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 Fernando Velázquez (born
November 22, 1976) is a Spanish-born composer of concert and
orchestral music, as well as that for film and television.
Velázquez may be best known for his World Soundtrack-nominated
score for The Orphanage, yet during recent years his music was
heard in many movies, short film and TV projects across wide
spectrum of genres ranging from comedies (such as recent Ocho
Apellidos Vascos), documentary about true events during WWII
(Garbo: The Spy), through adventure and children films (The
Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box or Zipi y Zape: Y el
Club de la Canica - both released in 2013).
Fernando’s experience as an accomplished cello player in
various orchestras and his training in conservatories as
“Jesus Guridi” from Vitoria and composition studies in the
RCSM Madrid and Paris are the foundations of his talent.
Fernando Velázquez already had experience in the world of
cinema, and especially in the terror genre, having composed
movies like Devil (written & produced by M. Night
Shyamalan) and the Guillermo del Toro produced feature The
Orphanage. His other credits include BackWoods starring Gary
Oldman and Savage Grace starring Julianne Moore.
In 2010 he was selected to create symphonic works for the
Bilbao Symphony Orchestra. He was one of eleven selected
composers. Also Film Music Magazine rated his score to 'Devil'
as one of the best scores of the year, quoting "Velazquez’s
brassily orchestral ambitions pay more of a blood oath to
Bernard Herrmann and James Newton Howard, with the kind of
churning, melodically rich symphonic sound that makes Devil’s
mostly elevator-bound setting anything but
claustrophobic" In 2012, Film Music Magazine ranked his
score to 'The Impossible' as one of the Top 10 scores of the
year.
World Soundtrack
Awards
2008: The Orphanage (nomination)
International Film Music Critics
Association Awards
2009: Garbo: The Spy
(nomination, Best Documentary Score)
2007: Best New
Composer of the Year (nomination)
2007: The Orphanage
(nomination, Best Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Horror Score)
2012: The Impossible (Film Music
Composition of the Year, for "Main Titles": winner)
2012:
The Impossible (Film Score of the Year: nomination)
2012:
The Impossible (Best Original Score for a Drama Film:
nomination)
2012: Film Composer of the Year
(nomination)
Barcelona Film
Awards
2007: The Orphanage (Best Original Score: nomination)
Cinema Writers Circle Awards,
Spain
2011: Lope (Best Original Score: nomination)
2008: The Orphanage (Best Original
Score: winner)
European Film Awards
2008: The Orphanage
(Best Composer: nomination)
Goya Awards
2008: The Orphanage (Best Original
Score: nomination)
2013: The
Impossible (Best Original Score: nomination)
2015: Ocho
Apellidos Vascos: No te marches jamás (Best Original Song:
nomination)
Spanish Music Awards
2008: The
Orphanage (Best
Original Score: winner)
Gaudí Awards
2014: Los Último
Días (Best
Original Score: nomination)
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