Étiquette : Daniel Lopez

  • Umui - Guardians of Traditions

    Umui – Guardians of Traditions

    Original Music for the documentary directed by Daniel López (2022).

    The documentary received an award in the « Visual Anthropology and Ethnographic film » category at the 2022 Tokyo Documentary Festival.

    Japanese Trailer for Umui – Guardians of Traditions
  • Umui Lion Dance from Okinawa

    Umui Lion Dance from Okinawa

    Tradition Lion Dance show premiered at Nippon Connection (Frankfurt) in 2023.

    I arranged additional music for the show.

    Directed by Daniel López

    Tour

    Official Website

  • KATABUI -In the heart of Okinawa

    KATABUI -In the heart of Okinawa

    Original Music for a documentary showed at Nippon Connection (Frankfurt) in 2016.

    Inspired by a fantastic album by Yasukatsu Oshima and Geoffrey Keezer, I decided to focus on a few instruments, mostly piano and sanshin (a 3-stringed lute) to find the colour I wanted for the soundtrack.

    Except on Tinsagu nu Hana, I play the sanshin myself.

    Directed by Daniel Lopez.

    Soundtrack

    Katabui – Original Soundtrack

    • 16 tracks
    • Original Music, sanshin and piano by Denys Fontanarosa.
    • Some melodies and motives were borrowed from wonderful traditional Ryukyuan songs (see each track’s description for details)
    • Music composed and recorded in Naha (Okinawa, Japan) during summer 2015.