Studio
SINCE 2016
Combustion Studio designs sound architectures that scale across all touchpoints — from product interfaces to brand campaigns, retail environments to cultural moments. We collaborate with premium brands that require sonic identity as a foundational element.
The Distinction
Most brands commission audio assets. We build sonic systems.
A logo sound is a moment. A sonic identity is a framework—consistent enough to be recognizable, flexible enough to evolve with your brand across channels, cultures, and contexts.
We develop the methodology, articulate the principles, and create the tools that let your sonic identity operate systematically across your organization.
01. Sound Branding
Sonic identities as intentional and distinctive as your visual language.
02. Bespoke Music
Custom composition built from the ground up for your specific narrative and context.
03. Sound Design
Texture, atmosphere, and detail that transform experience into immersive environments.
04. Immersive Audio
Spatial sound is designed for dimension—creating experiences that engage the body and emotions.
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The Sound Branding System for Brands
01
Sonic Audit & Territory
We map your current sound landscape, identify gaps, and define your sonic differentiation within your category.
02
Identity Architecture
Core principles, compositional rules, sonic palette, and behavioral logic that govern how your brand sounds across contexts.
03
System Development
From brand mnemonic to UI sound design, we create the components and articulate how they interact.
04
Implementation Toolkit
Documentation, asset libraries, and guidelines that enable consistent deployment across teams, regions, and vendors.
05
Evolution Protocol
Built-in flexibility for expansion—your sonic identity adapts without fracturing.
Featured Work
Our team
Marcelo Baldin Petriaggi
Creative Director, Founder
Elise Roese
CFO, Founder
João Flávio Hanysz
Music Composer
Chico Balbin
Producer
Sonic identity that endures doesn’t chase attention—it carries meaning. Our work privileges clarity over complexity, recognition over novelty. We compose with restraint: sound that doesn’t announce itself but accumulates significance through consistent presence across time and context. This is a compositional discipline in the service of brand strategy. Every element earns its place. Every choice serves the system. The result isn’t “sonic branding that sounds premium”— it’s sound that functions as identity because it’s architecturally coherent, culturally resonant, and built to last. We make sounds that accrue value.
“Working with Marcelo, Chico, and the team at Combustion Studio for our Opera sound took us on a rewarding retrospective journey. Our goal was to look at Opera’s long 20+ year history, trying to pull iconic sounds and directions from the past, whilst also incorporating modern, future-centric ones. Marcelo and the team were able to combine this vision into a great final result.”
Christian Mansfeldt
Creative Lead at Opera