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Antonio Escobar Núñez (born 1976) is a Spanish musical artist who has won
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s during his careerhttp://www.deconcursos.com/web/hemeroteca.php?id=9151&page=38CADENA= Title: "El manchego Antonio Escobar Núñez gana el Premio de Música Electrónica de Caja España", Author: Europa Press, Section: Hemeroteca de Categorías, deConcursos - premios, certamenes, concursos, Date: 30/10/06, Publisher: deconcursos.com, "EUROPA PRESS. Antonio Escobar Núñez, manchego residente en Madrid, ha resultado ganador del Premio Música Electrónica con su obra titulada 'Lighthouse mp3'.", Retrieved: 6 April 2011 as a
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and
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for
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,
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, TV and
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s. Escobar's music features
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,
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, pop,
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and
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influences.


Biography


Background

Antonio Escobar was born in
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,
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,
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, raised in
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and is of
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n descent. He began during the late 1990s as a studio engineer and music producer for the Spanish singer
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and in 1998, formed Spanish the award-winning
indie band Independent music (also commonly known as indie music or simply indie) is music that is produced independently from commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, a process that may include an autonomous, do-it-yourself approach to recording a ...
Maydrïm.http://www.indyrock.es/grupos/maydrim.htm Title: Maydrim, Author: indyrock.es, "Maydrim realiza el estreno de un tema de su primer disco, Makeyourselfagain, en IndyRock, la canción: Never Ending, uno de los tracks de un LP que aparece el 30 de octubre", Section: Grupos, Publisher: indyrock.es, Retrieved on 4 April 2011.


Productions

Escobar was one of the first music producers in Spain to merge
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,
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, pop and
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in the late 1990s and he has been very connected with the last trends in music. He has worked composing, arranging and producing for a series of
recording artists A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who wr ...
and music groups including
John Legend John Roger Stephens (born December 28, 1978), known professionally as John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and record producer. He began his musical career by working behind the scenes, playing piano on Lauryn Hill's " Ever ...
's A Place Called World, Zara Larsson's Invisible (
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movie version),
Dan Croll Daniel Francis Croll (born 18 July 1990) is a British singer-songwriter. He began his career in 2011 when he was named Songwriter of the Year by the Musicians' Benevolent Fund while attending the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. His deb ...
,
Carlos Rivera Carlos Rivera Guerra, better known as Carlos Rivera (born March 15, 1986), is a Mexican singer. He rose to fame by winning the third generation of '' La Academia''. Rivera has released four studio albums and participated in six theatre product ...
,
Malú María Lucía Sánchez Benítez, known as Malú, is a Spanish singer. She is the niece of the composer and guitarist Paco de Lucía, and is known for songs such as "Aprendiz", "Como Una Flor", "Toda", "Diles", "Si Estoy Loca" and "No Voy a Cambia ...
,
Dvicio Dvicio, known as DVICIO or just DV, is a Spanish latin-pop group. DVICIO signed to Sony Music Spain. History Dvicio stated that during their childhood, the group were close friends who decided to form a group. The beginnings of Dvicio go back to ...
,
Nena Daconte Nena Daconte () is a Spanish pop band created and led by singer and composer Mai Meneses in Barcelona circa 2005. The band takes its name inspired by a character from the short story "The Trail Of Your Blood On The Snow", by Gabriel García Márq ...
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,
Carlos Baute Carlos Roberto Baute Jiménez (born March 8, 1974, in Caracas, Venezuela), best known simply as Carlos Baute, is a Venezuelan singer-songwriter and television host. His music is mostly in the Latin pop genre, with some ballads and Bachata. ...
,
OBK OBK is a Spanish synthpop music group from Barcelona (Spain) composed of Jordi Sánchez and Miguel Arjona. The group was famous for introducing the electronic music in Spain in the 1990s (in the early 1980s some Spanish synthpop bands as Azul ...
, Anni B Seet,
Carles Benavent Carles Benavent (born 1 March 1954) is a Spanish flamenco and jazz bass player. Biography Benavent was born in the Poble Sec neighborhood in Barcelona. He started playing the bass when he was thirteen years old, attracted by blues and rock, J ...
, Carlos Tarque (
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), Dani Reus & The Gospel Factory, De Pedro, Dr Kucho!, Garrett Wall, José Ortega,
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(
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),
Salvador Beltrán Salvador, meaning "salvation" (or "saviour") in Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese may refer to: * Salvador (name) Arts, entertainment, and media Music *Salvador (band), a Christian band that plays both English and Spanish music ** ''Salvador'' ( ...
,
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, Lonely Joe (as "Alan May"), Lucas,
Luis Ramiro Luis Ramiro is a Spanish singer-songwriter. He was born in Madrid (23 April 1976) at San Cristóbal de los Ángeles. In 2004 he won the Certamen Jóvenes Creadores (Young Creators Award). That award allowed his participation in representing S ...
, Marwan, Vanexxa and Zahara. He has worked with many important
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including Columbia,
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Sony Music Sony Music Entertainment (SME), also known as simply Sony Music, is an American multinational music company. Being owned by the parent conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is owned by Sony Entertainment ...
,
Universal Music Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Netherlands, Dutch–United States, American multinational Music industry, music corporation under Law of the Netherlands, Dutch law. UMG's cor ...
,
Warner Music Warner Music Group Corp. ( d.b.a. Warner Music Group, commonly abbreviated as WMG) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the " big three" recording companies and t ...
,
Vale Music Vale Music was a Spanish record label founded and chaired by Ricardo Campoy. Together with executives Narcís Rebollo and Gabriel Blanco, who came from Campoy's previous record label, Max Music. Universal Music Group acquired the label in 2006, ...
, Subterfuge, El Diablo, Lunar and Weekend.


Sonic branding

In 2000, Escobar was a mixing engineer and
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for live programmes at Localia Málaga,
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, a former
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of the Prisa Media Group. In 2002, he moved to
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to become chief producer, composer and mixer for the advertising division of A.S.K., a music
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owned by the
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rock producer Alejandro Stivel and one of
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’s top 5 music production studios at that time. Escobar established the production company and record label, Antipop, to maximize his music productivity within the advertising industry, generate
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s for film and television, and produce music for more recording artists.


Advertising campaigns

Escobar has composed and produced music for
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,
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and
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, including
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, and has worked on over 200 publicity campaigns on behalf of
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and media
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for Europe and USA. He has created music for the promotion of Spanish
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, including Adif,
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, Sammontana and
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, and has recorded with the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra and the La Orquesta de Cámara
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. Escobar has also created advertising scores for international brands, including
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, B.M.W., Carlsberg,
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(broadcast in 34 countries),
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
Procter & Gamble The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is an American multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble. It specializes in a wide range of personal health/consumer hea ...
,
Renault Groupe Renault ( , , , also known as the Renault Group in English; legally Renault S.A.) is a French multinational automobile manufacturer established in 1899. The company produces a range of cars and vans, and in the past has manufactured ...
,
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,
Sony PlayStation is a video gaming brand that consists of five home video game consoles, two handhelds, a media center, and a smartphone, as well as an online service and multiple magazines. The brand is produced by Sony Interactive Entertainment, a divi ...
,
Telefónica Telefónica, S.A. () is a Spanish multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Madrid, Spain. It is one of the largest telephone operators and mobile network providers in the world. It provides fixed and mobile telephony, broadba ...
, Turismo España and
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(worldwide campaign). The commercials have been broadcast in Spain (
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(on Antena 3),
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,
Telecinco Telecinco is a Spanish free-to-air television channel operated by Mediaset España. The channel was previously known as Tele 5, because it had first begun its experimental transmissions on 10 March 1989, and a year later, it was officially launc ...
,
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, Corporación Radiotelevisión Española,
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and
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), as well as internationally (
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,
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and
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).


Awards

In recognition of his music-to-picture talents, Escobar has won various
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awards for his contributions to the
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and
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. These include a Oscars Academy Awards and
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nominations, BAFTA, Gold award for Best Music at the
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,
Goya Awards The Goya Awards ( es, Premios Goya) are Spain's main national annual film awards, commonly referred to as the Academy Awards of Spain. The awards were established in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sc ...
, Las Vegas International Film Awards, to name a few.


Rock launch

In 2003, Escobar joined forces with the singer Noemí Carrión to form the pop-rock group Nómadas and in 2004, Nieva meaning Snows, whose musical
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fuses
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with
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. In 2007, after three years of development, the duo performed
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in Spanish
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with a full band before writing, recording and producing their debut album. In 2011, the group began the final mixing and mastering of ''Sed De Mar'' ''(Sea Of Thirst)''. Also in 2011, Escobar was the
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of '' Hacia Lo Salvaje'', the sixth
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of award-winning Spanish rock group Amaral.


Later activities

Escobar's latest soundtracks credits include ''
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, Reyes de la Noche,
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,
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, Alex´s Strip''. He has also participated in singles for the band Dvicio ( "Soy de volar")


Awards, prizes, nominations (outdated)


Film and TV - individual (outdated)

* 2009 Best Soundtrack, “Miente”, III Festival Digital El Sector, Spain * 2008 Best Soundtrack (Roel Mejor Música), “Miente”, 21st Medina del Campo Festival, Spain * 2008 Best Soundtrack, “Miente”, III Corto Festival “Dunas” de Cine y Video, Spain * 2006 Silver, R.T.V.E. “Comunícate”, New York Film Festival, US * 2005 Best Music, “Buenos Compañeros”, X Festival U.E.M. Cortometrajes, Spain


Music - individual (outdated)

* 2007 Best Song, Maydrïm “Lighthouse”, II Electronic Music Contest Caja España, Spain * 2003 Best Trip Hop Theme, Maydrïm "Inside", Hispasonic, Spain * 2001 Best Song, Maydrïm “Drink My Eyes”, International Shock Millennium, Spain * 2000 Best Band, Maydrïm, Muestra de Música Joven Ciudad de Málaga, Spain


Advertising - individual (outdated)

* 2004 Mejor Música (Silver), Carlsberg "Kulu Ngile", Premios Drac, Spain * 2004 Best Sound, Coca-Cola “Musical”, Premios A.P.P.E. (Asociación de Productoras Publicitarias Españolas), Spain * 2003 Best Music (Gold), Coca-Cola “Musical”, New York Film Festival, US


Film & TV - collective (outdated)

* 2020 Nomination Best Animation Film, Klaus (film), The Oscars Awards, US *2020 Best Animation Film, Klaus (film),
BAFTA Awards The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA Film Awards is an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to film. The cere ...
, UK *2009 Best Short Film, “Miente”, III Festival Digital El Sector, Spain * 2009 Best Script, “Impávido”, I Concurso Nacional de Proyectos Cinematográficos "Ciudad de Gijón", Spain * 2009 Best Short Film, “Miente”, Awarded by Academia de las Artes Cinematográficas de España, XXIII
Premios Goya The Goya Awards ( es, Premios Goya) are Spain's main national annual film awards, commonly referred to as the Academy Awards of Spain. The awards were established in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sci ...
(Mejor Cortometraje), Spain * 2008 Best Short Film, “Miente”, III Corto Festival “Dunas” de Cine y Video, Spain * 2008 Premio Al Mejor Cortometraje Temática De Igualdad, "Miente", VI Certamen de cortometrajes de Écija Thánatos, Spain * 2008 Best Short Film (Roel de Oro) and Best Director (Roel), “Miente”, 21st Medina del Campo Festival, Spain * 2008 Biznaga De Plata, “Miente”, 11º Festival de Málaga, Spain * 2007 Best Short Film, “Impávido”, Fant-cortada, Spain * 2007 Best Short Film, “Impávido”, Festival de cortometrajes Cortogenia, Spain * 2005 Best Music, “Buenos Compañeros”, Universidad Europe de Madrid, Spain


Advertising – collective (outdated)

* 2006 Gold, Metro de Madrid “Transparente”, New York Film Festival, US * 2005 Sol De Plata, Metro de Madrid “Transparente”, El Sol 2005 (San Sebastián), Spain * 2005 Sol De Bronce, Cowboy “Dodot Etapas”, El Sol 2005 (San Sebastián), Spain * 2005 Best Advert, Coca-Cola “Del Pita”, Premios “El Chupete”, Spain * 2005 Best Integrated Marketing Program, Coca-Cola “Del Pita”, Marketing Excellence Awards (TCCC), UK * 2005 Gold, Coca-Cola “Del Pita”, “Premios A.M.P.E. 2005, Spain * 2005 Bronze, Coca-Cola “Del Pita”, New York Film Festival, US * 2004 Gold, Coca-Cola “Del Pita”, Premios A.P.P.E. (Asociación de Productoras Publicitarias Españolas), Spain * 2004 Finalist, Coca-Cola “Musical”, Premios El Sol B, Spain * 2004 Finalist, Coca-Cola “Musical”, Cannes Lions, France * 2004 Finalist, Coca-Cola “Musical”, London International Awards, UK * 2003 Finalist, Coca-Cola “Musical”, Premios Zapping, Spain * 2003 Best Advert, Coca-Cola “Musical”,
TP de Oro The TP de Oro were a series of Spanish annual television awards awarded between 1972 and 2011 by ''Teleprograma'' magazine. In 2012 they were absorbed by Fotogramas de Plata awards. References External links Web oficial de TPIMDb Page Spani ...
, Spain


Advertising music


International brands

Audi,
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, B.M.W., Bongrain SA, Carlsberg,
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, Coca-Cola, Ford,
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, I.B.M.,
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, Illva Saronno,
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, Nestlé, Orange, Pepsi, Peugeot, Procter & Gamble, Renault, Sammontana, Santander, Sony PlayStation,
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, Sunny Delight, Telefónica, Turismo España, Turismo Madrid,
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Spanish brands

Asociación Nacional para el desarrollo de la Salud en la Mujer, Adif, Aena, Amena, Antena Tres,
Aviva Aviva plc is a British multinational insurance company headquartered in London, England. It has about 18 million customers across its core markets of the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada. In the United Kingdom, Aviva is the largest general ...
, Barceló, Caballer

Caja Madrid,
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, Castilla La Mancha, Cerveza Mixta,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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, Fuerzas Armadas de España, Fundación Irene Megías, Hipotecas.Com,
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, Kalise, Larios
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, Metro Madrid, Ministerio de Trabajo e Inmigración de España, MultiÓpticas, Once, Mútua Madrileña, Orlando, Páginas Amarillas,
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,
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, Santa Lucía,
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,
Televisión Española Televisión Española (acronym TVE, branded tve, "Spanish Television") is Spain's national state-owned public television broadcaster and the oldest regular television service in the country. It was also the first regular television service in ...
, Tesoro Público


Film music

IMDB
*2021 El rey de todo el mundo *2021 Reyes de la noche *2020 El Cid *2020 Santiago Of The Seas *2020 Relatos con-fi-na-dos *2020 La cinta de Alex *2019 Klaus *2019 Qué te juegas *2019 Qin ai de xin nian hao *2019 ¿Qué te juegas? *2019 #Abro Hilo *2018 La teoría del sueño *2018 El árbol de la sangre *2018 Perdida *2018 "Serás hombre", Director: Isabel de Ocampo *2018 Black Panther *2018 No dormirás *2017 Talismán *2017 Sólo se vive una vez *2017 "Toc Toc", Director: Vicente Villanueva, Lazona *2016 Mascotas *2016 Money *2015 All Roads Lead To Rome *2014 Gurba *2014 O21 *2013 Al otro lado de la puerta *2013 Jaisalmer *2012 Atocha 70 *2012 "Evelyn", Director: Isabel de Ocampo, La Voz Que Yo Amo *2012 “Looking For Eimish” (Buscando an Eimish), Director: Ana Rodriguez, Jana Films. * 2012 “Impávido”, Director: Carlos Therón, Enigma Films. *2012 Sssh! *2011 La raya que me raya * 2011 "Háztelo Mirar", TV series, Directors: Víctor Martín León & David Velduque, Antena 3 Neox. * 2010 “The Vampire In The Hole”, Director: Sonia Escolano & Sadrac González, LaSoga/Lukantum. * 2006 “La Máquina De Bailar”, Director: Óscar de Aibar, Amiguetes Entertainment/Ensueño Films/Chapuzas Audiovisuales. * 2010 "The Recipient", Director: Javier Bermúdez, Fanatico Films. *2010 "Desalmados", TV series (online), Director: Víctor Martín León, Antena 3. * 2009 "18RDC (Ritmo De la Calle)", Videomedia, TV series, Executive Producers: Cristina Castilla & Eva Sánchez, Antena 3. * 2009 “Terapia”, Director: Nuria Verde (Premios Goya Award Nominee for Best Fictional Short Film 2010). * 2009 "Sea Bed", Director: Laura M. Campos, Antipop Films. * 2008 “Madrid 2016”, Comunidad de Madrid. * 2008 “¡Al Cielo Con Ella!”, Director: Nicolás Pacheco, La Tapia Producciones/Secuencia Imagen y Comunicación. * 2008 “Estrella”, Director: Belén Herrera de la Osa. * 2008 “Miente”, Produccíones Líquídas, Director: Isabel de Ocampo, Mandil. * 2007 “Impávido”, Mandríl, Starring Marta Torné, Director: Carlos Therón, Producciones Líquidas. * 2007 "Never Ending", Director: Laura M. Campos, Antipop Films. * 2005 "Good Partners" (Buenos compañeros), Director: Miguel de Priego. * 2005 “Mrs Eriksson In Spain" (La señora Eriksson en España) (Audio Mixing), Director: Carita Boronska, Tonetailor Productions.


Recordings (outdated)


Albums

* 2011 Nieva "Sed Del Mar" (pending) * 2010 Niño Raro “Treinta y Tres” * 2009 Maydrïm “Makeyourselfagain” * 2009 Lucas "Palo Al Agua" (EMI España) * 2008 Lonely Joe “Un Toque De Lonely” (Subterfuge Records) * 2006 Vanexxa “Se Rompe O Se Raja” (Subterfuge Records) * 2005 Lonely Joe “Songs From The Low Side” (Subterfuge Records) * 2004 Gladston Galliza “Tocca Essa Bola” (Carlsberg) * 2003 Lonely Joe “Dark Ghost Of Shame” (Junk Records) * 2001 Maydrïm "#Interactive" * 2001 José Ortega "La Rosa De Tu Piel"


Singles

* 2011 Maydrïm featuring Sara Montgomery-Campbell "Never Ending" (pending) * 2010 Maydrïm featuring Sara Montgomery-Campbell "Something" (Pop Up Música

* 2008 Lucas "Éste Corazón" (EMI España) * 2006 Cycle "Mechanical" * 2005 Mar "A Que No Me Callo" (EMI España) * 2005 Maydrïm featuring Monica Castell "Killing Moon" (Lunar Records) * 2005 Maydrïm featuring Carita Boronska "Shakespeare’s Sister" (El Diablo) * 2005 Nómadas "Creer En Mí" (Vale Music)


Remixes

* 2010 Compulsion "Monsters" (Maydrïm Remix) * 2009 Munich 72 "Cuando Dices Que No" (Maydrïm Remix) * 2006 In Strict Confidence "Promised Land" (Maydrïm Remix) on In Strict Confidence "The Serpent's Kiss" (Minuswelt Musikfabrik) * 2000 Digital 21 "Anymore" (Maydrïm Remix) * 1997 In The Dark "Number One" (Maydrïm Remix)


Featured songs

* 2008 Luis Ramiro "Estrella" on "Estrella" film soundtrack * 2008 Marwan “El Próximo Verano" on Marwan “Trapecista” album * 2005 Maydrïm featuring Monica Castell "Killing Moon" on Various Artistes "Play the Game: Tributo a Echo and the Bunnymen" (Lunar Records) * 2005 Maydrïm featuring Carita Boronska "Shakespeare's Sister" on Various Artistes "Una luz que nunca se apagará: Tributo a The Smiths" (El Diablo)


Session recordings

* 2011 Amaral "Hacia Lo Salvaje" album (Antártida) * 2010 La Mari (Chambao) on Niño Raro “Treinta y Tres” album * 2009 OBK "Tal Vez" ntipop Version* 2009 Zahara on Lucas "Palo Al Agua" album (EMI España) * 2005 Danny Reus & The Gospel Factory on Lonely Joe “Songs From The Low Side” album (Subterfuge Records) * 2002-4 Carita Boronska, advertising campaigns * 2001 Naymi, debut album (Sony Music Media) * 2001 Carles Benavent on José Ortega "La Rosa De Tu Piel" album


See also

*
Superbrands The Superbrands organization publishes surveys related to brands. The organization also publishes a series of brand-focused books and publications. Superbrands has offices in 90 countries. Background Superbrands was founded in 1994 by Marcel Kno ...
* Rock Español


References


External links

*
Maydrïm Maydrim Official Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Escobar Nunez, Antonio 1976 births Living people People from Pamplona Musicians from Madrid Musicians from Andalusia Rock en Español musicians Spanish composers Spanish male composers Spanish film score composers Male film score composers People of Andalusian descent