Author Archives: Diego Lozano
Una Historia de Amor y Guerra
original music feature film year: 2023 duration: 1 hr 51 minutes country: Mexico director: Santiago Mohar script: Santiago Mohar production: Edge Films, Laredo, 17, Nómadas, MCO director of photography: Adrián Cores edition: Didac Palou sound design: Javier Umpierrez selection: International Film Festival Rotterdam 2024 IMDB trailer: making of the music:
For three instruments (Jacques Zafra), review by Diego Lozano, A Fondo – densidad20.25 (CDMX)
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Estela (Andrés Nuño de Buen), review by Diego Lozano, A Fondo – densidad20.25 (CDMX)
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Notions & Notations @ CMMAS – Verdejo McGreggor Duo, Vancouver (CA), recidency and workshop 21-25/08/23
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Good Savage
original music feature film year: 2022 duration: 107 minutes country: Mexico director: Santiago Mohar script: Santiago Mohar production: Edge Films, MCO director of photography: Flavia Martínez edition: Didac Palou sound design: Arturo Salazar selection: Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2023, Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2024 IMDB trailer:
Crónicas del Otro Norte
original music feature film year: 2023 duration: 90 minutes country: Mexico director: Miguel León script: Miguel León production: Benuca Films, Pedro y el Lobo director of photography: Jano Durán edition: Miguel León sound design: Miguel León, Pablo Carvallo IMDB trailer:
Maquinal
original music & sound design short film year: 2023 duration: 20 minutes country: Mexico director: Nicolás Gutiérrez Wenhammar script: Nicolás Gutiérrez Wenhammar, Clyo Mendoza production: Cauce Cine director of photography: Nicolás Gutiérrez Wenhammar, Eduardo Sin Otero edition: Analia Goethals selections: Morelia International Film Festival 2023, Black Canvas FCC 2023. filminlatino.mx trailer:
Music for the tv series Solo Para Mujeres, directed by Liora Spilk – 2025 (work in progress)
Music for the feature film Reportaje, directed by Nicolás Gutiérrez – 2025 (work in progress)
La Infinita
sound design documentary film year: 2023 duration: 3 hours 10 minutes country: Mexico director: Óscar Enríquez production: Juan Ayala, Filmoteca UNAM director of photography: Sebastián González Rivas edition: Óscar Enríquez sound mixed at: Estudios Churubusco
Armas Blancas
original music feature film year: 2022 duration: 73 minutes country: Mexico director: Mariana Musalem script: Mariana Musalem production: Mandarina Cine director of photography: Oswaldo Toledano edition: Lenz Claure sound design: Daniel Touron selections: Film Fest Hamburg 2023, BUFF Malmö 2023, International Film Festival of India 2023, Ventana Sur 2022, Guanajuato International Film Festival 2023. IMDB […]
Háblame De Ti
original music feature film year: 2022 duration: 94 minutes country: Mexico director: Edu Cortés script: Edu Cortés production: Sobrevivientes Films, Cinépolis Distribución director of photography: Julio Llorente edition: Carlos Esparza, Luis Cárdenas sound design: Pablo Fernández IMDB trailer:
Sleepless Far From Home
sound design short film year: 2021 duration: 7 minutes country: Mexico-France-Spain director: Axel Cuevas de Chaunac script: Axel Cuevas de Chaunac production: La Selva Ecosistema Creatiu (with advisory from Werner Herzog) edition: Axel Cuevas de Chaunac selection: Morelia International Film Festival 2022 trailer:
Agua Mágica
original music in collaboration with Joaquina Mertz Agua Mágica Mezcal vocals: Joaquina Mertz year: 2021 country: Mexico, USA director & writer: Fernando Guisa production: The Edge Films, Jonathan Davis & Sebastián Castillo branding agency: Mythology costume designers: Ana Ibarra, Lucía Diez Marina and Maria Alejandra Herrera sound design: Sebastián Lechuga
Mil Ojos Me Observan
sound design short film year: 2021 duration: 15 minutes country: Mexico director: Nicolás Gutiérrez Wenhammar script: Clyo Mendoza Herrera, Nicolás Gutiérrez Wenhammar production: Nicolás Gutiérrez Wenhammar images: Eduardo Sin Otero, Nicolás Gutiérrez Wenhammar edition: Analía Goethals, Nicolás Gutiérrez Wenhammar sound mixed at: Estudios Churubusco selections: Festival del Puerto 2021, Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia […]
Electroacoustic Studies Vol. I
(2016-2022) The pieces that comprise this compilation were composed using diverse electroacoustic, electronic music and audio effects and tools such as additive synthesis, ring modulation, granulation, harmonization, resonators, sampling, amongst others. The main purpose was to learn how some of these devices work and how I can integrate them in my creative process, as well […]
Lumbre
original music mid length film year: 2021 duration: 40 minutes country: Mexico director: Santiago Mohar script: Santiago Mohar production: Laredo 17, Filmaciones de la Ciudad, Nómadas, MCO director of photography: Flavia Martínez edition: Analía Goethals sound design: Arturo Salazar sound mixed at: Estudios Churubusco selections: International Film Festival Marseille 2021, Cinema Du Reel 2022, Festival […]
Cáscara @ Lockdown Diaries – Tempus Konnex, Leipzig (DE), streaming concert – 04-04/21
(guitar: Martin Steuber) tempus-konnex.com
Cronoboros
original music video art year: 2021 duration: 20 minutes country: Mexico performer: Galia Eibenschutz director: Andrés Arochi producer: Diego Rivero Borrel, TANAT director of photography: Galo Olivares edition & post production: Sergio García-Beltrán costume design: Jimena Fernández sound design: Arturo Salazar mix: Sebastián Lechuga selection: Festival de Daza Jalisco 2023 Presented at Museo Experimental El […]
Bielorrusa
sound design short film year: 2021 duration: 20 minutes country: Mexico director: Oscar Enríquez script: Oscar Enríquez production: Juan Ayala, Penélope Montes, Gabriel Marrtínez edition: Oscar Enríquez sound mixed at: Splendor Omnia sound mixer: Carlos Cortés selections: Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2021, Corto Dorico Film Festival 2021.
Vaivén
(2019) sound installation Commissioned by the Coordination of Cultural Diffusion of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) program note: The piece was composed by processing recorded sounds from the stainless steel sculpture Espacio Presencia created by artist Luciano Matus, with diverse electroacoustic techniques and resources. Different devices and utensils were used to obtain the […]
El Encantador Señor Brambila
sound design short film year: 2021 duration: 25 minutes country: Mexico director: Irving Serrano script: Irving Serrano production: Tamara Acuña, Estefania Serrano, Irving Serrano director of photography: Eliot Reguera edition: Oscar A. Sánchez sound mixed at: Disruptiva Films selections: Shorts Mexico Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de México 2021, Macabro Festival Internacional de Cine de Horror […]
Cáscara @ Vancouver New Music Festival, Vancouver (CA), streaming concert – 20-28/02/21
(guitar: Adrian Verdejo) createastir.ca
Lady Lázaro
sound design short film year: 2020 duration: 15 min. country: Mexico director: Óscar Enríquez script: Óscar Enríquez production: Juan Ayala, Gabriel Martínez, Cultura UNAM genre: drama sound mixed at: Splendor Omnia by Edgar Carrilo selection: Festival Internacional de Cine UNAM (FICUNAM), Marseille International Film Festival. IMDB
Carraca, review by David Murrieta, A Closer Listen, New York (US) – 01/012/18
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Grant Beca Legacy Santander, Santander Universidades – 2019-20
Lamento y Carne
sound design short film year: 2019 duration: 14 min. country: Mexico director: Ricardo Bross script: Ricardo Bross production: Ricardo Bross, Bernardo Bross, Antonio Garcin, Daniel Hernández genre: drama sound mixed at: Sound Tube selections: Black Canvas Festival de Cine Contemporáneo, Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes – Invitation to Morelia Film Festival (Cancelled […]
Guest @ Detonar, Radio Nopal, Mexico City (MX) – 04/02/2020
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Nave
(2018) for orchestra Commissioned by and composed during the Arturo Márquez Extraordinary Fellowship in Music Composition 2018, of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and premiered at Sala Nezahualcóyotl (UNAM), Mexico City (MX). program note: The piece was inspired by the myth of the “Stultifera Navis” and the homonymous chapter of Michel Foucault’s “Madness […]
Vaivén
Live performance of the sound installation Vaivén for the sculpture Espacio Presencia created by artist Luciano Matus in the Festival Vertice, UNAM. The performance included tenor saxophone (Robert Tercero) and live electronics (Diego Lozano) and presented at Explanada de la Espiga, Centro Cultural Universitario, UNAM.
Guest @ En Fa, Radio UNAM 96.1 FM, Mexico City (MX) – 22/06/2019
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Música y filosofía relacionadas desde siempre, interview by Andrés Otero and Damián Mendoza, UNAM Global, Mexico City (MX) – 23/05/19
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Original music for the short film Esta es la vida, directed by Santiago Mohar (work in progress) – 2019
A través de las máquinas
(2018) for alto sax & electronics Improvisation for alto saxophone and live electronics aired 17/08/18 on www.radionopal.com (CDMX). “A través de las máquinas” means “through the machines”. alto sax: Jorge Hoyo live electronics: Diego Lozano
Selected @ Berlinale Talents Guadalajara, Guadalajara International Film Festival 2018, Jalisco (MX) – 9-14/03/18
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Diego’s scores are published by Periferia Music, United Music & Media Publishers, Antwerp (BE)
buy scores: ummpstore.com
Casa de las Lomas, best music award @ Pantalla de Cristal 2017, Television/Internet Ad Category, Mexico City (MX) – 09/11/17
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Pabellón del Encuentro
sound design Pabellón del Encuentro a 500 años de la Conquista Artistic installation and immersive virtual reality experience presented at Museo Nacional de Anropollogía in Mexico City. year: 2021 duration: 15:00 min. country: Mexico production: Arte & Cultura Centro Ricardo B. Salinas Pliego, Design Week México. pabellondelencuentro.com
DEMO REELS
music for film, t.v. & publicity: sound design: