“…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

“…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 […]

“…Le contrepied musical humoristique offre la distance nécessaire qu’exige parfois la brutalité de l’action. La mécanique rythmée insiste sur les rouages de la machine infernale du complot. Les sons organiques tranchant avec l’électro popisante du laptop me rappellent le travail de mon camarade Sacha Gattino.(…) 75 minutes revigorantes !” Read the article here

“…La foi de Cristobal C’est l’une des caractéristiques les plus relevées par les amateurs de la nouvelle série à sensation de Channel 4 : sa musique entêtante, obsédante, déconcertante, si déconnectée de la diégèse de la série qu’elle finit par tout emporter sur son passage…” Read the article here

“…La musique. Oeuvre de Cristobal Tapia de Veer, musicien de Dance canadien, qui nous pond une musique sortie de merdes séchées et d’os, pour un résultat là encore hypnotisant. Trois composantes qui offrent un tout d’une cohérence artistique remarquable. Une claque visuelle. Tout simplement une belle série…” Read the article here

“…Cristobal Tapia de Veer a réussi un double exploit : celui d’avoir une bande-son allant parfaitement avec sa série mais aussi, et surtout, d’avoir créé une musique qui possède sa propre identité. La musique d’Utopia (…) vit sans les images qu’elle sublime par ailleurs. L’écriture complexe, allant bien au-delà de la sempiternelle répétition d’un thème […]

“…The quiet tension that had been built up in the first episode is maintained throughout, thanks in large part to the wonderful score. In keeping with the country setting, it has a folk music feel to it with, capable of lighter moments alongside the more explicitly Gothic ones. There’s a few horror references in there […]

As the second season of Channel 4’s riveting conspiracy thriller Utopia unfolds in front of us, John Connon of Wake The Town briefly sat down with the show’s composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer, to learn about his experience of working on such a unique project. 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 […]

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