Morote is currently working with him on Almodóvar’s new production, Parallel Mothers, which will premiere next September at the Venice Film Festival. He will also play Maixabel, Bollaín’s next film, selected to compete at the San Sebastián Festival. Although little can speak of these productions, since their melodies are still cooking in Madrid. “We work against the clock so that everything goes well. It is a profession that implies a lot of precision, but also a lot of lack of sleep, “jokes this Murcian, who assures that the Berklee school opened the doors of cinema for her. «I started working very soon after the master’s degree in Valencia. Although before Berklee he had already worked in the cinema. I made my first film as an assistant in a composition team in 2015 with Julio Medem’s Ma-ma, just before starting my stage in Valencia. Berklee was a before and after in my career. There they gave me many technical tools and they guided me when it came to immersing myself in the world of work, “he explains.
Morote assures that the world of cinema has always attracted him. «From a very young age, the possibilities of the sector attracted my attention. I was very interested in the narrative aspect that music could bring to the script and the image. For example, within a movie there is room for orchestral music, but there is also room for a rock or electronic song. It’s a whole range of colors that you can use to say what you need to say, “he says.
Morote has been the main composer of El Siglo de Galdós, the documentary by Miguel Ángel Calvo and of a documentary series by La 2, “Un País en Danza”, which will be released soon. In addition, he has made the music for various shorts and theatrical productions. According to Morote, his music is “dark and dreamy.” «I like to combine catchy melodies with complicated harmonies. My strong point is the orchestration ”, he assures.
Productions with a large budget have a team of composers made up of the chief composer and two assistants who make the scores and take care of the technical aspects. When the composition and recording of the music is ready, the sound engineer is in charge of mixing it and “placing it” in the film. Everything, under the watchful eye of the film director, who has the last word.
To carry out a composition, the musical team must visualize the film to fit its narrative. According to Morote, the soundtrack is written in about two months. “The composer has to run and we usually have a three-week window to do all the scores and recording in the studio,” he says.
The Murcian is immersed in two of the films that we will see on the billboard after the summer, Parallel Mothers and Maixabel. In both he works with Alberto Iglesias, whom he defines as an «intellectual in the sector». «He has a very broad vision and not only of music but of other artistic worlds. In addition, although he has a very particular style, in his work you always notice something different. He does refined and very modern things, ”he says.
She composed the soundtrack for the Spanish National Ballet video game and is co-author and musical director of the show “Rainroad The Musical”, with which she was a candidate for the Max Awards in 2018.
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