BIOGRAPHY
Luis Alacan is a media composer, orchestrator, violinist, pianist, arranger, and music educator specializing in film, animation, and promos. His recent work includes News Without a Newsroom (2025), Art of Diversion (2023), After Mountains (2024), Neenu: Shared Paths (2024), and A Birthday to Remember (2024), which earned him Best Original Score at the University of Miami's Canes Film Festival.His career began with The Soul of Our Culture (2021), a promotional video for FIU’s CasaCuba initiative narrated by Andy Garcia, which won the CASE Silver Award. Since then, he has scored projects for emerging filmmakers and animators, including the CalArts short I Don’t Know (我不知道) (2024) and the animated promotional video for children's book author Yangsook Choi, commissioned by the Korean Cultural Center in New York.Luis trained internationally at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Italy, where his work was performed at Florence’s Teatro Verdi. While there, he composed original music for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy's InsiemepergliSDG video, promoting global sustainability. He holds a master's degree from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, where he studied under Grammy- and Emmy-winning composer Carlos Rafael Rivera and worked as a graduate teaching assistant.Beyond composing, Luis is an additional arranger for the Miami Pixel Symphony, reimagining video game and anime music for woodwind quintet. His approach to composition, orchestration, and arranging is deeply collaborative—crafting music that is not just heard but felt, bringing stories to life through sound.
MUSIC
- Kryptonite and Robin's Revenge (Action)
- End Credits (Italian Horror - “Art of Diversion”)
- 我懂了 - (Classical - "I Don't Know (我不知道)")
- 첫 김치 워크숍 (Children's Music - KCCNY)
- End Credits (Ambient - "A Birthday to Remember")
- Finish the Fight (Video Game - First Person Shooter)
- Time Lapse 2023 (Synth/Electronic)
- Horror Game Music Demo (Horror)
CREDITS (Composer):
News Without a Newsroom (2025; Feature, Documentary)
Impasto (2025; Short, Drama)
My First Kimchi Workshop - Korean Cultural Center NY (2024; Promo)
I don't know (我不知道) (2024; Short, Animation)
A Birthday To Remember (2024; Short, Drama)
After Mountains (2024; Short, Drama)
Neenu: Shared Paths (2024; Short, Documentary)
Art of Diversion (2023; Feature, Italian Horror)
Carlos Luna: Colors of Freedom (2023; Short, Documentary)
Star of the Day (2023; Short, Dark Comedy)
Red Velvet Walls (2023; Short, Horror)
#InsiemepergliSDG - Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2022; Promo)
FIU CasaCuba - The Soul of Our Culture (2021; Promo)