Cristobal's press /

“…No kidding, no messing, and no need to reach for the spoon in order to tell the truth: Cristobal Tapia de Veer’s score for Utopia 2 really is the best TV soundtrack of the year…” Read the full article here

“…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

“…He’s been a longtime favorite for us at AE35 Media. His combination of sound design elements and percussion always make for a moody backdrop that remains compulsively listenable. All of these songs are the ones he contributed to the album “A Future Darkly,” and can be heard on Spotify. To get a sample of his […]

“…Mes meilleurs moments de Série noire? Le pH «fucké» de Léa (Caroline Bouchard), (…), les nombreuses références cinématographiques (merci pour Halloween de John Carpenter), la musique originale de Cristobal Tapia de Veer et la trame sonore béton…” 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

“In a companion piece of sorts to his excellent work on Utopia (across two vinyl albums if you can find them), Tapia de Veer returns with a heavily ‘synth’ laden score (that’s a pun if you know the show…) for AMC/C4 joint venture Humans…” 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 […]

“…The music produced is as eclectic as its instruments. Like a gallery of modern art it bypasses your logic centres and goes straight for a gut reaction. Its creepy electronic tones, unidentifiable moans and vocal rips make it an unsettling, often dislocating experience: one that leaves you feeling like the test subject at the centre […]

“…The superb background music by Cristobal Tapia de Veer ranges from eerie childlike electronica to full-scale choral music that sounds as if it’s being sung by a choir being burned at the stake (somebody’s watching, below)…” Read the article here

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