Diego Tenorio

Film Composer | Producer

Isn't it great when music accompanies an image or a concept, and reinforces its identity and emotion? Well, that's part of my job.
Hi, I'm Diego Tenorio, Composer 🎶 (Movies Soundtracks, Shorts Films, TV & Web Series, Documentaries, Streaming, Marketing, Video Games, Podcast 🎬🎮🍿) Arranger & Orchestrator 🎼

I’m a musical composer who specializes in audiovisual music. I am a passionate and dedicated professional, able to find the identity of your project and satisfy the general concept through musical versatility.

I’ve a bachelor’s degree in music & master in music composition for film, series, and advertising which allowed me to practice different disciplines (musical composition, orchestration, musical arrangements, academic & popular music…). Specialist in software for audio editing (Studio One) and music notation (Sibelius).

When you partner with me, you can be sure of the delivery of an original, high-quality product, on time and within the guaranteed budget.

✅ CINEMATIC MUSIC (Epic, romance, thriller, comedy, action, drama, terror...)

✅ MUSIC BRANDING (Podcast, branding, instrumental jingles...)

✅ VIDEO GAME MUSIC

✅ ARRANGEMENTS AND ORCHESTRATIONS

✅ SHEET MUSIC

✅ ANY MUSICAL GENRE | WORLD MUSIC

✅ SOFTWARE: STUDIO ONE | SIBELIUS

I'd love to hear about your project.

Languages

English
Spanish

Interview with Diego Tenorio

Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: Remember, you can be sure of the delivery of an original, high quality product, on time and within the guaranteed budget.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: The exact moment in the compositional process when the emotional tone required by the project is achieved.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: Do you need to provide your video?
It would be ideal, but I can work from the script, from storytelling, images, concepts and ideas.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: General idea narratives, genre (Action, suspense, drama, terror, romance), references (Directors, composers, films, scenes, video games), timbre (musical instruments required), duration, hit points (exact points of synchrony).
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I have been dedicating myself to music for more than 12 years, 10 of which I have been specializing in music composition.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Cinematic | Minimalist | Hybrid.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: I am a full time Freelance Composer.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Both, the tools and benefits of good music composition transcend these two factors.
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: I composed 14 minutes of original music for the “Christian BSL Carol Service”, a carol service conducted in British Sign Language by deaf Christians.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Incidental Music | Cinematic Music | Branding Music | World Music.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Music composer (for Film, Series and Advertising) | Orchestrator.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: Identity, proper to the project that arises from understanding and composition.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: The first step is always thorough investigation to understand the project concept, determining general parameters to specifics.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: Home Studio | Dell (Core i7, 32 Ram, 3.40 GHz) | M-Audio KeyRig, M-Wave SMC Mixer | Presonus, Studio One 6 | Sibelius | Various plugins.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Compositions for any kind of audiovisuals, usually for YouTube videos, Podcast, Short Films.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: James Newton Howard, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Sigur Ros, Bob Dylan, Joe Hisaishi, and many others.