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May your passion & empathy nurture your growth.
Chihiro Nagamatsu - Composer & Songwriter
Deeply personal, timeless, and unforgettable—arts that infuses heart and humanity.
Crafting original music with heart for film and TV since 2019, Chihiro is a composer and songwriter who sees arts as a bridge to a more peaceful world, connecting cultures, emotions, and dreams. She infuses heart and humanity into every project, ensuring each melody resonates deeply.
Her work has reached audiences in over 25 countries through film festivals and theatrical releases. Chihiro’s score on an animated film Bubble Tea Time won the Best Canadian Composer Award at the Film Scoring Contest organized by Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra, American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers and Screen Composers Guild of Canada, and was performed live to record in Toronto in 2025. She was also shortlisted for the ACE Project by Women in Animation & Netflix in 2024 and featured on Citytv’s Breakfast Television for International Women’s Day 2022, where she discussed the disparity of female music producers. In 2020, she won the Best Score Award at the 48 Hour Film Project Toronto for the drama film Silenced.
May your kindness and friendship transcend language, ability, or species.
Crafting original music with heart for film and TV since 2019, Chihiro is a composer and songwriter who sees arts as a bridge to a more peaceful world, connecting cultures, emotions, and dreams. She infuses heart and humanity into every project, ensuring each melody resonates deeply.
Her work has reached audiences in over 25 countries through film festivals and theatrical releases. Chihiro’s score on an animated film Bubble Tea Time won the Best Canadian Composer Award at the Film Scoring Contest organized by Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra, American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers and Screen Composers Guild of Canada, and was performed live to record in Toronto in 2025. She was also shortlisted for the ACE Project by Women in Animation & Netflix in 2024 and featured on Citytv’s Breakfast Television for International Women’s Day 2022, where she discussed the disparity of female music producers. In 2020, she won the Best Score Award at the 48 Hour Film Project Toronto for the drama film Silenced.
May your kindness and friendship transcend language, ability, or species.
Based In:
Toronto/Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Contact:
chihiro@empathicoaks.com
Recent Works
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Selected Works
Documentary Feature
Original ScoreDocumentary FilmDir. Habibata OuarmeTBAPost Production2025Saturday Class
Original ScoreDrama FilmDir. Carri ChenA slice-of-life story set in a family-run Chinese bakery, exploring parenting philosophies and the pressures faced by the younger immigrant generation. The film challenges the parenting doctrines that immigrant parents pass down to their children, especially the assumptions and expectations about success and relationships.In Festivals2025Gracie and Pedro: Pets to the Rescue!
Original Songs Animation / Comedy Feature Film Dir. Kevin Donovan, Gottfried Roodt"Gracie and Pedro, a pampered dog and a street-savvy cat, embark on a perilous adventure to reunite with their family, discovering friendship and bravery along the way."Now in Theatres and Digital! in 20+ countries including US, Canada, UK, Russia, Ireland, Brazil, Mexico, Portugal, and more.Oct 2024 Watch TRAILER VIsit WEBSITEPocket Princess
Original Score Fantasy / Horror Stop-motion Animation Film Dir. Olivia LoccisanoA young girl must take part in a dangerous task in order to complete her doll collection.In Festivals2024Lupe Q And The Galactic Corn Cake
Original Score Comedy/ Sci-fi Film Dir. Javier BadilloAliens. Punk rock. Corn cakes. In space, only grandma's Latin cooking can save you.In Festivals2023
Unconquered
Original Score Drama/ Thriller Film Dir. David DrewHarry is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan who suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder. When drug addicts break into his apartment as part of a drug deal that could go horribly wrong, Harry shows them the consequences - violently.In Festivals2023
The Law Of AttractioN
Original Score & Sound Design Drama/ Thriller Film Dir. David DrewA young woman with telekinetic powers finds herself in a love triangle along with her best friend and her boyfriend.2020
Silenced
Won the Best Original Score at 48 Hour Film Project Toronto Drama/ Silent Film Dir. James Becke2020
Baby Fever
Original Score Thriller Silent POC Trailer Dir. Pascale PotvinWhen everyone but your unborn child wants a place inside of your body, you might develop a new baby—a parasitic anger—to push the intruders out.2020
Awards & Aknowledgements
Won the Best Canadian Composer Award and recorded live music for the score of an animated film "Bubble Tea Time" for Film Scoring Challenge by Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra, American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers, Screen Composers Guild of Canada, NACUSA 2025
Selected scores on the Alliance of Women Film Composers Winter Playlist 2024
"Pocket Princess (Original Film Soundtrack)" Release 2024
"Unconquered (Original Film Soundtrack)" Release 2024
"Gracie and Pedro: Pets to the Rescue (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)" Release 2024
Shortlisted Composer at ACE 4 Project by Women In Animation Vancouver & Netflix Canada 2024
Los Angels Film Conducting Intensive with Angel Velez and Conrad Pope 2024
Women In Film and TV Mentorship Program with Nina Beveridge 2023
Featured on Citytv Breakfast Television, Canada 2022 for International Women’s Day
Featured on Asian Canadian Film Alliance 2021
Won Best Score Award at 48 Hour Film Project Toronto 2020
Screen Composers Guild of Canada Mentorship Program with Adrian Ellis 2020
Featured on JAZZ.FM91, and CIUT radio, Toronto, ON
Interviewed by Toronto Japanese Association of Commerce & Industry, Toronto, ON
Featured on Kumamoto City FM radio, and FMK radio, Kumamoto, Japan.
Interviewed by Toronto Star newspaper, Toronto 2016
Women In Film and TV Mentorship Program with Nina Beveridge 2023
Featured on Citytv Breakfast Television, Canada 2022 for International Women’s Day
Featured on Asian Canadian Film Alliance 2021
Won Best Score Award at 48 Hour Film Project Toronto 2020
Screen Composers Guild of Canada Mentorship Program with Adrian Ellis 2020
Featured on JAZZ.FM91, and CIUT radio, Toronto, ON
Interviewed by Toronto Japanese Association of Commerce & Industry, Toronto, ON
Featured on Kumamoto City FM radio, and FMK radio, Kumamoto, Japan.
Interviewed by Toronto Star newspaper, Toronto 2016
Testimonials
Services
Original Music & Songs
- Scores and songs for film, TV, animation, game, interactive media, etc.
- Various styles (folk, orchestral, drum & bass, synthesizers, abmient) and genres (ballad, folk, classical, jazz, pop, rock, lo-fi, dance, choirs)
- Signature theme songs
Music & Audio Prodction
- Songwriting
- Music arrangement & production
- Mixing & mastering
- Vocals (English & Japanese)
- Harmony & backup vocals
- Voiceovers
Sound Design
- Sound effects
- Foley
- Sound editing
- Music editng
- Dialogue editing
- Sound editing
Our team
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Bernie CIsternas Sound Designer
Audio edits, mixing, mastering, sound effects for music and film.
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Matt Giovanelli aka GeddnMusic Producer
Dance and hip-hop music productions.
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Alexandrina Torres de FigueiredoBusiness Affairs
Film and TV projects.
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John WhitcherEditor, Writer, Producer, Direcor
Film and TV projects.