Mario Godoy (b.1988 Riverside, CA) is a Mexican-American composer, saxophonist, sound designer, and music educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. 
 

His compositional style is characterized by the interplay of rhythm, color, and layered sonic elements. His works span acoustic and electronic mediums, often blending these palettes across concert music, video game scores, film soundtracks, and fixed-media compositions.

Mario has received commissions from ensembles and organizations, including Friction Quartet, Nomad Session, Mobius Trio, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Cal Poly Humboldt, and Musaics of the Bay. His accolades include grants, residencies, and workshops from InterMusic SF, Connecticut Summerfest, and Del Sol String Quartet. His music appears on albums such as Mobius Trio’s Bon Voyage, Sputterbox Trio’s Sputter Shrinks the Box, and two new music compilations. His reed quintet create. process. is published in the Akropolis Collection by Akropolis Reed Quintet. He has also led masterclasses and guest lectures at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the University of the Pacific, and Cal Poly Humboldt.

As a media composer and sound designer, Mario has collaborated extensively with independent game studios. Notable projects include Blitzkeep Unleashed by Flint Games and Taelmoor, an innovative scan-and-play board game by Delve Bros. His contributions to Ludum Dare game jams have earned recognition, including placement in the top 2% for audio. He also designed music and sound for an audio-based augmented reality game presented by Playcrafting and Bose. More recently, Mario composed the theme song for The Indie Game Lunch Hour podcast. In 2022, Mario worked with filmmaker Dominic Mercurio on sound design and mixing for the short film He Won’t Belong, which premiered in 2023.

In addition to composing, Mario is an active music educator. He is on faculty at Las Positas College, where he teaches Scoring for Film and Media and composition. He also serves as the music program director at Maybeck High School in Berkeley, CA, where he has expanded the curriculum to include courses in music history, audio production, podcasting, and performance. He also teaches private composition and saxophone students in Oakland, CA, and has served on the faculty of the John Adams Young Composers Program at the Crowden Music Center.

As a saxophonist, Mario performs across genres, from classical and chamber music to jazz and pop. He is also an enthusiast of synthesizers and electronic music, frequently combining saxophone with modular synths and live processing in performances. His most notable performance role was as the saxophonist and electronics player for the experimental pop band Makeunder.

Mario holds a Master of Music degree in composition from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he studied under David Garner and Dan Becker. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree in saxophone performance from the University of Redlands, studying with Eddie Smith (saxophone), Anthony Suter and Chung-Shih Hoh (composition), and Andrew Glendening (electronic music). He has also worked with esteemed composers Kenneth Fuchs, Paula Matthusen, Larry Alan Smith, and Dan Román through the Connecticut Summerfest.

For inquiries regarding scores, music licensing, or commissions, please contact Mario directly.