Introduce Yourself : Music is like the brush for the painter or the pen for the writer: my natural way of telling stories by Francisco Cuadrado

Hi all!

I’m Francisco Cuadrado, a composer and sound designer with a large experience on music and sound creation for any kind of media and stage productions: film,TV, videogames, videomapping, dance, theatre...

My passion is to help telling a story through music and sound, so I think that Stage32 is the perfect place to connect to people, to share ideas, dreams, projects, and to collaborate to tell the most wonderful stories.

The combination of music and sound is the leitmotiv that has led me to build my professional career. I’ve always tried to approach every project from this special point of view: an intimate relationship between music and sound elements to increase the impact of a story. I’ve been working for more than 25 years in more than 100 national and international productions, in different roles: composer, orchestrator, music editor, music production, recording, editing and mixing, sound design and post-production...

You can find a selection of my works at

https://www.franciscocuadrado.com/works/

I've also published two albums so far: "Storytelling", a collection of pieces from different films, theatre plays and media shows I've composed the music for. Each track is introduced by a fragment of dialogue from the original production, to connect the listening experience to the story behind the music. Here's the link: https://spoti.fi/45hoWbB

"Relatos cortos" (Short stories"), an album in which each track tells a different story, each with its own style and genre and in which each piece also has its own story that is invited to discover. An album in which the sound ambience (in many cases using binaural sound) immerses the listener even more in the musical experience.

The purpose of the project was to feel this music in a different way: to see it, to feel it, to taste it. To savor it little by little, story by story. Relatos Cortos counted on the participation of artists from the national and international scene, who elaborated creative proposals based on what the music itself suggested to them. Painting, dance, literature, photography, drawing, theater or even gastronomy have taken the experience of Relatos Cortos beyond the music itself. You can explore the whole project here: https://www.franciscocuadrado.com/works/relatos-cortos/

I'm currently immerse in different projects: composing the music for "The flapper" a wonderful short movie from Chris Pearson, a very talented young director; finishing the original music and sound production for "90 varas", a photography and media project by the Award winning photographer Susana Girón, that will be exhibited at Instituto Cervantes in Lisbon, and preparing my third album: "El viaje de Mercucio".

Curiosity, passion to discover new paths, commitment and social impact are also words that define my way to understand my profession.

If you have a story to tell, it will be a pleasure to know more about it, about your whole project, your narrative approach, your technical needs, and any further aspect you are worried about. Count on me to create the best music and design the most impressive sound for it.

Happy weekend,

Francisco