Tats Faustino is a
Filipino musical composer, arranger, producer, musical director, songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist, percussionist, and drummer.
Work
He composed "Hang On" for
Gary Valenciano
Edgardo Jose Santiago Valenciano (, born August 6, 1964), also known as Gary V., is a Filipino singer-songwriter, dancer, musician, actor, music producer and television host. Valenciano has released 39 albums, and won the Awit Award for "Bes ...
, "Hindi Magbabago" for
Randy Santiago, "Dadalhin" for
Regine Velasquez, "Nakaraang Pasko" for
Kuh Ledesma and later
Carol Banawa,
Christian Bautista, and
Martin Nievera
Martin Ramon Razon Nievera (; born February5, 1962) is a Filipino-American singer and television host. In his career spanning more than three decades, Nievera has garnered eighteen platinum, five double platinum, three triple platinum, and one ...
and more original songs for other
Filipino music artists.
He was music director/singer of Cicada Band during the late 80s, under the management of Babic Flores-Faustino, who became his wife. He was the resident music director with the SOP Band on ''
SOP'', and was resident musical director of ''
Party Pilipinas
''Party Pilipinas'' () is a Philippine television variety show broadcast by GMA Network. Hosted by Regine Velasquez, Ogie Alcasid, Jaya and Janno Gibbs, it premiered on March 28, 2010 replacing ''SOP''. The show concluded on May 19, 2013 with a ...
''.
He composed, wrote, and arranged the theme song for ''
Encantadia'', "Mahiwagang Puso", sung by
Karylle and Jerome John Hughes. He produced a self-titled album of his own hit songs and compositions, Tats Faustino, released under
Viva Records in 2006, with first single, "So Romantic". Singles that followed were "There's Nothing Left Inside" and "Dehin Dehin".
Richard Gomez directed Tats Faustino's first music video "Dehin Dehin" with
Karylle and
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*Rufa Mi
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as guests. Al Quinn directed Tats Faustino's second music video "Handa Na" with
Daiana Menezes in
Enchanted Kingdom. His "Basta Ikaw" was one of the winners of
Metropop 2000.
Personal life
Tats Faustino was married to Babic Flores (1959-2020), who sang in his former band, ''Cicada''. They have three children: Carissa, Margarita, and Nico.
References
External links
Official website
Filipino OPM composers
Filipino songwriters
20th-century Filipino male singers
Filipino multi-instrumentalists
Filipino drummers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Musicians from Manila
University of the East alumni
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