Hi, there. My name is Juan Cortés and I am a Colombian composer, orchestrator and music producer for films and television based in Los Angeles, California. My biggest passion in life is to find a film’s identity and recreate its personality through music and sounds. My role is to use orchestral and non-orchestral elements to “spice things up” and make them feel more authentic.
To do so, I go from recording orchestral ensembles and my guitar, to finding quirky utensils in my kitchen —like spoons, nails, pencils, and even hammers!— to create unconventional sounds that give the film a touch of originality.
Thank you for your interest in my work!
LATEST WORKS
High Seas (creator: Ramon Campos & Gema R. Neira), Netflix’s forth Spanish Original Series, released in the U.S. on May 24th, 2019. A period mystery piece, High Seas’s stunningly beautiful vintage visuals collaborate smoothly with playful orchestral music piece, spicing up the crime/mystery genre story with comedic inputs.
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Premiered at ACID section during 2018 Cannes International Film Festival, Anywhere With You (2018) presents a youthful story about starting anew with Juan Cortés’s original score.
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Music is an essential part of The Romantic Movement - both in history and in this 2019 short drama, which peals off the illusion not only from a failed relationship, but also from a perceived false reality.
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