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
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
AWARDS, AWARDS and Happy Thanksgiving! Posted on October 11, 2021November 23, 2021 On this Day of Canadian Thanksgiving, we feel humble, but mostly touched by the international recognition of what we do. While Cristo is the master magician here, of course, we feel we should say THANK YOU, too. Thanks to all of you around the world, that enjoy his music, it means a lot to us! […] 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
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
