Braden Pontoli is a Los Angeles-based film scorer, audio producer, conductor, musician, and sound healer.

Classically trained, Braden began to write music for the vocal and instrumental stage. Then he fell in love collaborating with movement and multi-media. Braden’s work has been characterized as meditative, invigorating, and energizing.

Credits include collaborations with producer Peter Rafelson (Madonna, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Lady GaGa, Beyoncé) scoring and editing The Last Saturday Night (Ed Asner, Sherilyn Fenn, Eric Roberts). Braden has an extensive roster working with independent film directors and modern dance companies including Mancinetti Pictures, Heidi Duckler Dance, CalArts Film/Dance, and MorrisonDance.

Braden also sings with the Los Angeles Master Chorale as a baritone section member and has performed with the LA Philharmonic at Walt Disney Hall. Braden is sought after as a conductor for live ensembles and recording sessions. His conducting work with vocal ensembles and instrumental ensembles has won superior ratings at adjudications and has been appointed a guest conductor for choral festivals throughout the country.

Braden holds a Master of Fine Arts focused in Music Performance and Composition from California Institute of the Arts, and a Bachelor of Music Education from Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music.