHTS

18 Best Score Awards
1 Best Theme Song Award
4 films, Academy Nominated
8 films, Toronto International Film Festival
2 films, Cannes International Film Festival

FLY
Nominee Student Academy Awards
Toronto International Film Festival

CONSTRUCT
Winner of 18 awards for Best Score 

FRIENDLY CONFINES
Winner of Best Comedy Theme Song

ERNEST
Toronto International Film Festival
Montreal World Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival

FLYERMAN
Toronto International Film Festival

 

BAD TRIP
Slamdance Film Festival
San Francisco Independent Film Festival
Newport Beach Film Festival
Planet Indie Jury Award

UNDER MYCHAEL DANNA

THE ICE STORM
Cannes International Film Festival
Golden Globes
BAFTA Awards

THE LIFE OF PI
Oscar Winner for Best Original Score

Oscar Nominee for Best Original Song
Golden Globe Winner for Best Original Score
Grammy Nominee for Best Score

SANJAY’S SUPERTEAM
Pixar
Oscar Nominee, Best Animated Short

 

THE SWEET HEREAFTER
Oscar Nominee
Canadian Academy Winner, Best Score
Canadian Academy Nominee, Best Song
Cannes International Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival

TELEVISION

Final Vision (feature – ABC)
Torn From Her Arms (feature – Lifetime)
Freaky Stories
Friendly Confines
as contributor
S.W.A.T (CBS)
Take Two (ABC)
Psi Factor (CBS)
Traders (Global)

OTHER

Previous Chair of Jury for the Academy of Canadian Cinema

PLEASE VISIT IMDB FOR MORE

We’d love to hear from you. Please drop us a line about commissions, new works, the process of writing music, just anything. It would be a pleasure.

    Colin Aguiar is an award-winning Canadian Composer and was a child prodigy performing at two and writing music at ten. He is known for his left-field approach to film scoring and a specialization in unique scores and world music. He grew up living & traveling across parts of India, the Middle East, Asia, Europe and Canada studying the music of various cultures before writing music for musicals, theatre and film. His music has won awards the world over in New York, London, Italy, Barcelona, Venezuela, Calcutta, Nairobi and almost every continent. He is the protege of Oscar-winning composer, Mychael Danna.

    Winner of 18 awards for Best Score internationally. It was the first score to combine avant garde classical techniques and EDM.

    HIGHLIGHTS

    18 Best Score Awards
    1 Best Theme Song Award
    4 films, Academy Nominated
    8 films, Toronto International Film Festival
    2 films, Cannes International Film Festival

    FLY
    Nominee Student Academy Awards
    Toronto International Film Festival

    CONSTRUCT
    Winner of 18 awards for Best Score 

    FRIENDLY CONFINES
    Winner of Best Comedy Theme Song

    ERNEST
    Toronto International Film Festival
    Montreal World Film Festival
    Vancouver International Film Festival

    FLYERMAN
    Toronto International Film Festival

     

    BAD TRIP
    Slamdance Film Festival
    San Francisco Independent Film Festival
    Newport Beach Film Festival
    Planet Indie Jury Award

    UNDER MYCHAEL DANNA

    THE ICE STORM
    Cannes International Film Festival
    Golden Globes
    BAFTA Awards

    THE LIFE OF PI
    Oscar Winner for Best Original Score

    Oscar Nominee for Best Original Song
    Golden Globe Winner for Best Original Score
    Grammy Nominee for Best Score

    SANJAY’S SUPERTEAM
    Pixar
    Oscar Nominee, Best Animated Short

     

    THE SWEET HEREAFTER
    Oscar Nominee
    Canadian Academy Winner, Best Score
    Canadian Academy Nominee, Best Song
    Cannes International Film Festival
    Toronto International Film Festival

    TELEVISION

    Final Vision (feature – ABC)
    Freaky Stories
    Friendly Confines
    as contributor
    Take Two (ABC)
    Psi Factor (CBS)
    Traders (Global)

    OTHER

    Previous Chair of Jury for the Academy of Canadian Cinema

    PLEASE VISIT IMDB FOR MORE

    We’d love to hear from you. Please drop us a line about commissions, new works, the process of writing music, just anything. It would be a pleasure.

    © 2024 COLIN AGUIAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

    © 2024 COLIN AGUIAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED