ABOUT
FROM BIRTH TO THE WILD
"I've always believed that music for games or films is the Director's voice speaking directly to the players or audience through my musical notes.
With great sound, people can believe in anything.
Antonio Teoli
BIO
Antonio Teoli is an award-winning music composer widely known as a Brazilian pioneer in Game Audio dating back to 2002. Teoli was in the first graduating class for Game Design at Universidade Anhembi Morumbi in Latin America. Since then, he has enjoyed scoring across all screens including over 450 games, animated cartoons and feature films.
Notable projects include the Taikodom franchise, which to date is the biggest MMORPG developed in Brazil. As the Audio Director and sole composer, Teoli wrote 6 hours of music, provided sound design, and recorded voiceover actors in São Paulo and Los Angeles. Other projects include Sonic 30th Anniversary, Marvel Future Revolution Symphony, Nintendo Good Job!, Dolmen, Stormbound, Nailed-It!, Angra, The Sandbox, Finding Monsters, Lottie Dottie Chicken, Felipe Andreoli, Graham Bonnet, Noblesse, Takt Op. Destiny, and Shadowverse. Clients include Nintendo, DeNA, Paladin Studios, SEGA, Netflix, Madhouse Studios, Mappa, Samsung, LEAP Game Studios, Limit Break, Hoplon, VICE, Level Up, Marvel and many more.
Teoli is the founder of Sounds of the Earth, the world's first company specializing in capturing sounds from indigenous and native communities. His first project in the series is The Amazonic, featuring tribal instruments from the Brazilian Amazon. Teoli and his team are immersed in social causes. They donate a substantial portion of the proceeds to supporting not only the natives, but also neglected animals in need of medical attention and shelter. He is also the founder of Andromeda Sound, a company specializing in audio production for games, movies and TV. He launched Game Audio School in 2017, and established courses to teach game music and sound design for the Brazilian community. The company is now expanding to a global audience by creating new courses in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Teoli is a member of Big Festival Advisory Board Audio Committee, Game Audio Network Guild, Society of Composers and Lyricists, and Composer’s Diversity Collective.
AWARDS
SBGames 2019 - Best audio for the game Dolmen
SBGames 2018 - Best audio for the game Dead Body Falls
Game Music Brazil 2012 - Best audio for the game Taikodom (Popular Vote)
Game Music Brazil 2012 - Best audio for the game Taikodom (Critics Choice)
BGS 2011 - Best soundtrack for the game Taikodom Living Universe
SBGames 2009 - Best soundtrack for the game Taikodom Design
Panorama 2006 - Best professional recently graduated
Anhembi Morumbi 2006 - Best sound design for the game Moebius
Anhembi Morumbi 2006 - Best student portfolio
ACADEMIC HISTORY
Berklee College of Music (Online) 2012 - Game Audio
Opus Musical Conservatory 2008 to 2011 - Music Composing and Electric Guitar
University Anhembi Morumbi 2003 to 2007 - Bachelor's Degree in Game Design
University Anhembi Morumbi 2003 to 2004 - Bachelor's Degree in Digital Animation
CAREER SUMMARY
Andromeda Sound
OWNER - JANUARY 2007 TO PRESENT
Responsible for overseeing the audio productions, managing our outsourcing, composing music, creating sound effects and directing and casting voiceover actors for games, films and animations.
Los Angeles Film School
Game Audio and Film Score Instructor - APRIL 2020 to AUGUST 2021
Responsible for teaching hundreds of students dynamic audio for video games and score composing and production for movies.
The Amazonic
OWNER - FEBRUARY 2019 TO PRESENT
Responsible for the creation of AMA 1 and future audio libraries of indigenous people, overseeing the production, arranging the logistics in the Amazon jungle, recording and mixing all the samples.
Game Audio School
OWNER - JANUARY 2016 TO PRESENT
Responsible for the creation of courses that teach music, sound design, middleware and audio implementation in games.,
Samsung - Black River Studios
AUDIO LEAD AND COMPOSER - MARCH 2014 TO JULY 2018
Responsible for composing music, directing voiceover actors, implementing on Fmod, and managing outsourcing for the games Finding Monsters Adventure VR, Rock & Rails, Conflict 0, Magichestra, Galaxy 11, and Dead Body Falls among others.
We Love Quiz
AUDIO DIRECTOR, COMPOSER AND SOUND DESIGNER - JANUARY 2013 TO DECEMBER 2013
Responsible for composing music, directing voiceover actors, creating sound effects, implementing on Fmod and managing outsourcing for the games Magic TV, Song Battle and Max Music School, for which I also created the GDD.
Hoplon Infotainment
AUDIO DIRECTOR, COMPOSER AND SOUND DESIGNER - JULY 2008 TO DECEMBER 2012
Responsible for the audio directing, composing of music, directing of voiceover actors, creating sound effects, implementing on Fmod and managing outsourcing for the games Taikodom and Taikodom Living Universe.
Devworks Game Technology
COMPOSER AND SOUND DESIGNER - APRIL 2003 TO JUNE 2008
Responsible for composing and creating the sound effects for hundreds of games developed for PC, Web, SEGA Genesis, SEGA Master-System and mobile.
