Cultura Voice

  LUCAS (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Director Jessica Quiroz Music by Mayra Lepró & Alejandro Karo Label Plaza Mayor Company Ltd   Selection Film Fest Tucson Mexican Short Film Audience Award DIRECTOR STATEMENT   Stop motion animations, dance and performance accompany the testimonies of different women from Sonora, Mexico, who share their experiences and thoughts on pleasure and sexuality.   -Jessica Quiroz Lucas Ost on Spotify COMPOSERS STATEMENT We were born in Sonora, a border state between the US and Mexico. Our state's regional music typically features the accordion as the main instrument. Jessica Quiroz, the director, told us she wanted to use the accordion in her short film to portray her roots through the music. This was interesting for us to explore because we had never used the accordion in our scores before. We experimented by using the accordion as a root instrument and sampling and converting it into synths. This allowed u...

THE LOOMING STORM (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Music composed by 丁可 Dingke Director Dong Yue Digital & Physical Distribution Label Plaza Mayor Company Ltd The Orchard    The Looming Storm Music Composed by Ding Ke A security guard plays de tective with dire results in Dong Yue’s atmospheric psychological film noir. The Looming Storm , the first feature by cinematographer-turned-filmmaker Dong Yue, conveys above all a sense of dashed hopes. Men in dark-gray mackintoshes under an endless downpour typify this Chinese film noir, whose glum atmosphere echoes a disintegrating social situation. The poorest sectors of society falter as the country modernizes and shrugs off its old and unproductive elements. China’s competition entry in this year’s Tokyo Film Festival is a think piece, thinly disguised as a murder mystery. Though far too long at nearly two hours, its stylish look lends it a certain fascination while the story heralds a new ...