Today we’d like to introduce you to Marina Ortega Mira.
Hi Marina, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
I have been making music since I was a kid, and I always had the idea of doing that for a living. I studied lyrical singing and classical piano at the conservatory of my city. Later on, I did my bachelor’s in music composition between the ESMUC of Barcelona and the Sibelius Academy of Helsinki. I went to LA to study in the USC Screen Scoring program with a Fulbright scholarship, and I have been making music for media ever since.
I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey have been a fairly smooth road?
Hyperacusis has been by far my main struggle, especially when it first started. It is a disorder that affects the way you hear, and it makes normal noises feel overbearing. There are several degrees of severity, but mine was considered very severe by the doctors I went to.
I had to reinvent my working process, particularly in music production, so it didn’t affect my mental health. Over the years, it became a tool in a way, and it made me pay special attention to my music production skills and generate a very personal sonic style.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I try not to be only focused on Western tradition when writing music. I love learning about the different music theory approaches that exist in the world, and they are huge influences on my music.
I also use vocals a lot in my scores, either in a more direct way or by sampling myself singing and processing it. Even though I write concert and media music, I still come from a songwriting background and even my concert compositions are affected by it.
How can people work with you, collaborate with you or support you?
I love working on projects that are willing to take risks and search for new ways of enhancing stories with music. Also, those that take a multicultural approach from within, from their very starting point. I would love to contribute as much as I can in widening the borders in that sense, so we can enjoy more enriching stories whose storytelling style is not particularly tied to a specific part of the world but rather absorbs from many places.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://marinaortegamira.super.site/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marinaortegamira/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marinaortegamira/
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marinaortegamira/
- Other: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13320601/
Image Credits
Aurora Maciá Molina Gülnigar Ralph-Nurhikim Christian Amonson
