The challenge of creating with music. The role of music and music professionals in the audiovisual industry.

Composer, orchestrator and sound artist, Isabel Royán holds a degree in Musical Composition (Conservatorio Superior de Música de Málaga), a Master’s degree in Composition for Audiovisuals and Video Games (Katarina Gurska Center), a Master’s degree in Musical Heritage/Ethnomusicology and Flamenco (Universidad Internacional de Andalucía) and has completed specialized training in film composition at the Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program (Seattle Film Institute, Washington). She is also a classically trained pianist and has a degree in Journalism. She has received nominations for the Carmen Awards 2023 in the category of Best Original Score for her soundtrack for Alimañas, as well as for the Berlanga Awards 2023 for her music for the film Olvido, by Inés París. That same year, her music for the film Emilio Prados, cazador de nubes received a nomination for the Premios de la Música para el Audiovisual Español, and in 2022 her soundtrack for Princesa was nominated at Ibicine. She has been nominated for the FIMUCINEMA 2021 awards in the categories of Best Music for Documentary for Paraíso en llamas, nominated for the Goya 2021 awards, and Best Music for Short Film for La pequeña Leona. The same year she was also nominated for Best Soundtrack for her work for El Secreto de Lucía at the Actrum Awards. Her music has also received several nominations at the Jerry Goldsmith Awards 2017 for El glóbulo de Bok (Best Original Composition) and for La Verónica (Best Soundtrack for Short Film). He has also received a nomination at the PlayStation Talents Awards for his work in the video game Night and Day and in 2016 for Best Soundtrack for Video Game at the Jerry GoldSmith Awards 2016 for the music of Paula, from Ikigai Play. He has also won along with NoOBo Games the only prize awarded by the AEVI in the Idea Game Jam 2019. He is currently working on the composition of soundtracks for films, video games, scenic, new AV formats and concert music, being one of his latest works the commission of the National Center for Musical Diffusion of his work El vientre del fuego.

I have been involved in music for as long as I can remember. Professionally, I developed my career in the record industry, working in various positions: radio promotion, project manager, A&R and artistic director at Chrysalis, Emi and Virgin, with artists such as Antonio Vega, Amaral, Los Delincuentes, Dover, Luz Casal, Enrique Morente, among others.

At Globomedia I learned the job of music supervisor for fiction series and films, working on “Vis a Vis”, “El Barco”, “Los Hombres de Paco”, “Estoy Vivo”, “Byb”, “Kamikaze”, “Tres Metros Sobre el Cielo”, “Fuga de Cerebros I y II”, “Tengo Ganas de Ti”, among others. I currently participate in panels at international congresses to share my experience and combine teaching at ECAM, UNIR, SAE… with my work as music supervisor in “El Embarcadero”, “Por H o Por B”, “Nasdrovia”, “Sky Rojo”, “Entrevias”, “Now & Then”, “Nacho”, “Los Farad”, “Berlin”, “Land Of Woman”, “Cómo Cazar a un Monstruo” or “La Casa de Papel / Money Heist”, among others.

Iban Diez is managing partner at MENTA Legal, a law boutique specialized on Media and Entertainment Law. Beforehand, he was Of Counsel in the Intellectual Property and Technology Area at Gomez Acebo & Pombo law firm, one of the big four Spanish law firms. He was leading the IP and Media practice.

Iban has been ranked in many of the most important international lawyers’ rankings. He is currently Band 2 in Media Law for Chambers & Partners, and he has also qualified for Legal 500 and Best Lawyers.

He is author of numerous articles and publications in regard with Intellectual Property and New Technologies, and he collaborates as lecturer in a high number of Masters and Postgraduates Degrees of Intellectual Property, Audiovisual Law and Production.

Iban is highly specialized on the audiovisual and entertainment industry, working for both national and international companies. He has acted as counsel for many productions, including “La casa de papel” (“Money Heist”), “Nacho”, “Tú también lo harías” (“You would do it too”) or “El caso Asunto” (“The Asunta Case”).

Senior Sync Manager / Music Supervisor.

Sync Manager at BMG Iberia, working with artists and writers such as Mecano, Iggy Pop, Ganges, Blondie, IZARO, Tears for Fears; previously at PIAS UK, where he worked on Peaky Blinders, Sex Education, Killing Eve or DARK and with artists such as IDLES, Beach House, The Black Keys or Apparat.

Music Supervisor and Licensing Executive at Sky Studios / Sky Group, responsible for a wide range of scripted, documentary and entertainment projects including Midwich Cuckoos, A Discovery of Witches and co-productions with HBO and Peacock such as I Hate Suzie, The Third Day and Intelligence. At Sky, he was also responsible for several advertising projects for the group’s brands and worked with NBCUniversal’s distribution teams.
He has also worked as head of music supervision for Adidas, working with their agencies and marketing teams worldwide.