Imago Mortis, soundtrack finished!!

Hello everyone!!!
About a month ago we finished mixing the music to the thriller/horror "Imago Mortis". The film is produced by Pixstar (Italy) and Telecinco (Spain) and it's directed by Stefano Bessoni (check his blog for more info and pictures from the movie). We've recorded the music with the Bulgarian Symphonic Orchestra and Choir in Sofia. Claudio Ianni took care of the orchestrations and Jose Vinader of the mixing. Here are a couple of pictures from the rehearsals and the recordings:










and here you can take a listen to a couple of cues, this fisrt one appears at the end of the movie and it contains some of the characters leitmotifs:

Following instructions by Zacarías M. de la Riva
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and this other cue is the love theme between Bruno and Ariana (Alberto Amarilla and Oona Chaplin):

Escaleras by Zacarías M. de la Riva and this other cue is the love theme between Bruno and Ariana (Alberto Amarilla and Oona Chaplin):

Anarchist's Wife Trailer

And yet another trailer, have fun!

The Anarchist's wife in IMDB.

Carmo trailer

Here it is! The brand new trailer for Carmo!! For more info on the movie, see below or go here.

Delaney

Just finished composing the soundtrack to a really funny shortfilm called "Delaney". Written and directed by Carles Torrens (those of you who haven't seen his short "Coming to town", what are you waiting for?? Go and see it here), starring Daeg Faerch and Delaney Manning among others. A hilarious and macabre story about a family that own a motel along route 66 and due to the lack of clients are forced to find alternative ways to survive. As soon as I have a trailer I'll upload it, here is some of the music:

  Delaney by Zacarías M. de la Riva

III Jerry Goldsmith Awards

We've been double-nominated to the III Jerry Godsmith awards!!!!
Best soundtrack for a movie for "The anarchist´s wife" and best soundtrack for an animated short for "Tadeo Jones and the basement of doom". More info here.
The Jerry Goldsmith awards are one of the key events of the IV International Film Music Conference "Ciudad de Úbeda" to be held from 10 to 13 July 2008.
Congrats to all nominees and see you in Úbeda!!!!!
(+info about the congress here)

Celebrating the 4th instalment of Indiana Jones

Indy is back!! and Tadeo too!!! This time in a glorious and beautiful comic book painted by SuperLopez's Jan!!! Check it out!!

Carmo and Cannes

Carmo will premiere in Cannes film festival (in the MIF) sunday May 18th. Those of you who will be lucky enough to be near Cannes at that time, don't miss the opportunity to go and see it. I don't know the spanish release date but as soon as I do I'll let you know. Carmo is a roadmovie filled with action, romance and comedy, filmed in brazilian's Mato Grosso and in Brazil-Paraguay-Argentina's border. The cast includes spanish actor Fele Martínez and brazilians Mariana Loureiro and Seu Jorge. It is produced by A CONTRALUZ FILMS and directed by the incredibly talented Murilo Pasta. As soon as I have a trailer or some photos I'll post them in the blog.

The anarchist's wife and the Bayerischer Rundfunk orchestra

Just came back from Munich where we recorded what was left to record of the soundtrack to "The Anarchist's wife". It's been an interesting and positive experience. They have a completely different way of working. Amazing to see up to 9 people in charge of the recording (apart from director and musicians of course): the recording supervisor, the engineer, the engineer assistant, 2 pro-tools technicians, a person in charge of the scores and parts, another one in charge of cables and headphones, etc... Really amazing. As soon as I have a mix down of the 5.1s I'll post some of the cues. Here some of the photos I made during the recording...

"The last of the Just" opens nationwide this friday!!

The Last of the Just™ opens this friday (February 29th). Go and see it!!! Here's the trailer:



This is some of the music for the scene with "father del Toro":

Padre del Toro by Zacarías M. de la Riva
y ésta es parte de la música de los títulos de inicio:

Principio by Zacarías M. de la Riva

Tadeo Jones 2 wins the Goya!!!

Incredible!!! I still cannot believe what has just happened... Tadeo Jones and the basement of doom™ has won the Goya for best animation short!!!! Mr. Jones rules!!! Miauuuuuu!!!!

www.tadeojones.com

Carmo

Tomorrow we're recording the music for "Carmo", a brazilian road movie, directed by Murilo Pasta with Fele Martínez, Mariana Loureiro and Seu Jorge among others. Amado Zulueta will record percussion and Pablo Fdez. Arrieta will be on guitars. Here you'll find some more info and I am posting one of the possible posters. As soon as I can I'll post some music.

The Anarchist's wives

Hello and happy new year to everyone!! Hope you all had some good holidays...
About a month ago we recorded in CATA studios in Madrid the soundtrack for the romantic drama "The Anarchist's wives". 2 orchestral sessions, 1 with a string quartet plus flute, and 3 more to record soloists. I am uploading one of the music themes of the movie, you can listen to it using the player below. This cue is for the scene where Manuela (María Valverde) finally gets some news about her husband's (Juan Diego Botto) whereabouts. He has just been released from a concentration camp in Germany. They're finally going to be able to reunite after many years without seeing each other... I have to thank José Luis Crespo, Claudio Ianni and Álex Martínez for their incredible work!!! Thanks guys!!!

Carta de Justo by Zacarías M. de la Riva

Merry Christmas!!!!

And to celebrate these joyful days, nothing better than "Coming to town"!! Enjoy and merry christmas to you all!!!

Music award in ALCINE 07

Tadeo Jones and the basement of doom™ has just won best music award in AlCine's Festival!!! The composition of the soundtrack for this second part has been a big challenge. The short is much longer (=more music), many more things happen (=music becomes more complicated) and we had the Prague Symphony waiting to record the soundtrack... glups! And the night before the recording I was still finishing off the main theme... ayayayyyy!!! But thanks to Gato, Nico Matji, Claudio Ianni, José Vinader and Almudena Hidalgo everything went very well! You can hear for yourself in the mp3 below (it's Tadeo's theme) The award is the recognition of a job well done, so Congrats to everyone! Thanks ALCINE and thanks guys!!

  Tadeo's theme by Zacarías M. de la Riva

Tadeo Jones 2 has won first prize in ArtFutura

Tadeo Jones and the basement of doom™ hast just won first prize in the prestigious Festival ArtFutura. Congratulations to everyone!!! Here you'll find the list of prizes Tadeo 2 has already won.

And for those who have not yet seen the first Tadeo (must be insane), here it is... Enjoy!!!