“I can’t imagine life without soundtrack”

He knew it unknowingly when he felt the crush of music at the age of seven. It happened in the small town of La Toledo stain (Camuñas, today 1,742 inhabitants) established his own plant here. DeepWay studiosstudy center and where his childhood clarinet teacher helped found the local band, a carpenter in love with this instrument eventually imposed it on him for obvious reasons.

However, it quickly became clear that this was not his own. Neither the music of groups that valued the role played in the music profession, especially in small towns, nor the clarinet, with which he eventually reconciled and, in time, released the reins to the folk adventure in groups. Hubbub And in the balbarthe person with whom he toured concerts and recorded records.

This would come later. We are still in the mid-80s; Even as a child, Dario is aware of what he actually likes. “Create emotions and musical atmospheres”living in an environment with access but within a few years music cinema (training to listen to it and compose it) is little less than a dream.

Not much is expected though, and with the encouragement of that New Age heard on radio programs such as dialogues 3, traveling with colleagues who are no less restless EquinoxHis first formation is where he composed and played keyboards and synthesizers, which he focused on more experimental music and bought with his money. Works at vintage. “And I’ve confirmed that this is the field of music I want to advance into,” he emphasizes.

But let’s go back to the boy who learned to play the clarinet and first learned to play the clarinet with his teacher at the age of eight. dance for retirees where they make the paso doble oh my hat.

By avoiding all the obstacles that are not few and considering what its purpose was already then, audiovisual compositionHe changes his teachers, to whom he attributes the true awakening of his passion for music and with whom he prepares to present himself in the first course. Conservatory inside ToledoNearest to your place of residence (70 km). He approves.

The following year, he finished second and third for free with A’s in all subjects in June and September and a few months apart. On this occasion, in the Alcazar of San JuanLocated about 20 km from Camuñas, the newly created hitchhike and comes back in more than one situation.

There is no money left in the house. And keep working Madrid is a luxury my family can’t afford” said this composer, “music is not heard, I see it. And the structure of cinema is completely different compared to the structure of a symphonic concert piece because it has a narrative function, that is what marks the turns and movements,” he explains excitedly.

self-education

But still and then “I don’t understand how someone can listen to music and drive” (she now laughs at the thought) had no choice but to stop pursuing regulated education and bet on self-learning. arcade that I bought for myself and searched for my life because there was not even internet”.

Besides, “for gastronomic reasons”, and he had to enter the field of music by taking advantage of the knowledge he gained as a sound technician. computer cables, racks and telecommunications. “It was easier for me to start a company where I put my knowledge and my willingness to work, working without spending a dime, rather than making a living from audio-visual projects,” he admits.

That was 23 years ago and the company is still alive and well; even though he admits that this caused a “big break” in his music career, he was clearly grateful for the income it brought him “because they let me” not to prostitute myself by talking to music”.

But the idea that, however much telecommunications fed him, he did not want to devote himself to composition and not to it, with the 2007 crisis brought him back to “music, but in a different way. Later on, I started taking cinema classes, some of which I took part as a speaker, and educating myself on the things that give musical meaning to my life.”

First part

And at this point, we come to the moment when he’s still playing in the Premier League and will eventually play music with his teammates. Guillermo Maestro and Miguel Morant2,300 episodes love is eternalWith more than twenty film productions behind him, a dozen feature films, and even various compositions for video games, it’s clearer than ever that his life’s project is to embark on “deeper film projects.” adapt the costume for a movieHelp the director tell his story.

“But finding the entrance to the world of cinema is not easy. Managers are not very accessible, especially if you work in a town in central Spain, unlike communities like these, you have to add these barriers. Catalonia, Basque Country, Galicia or Valenciano budget for linguistic question. What’s happening? When national productions are open to everyone, you have to be there to enter them,” he complains, not without reason.

music picture

It is clear that he will not stop fighting to reach his goal in accordance with the course of his life and does not intend to leave the door untouched. Of the four years (2017 – 2021) headed by Musimagen association of music composers for film and audiovisual media one of the founders Alicante musician Luis IvarsFacilitated many contacts between colleagues, and during his tenure on the board he achieved that “audio-visual music has a corresponding fee with copyright”. However, he knows from experience that this is not enough.

“I am very happy with my career but I have to compose music for movies, any music will not work for me”He adds that he defines an audiovisual musician literally as “normal, straight, hardworking, commercial, over 80 years old, and able to continue on the canyon foothills just like them.” morricone anyone Williams”.

What are you most proud of? From the composition of the documentary Alberto Flechoso Director about Emilio Herrera of Granada, who designed the first spacesuit, aired in the program necessary from TVE.

Moreover, it is a work recognized by its colleagues. The best Spanish audiovisual music of 2021 in its category. However, he did not stop here. His real satisfaction was to hear it interpreted by him. Tenerife Symphony Orchestra. In a veiled defense of cinema, he admits with false humility: “This confirms once again that I am a composer, because cinema allows you to give life to other lives without abandoning your own.”

tree planter

Meanwhile, in his spare time, he gave up refill the planet. He started with his own town now. Two thousand trees have been planted so far Paulonias, elms, holly-oaks, pines… In fact, the day of failure climate summit i caught him anchor in hand it is stuck on a mission to make this world a “better and more beautiful corner”.

“These are things that happen to you, and you have to have a certain insanity to make them happen. and my wife (Monica MorenoA dance teacher, who is also his mother, whom he met while composing the music for a play in which he was the leading actor. Bay And Thelma, her two daughters) are losing her temper,” she argues. To come? A true “polypathic” in his own words.