Composition
Original scores for film, TV and media — orchestral, hybrid and organic, plus immersive soundscapes. Often with instruments I’ve sampled myself, so your score sounds like nobody else’s.
Composer · Producer · Recording & Mix Engineer
Grammy-nominated ears, an engineer’s brain and a kid’s curiosity.
I write, record, mix and produce music for film, TV, opera, orchestras and artists — from a 110-piece orchestra to an instrument made out of a notebook. Based in Dublin, working everywhere.
GRAMMY® 2026 Nominee Best Opera Recording · Mixing Engineer
Pluck the strings
Go nuts, express yourself — and try different sounds with the dots below. Click & drag to strum.Tap a string to play.
Finger Harmonics
from Extended Acoustic Guitar ↗
Irish National OperaSignum RecordsViaplayBBCRTÉExpo 2025 Osaka · Irish PavilionNative InstrumentsErgodosIrish Chamber OrchestraCrash EnsembleSecond CaptainsSound On Sound
01 — Listen
Listen first.
Five short reels. Press play and keep scrolling — the player follows you down the page. Click or drag a waveform to skim.
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Composition
Film · TV · Media — orchestral, thriller, sci-fi, organic sound design
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Opera
Recording · Mixing · Post — highlights from a variety of opera productions
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Orchestral Shows
Recording · Mixing · Production — big concert halls and arena classical concerts
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Singer-Songwriter & Folk
Production · Mixing — Lowli, Inni-K and more
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Rock
Production · Recording · Mixing — guitars up, character on
GRAMMY® 2026
Nominee — Best Opera Recording
Mixing engineer · Trade / Mary Motorhead · Emma O’Halloran · Irish National Opera · Signum Records
Gramophone Awards 2022
Nominee — Contemporary
Gerald Barry’s Alice’s Adventures Under Ground · INO · Signum
RTÉ Folk Awards 2022
Nominee — Best Folk Album & Track
Inni-K · producer
Irish Times Theatre Awards 2021
Nominee — Best Soundscape
Strauss’ Elektra · Irish National Opera
02 — Services
What I do.
Above all, I love bringing inspiring ideas to life. I can write, record, mix and ship them — or help your team with any part of it, or the bigger picture.
Recording
From orchestras, opera and chamber music to bands and singer-songwriters — in the studio or on location. Irish National Opera’s recording engineer since 2020.
Mixing & Mastering
From transparent classical mixes to bold, character-driven records. The same ears that mixed a GRAMMY-nominated opera recording.
Production
Albums, EPs and singles for artists who want a collaborator, not just an engineer — arrangement to final master.
Audio Post & Sound Supervision
Dialogue and music editing, restoration (iZotope RX expert) and sound supervision for TV — currently on The 2 Johnnies Late Night Lock-In for RTÉ.
Immersive & Live
VR opera audio in Unreal Engine, interactive installations like the Harrowphone, a national pavilion at Expo Osaka, live shows and podcasts. Ideal where tech meets art.
03 — Watch
Watch & listen.
The Endless Journey
110-piece symphony orchestra · composer · score & parts available
Garden of Deity
Recording with Veus Coro Infantil in Barcelona, 2026, for the Korean game Dungeon & Fighter Online by Neople — produced by LightJar
Morning Zephyr and Angsty Waters
Pipe organ & cello, featuring Kate Ellis
Break In
A hybrid thriller score made 100% from one acoustic guitar
04 — Selected work
Projects I’ve been part of.
Liner notes, abridged.
Composer
The Endless Journey
Written for, and recorded with, a 110-piece symphony orchestra.
Watch it- 2025Trade / Mary Motorhead GRAMMY® nomineeMixing engineer · post-productionEmma O’Halloran · Irish National Opera · Signum Records
- 2021Alice’s Adventures Under Ground Gramophone nomineeRecording & mix engineerGerald Barry · Irish National Opera · Irish Chamber Orchestra · André de Ridder · Signum
- 2020–Irish National OperaRecording & mix engineerOperatic recordings, from 19th-century repertoire to new commissions
- 2021Strauss’ ElektraSoundscapeIrish National Opera · Irish Times Theatre Awards nominee
- 2021–25Professionals, Red Election, The DiplomatAdditional music compositionViaplay series
- TVBBC & K-dramaComposerMusic for broadcast series
- 2022Inni-KProducer · recording & mix engineerRTÉ Folk Awards nominee — Best Folk Album & Best Folk Track
- AlbumLowli — Window in the WoodsProducer · mixPlus the Worlds Above Us EP
- 2025Expo 2025 Osaka — Irish PavilionSound engineer · audio & AVDepartment of Foreign Affairs, Ireland
- 2023The HarrowphoneCreator · instrument & installationImmersive audio installation from recycled harrow discs · FuddleFest (Wexford) & Irish Design Week (DCCI)
- VROut of the Ordinary — VR operaImmersive audio (Unreal Engine)Nüwa — Head of Audio, later Strategy Director
- LiveVladimir JablokovRecording · productionOrchestral shows, chamber sessions to arena concerts
- ClassicalErgodos · Crash Ensemble · ICO · NSORecording · productionClassical & contemporary, incl. Nathan Sherman’s Gentle Erasure of Time
- 2022–Second Captains LiveLive soundLive podcast shows, plus Gate Theatre, Olympia, Helix, Fleadh, New Music Dublin
05 — The lab
The curiosity lab.
Where the kid gets the keys. If it makes a sound, I’ll probably record it, sample it and write a piece with it.
Music made with a notebook
A lockdown experiment that became The Notebook — a free instrument downloaded by 1,400+ composers on Pianobook.
Red Hot Chili Peppers… on peppers
Exactly what it sounds like. Yes, they’re in tune — and you can play them too: Pepper Sounds.
Immersive Audio Installation · FuddleFest & Irish Design Week 2023
The Harrowphone
An instrument and interactive immersive installation built from worn-out farm harrow discs — each one wears to a different pitch. As you play, the sound is captured, processed and grows around the room: “reaping what we sow”. Built for FuddleFest in Wexford, and shown at Irish Design Week 2023.
See it at DCCI06 — Edu Prado Sounds
I also build the instruments.
Edu Prado Sounds makes boutique Kontakt instruments — extended guitars, a 100-year-old pipe organ, gongs, metal pipes — including many collaborations with composer (and good friend) Jan Pfitzer. For composers who want sounds with fingerprints on them.
An official Native Instruments NKS partner, with thousands of users around the world and free instruments to try. Why don't you give them a go?
“The really impressive thing is the sounds themselves… [they] ooze character and class.”
Sound On Sound · ★★★★★ · Extended Electric Guitar
- Extended Electric GuitarSound On Sound 5★
- Extended Acoustic GuitarPushed to the edge of expression
- Rathgar Pipe OrganMajestic 100-year-old instrument
- Metal Pipes & PlatesCustom-built pitched percussion
- ZitherFolk cinematic soul
- Massive GongsMassive, as the name suggests
- BIG BAMSCinematic impacts
- Dark MandolinIntimate and cinematic
- The NotebookDon’t forget your notes
- Hurdy-GurdyMedieval charm made modern
07 — Kind words
Kind words from kind souls.
From the people in the room.
“Edu has a fantastic ear, an exceptional attention to detail and a creativity that ensures each recording is fresh and vibrant.”
“His calm, focused approach combined with an exceptional understanding of orchestral sound creates the ideal environment for the best musical results.”
“Whether he is preparing a seamless audio edit…, mixing an orchestra, creating hallucinatory sound worlds for a sample library, or scoring for visual media – his musicality shines brightly.”
“I was blown away by the detail you could hear in the final mix… calm in a recording situation (which is vital when there’s time pressure).”
“That rare combination of musical intelligence and engineering expertise is what truly sets his work apart.”
“Not just a brilliant and talented soundie — he is also one of the finest musical people I have had [the] good fortune to come across… someone who you enjoy being in a studio with!”
08 — About
Hey, Edu here.
I grew up in Curitiba, Brazil, experimenting on the family piano, then working my way through violin, drums, bass, guitar and voice. I did a degree in music production and composition and, because curiosity doesn’t pick sides, a first-class degree in industrial mechatronics too. I’ve written C++ for embedded systems and music for 110-piece orchestras. Honestly, they scratch the same itch: how do you build something that moves people?
In 2017 I moved to Dublin for a Master’s in Scoring for Film & Visual Media (first-class honours), and stayed. Since then I’ve recorded and mixed opera for Irish National Opera, led audio and then strategy at an immersive-tech studio, run sound for Ireland’s pavilion at Expo Osaka, and built a sample-library label that became a Native Instruments partner.
What ties it together: I care about who I work with and what the work is for. Projects that inspire people, that matter, and ideally that are a bit of fun. I bring good ears, a calm head and the occasional terrible pun to every session.
- EarsAward-level craft, from opera to rock
- BrainEngineer by training, problem-solver by habit
- CuriosityNew sounds, new tools, new ideas
- CalmThe person you want in the room when the clock is running
Brazilian–Italian · Dublin-based · English, Portuguese, Spanish · Available worldwide, remote or on location
Now recording
- Irish National OperaRecording a new production
- The 2 Johnnies Late Night Lock-In, S4Sound supervisor · Riverside TV for RTÉ
- Edu Prado SoundsNew instruments on the way
Outro
Let’s create something worth feeling.
Score, session, mix, album, installation or something that doesn’t have a name yet — tell me about it. Every project is priced to its scope, so a quick note about what you have in mind is the best place to start.
edu@eduprado.com