His music has been heard at film festivals all over Canada and the world, including the Atlantic Film Festival (Halifax), Dok Leipzig (Germany), Monstra Animation Festival (Portugal), the Animpact Animation Festival (South Korea), WorldFest Houston (U.S.A.), and more! Montreal-based composer Tristan Capacchione’s scores have helped films gain international recognition with awards like the Gold Remi for Best Comedic Feature (WorldFest Houston), Best Short Short (Bradford Animation Festival, UK), and a special mention at the prestigious Ottawa International Animation Festival.

   Drawing inspiration from a variety of greats like John Williams, Nobuo Uematsu, and Jon Brion, Tristan brings a fresh sound to all of his scores. He started out as a trumpet player in orchestras, jazz bands, and funk bands and uses this diverse background to his advantage. His styles range from orchestral to jazz and from 8-bit to bluegrass. His approach to scoring follows a simple rule of “responding” to the picture rather “explaining” it. In this manner he finds the right balance of supporting the scene without being melodramatic or cliché.

   Tristan’s music also graces Canada’s concert halls. His piece “Distant Lands” was the competition winner for the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra’s 2010-2011 season and premiered in April 2011. It has since been performed by the FACE symphony Orchestra in Montreal, under his own baton. “Tryptique” for solo trumpet and piano was the runner-up of the Reveille Trumpet Collective’s inaugural Composition Competition and a special arrangement was performed by Toronto's very own "Hannaford Street Silver Band" brass band in April 2015.

   Outside of the studio, Tristan is an active member in the community by serving on the Board of Directors of the Screen Composer’s Guild of Canada and contributing to their seasonal newsletter “Cue Notes”. He takes great pleasure in giving back and helping them continue to represent the interests of all screen composers in these changing and challenging times. He also served one year as President and one year as Treasurer of the Music Undergraduate Students’ Association of McGill University. His career was profiled in the Fall 2013 edition of SOCAN's "Words & Music" magazine.

   Tristan holds a Masters of Music from the University of Montreal in Composition where he studied with acclaimed composer Ana Sokolović and industry veteran Pierre-Daniel Rheault. Additionally, he has had the benefit of learning from and working with two mentors: Darren Fung and Judith Gruber-Stitzer. He worked with Fung on the award-winning score for the indie feature “Father vs. Son” and the Canadian Screen Award-nominated documentary, “Lost Years”. Gruber-Stitzer’s scores have been featured on Oscar-nominated films “When The Day Breaks” and “Wild Life”, and he had the pleasure of working with her on the hit Nicktoons cartoon series, “Zevo-3”.