Portugal film composer.
Won Breakout Composer of The Year 2010 by the International Film Music Critics Association.
Was nominated for a Goldspirit Award in 2011 for "Best Revelation Composer", alongside Trent Reznor (The social Network), and Daft Punk (Tron), among others.
Was nominated for Best Score For A Drama Film in 2011 at the International Film Music Critics Association, alongside Alexandre Desplat (Kings Speech), James Horner (The Karate Kid), Carter Burwell (True Grit), and Clint Mansell(Black Swan).
His score from "LUV" was nominated for Best Original Score For a Feature Film at the Hollywood Music In Media Awards, alongside the scores for "Lincoln" (John Williams), "Skyfall" (Thomas Newman), "The Master" (Jonny Greenwood), "Rise of the Guardians"(Alexandre Desplat), "The Hobbit"(Howard Shore), "The Sessions" (Marco Beltrami), "Life of Pi" (Michael Danna), "Shady Lady" (Moritz Schmittat)and "Jack Reacher" (Joe Kraemer).
