Jose Antonio Buencamino is a Berlin-based Filipino musician who has written for dance, film and the concert stage. He draws from Filipino ethnic, western orchestral, choral and electronic music, with experience as a performer in these genres. He plays piano, cello and guitar, and performs as a baritone.

His first full feature, Nocebo (2022), was a Filipino-Irish co-production nominated for Best Score at the Gawad Urian Awards. The Garden of Earthly Delights (2025), a Filipino-Dutch production, garnered awards internationally, including four Golden Calves at the 2025 Netherlands Film Festival. He won Best Musical Score at The Manila Film Festival 2024 for the short film Una't Huling Sakay. His sound design for the theatre production Red received a mid-year citation from Gawad Buhay and a nomination for Outstanding Sound Design at the 14th Gawad Buhay.

Pinaginipang Hibla won 2nd Prize in its age category at the 2020 New Music Generation International Competition in Kazakhstan. He won performance prizes from the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America in 2021 and 2023, and a Konrad Adenauer Stiftung scholarship in 2024 for his social engagement and academic achievements.

He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the College of Music of the University of the Philippines, Diliman, and completed his Master's in Composition at the Musikhochschule Freiburg with Prof. Johannes Schöllhorn.

Interview · Deutschlandfunk KulturKompositionsstudium an der Freiburger Musikhochschule ↗With Prof. Johannes Schöllhorn, on studying composition in Freiburg (in German).

He has a close connection with the sea, and is a CMAS 2-Star Scuba Diving Instructor and SSI Divemaster Instructor.