Francisco Cuadrado

“Music is like the brush for the painter or the pen for the writer: my natural way of telling stories”

I’m a curious mixture of composer and sound designer. I have a large experience on music and sound creation for different kind of media and stage productions: TV, videogames, dance, theatre, mapping… My passion is telling a story through music and sound.

The combination of music, sound, storytelling and social justice is the leitmotiv that has led me to build my professional career. I’ve always tried to approach every project from this special point of view: an intimate relationship between music and sound to increase the impact of a story, with special focus on the power of music and sound for personal and cultural transformation. I’ve worked for more than 25 years in more than 100 national and international productions.

Curiosity, passion to discover new paths, commitment and social impact are also words that define my way to understand my profession. Research is part of my professional development: music and sound design, emotions generation through sound and ethnographic music and sound studies. I’ve leaded several R & D project, among them “Music and Talent”, “Learning to Be” and “Unconscious listening”, and collaborate in internationally awarded media productions with high social impact like “Contramarea” or “En el otro lado”.