Exist in Spain and around the world festivals and awards related to the world of cinema, but it seems that only the visual pat is rewards. As we all know the films are formed by both, the film and the accompanying audio. Film music has always been important and was born as the same time as the cinema. And I do not mean the talkies movie, but the early films of the Lumière brothers and many others like "Nosferatu" by Murnau or "Metropolis" by Fritz Lang, among others. Not able to record audio of them, the music was live, and thus helped to create the appropriate atmosphere for what was going to see.
But focus, because this festival which has already fulfilled its fifth year deserves a special mention. It rewards that music to accompany short and long films: film music. And it does in several ways.
One is giving voice to composers through various conferences, and can offer their experiences in this world. For example this year's festival had the collaboration of Patrick Doyle ("Great Expectations", "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"), which was also the honorary president, who held a conference full of amusing anecdotes about his works.
Michael Giacchino ("Lost," "Alias," "Ratatouille"), which received a great ovation from the audience for their work on successful television series and for his soundtrack for the new film "Star Trek".
Christopher Young ("Ghost rider, Spiderman 3" "Hellraiser"), delighted his audience with several premiers and with his friendly and jovial character.
Joel McNeely ("The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones", "Air Force One"), which offered a magnificent spectacle in the recital by his flute apart from teaching his expertise to lead the orchestra in several parts of the concert.
Claudio Simonetti (“Profondo Rosso "," Night of the living dead "), less well-known composer as if almost everything has been working in Italy, but by no means lower quality.
Philippe Rombi ("Joyeux Noël" " Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis") with great shyness, perhaps overwhelmed by the reception, hosted a conference halfway funny in English and French. He also delighted the public with an interpretation of his piano works.
Wataru Hokoyama, probably the most unknown composer of all guests, has proved its artistic quality to the arrangements for the soundtrack of the game "Resident Evil 5", or the orchestration of the musical chapter of "Buffy, the vampire hunting." They could hear your next job "Africa", original soundtrack also for a PS3 game.
Importantly, the Spanish presence in this festival, because within our borders with major composers such as Roque Baños, which was attended by Santiago Segura and talked about their next collaboration together: “Torrente 4”. In the talk, the actor confessed his admiration for the composer and recounted several anecdotes of his friendship. People could saw them again on stage, when Santiago Segura put voice to the issue of initiation of Torrente 2. Fernando Velazquez has also managed to get scared with "The Orphanage" or "Forest of Shadows" and now presents his new work "Sexykillers”.
I mentioned that the festival supports the composers of two ways; the other is through the Jerry Goldsmith Award for Music Creators Novels for the media. Thanks to new composers they have become known and have already participated in successful national feature films like "La Conjura del Escorial" with music by Alejandro Vivas, "No me pidas que te bese, porque te besare" by Aritz Villodas (winner) or "El lince perdido” by Sergio de la Puente and others will be international hits as" The Red Canvas "by James Peterson," The Immortal Voyage of Captain Drake "Lucas Vidal and" Saints "by Manuel Riveiro.
Other categories have shown the work of composers with a promising career:
Oscar Xiberta, Stefan Maria Schneider, Ivan Palomares, Jorge Aliaga and Arturo Solar were winners in their categories, not forgetting to mention all the nominees. Pablo Laspra especially for his works on the documentary "Sons of the Desert" and also for show me this festival, because it has been an unforgettable experience. Thank you.
There is much more to say about this reunion of friends who gather in Úbeda, but I almost prefer that you, reader, who discover it, as their assistance is more than recommended.
