Lucas Vidal was born in Madrid in 1984 into a family indissolubly linked to music. His paternal grandfather, José Manuel Vidal Zapater, founded HISPAVOX in 1953, a Spanish record company of global projection where artists of the time such as Raphael, Karina, and Los Pekenikes launched their careers. From his mother’s side, he inherited his love for ballet. His cousins Yury, Zenayda, and Nadia Yanowsky are internationally renowned figures in ballet, performing with the Boston, London, and Wellington Ballet Companies, respectively. These foundations nurtured an innate passion for music from a very early age.

Thus, at the age of three, he began playing the piano, at seven the flute, and at ten he started to mute movies like ‘Cinema Paradiso’, dreaming of the sharps and flats he would add. The soundtrack of his adolescence was marked by Ennio Morricone and John Williams, the two great stars who would guide his path. At 15, Lucas Vidal applied for a place at Berklee College of Music (Boston) to attend a summer music composition camp. Those five weeks were enough to make a vital decision: he would fight for his dream of becoming a Hollywood soundtrack composer.

His great talent did not go unnoticed by the Berklee staff, the most prestigious center for soundtrack composition worldwide. Therefore, at nearly 18 years old, Lucas Vidal was offered a scholarship to pursue a double degree in Film Music and Composition. Aware of the great opportunity, he maximized his four years in Boston. This elite education, his enormous talent, and tireless dedication led him to become the youngest student in the center’s history to compose and record an orchestral soundtrack for his first movie ‘Cathedral Pines’ and to receive the two most important music composition awards from the educational institution.

After his triumphant time in Boston, where he graduated ‘Magna Cum Laude’ with a double degree, Lucas Vidal moved to New York to further his extraordinary education at the prestigious Juilliard School, where artists like John Williams and Miles Davis were trained. There, he attended classes with musical geniuses like Richard Danielpour.

In 2009, he made the definitive leap to the city of Los Angeles, settling in a small studio overlooking the Hollywood hills. These were years of extraordinary perseverance, culminating in 2012 with the dream opportunity to compose the soundtrack for ‘Fast and Furious 6’. Following this blockbuster at 28, his meteoric rise was unstoppable. He worked on successful films with actors like Bruce Willis, Sigourney Weaver, and John Cusack, and in 2016, he won an Emmy for composing the ESPN theme for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Far from resting on his laurels, Lucas Vidal immediately stepped out of his comfort zone to face new challenges. After conquering Hollywood’s Mount Olympus, he felt a strong desire to return to his roots and carve a niche in the Spanish market.

Following his principle of pursuing dreams with effort and sacrifice, Lucas Vidal began a phase between Madrid and Los Angeles, culminating in 2016 with two Goyas for the main theme of the feature film ‘Palm Trees in the Snow’ with Pablo Alborán and for the soundtrack of ‘Nobody Wants the Night’, respectively.

After his long-awaited consecration in the Spanish market, his unstoppable urge to grow as a composer led him to explore new territories: the field of music production and the world of orchestral electronic music. In production, where he is self-taught, he collaborated with Amaia Montero and Antonio Orozco, mixed Raphael’s greatest hits in his ‘Resinphónico’ project (2018), and took charge of the music for Netflix series like ‘Once Upon a Time… But Not Anymore’ (2022), ‘Welcome to Eden’ (2022), and ‘Paradise’ (2022).

In the realm of orchestral electronic music, in September 2020, he successfully launched his first album (‘Karma’ – Universal Music), masterfully and elegantly merging the two musical genres. He then started working on his second album, following the line of the first to continue the challenge of positioning classical music in the world of electronics and vice versa.

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FILMS

• 2023: ‘The Life of Brianeitor’ (Spain, directed by Álvaro Longoria).
• 2022: ‘The Voice of the Sun’ (Spain, directed by Carol Polakoff).
• 2019: ‘The Inner Island’ (Spain, directed by Dunia Ayaso and Félix Sabroso).
• 2018: ‘Paradise Hills’ (United States, directed by Alice Waddington).
• 2018: ‘The Tree of Blood’ (Spain, directed by Julio Medem).
• 2018: ‘Joy, Sadness’ (Spain, directed by Ibon Cormenzana).
• 2015: ‘The Heineken Kidnapping’ (United States, directed by Daniel Alfredson).
• 2015: ‘Palm Trees in the Snow’ (Spain, directed by Fernando González-Molina).
• 2015: ‘Nobody Wants the Night’ (Spain, directed by Isabel Coixet).
• 2015: ‘Project Lazarus’ (Spain, directed by Mateo Gil).
• 2015: ‘Tracers’ (United States, directed by Daniel Benmayor).
• 2014: ‘The Quiet Ones’ (United Kingdom, directed by John Pogue).
• 2014: ‘Combustion’ (Spain, directed by Daniel Calparsoro).
• 2013: ‘Fast & Furious 6’ (United States, directed by Justin Lin).
• 2013: ‘Mindscape’ (United States, directed by Jorge Dorado).
• 2012: ‘Afterparty’ (Spain, directed by Miguel Larraya).
• 2012: ‘The Raven’ (United States, directed by James McTeigue).
• 2012: ‘Invasor’ (Spain, directed by Daniel Calparsoro).
• 2012: ‘The Cold Light of Day’ (United States-Spain, directed by Mabrouk el Mechri).
• 2011: ‘Sleep Tight’ (Spain, directed by Jaume Balaguero).

TV SERIES AND OTHER PROJECTS OF INTEREST

• 2023: Contemporary zarzuela ‘Trato de favor,’ premiered on April 29 at the Teatro de la Zarzuela.
• 2023: Musical ‘Jiimena soy yo’ from Sonora.
• 2023: Music composition for the series ‘Welcome to Eden 2’ on Netflix.
• 2023: Music composition for the series ‘Bosé’ on Sky Showtime.
• 2022: Music composition for the ballet ‘Eternal, a flamenco tribute to Pablo Picasso’.
• 2022: Music composition for the series ‘Welcome to Eden’ on Netflix.
• 2022: Music composition for the series ‘Once Upon a Time… But Not Anymore’ on Netflix.
• 2022: Music composition for the series ‘Paradise’ on Netflix.
• 2021: Composition of the Anthem of Ibero-America.
• 2020: Released his first solo album ‘Karma’.
• 2020: Music composition for the series ‘The Minions of Midas’ on Netflix.
• 2019: Composition of the sound identity of the LaLiga Profesional de Fútbol.
• 2018: Composition of the music for the series ‘Elite’ on Netflix.
• 2018: Musical production of ‘Resinphonico’ (last record by Raphael).
• 2018: Composition of ‘They Know’ with Antonio Orozco for ‘The Best Day of My Life’.
• 2016: Composition of the theme music for the Rio 2016 Olympics for ESPN.
• 2015-2018: Christmas concert in tribute to John Williams at the Teatro Real.
• 2014-present: Musical direction of the Platino Awards for Latin American Cinema.

• 2022: Alicante Film Festival Award for Music for the Image.
• 2021: Iris Award from the Spanish Television Academy.
• 2019: Included in Forbes list of the 100 most influential creative figures.
• 2018: Recognition by Marca España as an Ambassador for Spain’s image.
• 2016: Goya Award for Best Original Score for the film ‘Nobody Wants the Night’.
• 2016: Goya Award for Best Original Song for ‘Palm Trees in the Snow’ with Pablo Alborán.
• 2016: Emmy Award for Best Original Music (Rio 2016 Olympics for ESPN).
• 2016: GQ Spain Man of the Year Award.