Zacarías Martínez de la Riva (born August 12, 1972) is a Spanishfilm composer. 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.
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 Juan Bardem, Lucio Godoy and Roque Baños 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 Goya Award 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 Elías Querejeta 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 Imago Mortis.
In 2014, he wrote the music for science fiction movie Autómata.[1] 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 2016, he composed for the American indie-thriller PET, directed by Carles Torrens. 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
Year
Film
Director(s)
Note(s)
1998
Negra Rosa
Ibon Cormenzana
Short film
1999
Silencios
Ibon Cormenzana
8, 9 y 10
Ibon Cormenzana
2000s
Year
Film
Director(s)
Note(s)
2001
Jaizkibel
Ibon Cormenzana
Feature film debut; final collaboration with Ibon Cormenzana
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 - Hierro
2009 : Premios IFMCA (International film music critics association) a mejor banda sonora de película de terror - Imago Mortis
2008 : Premios Jerry Goldsmith por mejor música en largometraje y cortometraje de animación - La mujer del anarquista & Tadeo Jones y el sótano maldito
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