Chrys Gringo
Brazilian-Canadian film & media composer, orchestrator & producer — and educator
I write and produce music for film, animation and advertising — and after twenty years spent teaching people how it's done, I'm back to scoring full-time.
How I got here
I had a music production company in São Paulo and a career on the rise. In 2012, midway through a music degree at Universidade Anhembi Morumbi, I was kidnapped. I barely made it out alive.
What came after — the trauma, the panic, the PTSD — forced me to stop everything. I closed the company, left São Paulo, and retreated to the countryside to heal. And I decided to start over, far from there.
I applied to immigrate to Canada as a self-employed music producer and moved to Squamish, a town of 20,000 in the mountains of British Columbia. No network, no studio, no audience. That's where I started a YouTube channel — just to teach what I knew.
That channel passed 29 million views and 290,000 subscribers, one of the largest in music production and audio in Portuguese — and over 10,000 courses sold in 20 years, 2,000 of them Produtor Pro. For years, that was my life: YouTube and teaching.
Eleven years into Canada, I was invited to teach at a college and a university — even without a bachelor's degree. That pushed me to finish what I'd started. Full Sail University recognized my 20 years of experience: it granted me an Associate degree in Recording Arts, waived more than half of the Music Production bachelor, and awarded me the maximum scholarship a foreign student can receive. I graduate on September 4.
I paused a Berklee guitar certificate three courses short and came to the United States to finish my studies and step back into the music industry. After years of teaching, I'm returning to what started it all — composing. My focus now is music for film.
Music, written to picture
Twenty years writing, producing and engineering music for film, animation, advertising and TV — orchestral to electronic, bossa nova to metal. I turn a director's vision into theme, motif and emotional arc, and deliver it mix-ready.
Written to picture
Main title themes, character themes and motifs, scene-specific cues and alternate versions, or a complete original score — shaped in the spotting session and refined revision by revision.
Many idioms, one ear
Orchestral, hybrid, electronic, ambient and documentary — alongside the Brazilian idioms I grew up in: bossa nova, samba and regional, plus jazz, blues, funk, rock and metal. The idiom follows the film, not the other way around.
Played in-house
A multi-instrumentalist — I perform and record the live parts myself on piano, electric, acoustic and classical guitar, bass and drums, and coordinate remote sessions with other players when a cue calls for them.
Orchestrated, mixed, delivered
Detailed orchestration and realistic virtual-instrument mockups, then the full engineering chain — mixing, mastering and broadcast-standard stems and masters, ready to drop straight into the edit. Pro Tools, Cubase, Logic, Sibelius, iZotope, LANDR.
Credits & collaboration
An original score for the animated series Diário do Guigo, and campaign music featured for Coca-Cola, Volkswagen, Walmart, Rede Globo, Claro, HP, Expedia and TNT Energy Drink. I compose remotely and collaborate with directors, producers, editors and sound teams worldwide.
Backed by the industry
Partner of and endorsed by companies at the core of music technology — the same tools I compose, mix and master on every day. They back both the work and the teaching.
- iZotope
- LANDR
- Solid State Logic (SSL)
- Adam Audio
Full Sail University Ambassador — Audio Arts, Community Brazil · YouTube Silver Creator Award
Always a student
- 2003Universidade Nove de Julho — Computer Networks & Web Programming
- 2008SAE Institute Barcelona — Electronic Music Production
- 2012Universidade Anhembi Morumbi — Music — Bachelor's & Teaching DegreeInterrupted — see the journey above.
- 2026Full Sail University — A.S. in Recording ArtsGranted in recognition of 20 years of professional experience.
- 2026Full Sail UniversityGraduating Sept 4 — B.S. in Music ProductionOver half the program waived for experience, plus the maximum scholarship for an international student.
- OnlineBerklee OnlinePaused — Advanced Professional GuitarThree courses remaining.