Rafael is a Portuguese film score composer, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, and music producer based in London, UK. Known for integrating his extensive classical training with dynamic sound design and electronic music, he has crafted uniquely hybrid and inventive scores for numerous projects. These range from major studios to independent films, documentaries, TV series, and animations - including music scores for National Geographic’s "Paradise Islands" (2023), “Europe From Above: Season 6” (2024), “When Sharks Attack: Season 8 & 9” (2022, 2023), “Maui Shark Mystery” (2022); Science Channel’s “Unearthed: Season 10“ (2022), Curiosity Stream’s original series “The Real Wild West” (2023), among others.

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Throughout his career, Rafael has enjoyed extensive collaborations with artists across various disciplines, including with the Emmy Award-winning composer duo, The Luca Brothers on composing original music for multiple TV series and shows worldwide. Additionally, in 2020, Rafael collaborated with composer Alex Redfern as a music orchestrator on the score for Go Button Media's “No Roses on a Sailor's Grave” (2020). 

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Originally from Aveiro, Portugal, Rafael’s love for music and composition was evident from an early age. He commenced his classical music training at Callouts Gulbenkian Conservatoire when he was eight years old. By the age of twelve, he was already composing and performing his own music, exploring the fusion of traditional writing with analog synthesizers and sound design. Rafael's passion for becoming a film composer grew, leading him to relocate to the United Kingdom in his late teens to pursue a degree in film music composition at Leed Conservatoire, where he graduated in 2020 with a First Class Bachelor of Arts degree in Film Music.

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In 2020 Rafael co-founded the company Engrave Production Music, which provides music tailored to specific emotions using mood-based albums thoughtfully curated for editors worldwide. As the director and composer at Engrave, Rafael has undertaken commissions for BMG Production Music, Universal Production Music, Gargantuan Music, Zone Trailer, Muchas Music, Bleach Music, Dos Brain, Wrong Planet, Atom Music, and Absolute Library Music.

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In 2021, together with composer Jia Lee, Rafael co-founded Pitch Eminence, a forward-thinking music production studio producing cutting-edge contemporary, ambient, and electronic music for film, TV, advertisement, and art installations. PE has worked with Warner Chappell Production Music, BMG Production Music, Figure and Groove and Felt Music.