SCHOOL OF THE ARTS / FOUNDING CLASS 2026
Founding Senior Fellow of Music for Visual Media & Creative Enterprise
Gilde Flores
Appointed 2026 · Founding Class
Gilde Flores is a composer, producer and creative director working across television, film, trailers, games, advertising and sports media. He founded Paint the Noise to connect distinctive music creation with the exacting demands of professional production and post-production.
His credits include full-series composition for The Garcias, custom trailer music for Sony and Naughty Dog campaigns, music for NFL media initiatives and contributions to Universal Production Music. His work extends from creative leadership and composer direction to editorial revision, metadata, rights processes and final delivery—an unusually comprehensive view of how creative decisions become production-ready assets.
Selected work
- The Garcias — HBO MaxFull-series composition
- Sony + Naughty DogCustom trailer music campaigns
- NFL media initiativesMusic delivery
- Universal Production MusicComposer & contributor
Area of stewardship
Music for Visual Media · Creative Enterprise · Delivery · Professional Practice
At COOL ACADEMY
Gilde contributes an end-to-end understanding of music for visual media: interpreting a brief, directing creative work, navigating revisions and delivering to a professional standard.