Zacarías Martínez de la Riva (born August 12, 1972) is a

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film composer A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to e ...

. Notable for his work in '' Tad, The Lost Explorer'', Riva has worked on psychological thrillers, romantic comedies, dramas, documentaries, and animated films, as well as short films and television programs.

Biography

Riva began a career as a telecommunications engineer. In 1992, he attended to attend the Berklee College of Music in

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, where he received a dual degree in

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and

film scoring A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to e ...

. After graduating, Riva returned to Spain and began working with young directors. He spent his first years as a composer, providing music for short films. Since 2000, he began collaborating with well-known artists such as

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as an orchestrator. He later made his debut music work in a feature film for the film titled 2001's ''Jaizkibel''. In 2004, he composed the music for the first '' Tadeo Jones'' animated short, which won a

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for Best Animated Short. In the same year he composed music for several films, including '' The Nun'', '' Beneath Still Waters'', and '' Specter''. In 2006, he met film producer

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and worked on a number of documentaries: ''Noticias de una Guerra'' (2006), ''Cerca de Tus Ojos'' (2008), and ''Las Catedrales de Vino'' (2009). In 2007, he met Manuel Carballo and composed the music for his opera, ''The Last of the Just''. He also composed the soundtrack for another feature film, ''Exorcismus: The Possession of Emma Evans''. In 2008, he began to work on international films, including '' The Anarchist's Wife'', ''Carmo'', and ''

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''. In 2014, he wrote the music for

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movie ''

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''.http://www.filmmusicmag.com/?p=13775 The score was well received by film music critics, and was nominated for best science fiction soundtrack in a number of festivals. It won 2014 best Spanish soundtrack and 2014 best Spanish composer. In 2015, he composed music for three feature films. One was '' Mexican'' animated film, ''

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'', which was the first Mexican animated movie to receive a wide release in

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. Another was French

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, ''

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'', directed by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, which won the Special Jury Prize at San Sebastian’s film festival. The third was an English horror movie, '' The Rezort'', directed by Steve Barker. In 2016, he composed for the American indie-thriller

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, directed by

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. His music has been played by several well-known Spanish orchestras, such as the RTVE orchestra, the Euskadiko Orkester, the Ciudad de Granada Orchestra and the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra. His piece ''Apology'' was used by the 2018 Drum Corps International champions Santa Clara Vanguard as part of their production entitled ''Babylon''.

Filmography

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Awards

* 2014 : Premios Goldspirit a mejor compositor español del año y a mejor banda sonora española del año - ''

'' * 2014 : Premio de la Crítica Cinematográfica Española a mejor banda sonora del año - ''

'' * 2013 : Premio en el Festival de Medina del Campoo a mejor música original - ''

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'' * 2007 : Premio en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Alcalá de Henares a mejor música - ''Tadeo Jones y el sótano maldito'' * 2006 : Premio en el Festival de CineMálaga a mejor música - '' Tadeo Jones'' * 2005 : Premio en el Festival de Cine Dos Hermanas a mejor música - '' Tadeo Jones'' * 2004 : Premio en el Festival de Cine de Elche a mejor música - ''Niebla''

Nominations

* 2014 : Premios Film Music Magazine por mejor banda sonora del año - ''

'' * 2014 : Premios Film and Video Game Soundtrack por mejor banda sonora del año - ''

'' * 2014 : Premios Reel Music por mejor banda sonora del año y mejor banda sonora de ciencia ficción - ''

'' * 2014 : Premios Synchrotones por mejor banda sonora del año y mejor banda sonora de ciencia ficción - ''

'' * 2014 : Premios Soundtrack Geek por mejor sorpresa del año y mejor banda sonora de ciencia ficción - ''

'' * 2014 : Premios IFMCA (International film music critics association) por mejor banda sonora de ciencia ficción - ''

'' * 2013 : Premios CEC por mejor banda sonora - '' Tad, The Lost Explorer'' * 2013 : Premios Gaudí por mejor banda sonora - '' Tad, The Lost Explorer'' * 2013 : Goya a la mejor banda sonora - '' Tad, The Lost Explorer'' * 2012 : Premios Goldspirit por mejor compositor español, mejor banda sonora española y mejor banda sonora de animación - '' Tad, The Lost Explorer'' * 2011 : Premios Movie Music UK por mejor banda sonora de animación - '' Copito de Nieve'' * 2009 : Premios Movie Music UK por compositor revelación * 2009 : Premios Goldspirit por mejor compositor revelación, compositor español y mejor banda sonora española - ''

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'' * 2009 : Premios IFMCA (International film music critics association) a mejor banda sonora de película de terror - ''

'' * 2008 : Premios Jerry Goldsmith por mejor música en largometraje y cortometraje de animación - ''La mujer del anarquista'' & ''Tadeo Jones y el sótano maldito''

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Riva, Zacarias M. de la 1972 births Berklee College of Music alumni Musicians from Barcelona Spanish film score composers Spanish male film score composers Living people Spanish male musicians