{"id":451,"date":"2013-02-08T16:53:15","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T16:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/?p=451"},"modified":"2013-04-25T07:08:53","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T07:08:53","slug":"fernando-velazquez-capturing-the-horror-of-mama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/?p=451","title":{"rendered":"Fernando Velazquez: Capturing the Horror of Mama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/2211880\/height\/300\/width\/300\/direction\/no\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/\" height=\"300\" width=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Since his debut in 1999, Spanish composer Fernando Velazquez has scored a wide variety of genres in film and TV, but he\u2019s perhaps best known for a a handful of horror and suspense scores, including <strong>BackWoods<\/strong> (2006) starring Gary Oldman, the Guillermo del Toro executive produced <strong>The Orphanage<\/strong> (2007), <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/dvd_reviews\/d\/4048_Devil2010.htm\">Devil<\/a><\/strong> [<a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=6120\">M<\/a>] (2010), and the box office hit <strong>Mama<\/strong>, directed by Andres Muschietti, which the director expanded from his 2008 short film after del Toro showed an interest in producing a feature length version.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike <strong>Devil<\/strong>, which featured a series of snarling suspense cues, <strong>Mama<\/strong> is a more layered work, and in our conversation recorded in late January of 2013, Velazquez describes his work in horror, writing for the cello, and avoiding musical clich\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mama<\/strong> is available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quartetrecords.com\/mama.html\" target=\"_blank\">Quartet Records<\/a> (Spain) on CD, and as a digital album from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b?_encoding=UTF8&amp;site-redirect=&amp;node=130&amp;tag=kqco06-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\">Amazon.com<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/mama-original-motion-picture\/id592237118\" target=\"window\">iTunes<\/a>.\u00a0Special thanks to Fernando Velazquez for his generous time, and Chandler Polling at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitebearpr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">White Bear PR<\/a>\u00a0for facilitating this podcast.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark R. 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