## Diego Tenorio

# Film Composer | Producer

[Quito, Ecuador](/content/s/quito-ecuador/index.html)

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

01. **Q:** What's your 'promise' to your clients?  
02. **A:** Remember, you can be sure of the delivery of an original, high quality product, on time and within the guaranteed budget.  
03. **Q:** What do you like most about your job?  
04. **A:** The exact moment in the compositional process when the emotional tone required by the project is achieved.

05. **Q:** What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?  
06. **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.

07. **Q:** What questions do you ask prospective clients?  
08. **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).

09. **Q:** What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?  
10. **A:** I have been dedicating myself to music for more than 12 years, 10 of which I have been specializing in music composition.

11. **Q:** How would you describe your style?  
12. **A:** Cinematic | Minimalist | Hybrid.

13. **Q:** What are you working on at the moment?  
14. **A:** I am a full time Freelance Composer.

15. **Q:** Analog or digital and why?  
16. **A:** Both, the tools and benefits of good music composition transcend these two factors.

17. **Q:** Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?  
18. **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.

19. **Q:** What type of music do you usually work on?  
20. **A:** Incidental Music | Cinematic Music | Branding Music | World Music.

21. **Q:** What's your strongest skill?  
22. **A:** Music composer (for Film, Series and Advertising) | Orchestrator.  
23. **Q:** What do you bring to a song?  
24. **A:** Identity, proper to the project that arises from understanding and composition.  
25. **Q:** What's your typical work process?  
26. **A:** The first step is always thorough investigation to understand the project concept, determining general parameters to specifics.

27. **Q:** Tell us about your studio setup.  
28. **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.

29. **Q:** Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.  
30. **A:** Compositions for any kind of audiovisuals, usually for YouTube videos, Podcast, Short Films.

31. **Q:** What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?  
32. **A:** James Newton Howard, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Sigur Ros, Bob Dylan, Joe Hisaishi, and many others.