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“…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 […]

“…Everything contributes to the claustrophobic atmosphere: the dreamlike, shallow-focus photography; the strange, breathy music (take a bow, Cristobal Tapia de Veer); and tiny details like the hissing of the gaslights on the landing of William’s house…” Read the article here

“…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

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

“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

“…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 […]

“…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

“…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 […]

“Wer noch immer nicht auf den Utopia-Zug aufgesprungen ist, kann einem nur leidtun: Auch die aktuelle Folge ist wieder pures Seriengold. (…) Zu der fantastischen Inszenierung, die auch nach dem Wechsel zum Regisseur Sam Donovan nichts an Qualität eingebüßt hat und dem stets genialen Soundtrack muss wohl nichts mehr gesagt werden. Volle Punkzahl. Mehr von […]

Is there such a thing as melancholic electronica? ‘Melanctonica’? If there isn’t already then Cristobal Tapia de Veer just invented it with the soundtrack to Channel 4’s huge summer hit, Humans (ahh, remember when we were all sweating Pimms and wondering what Colin Morgan’s character Leo was?). And if you watched the show or were a fan of his […]