Songs
ABOUT
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‘’The compositions were great.. the London voices were very moving’’
BBC 4 – Saturday Radio Review
‘’Isa Suarez is a music-maker defying boundaries and borders’’
RESONANCE FM – A World in London
Originally from the Basque region and a classically trained musician, Isa Suarez is a London based composer and artist who creates contrasting sound worlds spanning a range of genres across film, visual art, VR and performance.
Her compositions stem from her passion for how music can impact emotions and respond to nature and the human condition. From expansive orchestral scores, mesmeric soundscapes to bold electro-beats and delicate melodies, Suarez enjoys writing in a variety of styles and has an affinity for atmospheric and choral music: she combines her versatile approach with a strong sense of narrative and inventiveness.
She has worked extensively for film and performance as well as producing large scale installations and audio-walks in collaboration with a diverse range of organisations and artists including Tate Britain, Barbican, South Bank Sinfonia, Artangel, Mimbre, The Ora Singers, Teatro Vivo, Glastonbury and Edinburgh International Festivals, Cape Town and Berlin Art Bienales, Zena Edwards, Ackroyd & Harvey.
She has scored more than 30 films, featured on BBC, ITV, National Geographic TV, Channel 4, La Sexta/ Spain, France 3 as well as at film festivals including: Cannes Film Festival, London International Film Festival, Raindance Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Hollywood Film Festival, Santa Cruz/USA, Pusan/International Korean Film Festival – Recent awards include Best 360° Film Awards at the Cannes World Film festival and Beyond The Curve International Film Festival 2023; Jury Prize Award at Agadir International Film Festival; Nominations at FAFF/ Fine Arts Film Festival/Venice-California 2022
Inspired by her interest in social justice and community engagement, she has created a number of projects that explore these subjects through performance, music and lyrics, produced in collaboration with activists and organisations such as Greenpeace, People United, Amnesty International, Platform, War Child and Extinction Rebellion among others.
Showreel and Film Credits
Selected Film Credits
Drama
- Woken – Music consultant. Dir Alan Friel (90mns)
- Smart Speaker – Full score. Dir Roland Denning (20mns)
- Just Gone – Full score. Dir Sophie Austin, London (12mns)
- Cannes Film Festival 2017; Winner of The Jury Prize/International Film of Agadir 2016 – Ollie Kepler’s expanding purple world (94mns) – Full score. Dir Viv Fongenie/Nominated at Michael Powell’s awards at the Edinburgh Film Festival, Raindance Film festival 2010, Santa Cruz/USA & The International Korean Film Festival
- Paths Through Utopias (108mns) – Full score. Dir Isa Fremeaux, John Jordan and Kyp Kyprianous, La Découverte/Zones
- Cake – Sound-design. Dir Alan Friel (6mns)/starring Maxine Peake and Letitia Wright
- In a flash – Full Score. Dir Sophie Austin (3mns)
- Carpe Diem – Full Score. Dir Brenda Longfellow (5mns)
TV & Documentary
- Voyage en cuisine – Le Ttoro – Le Goût du Pays – Music. Dir Lena Besson – Arte TV 1 x 30mn documentary series
- City of Rape – Africa 2020 – Music. Dir Steve Allen, BBC 1 x 60 documentary
- Shackleton’s Whisky – Full score. Dir Mike Slee for National Geographic & TalkbackThames – 1 x 60 documentary
- WhiteWater,BlackGold-Music (85mns) – Music. Dir David Lavallee, Canada. Best Canadian Film winner 2012, Winner of the Platinum award/Oregon Film festival 2013 Winner of the John Muir award
- Los niños de Guernica tienen memoria (The children of Guernica remember) – Full score. Dir R.Menendez, La Sesta. TV Spain – 1 x 60 documentary
- La Memoria del Cuerpo – Full score. Dir R.Menendez
- Women and Bi-Curious – Music. Prod Betty TV for Channel 5 – 2 x 60 Documentary
Online Documentaries
- Emissions V.2.1 – Full Score. Prod The Climate Compass
- Diabetes Care Life Hacks – Full Score. Dir Colette Rouhier
- What are you scared of? What does love mean to you? – Full Score. Dir Hugh Lewis, GPP productions
- The Last Time we spoke – Full Score. Dir Roland Denning, Prod A. Wallace for NHS
- Joshua ’s Story – Full Score. Dir Roland Denning, Prod A. Wallace for NHS
Art Films
- Static – Full score. Dir Annis Joslin and Sarah Cole London (10mns) Winner Best 360° film – Cannes World Film festival, Winner Best 360° Film – Beyond The Curve International Film Festival – Nominee at FAFF/ Fine Arts Film Festival/Venice-California 2022
- Telling and Retelling Dungeness – Full score. Dir Sophie Austin (15mns) Swedenborg Film festival
Public Art
A selection of compositions created for visual art,
sound-installations, performance,
audio-walks and participatory art
Clients
