The Anarchist's wife soundtrack

I am very happy to announce that Colosseum Records has just released the soundtrack to the historic drama "The Anarchist's wife". This is a link to Colosseum's page. And you can also find the soundtrack in itunes here.

The Anarchist's wife opens today in Spain

It's here!! The movie directed by Marie Noëlle and Peter Sehr premieres today in Spain. It's been almost a year since we finished working for this coproduction between Germany France and Spain. The cast includes Juan Diego Botto as Justo Calderón, María Valverde as Manuela and Ivana Baquero as their daughter Paloma. Hope you all go to see it. For a trailer look down below and for more info go here.

3 premieres on the same day

This morning I realized one curious thing. The three films to which I compose music last year have opened the very same day.
On the one hand, "Carmo hit the road" and "The anarchist's wife" were selected for Sundance Film Festival, and both films premiered last friday 16th. Each one on its own category.
And on the other hand, the last film I made, the italian-spanish coproduction "Imago Mortis" opened in Italy last friday too!!

When I compose the soundtrack to a film, one of the main things I want to see after the whole process is finished is the movie in the cinemas. The percentage of spanish films that are fisnished but do not make it to the theaters is really worrying.
That is why, to have 3 films premiere the very same day is quite amazing to me...

Anyway, to celebrate this I leave you with two more cues, "the thanatoscope" from Imago Mortis:

  Thanatoscope by Zacarías M. de la Riva

and "furtivos" from Carmo hit the road, didgeridoo included:

Furtivos by Zacarías M. de la Riva

Happy New 2009!!!

I wanted to wish you all a happy new year and I think this video I am posting is a good way of doing just that. Kudos to Matt Harding!!!!

Imago Mortis, poster and trailer

This is the brand new poster for thriller Imago Mortis! The film will open in Italy this coming January. The spanish release will have to wait till march or april, but you can take a peek at the italian trailer I am posting below.

Sundance: Carmo and The Anarchist's wife

We're going to Sundance with two films!!
Carmo will compete in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition in Sundance's 25th Film Festival!! It is on of this year's 16 films selected from a record 1,012 submissions!!

And a similar thing has happened with "The Anarchist's wife" which has been selected for the festival's Spectrum section.

Congrats to everyone!!

If you want more info on any of these two movies, check out past entries.

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
si no véis el reproductor de mp3, clicad aquí.

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