A LETTER TO CARL SAGAN (May 2023)
A musical project for the image, instrumented for orchestra and piano, inspired by the figure of the great American writer and science populariser, astronomer, astrophysicist and cosmologist.
CINEMA PARADISO: “Love Theme” (April 2023)
Arrangement for Solo Trumpet and Cello, Jazz Quartet and Symphonic Band.
LA CEJA DEL ZORRO: “Tornare’m a brillar” (February 2023)
Arrangements for Symphonic Band and pop-rock group of the song “Tornare’m a brillar” by the group “La Ceja del Zorro”.
“AGENT 327: OPERATION BARBERSHOP” (January 2023)
Original music by GimEnez Bros. composed expressly for the International Composition “Indie Film Music Contest” (Germany).
Animated short film by Dutch artist Martin Lodewijk.
Synopsis: Hendrik IJzerbroot – Agent 327 – is a secret agent working for the secret service agency of the Netherlands. In the twenty comics he published in 1968, Martin Lodewijk created a universe with international conspiracies, hilarious characters and a healthy dose of Dutch humour.
“SHIBIL (Extracts)” (November 2022)
Original music by GimEnez Bros. Work submitted to the “Four for Music” Film Music Competition in Sofia (Bulgaria) in 2022.
Unpublished story of a merchant father who uses his daughter (Rada) as bait to capture an outlaw (Shibil), to prove his loyalty to the Ottoman Empire. In the 19th century, the intrepid bandit Shibil falls in love with the noble lady Rada, a situation that will have an unexpected ending.
“KIS KERINGŐ (LITTLE VALS)” (October 2022)
Musical project for the image, written for solo piano in the manner of a modern waltz where the various modes and chords of the major double harmonic scale interact.
“AS IN A LOOP” (September 2022)
Musical project for the image, instrumented for classical String Quartet (2 Violins, Viola and Cello), basically Minimalist style.
“HELLO, MY NAME IS MEMORY” (July 2022)
A musical project for the image, scored for string quintet and piano. It is a composition with a strong romantic and dramatic feeling, in which the main character of the story is periodically presented with bitter memories that gradually choke him and condition his own existence.
“PIDO LA PAZ Y LA PALABRA” (May 2022)
A musical project for the image, composed for symphony orchestra and electronic media, inspired by the figure of the Basque poet Blas de Otero (1916-1979) and his commitment to human solidarity and the search for a better world through poetry.
“OVERRUN” (April 2022)
Original composition for string orchestra for the animated short film of the same name by directors Jeremie Cottard and Antonin Deroy.
The music is descriptive, it tries to reflect sensorially the diverse vicissitudes of the main character (an ant) and for it we move in diverse environments, according to the situation that the short film presents us, and that go from the intrigue, the fear, the desperation, the pain or the discovery of a new world of sensorial experiences proper of other worlds but that are in this one.
“NIGÚ NIGÚ NIGÁ” (March 2022)
Piece for solo piano, playful and childish in character, with the use of contemporary resources such as polyrhythm and polymodality.
“PABLO” (February 2022)
Composition for solo piano with a clear minimalist and modal influence, it has at the same time an intimate character. It is based on the book of poems “PABLO” by the writer Daniel Arenas Martín.
Daniel is Pablo’s grandfather, who has been diagnosed with a rare disease such as the “autistic spectrum”, from there, the poems show us in an irrefutable way the great love, compassion, incomprehension and optimism of being alive in equal parts. It is an incredible work that makes you move easily in the face of a harsh reality.
One of the aims of the composition is to give the visibility it deserves to a reality that for many people is still hidden.
“TANGO TUTO” (December 2021)
Tango for String Quintet, Piano, Flute and Bandoneon. Inspired by the pieces of Astor Piazzola.
DVD Concert cloenda: “TERRES I TEMPS” (November 2021)
Revision and musical production of the DVD “Concert de Cloenda” of the painting exhibition “Terres i Temps” by Josep Esteve Adam.
1.- NUBES
2.- VARIACIONS: EL COLOR DEL TEMPS (Amparo Pous)
3.- EL COLOR DEL TEMPS… I AL FONS LA MAR
Soprano: Anna Albelda
Piano: Amparo Pous
Narrators: Daniel Arenas and Pere Blanco
“ESPÍRITUS DEL AGUA” (September-October 2021)
Second song for Soprano and Piano of the series “Nubes” (Clouds) inspired by the poetic work of the same name by the writer and friend Daniel Arenas. The composition has a neoclassical treatment with slight impressionistic traces.
Lyrics: Daniel Arenas Martín
“LYRIC GALA EVENT” (15 July 2021)
Arrangements and musical production by GimEnez Bros. for the Lyric Gala event with the participation of the solo singers: Enrique Ferrer (Tenor), Maia Planas (Soprano), Pablo López (Baritone) and accompanied by the “Prima Donna Ensemble”.
“NUBES” (May-June 2021)
Musical composition for Soprano and Piano of neoclassical style with impressionist overtones, inspired by the poetic work “Nubes” by the writer and friend Daniel Arenas.
Lyrics: Daniel Arenas Martín
“BACCHUS (Mix)” (February 2021)
A selection from the OST for the animated short film of the same name, by the film director Rikke A. K. Planeta, framed in the Marvin Hamlisch International Music Awards in New York and designed for a romantic orchestral group, Mezzosoprano and jazz quintet (Drums, Double Bass, Vibraphone, Clarinet and Soprano Sax).
Collaborators:
Silvia Fioole (Singer), Óscar Almodóvar (Clarinet) and Fran Català (Soprano Sax).
Mixing and Mastering: Alfonso Almiñana (AUDIOMAGIC).
“A SERIAL SWING” (December 2020)
Musical composition for chamber music ensemble (Jazz Drums, 2 Flutes, Oboe, 2 Clarinets, 2 High Saxophones, 2 Horns, 2 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, 2 Percussionists, Violin, Cello and Double Bass) of serial language and with rhythmic and stylistic characteristics of traditional swing.
The premiere is scheduled for the end of June 2021 in Palma de Mallorca, performed by the Orchestra of the Contemporary Music Hall of the Professional Conservatory of Felanitx (Mallorca), conducted by Josep Prohens.
“MAMARTUILE” (November 2020)
Original composition for String Orchestra, for the fiction short film of the same name, by the director Alejandro Saevich, produced by “Madrefoca”. With this work we participate in the 2nd edition of the competition “Original SoundTrack Challenge” of the 43rd International Short Film Festival of Clemont-Ferrand (France).
“OVERRUN” (October 2020)
Original composition for String Orchestra, for the animated short film of the same name, by directors Jeremie Cottard, Antonin Derory, Matthieu Druaud, Pierre Ropars, Diane Thirault, Adrien Zumbih. With this work we participated in the 2nd edition of the competition “Original SoundTrack Challenge” of the 43rd International Short Film Festival of Clemont-Ferrand (France).
“ACCOMPLICE SMILE” (September 2020)
Composition designed for Symphonic Orchestra, tradicionally called post-romantic, together with some ethnic or popular instruments (Cimbalom, Darbuka, African Xylophone, Kanun, Shenai, Tunisian Tambourine) from other cultures (Eastern Europe, Near East, North Africa, India and Pakistan). We have used a basically romantic and, at times, neoclassical language, but the influences of certain nationalist styles are also very noticeable, especially from Eastern European and Near Eastern countries.
Collaborators:
Óscar Almodóvar (Clarinet) and Fran Català (Alto Sax).
Mixing and Mastering: Alfonso Almiñana (AUDIOMAGIC).
“BACCHUS” (July 2020)
OST for the animated short film of the same name, by the film director Rikke A. K. Planeta, framed in the Marvin Hamlisch International Music Awards in New York and designed for a romantic orchestral group, Mezzosoprano and jazz quintet (Drums, Double Bass, Vibraphone, Clarinet and Soprano Sax).
Collaborators:
Silvia Fioole (Singer), Óscar Almodóvar (Clarinet) and Fran Català (Soprano Sax).
“CONCERTO VITALE” (April-May 2020)
Symphonic composition for string orchestra, timpani and euphonium soloist.With a basically neoclassical language, and using compositional techniques such as “polytonality”, O. Messiaen’s “limited transposition modes” or Ramón Barce’s modal or “Neomodal” language, the work is structured in three movements:
I – Moderato impulsivo – Piu mosso
II – Adagio con duolo
III – Allegro ritmico
It is dedicated to Josep Burguera Riera, concert performer and soloist bombardino of the Palma de Mallorca Municipal Band.
“DE LA MUSETTE” (March 2020)
Piece for piano solo, based on the “Musette” in D Major (BWV Anh. 126) from the book by Ana Magdalena Bach (J. S. Bach). This term, referring to a musical genre, traditionally refers to a dance of French origin with a pastoral character.
The composition aims to be a vision or “concrete thought” of Bach’s original piece, with a free modal language in a neo-baroque style, while maintaining the original basic structure of the composition and respecting the main motifs and character of this dance.
“I KAKI?” (March 2020)
Composition for piano with a strong rhythmic character, playful and mischievous where it tries to emulate in an almost programmatic way the mischief of a pet (a Dutch dwarf rabbit). The piece has a free form and is written in a poly-modal language.
“MARS NEEDS WOMEN” (February 2020)
Musical composition for Symphonic Orchestra and Choirs together with electronic components. Composed for the short film of the same name and made for the “Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival (MiSciFi)”.
“INTO THE CRIPT” (December 2019)
Musical project composition for Symphonic Orchestra designed for the image, with a strong character of intrigue and terror, inspired by the novel of the same name by the writer H. P. Lovecraft.
“DIVERTIMENTOS ANTE UN ESPEJO” (November 2019)
Musical composition for chamber music training (2 Flutes, Oboe, 2 Clarinets, Alto Saxophone, 2 Trumpets, 2 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, 3 Percussionists, Violin and Violoncello) in the form of “mirror” variations, modal language (Limited Transposition Modes by Oliver Messiaen) and with a rhythmic, playful and burlesque character.
The premiere is scheduled for the end of June 2020 in Palma de Mallorca, performed by the Orchestra of the Classroom of Contemporary Music of the Felanitx Professional Conservatory (Mallorca), conducted by Josep Prohens.
“CANÇONASSOS” (La Sonrisa Médica CD) (July-September 2019)
Composition, musical production, arrangements and recording by GimEnez Bros. Film Music Composers, for the Association “Sonrisa médica” of the Balearic Islands. CD La Clownètica “Cançonassos” Edited by Produccions Blau, Palma de Mallorca, Illes Balears (Spain), 2019.
“AGATHA CHRISTIE ON STAGE” (March-April 2019)
Original composition for symphonic orchestra and rock band with electronics, inspired by the detective novels of Agatha Christie. The work aims to pay a humble tribute to the most important British writer and playwright of the so-called detective and crime novel genre.
“IN OCTOBER” (January-February 2019)
Original work for symphonic orchestra and electronic musical media (synthesizer, sampler and sound processing effects), conceived, composed, produced and recorded for the image.
The composition is inspired by the novel “Luna de octubre, el naufragio de la herradura” (2012) by the writer and journalist Andrés Cárdenas (Bailén, 1954).
“EL RETAULE DEL FLAUTISTA” (November-December 2019)
Five musical composition pieces for white voices and piano, integrated into the scenic play “El retaule del flautista” by Jordi Teixidor, premiered on July 6, 2019 at the Main Theater of Palma de Mallorca by the Children’s Choir of the theater itself under the stage direction of Carles Pujols and the musical direction of Pere Víctor Radó.
“DUES DANSES CUBISTES” (October 2018)
Premiere of “Dues Danses Cubistes” by the Orchestra of the Classroom of Contemporary Music of the Felanitx Conservatory, directed by Josep Prohens at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Sebastian of the Balearic Islands.
“THE GRAND OASIS” (June 2018)
Musical composition for the documentary “The Grand Oasis” by the film director Tomeu Santandreu.
- 2018 winner of the V MINIDOCS as best short film “man and nature”
- 2018 Officially selected in the FICMA category of “Landscapes”
- 2018 Officially selected at the International Festival 4 minutes short
- 2019 Officially selected “Sun of the East Awards”.
“MICRO TUBES” (April 2018)
Mini-Overture composed for Brass Quintet. Finalist in the V Spanish Brass Luur Metals Music Composition Contest (Alzira, 2018).
“NOCTURNE” (2018)
Musical project composition for the image of an intimate and romantic character.
“FEDERICO FELLINI” (2017)
Musical project composition for the image, with a strong Italian popular character, in the manner of Federico Fellini’s films.
“HARLEQUIN’S WALTZ” (2017)
Musical project composition for the image, in the form of Waltz, inspired by classical dance and the popular character of the old Italian comedy, the harlequin.
“GALACTIC BUBBLES” (2017)
Project of electronic musical composition for the image, of scientific and futuristic inspiration.
“EL GEGANT EGOISTA” (2016)
Original composition for white voices and piano, based on the play of the same name by the Irish-born writer, poet and playwright Oscar Wilde (Dublin 1854 – Paris 1900).
Written and conceived for the stage, it is a musical theatre piece, premiered at the Teatro Principal in Palma de Mallorca on 28 May 2016 by the theatre’s own choir of white voices, with stage direction by Carles Puyols and musical direction by Xisca Mir.
The work consists of 9 musical pieces, three of them for solo piano, which, as a soundtrack, help to describe the scene.
“EL COLOR DEL TEMPS… I AL FONS LA MAR” (2016)
Musical composition for Piano solo, inspired by the exhibition “El color del temps, variacions” (2016) by the painter, great artist and friend Josep Esteve Adam.
“RAPSODIA FLAMENCA” (2015)
Musical composition for a Tubas Quartet, winner of the 1st Prize of the Contest organized by the AETYB in the Ensemble category (2015)
“VENUS MAYOR” (2014)
Composition for the great Symphonic Band, winner of the IV Vicente Ruiz Monrabal Competition (2014), convened by the Spanish Confederation of Musical Societies (CESM)
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