Daniel Rojas (Costa Rican composer)

Daniel Rojas (born 1988) Rojas studied Jazz Arranging & Composition at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas, on scholarship. After graduating in 2010, he moved full-time into session player work, primarily as a guitarist. His film and television work has included working as an assistant composer, arranger, and music team member for composers such as Hans Zimmer, Klaus Badelt, and Alan Menken. Rojas also performed as a member of Demi Lovato’s band, and Downsizing (2017), directed by Alexander Payne and starring Matt Damon. Television composition work has included scores for The Demon Files featuring Sean Astin (2015, Destination America), and True Nightmares featuring Tim Robbins (2015–2018, Investigation Discovery). Currently, Rojas is the series composer for Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, a DreamWorks Animation television series. He composes both score music and songs for the series, which stars the voices of Karen Fukuhara, Deon Cole, Coy Stewart, Sydney Mikayla, and Dee Bradley Baker. The first season of Kipo debuted on Netflix on January 14, 2020, with the Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (Season 1 Mixtape) soundtrack album debuting a few days earlier on January 10