Andreu Jacob (born 18 September 1971 as Andreu Jacob Martinez Foglietti) is a Catalan / Norwegian composer. He works in such musical genres as classical and contemporary music, jazz, flamenco and other musical styles.

Andreu Jacob
GOLD AWARD for the Original Score at Florence FILM AWARDS (Italy) 2023 for the film "A Dollhouse in Kristiania" scored by Jacob
GOLD AWARD for the Original Score at Florence FILM AWARDS (Italy) 2023 for the film "A Dollhouse in Kristiania" scored by Jacob
Background information
Born(1971-09-18)18 September 1971
Barcelona, Spain
GenresClassical, orchestral and contemporary music, jazz, flamenco
Occupation(s)Film music composer, sound designer, producer
Instrumentmulti-instrumentalist
Websitewww.andreujacob.net

Biography

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Jacob was born on 18 September 1971 in Barcelona, Spain. He was brought up in a poor family that lived in the El Raval neighborhood. Jacob showed a great interest in music at the age of 9. He began his musical studies at the Conservatorio Superior de Música del Liceo in Barcelona. A year later he made his first musical performance at theConservatorio Superior de Música del Liceo. At the age 14 he started to work with the Catalan guitarist Max Sunyer.

Andreu took the 1st place in the 75th Composer's Festival Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid. He studied carpentry in Barcelona and architectural acoustics in France. In 1990 he published his first work.[1] At the age of 23 he participated in an international jazz festival in Kraków, Poland and also in Zamość.

In 1995 at age 24, Andreu got his first sponsorship from the international company Paiste, agreement expiring in 2007 after accepting the proposal to work with his new sponsor Zildjian.[2] He has participated in international jazz festivals.[3] and performed in numerous concerts in many countries and cities[4][5] – (New York City, Berlin, Porto, Lisbon, Norway, Sweden, London, Barcelona, Madrid etc.)

Jacob has written music in projects for Thomas Dodd, Peter Gric, Gottfried Helnwein,.[6]

In 2012 he moved to Sweden to continue his work. A year later Andreu Jacob moved to Norway where he lives up to now.

He was a member of the jury at the International Peterhof Film Festival 2021 (Saint Petersburg), TNISSFF 2019/2020 (Norway), 7th edition Curta Neblina[7] 2020 (Brazil)

He was the sound designer of the film Seyran Ates – Sex Revolution and Islam. He was longlisted for an Oscar at the 94th Academy Awards 2022, in the category documentary feature.

Other activities

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Awards and nominations

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Soundtracks

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  1. Heart Cycles[12] 2023 (U.S.A)
  2. Hunting the spirit of time[13] 2023 (Norway)
  3. A Dollhouse in Kristiania[14] 2023 (Norway)
  4. Påskstenen[15] 2023 (Sweden)
  5. Nora´s wedding anno 1905[16] 2022 (Norway)
  6. A dollhouse 2020[17] (dance of sins) 2022
  7. SAND[18] 2021 (Norway)
  8. Era apenas uma cidade[19] 2021 (Bazil)
  9. Cold truth 2021 (Sweden)
  10. The Beast Beneath Lake Bullaron 2021 (Sweden)
  11. Andetaget[20] 2021 (Sweden)
  12. The Shadow (TV series) 2021 (Norway)
  13. Döden i Bullarsjön 2020 (Sweden)
  14. Syrialism[21] 2020 (Norway) – Norwegian Film Institute
  15. Antikk[22] 2020 (Norway)
  16. Lagos To Oslo[23] 2020 (Norway)
  17. EXUVIA[24] 2020 Vancouver (Canada)
  18. The Castle Of Baron Finch[25] 2020 (U.S.A)
  19. THE GREAT HUMAN CRIME 2019 (Sweden)
  20. Wasteland 2019 (Sweden)
  21. LOVE 2018 (Norway)
  22. Lili ser Dig[26] 2018 (Sweden)
  23. Frozen Hell[27] 2018 (Sweden)
  24. настоящий-сценарий / The Real Screenplay[28] 2018 (Russia)
  25. Knuss Meg[29] (Trailer) 2018 (Norway)
  26. Brinn Som Solen[30] 2018 (Sweden)
  27. Innocent MARA[31] 2018 (Sweden)
  28. The Omega point, strikes 2018 (Norway)
  29. SANCTUARY[32] 2017 (Sweden / Norway)
  30. Humans 2017 (Sweden)

Sound designer

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  1. Kunsten å Plystre[33] 2021 Norway (sound designer) Norwegian Film Institute
  2. Seyran Ates: Sex, Revolution and Islam[34] 2021 Norway (sound designer) Norwegian Film Institute
  3. Clear the Saloon 2018 Norway

Music performer

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  1. Beforeigners HBO 2019 / 2021 (Norway)

– Episode #2.6 (2021) – Episode #2.5 (2021) – Episode #1.4 (2019) – Episode #2.4 (2019) – Episode #2.3 (2019) – Episode #2.2 (2019) – Episode #2.1 (2019)

Collaborations in soundtracks

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  1. Laura esta sola "LAUREN FILMS" (2003)
  2. La memoria de los peces "MANGA FILMS" (2004)
  3. Glamour sex "COCO FILMS" (2003)
  4. Private Château "PRIVATE FILMS" (2005)
  5. El mar no es azul de "MANGA FILMS" (2005)
  6. Arcus de Biart de "MANGA FILMS" (2004)
  7. La entrega de Bert Palmen (2004)

Own records

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  1. El Valle de Cabuérniga (1990)
  2. The perfume of honey (1997)
  3. 6666 (1998)
  4. Dragon Dreams Vol. I (2000)
  5. Dragon Dreams Vol. II (2000)
  6. Digital Loneliness (2001)[35]
  7. A.Jacob v.1.0 – Black (2002)
  8. A.Jacob v.1.0 –White (2002)
  9. The pious sinner (2003)
  10. Uelhuxe (2003)
  11. Blind passenger to Kamtschka (2004)
  12. Home das Bubas Vol. I (2005)
  13. Home das Bubas Vol. II (2005)
  14. Die enttaeuschung des Hans Castorp (2006)
  15. Natural Order (2007)
  16. Outside (2008)
  17. BLOW (2009)
  18. Ojos de Dios (2010)
  19. Mlechny put (2011)
  20. Manuscritos para Anastasía (2012)
  21. Amargo despertar (2012)
  22. Ett nytt land utanför mitt fönster (2013)
  23. I miss you (2013)
  24. My sweet love (2013)
  25. Guds Øyne (2014)
  26. Manuskripter til Anastasia (2014)
  27. KUNST art symbiosis (2015)
  28. Ja vi elsker dette landet (2015)
  29. Rjukan, Den evige omfavnelse av fjellet (2015)

Collective works

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  1. Acid by Vanguard School (1995)
  2. Resonance by Vanguard School (1995)
  3. Boing Boing (2002)
  4. Batería Total (1998)
  5. Jazz i Noves Músiques de Catalunya 7 (2001)
  6. Jazz i Noves Músiques de Catalunya 9 (2003)
  7. Jazz i Noves Músiques de Catalunya 10 (2004)
  8. JAÇZ Nº1 (2004)
  9. Revista de Jazz 04 (2005)
  10. Projet ONE / Maxi Tuning (2003)
  11. Razzmatazz 03 (2006)
  12. Ukiyohe Behaviour (2003)
  13. A los viejos Maestros / El niño de la Chata (2010)
  14. Hope / Crystina Maez (2010)
  15. Todo en beso / Malena placeres (2008)
  16. Eva / gremio afiliado de joyeros (2006)
  17. Respiraire / Maite Barrera (2011)

Symphonies

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Symphonies composed by Andreu Jacob

  1. Sinfonia No. 24, Solens synfoni (2014)
  2. Gumnerside – Kammerkonserte no. 2 (2014)
  3. Sinfonia No. 23, Rjukan Den evige omfavnelse av fjellet[36] (2013)
  4. Expanding the Space – 57th International Austronautical Congress, (2006)
  5. Concierto para piano y orquesta No. 1, Op. 36, in B-flat major
  6. Concierto para piano y orquesta No. 2, Op. 225, in C major
  7. Concierto para piano y orquesta No. 3, Op. 280
  8. Missa solemnis, Op. 38
  9. Unter Grünen
  10. Die Hundekatastrophe
  11. El Valle de los Alientos, Op. 42

References

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  1. ^ "El valle de Cabuérniga" – 1990
  2. ^ Zildjian Archived 13 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Festivales de Jazz Archived 20 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b Concierto en la Giralda de l´Arboç[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Concierto con Max Sunyer Trio". Archived from the original on 14 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Andreu Jacob KUNST art music producer composer artist". andreujacob. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  7. ^ "CURTA NEBLINA". Cachaça Filmes (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  8. ^ Circuit REASONS JAZZ Archived 14 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "57-th International Astronautical Congress "". Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  10. ^ Concierto de 104 baterías entrando en "Récord Guinness"
  11. ^ OUTSIDE (2009)
  12. ^ "Heart Cycles (2022) – Soundtrack.Net". www.soundtrack.net. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  13. ^ "Hunting the spirit of time". andreujacob. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  14. ^ "A Dollhouse In Kristiania". andreujacob. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  15. ^ "Påskstenen". andreujacob. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  16. ^ T, Mr. "A Dollhouse 1905 – Nora's wedding". Joyfulproduction (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  17. ^ T, Mr. "A Dollhouse 2020 – Dance of Sin". Joyfulproduction (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  18. ^ "Sand (2021)". themgirlsfilm (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  19. ^ Melo, Cleyton, Era apenas uma cidade (Thriller), retrieved 25 June 2023
  20. ^ "Andetaget/The Breath". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  21. ^ "Film". Norwegian Film Institute. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  22. ^ ANTIKK | Award-Winning Horror Short Film (2020), 6 November 2022, retrieved 25 June 2023
  23. ^ "Lagos to Oslo" (2020), retrieved 25 June 2023
  24. ^ "Feature Film | EXUVIA". Mysite. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  25. ^ "The Castle of Baron Finch". andreujacob. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  26. ^ Grassman, Eveline, Lili Ser Dig (Short, Fantasy), Miranda Grassman, Agnes Simovits, Mikael Simovits, retrieved 25 June 2023
  27. ^ Zarrinbal, Farid (2 September 2019), Frozen Hell (Short, Drama), Emil Levin, Linus Lundmark, Stefan Nutsch, ABF Films, retrieved 25 June 2023
  28. ^ "The Real Screenplay (НАСТОЯЩИЙ СЦЕНАРИЙ) – Andreu Jacob". Reel Music. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  29. ^ "Knus meg". filmbib.no. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  30. ^ "Film Music Site – Brinn Som Solen Soundtrack". www.filmmusicsite.com. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  31. ^ "LUKWAGO MEDIAWORKS". castingvault.eu. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  32. ^ "Anmeldelse av Sanctuary". www.filmfront.no. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  33. ^ "Film". Norwegian Film Institute. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  34. ^ "Film". Norwegian Film Institute. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  35. ^ Digital Loneliness (2001)
  36. ^ "Rjukan, Den evige omfavnelse av fjellet - SYMPHONY NUMMER 23". andreujacob. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
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