Website [1] | Occupation(s) Composer, Orchestrator | |
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Birth name Zacarías Martínez de la Riva Antigas Albums Automata (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Record labels MovieScore Media, Beastiful Music, Filmax Music, Colosseum Records, Saimel A Music director Tad - the Lost Explorer, Automata, Huevos: Little Rooster's, Snowflake - the White Gorilla, Exorcismus | ||
Zacar as m de la riva compositor m sica original de automata
Zacarías Martínez de la Riva was born in Barcelona (Spain) and is a film composer.
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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 soundtrack 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. 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.
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Songs
Automata RequiemAutomata (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · 2014
A Night Out DancingAutomata (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · 2014
The Canyon - Pt 2Automata (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · 2014