La fleur de lys du Lotus Blanc Posted on December 16, 2021December 16, 2021 Le Québécois Cristobal Tapia de Veer traverse une période effervescente. Architecte de l’enivrante musique du Lotus blanc, la nouvelle série phénomène de HBO, le compositeur reçoit aujourd’hui des appels de Disney et de Marvel. En entrevue, le multi-instrumentiste d’origine chilienne s’étonne de l’intérêt qu’il suscite depuis la diffusion du drame satirique américain. Non seulement parce qu’il […] read more
The best film & TV scores of 2021 Posted on December 16, 2021December 16, 2021 3. “The White Lotus” (Cristobal Tapia de Veer) No other score this year was instantly fused to its show quite this one. de Veer’s opening credits tune is something you can’t take your ears off of, a feast of sampled vocals and hypnotic percussion that stretches well into the episodes after it. That theme gets […] read more
HBO’s ‘The White Lotus’ elevates tension to an art form Posted on November 3, 2021November 3, 2021 Armond, can I get a soothing cup of chamomile tea? If anyone refers to “Sunday Scaries” during August, I will assume they are talking about watching HBO’s The White Lotus. Mike White’s miniseries follows a crooked crew of wealthy tourists and skeptical staff at a luxury resort in Hawaii. Episode 1 establishes that someone will indeed die […] read more
The Janus Project: Cristobal Tapia de Veer’s Utopia, Anempathetic Empathy and the Radicalization of Convention Posted on November 3, 2021November 3, 2021 Davison and Reyland’s chapter offers a critical analysis of Cristobal Tapia de Veer’s music for the Channel 4 serial Utopia, written and directed by Marc Munden. Utopia explores the frightening problem of our planet’s overpopulation. Rather than encouraging straightforward identification and empathy with the unlikely group of heroes seeking to uncover the conspiracy at the […] read more
The Man Behind the Music of HBO’s The White Lotus Posted on November 2, 2021November 2, 2021 For six weeks in the summer of 2021, everyone was headbanging to the score of The White Lotus. Two months after the HBO show’s season finale, I found myself face to face with its composer, Cristobal Tapia De Veer. He is nowhere near the sandy beaches of The White Lotus. He is in his own little paradise: […] read more
The White Lotus Score Is Definitely Trying to Make You Anxious Posted on October 21, 2021December 19, 2021 The breakout star of Mike White’s juicy HBO miniseries The White Lotus isn’t Jennifer Coolidge in a rare dramatic role, nor is it Lukas Gage’s bare ass — it’s Montreal musician Cristobal Tapia de Veer’s wild, haunting score, which gives the show an unpredictable edge from its sunny beginning right through to its final moments. A tribalistic, ultrapercussive […] read more
BROKEN RECORD Podcast Posted on October 21, 2021December 19, 2021 On today’s episode Justin Richmond talks to de Veer about how he came up with White Lotus’ striking soundscape. EPISODE NOTES: Cristobal Tapia de Veer is the composer and musician behind Mike White’s HBO show, White Lotus. The sounds in the score range from percussive African and Latin American instruments to guttural human chants. De Veer plays […] read more
Podcast: “Working” Posted on September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 Interviews with creative people about their work AUG 29TH, 2021 The White Lotus’ Composer on the Show’s Distinct Sound “Sometimes it feels like the music is laughing at the characters.” Episode Notes This week, host Isaac Butler talks to composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer, who wrote the spooky, absolutely unmistakable score for the HBO series The White […] read more
SCORE: The podcast Posted on September 15, 2021October 23, 2021 Listen on Apple Podcast EPISODE NOTES: Cristobal Tapia de Veer is a Chilean-born composer working in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His family fled Chile during the military coup of the 1970s, and ended up in France and then eventually in Montreal. Cristobal’s pop band ONE TON signed to Warner Music in 2001, before he turned his […] read more
Cristóbal Tapia: la nueva aventura del compositor chileno de la TV global (Chile) Posted on September 11, 2021November 3, 2021 Conocido por producciones como Utopia y Black Mirror, el músico vuelve a llamar la atención gracias a su trabajo en la elogiada The White Lotus (HBO). En entrevista con Culto detalla por qué utilizó instrumentos ligados al folclor latinoamericano en esa ficción y explica cómo navega en la era del streaming. “Hoy hay muchas películas […] read more
Hablamos con Cristobal Tapia de Veer, el compositor de The White Lotus (Mexico) Posted on September 3, 2021November 3, 2021 Tuvimos la oportunidad de charlar con el músico chileno que se destacó en la reciente serie de HBO y nos contó sus inicios en la industria y los secretos detrás de su música. Cristóbal Tapia de Veer es un compositor chileno radicado en Canadá y en las últimas semanas se llevó muchos elogios gracias a la banda sonora que creó […] read more
Sissende slangen en ronkende bass: Cristobal Tapia de Veer maakt seriesoundtracks geschikt voor nachtclubs (NL) Posted on September 2, 2021November 3, 2021 De satirische tv-serie The White Lotus wordt naar een hoger plan getild door de opgewonden junglegeluiden van de Canadees Cristobal Tapia de Veer. Wat maakt zijn sound zo prikkelend? De serie The White Lotus zélf is absoluut een tv-topper. De onbetwiste hitserie van deze zomer is spannend en aangenaam verwarrend, fraai gefilmd, geestig en behoorlijk gestoord. Maar er is meer […] read more
Whoops, it’s stuck in your head again. Here, for no reason, the opening credits for ‘The White Lotus’. Posted on August 27, 2021November 2, 2021 Apologies in advance. Also, you’re welcome. Well, it’s in our head again. And it’s about to be in yours too (sorry!). The music from The White Lotus opening credits is likely the catchiest score we’ve heard in a long time, but it’s also chaotic, anxiety-inducing, and highly tense — much like the HBO show. Cristobal Tapia de […] read more
NPR week-end edition Posted on August 21, 2021October 22, 2021 HBO’s ‘White Lotus’ Soundtrack Haunts The Show And People’s Lives EPISODE NOTES: Cristobal Tapia de Veer is the composer of the infamous theme of HBO’s show, “White Lotus.” He talks about his process creating it and the score of the hit comedy-drama. Almost 2 million people watched the first season of HBO’s “The White Lotus.” […] read more
BOP SHOP: SONGS FROM TIERRA WHACK, VAULTBOY AND ERIC NAM, AND MORE Posted on August 13, 2021November 3, 2021 INCLUDING THE EERIE TV SCORE WE CAN’T GET OUT OF OUR HEADS MTV NEWS STAFF The search for the ever-elusive “bop” is difficult. Playlists and streaming-service recommendations can only do so much. They often leave a lingering question: Are these songs really good, or are they just new? Enter Bop Shop, a hand-picked selection of songs from the […] read more
‘The White Lotus’ composer breaks down the eerie score we can’t get out of our heads Posted on August 8, 2021October 22, 2021 If you’ve watched a single episode of “The White Lotus,” the HBO limited series set at an exclusive Hawaiian resort, you most likely went to bed with its hypnotic theme music ringing in your ears, causing your palms to sweat and your heart to race, as you made a futile attempt to sleep. Written by composer […] read more
The Resurgence of Thematic Composition in Television: A Spotlight on Composer Cristobal Tapia De Veer Posted on February 18, 2021January 26, 2022 By: Alex Elias (note: Just stumbled on this great article from March 25th, 2017) Let me start by defining thematic composition. Within a composition or original score for film or television, a “theme” refers to a track that relates directly to an on-screen presence, be it a character, an action, an event or an emotion. […] read more
Pause séries : se faire tirer l’oreille pour « The Third Day » (France) Posted on September 21, 2020November 3, 2021 Retour sur une erreur auditive et les aléas de la découverte d’une série avant sa diffusion. Les habitants de l’île mystérieuse dans la série « The Third Day ». HBO En écrivant, j’écoute The Third Day : Summer, l’album de Cristobal Tapia de Veer (disponible sur toutes les bonnes plates-formes musicales). Pour le plaisir, par curiosité, […] read more
The Third Day, Sky Atlantic, review: This folk-horror series won’t be for everyone, but its menace is enthralling Posted on September 15, 2020January 26, 2022 Jude Law has become one of the most interesting actors around, whether yucking it up on Toast of London or strutting around in briefs as the eponymous Young Pope. The Third Day casts him as Sam, a man already floundering on the verge of a nervous breakdown when the currents of madness threaten to engulf him… Every element of the […] read more
The Girl With All the Gifts review – provocative and imaginative 4 / 5 stars Posted on July 31, 2018August 22, 2020 In this endeavour he is assisted by a superb score by Cristobal Tapia de Veer, best known for his work on TV’s Utopia and, more recently, National Treasure. Using treated human voices to create theremin-like wails and unearthly rumbles, the Chilean-born composer has conjured a shimmering soundscape that is every bit as integral to the film’s uncanny power as Mica Levi’s […] read more
