Javier’s modern, affecting landscapes are both timeless, and infused with expressive electronic textures. Recent multimedia projects have seen him weave a resonant backdrop for an expansive architectural exhibition produced by the Parliament of Canada, and create a moving soundscape for a major National Film Board installation about the climate crisis for the Canada Pavilion site at Expo 2020 Dubai, a global event that drew over 20 million visitors from around the world.

His compositions for the screen strive for the same effect, ask the same question: How to convey the complex, lucid, and often hidden palette of emotion to suggest and layer the fullness of human experience in a particular moment?

Asencio’s film credits include for My National Insecurity by the Chilean-Canadian Patricio Henriquez, Franco-Canadian filmmaker David Fabrega’s Return to Cuba, and The Reminder, a series created by the Argentine director Shahriar Adham Kosht, whose El tiempo del agua (“The Time of Water”) he also scored.

A collaborative instinct drives how Javier creates and the projects he chooses, and these shared labors of love have earned Javier awards including the Global Music Awards (California), a Gold Muse Award, a Prix Numix, and a CODA Awards Top 100.

Throughout his career composing for the screen, the stage, and multimedia works, Javier has also continued to create orchestral music. His works have been performed by major ensembles internationally, including the Orchestre symphonique de Québec and the renowned Buzz Brass Quintet.