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...