“…Centered around a conspiracy theory to sterilise the majority of the planet, the show was a triumph of clever casting, black humour, ultraviolence, spectacular cinematography, relentless pacing and an endlessly bizarre score. Save for the omnipresent hue of yellow in nearly every shot, the latter feature was perhaps Utopia’s calling card – something for which […]

“…Following Cristobal Tapia de Veer’s mind-expanding work on the dearly departed Utopia, the adventurous film scorer will now see a soundtrack release behind his most recent project, the android-geared sci-fi series Humans…” Read the full article here

“…To say that Tapia de Veer puts the ‘Original’ into Original Soundtrack is a cumbersome but necessary description of his work. (…) the time and effort that has gone into creating, recreating and mastering this highly ambitious score is more than evident. Fans’ patience has allowed Tapia de Veer the time to create an OST […]

“…T: I love when I can’t imagine the film without it..I don’t know if you’ve seen the show Utopia yet, but thats a great example of the music being a really powerful character – and the show is amazing, but the music pushes it over the edge… just killer… it actually made me go back […]

“…There was the woozy, gauzy, brilliantly claustrophobic atmosphere – the product of Cristobal Tapia de Veer’s score and Marc Munden’s exceptional, stylish, unselfconscious direction. This was an adult drama in every sense, and as complex and rewarding as anything the BBC has produced. In a nutshell: core…” Read the article here

“…the composer, Cristobal Tapia de Veer, set out to subvert – he welded the squelchings and rumblings of modern electronica to a tableau from the 1870s in the way that Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood did in his score for There Will Be Blood…” Read the article here

“…director (Marc Munden) makes refreshingly bold choices for the camera and the music. He uses hazy focus and off-kilter framing to set us off-balance, and the soundtrack ranges from gnawing electronic hums to choral ecstasy. It’s all brilliantly, effectively, appropriately jarring, even if it sends the “Masterpiece” crowd to the medicine cabinet for Dramamine…” Read the […]

This is the interview between Eclectic Collective and Cristobal Tapia De Veer, Chilean multi-intrumentist who composed stellar music scores like the new cult mini-tv series “Utopia” (Channel 4, UK) – winner of the RTS Craft & Design Award for “Best Original Score”. Read the article here

“…When asked to describe his musical style as a composer, de Veer thinks for a few seconds, and then launches into an explanation of his approach outside the film music profession’s conventions. “I like looking at the music of a film or series as if it were a character in itself,” he says…I like to […]