Juan Cristóbal Tapia de Veer is a Chilean-born Canadian film and television

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, producer and

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based in

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, Canada. He is best known for his score of the British TV series ''

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'', for which he won a

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award in the best original score category in 2013, and

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's ''

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'', which earned him a BAFTA in 2017. He has received awards from the

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in 2013 and 2017.

Early life

Tapia de Veer was born during the 1973 military coup d'état in Chile. His parents fled to

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. After the coup, his father remained in France, and his mother took him back to Chile. Life under

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's dictatorship still proved difficult, so they became political refugees in

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Early career

Tapia de Veer obtained a master's degree in classical music (specializing in percussion) from the

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. In 2001 he signed to

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with his pop band One Ton, putting a hold on his classical career. The trio won the Canadian Dance Music Award (SOCAN) in 2003 with the electro-dance single "Supersex World". Tapia de Veer produced the album.

Film and television scoring

In 2011, his music for the Victorian four-part drama ''

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'' (directed by

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) was well received by critics. Matthew Gilbert of ''

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'', said: "The soundtrack ranges from gnawing electronic hums to choral ecstasy. It's all brilliantly, effectively, appropriately jarring". He went on to compose the music for the

conspiracy thriller ''

'' (created by

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) for which he won a

Craft & Design Award for "best original music" in November 2013. The judges stated his "work blurred the lines between sound design and score, creating a soundtrack that the jury said felt like it was being played inside your head". Up again for an RTS Award in 2014, the music for the second series won the Music & Sound Award in 2015 in the Best Original TV Score category. His work on ''Utopia'' was nominated for Televisual Magazine's Bulldog Award for best music and subsequently released on yellow and green vinyl. In early 2014, Tapia de Veer completed the music for the TV-show ''

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'', which aired on ICI-Radio-Canada Télé. The

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awarded him with two

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for best Original Music and Best Musical Theme the same year and again in 2016 for the second season. He also finished the works on BBC's ''Jamaica Inn'', directed by Phillipa Lowthorpe. Tapia de Veer then wrote the music for the first season of

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's /

's co-production ''

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.'' In 2016, he scored his first feature film, ''

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'', which opened the

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. His music won in the Best Original Music category at the

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, France, in 2017.

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used his opening theme, ''GIFTED'', for the final trailer of the 2019 remake of ''

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'' and Focus Home Interactive for their videogame '' Call of Cthulhu''. Tapia de Veer was unable to score the following season of ''

'', because he teamed up with

again, to work on ''

'', Channel 4's four-part drama inspired by

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, the police investigation into the sexual abuse perpetrated by

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and allegations against other media personalities. The series won a BAFTA and a FIPA D'OR at the

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in Biarritz, France, for Tapia de Veer's original score.

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's series ''

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'' found a small but dedicated fanbase in 2016, which is still waiting for a soundtrack album to be released. Due to Tapia de Veer's heavily charged schedule, he was not able to work on the second season. In the same year

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offered Tapia de Veer to work on two episodes of the anthology series '' Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams''. He worked on ''HUMAN IS'', starring

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as well as ''CRAZY DIAMOND'', starring

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, for which he got a nomination for a

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the following year. He also scored the Season 4 episode of

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's series ''

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'' entitled "

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awarded him with the SOCAN International Achievement Award in fall 2017, marking the first time that a composer for film and television has been awarded the prize. In 2018, the Canneseries festival invited Tapia de Veer to be part of the jury for its first season, alongside

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, German actress

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, Melisa Sozen, French screenwriter and director Audrey Fouché, and

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. He then scored his second feature film, ''

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'', a 2019 adaptation of Antonio Orejudo's novel of the same name, directed by Aritz Moreno and produced by Morena Films in Spain, starring

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, and

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. The film competed in major film festivals such as

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, and

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, and was awarded "Best Comedy" at the

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in 2020. Tapia de Veer's music for the film earned him a nomination at Spain's

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. Releases in 2020 include the series ''

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'' for

and the drama ''

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'' for

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. In 2021, he scored the HBO limited series ''

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'', for which he won two

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( one for the main title music, and

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for his work scoring the series) and a

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Award. He also received his 2nd BAFTA nomination for his music to ''

''. The following year, he scored the supernatural horror film ''

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'', directed by Parker Finn. He also scored the second season of ''

'' in collaboration with Kim Neundorf.

Discography

Soundtrack releases

* ''The White Lotus: Season 2'' (WaterTower Music, 2022) * ''Smile'' (Paramount Music, 2022) * ''The White Lotus'' (WaterTower Music, 2021) * ''The Third Day: Summer'' (Milan Records / Sony Music, 2020) * ''Philip K. Dick's: Electric Dreams'' (La La Land Records / 2018) * ''Black Mirror: Black Museum'' (Lakeshore Records, 2018) * ''The Girl with all the Gifts'' (Mondo, Death Waltz Records, 2017) * ''National Treasure'' (Free Run Artists, 2017) * ''Humans'' (Silva Screen Records, 2015) * ''Utopia: Season 2'' (Silva Screen Records, 2014) * ''Utopia'' (Silva Screen Records, 2013)

References

External links

*
Cristobal Tapia de Veer on SoundCloud
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