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Juan Catalano is a professional film & media composer and producer from Buenos Aires, Argentina. With more than 10 years of experience and having been trained in both classical and contemporary music he has created pieces for orchestra, feature-length film, TV, songs, commercials, video-games, and a wide array of audiovisual projects.

With an honors degree in music composition and production, Juan is an innovative, passionate, detail-oriented music composer and producer, with 10+ years of experience in leading all aspects of creating, recording, mixing and editing music projects.

Juan recently finished his work as the main composer of the soundtrack for the feature-length film Gala y Kiwi. The soundtrack contains compositions for string quartet, orchestra, synths, and noise.

Other works done recently include a variety of instrumental pieces based on poems, the score for the short film "The Things I Should've Said", arrangements and production for a number of independent artists involving genres like rap, jazz and pop, and composition and production of music for brands like National Geographic, Flow Argentina, Stella Artois, and Google.

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6 Reviews - 1 Repeat Client

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by Jens
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Juan is an extraordinary musician. He is so gifted in his vision as a composer, with amazing attention to details and nuances he adds to his pieces. I very highly recommend working with him!
by Jens
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Juan is an absolutely brilliant composer. He is able to capture a mood beautifully with a variety of instrumentation. I highly recommend working with him!
by Fran
Juan is such a complete producer and composer! He gets involved as deep as he can in every project and listens carefully what you are looking for to give you exactly that, but even better. Amazing to work with. Recomended 100%
by Cam
I had the best experience working with Juan. Such a talented musician and so easy to work with. I've worked with quite a few musicians and no one has been able to capture what i wanted like Juan did. Truly a gifted composer.
by Nico
Juan is incredible to work with, his ideas and imagination makes everything shine, reaching high quality products. Very talented Producer and Composer
by Clemente Solimano
Juan is a hardworking and a fantastic musician, its always a pleasure working with him. Always nice and big attention on every detail!

Interview with Juan Ignacio Catalano

Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: That every piece of music I work on is original, custom, done with love and thought.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: I love creating. I love expressing myself and helping others do so themselves. I love the deep level of storytelling that you can achieve throughout a musical piece. I love music's sheer beauty and color.
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Be clear on your ideas, and what you are trying to convey. Work with references. When expressing what you are looking for, provide every last bit of information that you can!
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: I love working with animators. I love the different styles each animator has, and how they convey it in their art. It is amazing.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Cinematic, orchestral, electronic, beats, jazz, pop, corporate or even 8bit as well.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Composition. I am very focused, detail-oriented and I write memorable, beautiful melodies. My production skills are very important as well, since they help me bring the music to life.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: I am inspired by authentic and creative music composers. I recently listened to Rob Simonsen's score in "The Whale" and it caught my attention.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Producing, scoring and composing to video! Most of the time recording, mixing and mastering the score as well.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Give your music some time. Let it rest after working on it for a few hours, get your ears off of it and then listen again. Most times you will notice things you had grown used to over the hours.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Melodic, original, memorable. The way in which those qualities are portrayed usually depends on the style of music I feel the piece should have. Sometimes I'll write for orchestra and make it sound more colorful, Neo-classical. Other times it will be darker, deeper, more Romantic. If I feel the mood should be jazzy then it'll be a Jazz piece, or even a Hip-Hop beat if it calls for it. I just try to keep it coherent, and musical.