Publications

This year the Tenerife International film music Festival (FIMUCITÉ), in collaboration with Filmoteca Canaria and Dibbuks Publisher, wants to pay tribute to the extensive professional relationship that Steven Spielberg and John Williams have remained since 1974. With the occasion of the 35th Anniversary of the release of JAWS, the Editorial Board of the festival, with the invaluable participation of different experts in the field [Pedro Mérida (Fimucité), Manuel E. Diaz (Fimucité), Diego Navarro (composer and director of Fimucité), Nancy Knutsen (ASCAP), Dan Goldwasser (soundtrack.net), Owen Carter (soundtrack.net), Andrés Brito (University of La Laguna), Acaimo González (University of La Laguna), Juan Ángel Saiz (Polytechnic University of Valencia), Pablo Nieto (scoremagacine.com), David Serna (scoremagacine.com)], has prepared a comprehensive volume which provides a careful analysis of the 23 titles that make up this joint filmography.

Structured in different chronological sections “The Connection Williams – Spielberg” allows us to see the evolution that, from mid-1970s, has had the careers of these two artists and their indelible mark in the Hollywood industry. It also offers a clear view of the topics that have prevailed in their films and the characteristics of that particular combination of music and images that for 36 years have served as a reference for many later artists, and of course, that have generated an unlimited community of film music fans. “The Connection Williams – Spielberg” comes to join other publications of the Festival, “2001. The Music of the Future” and “The Biomechanic Symphony”, keeping this event’s tenacious bet to promote and encourage knowledge and diffusion of a genre so neat and suggestive as film music.

There are some creative choices that become key when it comes to turn a good movie into a masterpiece. When Ridley Scott, seduced by H.R. Giger's biomechanical art, hired him to create the space monster, he drastically redefined the way humankind faced the space conquest and saw alien civilization in the film industry.

Therefore, music for these films should underline the drama of our encounter with aliens, life or death situations with evolving and changing melodies.

Alien, The Biomechanical Symphony, gathers various chapters inspired in Ridley Scott's Alien 30th anniversary. Along the book you will read the different adventures and challenges faced by all composers in charge of giving the most frightening creature in the universe its identity and character. Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, Elliot Goldenthal, John Frizzell and Brian Tyler have greatly helped creating the unique personality of the cult saga.

Calamar Editions and Fimucité have edited this book with the collaboration of Filmoteca Canaria.

Book writers:
- Prolog by Diego Navarro
-David Fuentefría: PhD, film researcher, author of various articles and 2 film critics books.
-Acaimo Sarmiento: editor of the University of La Laguna press office.
-Manuel E. Díaz Noda: director of the TV program "DeCine", Teidevisión, Canal 6.
-Pedro J. Mérida: Film critic, press correspondent in international film festival for "La Opinión de Tenerife" newspaper, author of fantastic film books like: "La Marca de la Momia" and "Cine Bizarro Hispanoargentino", and producer of cultural events.

Along with the tribute that will be offered to North’s score in the closing concert of the festival, Fimucité wanted the musical aspect of the film to be the central subject of its first publishing adventure, which will be released by Alberto Santos Editor. Thanks to the participation of different specialists, the film has been situated in the suitable cinematographic, literary and even scientist context for analyzing both musical alternatives from the point of view of their relevance in the later career of their creators.

Co-authors of the publication:

-Jorge Gorostiza, cinematographic investigator and author of numerous articles and books. Ex-director of Filmoteca Canaria.
-Héctor Castañeda, university doctor and investigator of the IAC (Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands)
-Andrés Brito, journalist and theologian.
-Manuel Diaz Noda, director of the program “DeCine” of Teidevisión Canal 6 and coordinator of the parallel activities of FIMUCITÉ.
-Pedro J. Mérida, cinematographic critic and producer of FIMUCITÉ.
-Diego Navarro, Film music composer and director of FIMUCITÉ.
-Joan Padrol, film music critic for the magazine “Dirigido por” and author of numerous articles and books on the matter.
-David Fuentefría, cinematographic critic and editor in the area of culture for the newspaper La Gaceta de Canarias.
-Robert Townson, Varése Sarabande Records Producer