Thanks to this collaboration, announced during the 17th edition of the festival, musical pieces by renowned composers such as Christopher Young, Arturo Cardelús and Pablo Cervantes have already been recorded
In this way, the Seville Symphony Orchestra is positioned alongside other major European orchestras in the film production industry
The Seville Festival, whose 17th edition will be held until Saturday, November 14th, has offered the perfect framework for the presentation of an ambitious agreement between the Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra (ROSS in Spanish) and the production company Sevilla Film Orchestra, for the recording of film soundtracks. A project that represents "a first step by both institutions for the promotion and production of music for film and other national and international audiovisual media", as explained by the managing director of the ROSS, Pedro Vázquez. It is also a way of positioning the Symphony at the level of other large European orchestras in the film production industry.
During the press conference held within the framework of the event, it was announced that this agreement has already made its debut with the recording of the first four musical pieces, works by composers of international recognition and extensive career: Christopher Young (The Fly, Hellraiser, Sinister), a reference in Hollywood film music; Arturo Cardelús (Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles, nominated for a Goya), a Spanish composer based in Los Angeles; and Pablo Cervantes (Una vez más, You're the one), a multi-award winning composer from Seville who is responsible for the score of Antonio Machado. Los días azules, which will be seen at this Seville European Film Festival. Also, in the first session, a piece composed by the director of the Seville Film Orchestra, Francisco Cuadrado, was recorded.
The director of the SEFF, José Luis Cienfuegos, stated that when the manager of the ROSS called him to inform him of this agreement, he saw "a project for the future, which expands the image of Seville, its culture and its cinema, but also linked to its music". Cienfuegos congratulated the Seville Symphony for an initiative that will place it, "beyond its status on the international music scene, in the world of cinema, where it has to be" and that will allow something "very beautiful, to see in the opening and closing credits of the films our orchestra, the ROSS".
The director of the Seville Film Orchestra, Francisco Cuadrado, highlighted the importance of this collaboration "to recognize the musical talent and unique sound of the Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra within the film industry. The project, he said, aims to contribute to making Seville "an even more cinematic city". Beyond a recording service, the Sevilla Film Orchestra production company is a team of professionals who accompany the composer in the process of producing a soundtrack to ensure "a different musical experience".
In March 2021, the ROSS will offer three concerts dedicated to film music. The first two will be on March 4th and 5th, focusing on the legendary composers awarded the Princesa de Asturias de las Artes 2020 prize, John Williams and Ennio Morricone. The third concert, entitled Film Music, will have a reduced format and will be held on Sunday March 7 at the Espacio Turina. There will also be a series of talks with national and international composers.
The recording of the first musical pieces to be produced as a result of this agreement will be attended by Gorka Oteiza, founder and director of SoundTrackFest, an institution dedicated to the dissemination and promotion of film music on an international level. Oteiza has covered a large number of film music concerts with different groups of worldwide importance, such as the recent concert with the Wiener Philharmoniker of Vienna performing music by John Willliams, conducted by the composer himself, and which has been published by the Deutsche Grammophon record company.
