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Caroline Feitosa (pronounced “fay-toes-ah”) is a Brazilian-American film composer and guitarist. She is an artist for Haunted Labs Pedals and Acer Guitars. Currently, Caroline serves as a Composer and Sound Designer for Starface World, where she creates music and sound design for digital campaigns for the global skincare brand.

Additionally, she has collaborated with the Oscar-nominated composer Emile Mosseri, known for his work on “Minari,” to co-compose the score for the film “The Jar,” directed by Joe Talbot (known for “The Last Black Man in San Francisco”) and produced by students at the 48 Hills Summer Camp. Caroline is also a two-time finalist for the Morton Gould Young Composer Award.

Originally from Colorado, She had an extensive career with the School of Rock for six years performing at various venues, including the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheater.

After leaving the School of Rock, Caroline attended a performing arts high school and middle school in Denver where she honed her skills in classical and jazz guitar.

In high school, she explored her compositional style and decided to pursue a career in media composition. This led to her enrollment at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music as an undergraduate student in the Technology and Applied Composition program. She studied privately with Marco D’Ambrosio and Jonathan Bingham. After her enrollment, Caroline participated in several competitive collaborations through the school including her piece for the Meta4 Quartet and Splinter Reeds (both finalists for the Morton Gould Young Composer Awards).

In her final year at SFCM, she heavily participated in Arcade Live! A collaboration with Classical KDFC and KUSC, creating original arrangements and medleys of Lennie Moore’s Coruscant Cues from Star Wars: The Old Republic and The Legend of Zelda Theme by Koji Kondo. Caroline also greatly contributed to the San Francisco International Film Festival’s Sound and Cinema Fellowship as Supervising Sound Editor , session producer/engineer, and score mixer.

In addition to her classes, Caroline had personal film scoring masterclasses with Harry Gregson-Williams, Michael Abels, and Catherine Joy (founder of Joy Music House).

She graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with her Bachelors Degree in Technology and Applied Composition with the Provost Academic Achievement Award in 2025.

With her versatile skill set and driven work ethic, she continues to score films and any project that calls for music.