Zacarías M. de la Riva

Zacarías M. de la Riva
Birth name Zacarías Martínez de la Riva Antigas
Born (1972-08-12) 12 August 1972
Barcelona, Spain
Genres
Occupation(s) Composer, Orchestrator
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Zacarías Martínez de la Riva was born in Barcelona (Spain) and is a film composer.

Biography

Zacarías didn’t study music at a young age. He started studies as an engineer in Telecommunications in Barcelona. An unfortunate personal event make him change paths completely. He arrived in Boston in 1992 where he attended Berklee College of Music accomplishing a dual major in Composition and Film Scoring. Back in Spain he started collaborating with young directors and composed his first scores for shortfilms and his first feature film JAIZKIBEL (directed by Ibón Cormenzana). In 2000 he started to work for people like Juan Bardem, Lucio Godoy and Roque Baños as an orchestrator. In 2004 he composed the first TADEO JONES short, which won Goya for best Animation short. Also during that year he composed music for THE NUN (Luis de la Madrid), BENEATH STILL WATERS (Brian Yuzna) and SPECTRE (Mateo Gil). In 2006 he met Elías Querejeta and worked for him in various different documentaries: NOTICIAS DE UNA GUERRA (2006), CERCA DE TUS OJOS (2008) y LAS CATEDRALES DEL VINO (2009). In 2007 he meets Manuel Carballo and writes the music for his opera prima THE LAST OF THE JUST, he also composed the soundtrack for his following feature film EXORCISMUS: THE POSSESSION OF EMMA EVANS

In 2008 co-productions with other countries begin: THE ANARCHIST’S WIFE, CARMO and IMAGO MORTIS.

From 2009 until now he continues to compose for very different genres. From the psychological thrillers HIERRO or DICTADO, to the romantic comedy ¿ESTÁS AHÍ?, to the drama LA ESTRELLA, to documentaries like VOCES DE MOZAMBIQUE or LUZ DE MAR, to animation movies like SNOWFLAKE or TAD THE LOST EXPLORER. This last one being a big hit in Spain and earning him a nomination for best sountrack in the Goyas. He continues to write music for short films like THE HAND OF NEFERTITI, SEQUENCE or THROUGH THE BREAKING GLASS and even TV series like DESCUBRE CON TADEO.

In 2014 he wrote the music for science fiction movie AUTÓMATA.[1] Directed by Gabe Ibáñez and starring Antonio Banderas. The score was very well received by film music critics all around the world. Nominated several times for best science fiction soundtrack in many different festivals, and winning 2014 best Spanish soundtrack and 2014 best Spanish composer.

In 2015 he composed music for three very different feature films. A Mexican animated motion picture called UN GALLO CON MUCHOS HUEVOS, which received a wide release in the United States making it the first Mexican animated movie to achieve that. A French experimental film called EVOLUTION directed by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, which won the Special Jury Prize at San Sebastian’s film festival, and the English horror movie THE REZORT, directed by Steve Barker.

He is at the moment writing the score for American indie-thriller PET, directed by Carles Torrens.

His music has been played in the concert hall by such well known orchestras in Spain as the RTVE orchestra, the Euskadiko Orkester, the Ciudad de Granada Orchestra or the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra.

Filmography[2]

Year Film
1998 Negra Rosa (short)
1999 Silencios (short)
8, 9 y 10 (short)
2001 Jaizkibel
2003 El Cid: The legend
Niebla (short)
2004 Tadeo Jones (short)
2005 Beneath Still Waters
The nun
2006 Spectre
Coming to Town
Noticias de una guerra (documentary)
2007 The last of the Just
Tadeo Jones y el sótano maldito (short)
2008 The anarchist's wife
Carmo
Delaney (short)
2009 Imago Mortis
Hierro
Chuckle Boy (short)
Cerca de tus ojos (documentary)
2010 Exorcismus
Mi amigo invisible (corto)
2011 Snowflake, the white gorilla
Luz de mar (documentary)
Voces desde Mozambique (documentary)
¿Estás ahí?
Las catedrales del vino (documentary)
2012 Tad, The Lost Explorer
La mano de Nefertiti (short)
Dictado
2013 La estrella
Sequence (corto)
2014 Autómata
Through the breaking glass (short)
No digas nada (short)
Récord (short)
2015 Un gallo con muchos huevos
Evolution
The Rezort
2016 Edict of Expulsion 1492
PET

Awards

Nominations

References

  1. ↑ http://www.filmmusicmag.com/?p=13775
  2. ↑ "imdb link".
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