Fran Villalba (composer)
Fran Villalba (composer) | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Francisco Villalba Greco |
Born |
7 November 1978 Asunción, Paraguay |
Origin | Italy |
Genres | Film scores, soundtracks, instrumental |
Occupation(s) | Musician, film composer, producer |
Instruments | Piano, keyboard, synthesizer, guitar and accordion |
Years active | 1996–present |
Website | http://www.franvillalba.com |
Fran Villalba (Asunción, 7 November 1978) is a Paraguayan pianist and film composer. He has composed scores for many short films and featured films. He is best known as the composer of the award-winning Paraguayan film 7 Boxes (2012).
Education and Career
He holds a degree in Accounting from Universidad Católica "Nuestra Señora de la Asunción".
He has a classical music education (Piano Professor, Accésit and Professor of Music Theory), self-taught studies in harmony, composition and electronic music. He holds a Master degree in Composition of Soundtracks and Music for Audiovisual Media from the
Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya.
He was keyboardist of the rock band Gaudí (1996–2010), with whom he recorded 3 albums.
Fran won a scholarship to attend the Laboratory of Music for Film in 2013, which belongs to film laboratories for professionals in Mexico City (Mexico).[1] He was selected for Talents Buenos Aires (Argentina) in 2014.
He released his first album of instrumental music Universo Paralelo in 2014.[2]
Fran opened Planetario Music Studio in 2006 and he lives in Barcelona, Spain.
Discography
- Universo Paralelo (2014)
Filmography
- Opaco (2006)
- Minotauro (2008)
- Jazmines del Alma: La vida de Chiquitunga (2009)
- Universo servilleta (2010)
- 7 cajas (2012)
- #Ya (2015)
- Km 72 (2015)
- De lunes a lunes (2016)
- Liviano (2016)
- Selva (2016)
- Hoy partido a las 3 (2016)
- Río atrevido (TV Mini-Series 2017)
- Mujeres entre fronteras (TV Mini-Series 2017)
- Mr. Emmett & Los Melocotones enlatados (2017)
Other work (additional music)
- Die Toten reiten schnell (2015)
Awards
- Rock and Pop Paraguay Awards 2000 – Best Paraguayan keyboardist
- 45 Talents of the year 2013 El País Awards – One of the 45 talents of the year by the Spanish newspaper.[3]
- Unasur International Film Festival Awards 2013 – Best Sound design award for the score of 7 Boxes.[4]
References
- ↑ "Un paraguayo becado para estudiar con la productora de Guillermo del Toro". Ultima hora.
- ↑ Coronel, Jorge (31 January 2014). "Música que se mueve".
- ↑ Sucasas, Ángel Luis (16 July 2013). "Soñar sinfonías para Almodóvar".
- ↑ "Todos los ganadores del Festival Unasur 2013". Punto Cine.
External links
- Official website
- Fran Villalba on IMDb
- Fran Villalba on Facebook
- Fran Villalba's channel on YouTube
- Jamendo Music site
- SoundCloud site