Diego Navarro

Navarro is considered one of the most important names in film music in Spain and is nowadays the most prolific and awarded composer from the Canary Islands. He works for both the big screen and TV. Successful films such as "Capture the Flag” or "The Mauthausen Photographer” stand out in his filmography. His latest works have received several nominations and awards like the "World Soundtrack Awards” (Ghent Film Festival) nomination for his "Passage to Dawn” score in 2017. He also got a double nomination to the IFMCA AWARDS (The International Film Music Critics Association) for his score of the animation movie "Capture the Flag”. "The Mauthausen Photographer” was nominated for "Best Orchestral Score” at the XI Gaudí Awards and the II Spanish Audiovisual Music Awards.

In July and December 2021 Navarro’s second project with Mar Targarona, the thriller "DOS” (TWO), was released in cinemas and NETFLIX, respectively. This score obtains great reviews in specialized press (Fotogramas or MundoBSO), which highlight it as one of the best Spanish soundtracks of the year. His following project was "the Wasteland”, a folk horror film, released in October 2021 at the Sitges Film Festival. This Netflix original, opera prima directed by David Casademunt, was premiered on the platform January 6st 2022. Both movies were at the NETFLIX top 5 worldwide. "The Wasteland” was the number one non-English movie of the streaming platform, along the 2nd week of January, becoming a real phenomenon.