Ruben Camacho
Music composer for film, and media.
"What can’t be spoken must be felt."
By Ruben Camacho
Latest Shortfilm
A true honor to have composed the score for this short film about Howard Shu, an Olympic athlete who faced the difficult choice between the predictable path and the passionate one, and ultimately chose both.This is one of my favorite scores I’ve worked on. I blended orchestral and electronic elements to match the push and pull of Howard’s journey, strings for the weight, synths and beats for the adrenaline, and everything in between to carry the tension, the doubt, and the moments where it all comes together. The whole process brought me a lot of joy, and I hope you feel that when you watch.
Scores
Collaboration examples
Spitfire Audio - Campaign topic: The cinematic world of synthsRoli - Campaign topic: Ethnic sounds through expressive keybedsExpressive E - Campaign topic: The edge between a midi keyboard and its own instrumentSRM Sounds (ft. Sofia Gutierrez) - Campaign topic: Minimalism trough soundSpitfire Audio - Campaign topic: The world of Olafur ArnaldsSpitfire Audio - Campaign topic: Folk instruments within a cinematic worldVienna Symphonic Library - Campaign topic: Synchron Prime OrchestraEastWest Sounds - Campaign topic: The amazing collection of the composercloud+ networkNovation Instruments - Campaign Topic: The summit synth and its amazing possibilitiesFind more on @rbncreates
About
Ruben Camacho is a Costa Rican media composer for film, television, and media, and the founder of The Composer Guide, the largest dedicated composer community in the world. At 20, he is among the youngest composers to have built working relationships with the leading sample library and music technology brands in the industry.His composing credits include an official Olympic campaign and documentary for two-time Olympic badminton player Howard Shu, a short film commissioned by the government of Rotterdam, and hundreds of musical projects spanning film scores, trailers, advertisements, and podcasts. He has collaborated with award-winning composer and filmmaker John D. Boswell, known as Melodysheep, hosting a worldwide scoring competition for composers.Ruben holds ongoing partnerships with many of the most recognized names in music technology, including Spitfire Audio, EastWest Sounds, Vienna Symphonic Library, Orchestral Tools, ROLI, Expressive E, and SRM Sounds.A pianist and self-taught composer, he began making music at the age of 11 on an iPad and started working professionally at 15. He later earned an Electronic Music Production degree from SAE Institute and trained under Mark Otten, the music coach behind Martin Garrix. He works primarily in Logic Pro X, drawing on an extensive collection of orchestral and cinematic tools, including Spitfire Audio’s Abbey Road, Air Studios, and Hans Zimmer collections, through his sponsorships with leading sample library developers.His musical identity is shaped by his upbringing in Costa Rica, where early exposure to the country’s rich cultural and ethnic diversity gave him a distinctive sonic vocabulary. His scores weave world music textures with orchestral writing and electronic production, a blend that has become his signature.Beyond composing, Ruben founded The Composer Guide, a platform and community that has grown to thousands of members worldwide, with hundreds of thousands of visitors. Through its content division, the platform has helped over 100 composers secure collaborations with brands including Spitfire Audio, Soundiron, Evolution Series, Eventide, and Sonarworks, all within its first six months of operation.His work has been featured in Music Marcom, CanvasRebel, and BoldJourney.Ruben divides his time between the Netherlands and Costa Rica.
A community to be reckoned with.
The Composer Guide, founded by Ruben Camacho
Founded in 2020 by Ruben at just fourteen years old, what began as a simple website curating free sample library links has since evolved into something far more ambitious.Today, the platform is home to thousands of resources, from footage and free sample libraries to a wide range of tools built with one purpose in mind: helping music creators spend less time searching and more time producing.In 2026, the team expanded with the launch of a dedicated content agency, connecting emerging composers with collaboration opportunities from industry names like Spitfire Audio, Eventide, and many others, partnerships that can shape the early trajectory of a career.Still a lean operation by design, the long-term vision is clear: to become the definitive resource that music schools and institutions worldwide rely on to equip their composition students for one of the most competitive creative industries out there.See more here.
Let’s make some noise.
After half a decade of composing, i'm always eager to learn about new cultures, stories, and anything that can inspire me to write something that immerses others. Do you see us working together? Contact me below.
Contact
Agent
Blake Fields - Umbra Talent Group
Publicist
Hellen Portman - CR Arts Institute