About

 

Rodrigo Flores Lopez is a rising voice in film within a generation of new composers. He has amassed more than fifty credits in all kinds of productions. He has written music not only for film and television, but also for the theater, dance, and the concert hall. His music has been performed throughout Europe and the Americas.

Since January 2018, he is an active Member of the National System of Art Creators (SNCA) of the National Fund for the Arts in Mexico (FONCA).

He composed the score for La Gran Promesa -The Grand Promise- (Beanca Films, 2018), directed by Jorge Ramírez-Suárez, nominated for the Silver Goddess 2019 (the equivalent of the Golden Globes in Mexico) for Best Original Score, becoming the first Mexican film score to be fully produced at the legendary Air Studios in London. Rodrigo composed the music for Televisa's homage to Roberto Gómez Bolaños and the El Chavo franchise, as well as the score for the film La Niña de la Mina (Leow Films, 2016), directed by Jorge Eduardo "Tocayo" Ramírez, and distributed by Videocine. He also composed the score for the film Guten Tag, Ramón (Beanca Films, 2014), directed by Jorge Ramírez-Suárez (20th Century Fox - Beanca Films), acclaimed both by critics and audiences alike in Mexico, Germany, the U.S. and Latin America. Winner of the Silver Goddess 2015 for Best Original Score and nominated for Best Score -Drama- at the Reel Music Awards 2014 (UK).

Additional performances include the World Premieres of “Emotions in Motion” by the Wratislavia Chamber Orchestra (2019) and “Reinventing Happiness” by the Baltic Neopolis Orchestra (2011), both in Poland; “Extremos” by the Extremo woodwind quartet in Mexico (2008), among many others.

Rodrigo has taught several workshops in Film and Theater music in Mexico (UNAM, ITESM, PROCINE, etc) and in Colombia (Colombia’s Institute for the Arts). Since 2017, he is Music Associate Professor of Visual Media Music Production at REC Música (Berklee International Network). He holds two Master’s degrees in film composing - one from the University of Bristol and the other from New York University.