Greg Hernandez‘ music career has taken him all over North America, I know because I have had the pleasure to travel with him, but it’s his work for the screen that most challenges him. Hernandez career in creating music scores began with an independent film, Lola’s Love Shack which is a comedy directed by Patrick Perez of Lux III Pictures. The score for this feature length film was co-written with fellow L.A. music veteran and Audio Engineer, Ibo Rodriguez. Hernandez states, “the project was fun because Ibo and I recruited a bunch of other L.A. musicians and it really had a communitarian feel. After this project, Esteban Zul, contributing writer on Lola’s Love Shack approached Hernandez about scoring MonkeyFunkles, another comedy in which Hernandez acted in as well! “That was a lot of fun, I don’t know if acting is my forte, like music, but I had a really good time!” Hernandez said.
Find Greg’s Travel Series – Goyo On The Go here
Veggie Burrito’s to Dance For
For his most recent Score, Hernandez teams up with noted L.A. based Chef David Dickson. In Chipotle Marinated Veggie Burritos, Chef Dixon gives up some of his secrets to his award winning recipe! I haven’t tried to replicate Chef Dickson’s Burrito just yet but if the video is any indication, it’s gonna be a bomb full of taste in your mouth! Hernandez will also be working with Chef Dixon on a Black Eyed Peas Curry video slated for later in 2020.
The Good, the Bad and all That
Expressing the music, interpreting the narrative along with the visual is very appealing according to Hernandez. “Audio and music enhances the visual narrative” Hernandez states, “It is a great challenge writing a parallel piece of music for the listener to enjoy.” He adds, “Growing up as a kid I always had an ear for sound and I would gravitate towards the soundtrack / score which told the story for me. I admire Johnny Greenwood of Radio Head he scored, There will be Blood. Steven Copeland of The Police scored the Equalizer which left a deep impact on me. The legends like Danny Elfman, and of course John Williams who mastered the art of theatrics. The late great Ennio Morricone, whose eccentric style of music fit his movies perfectly!”
I mentioned to Greg that I was also effected by the music in movies like the Good, Bad and the Ugly, it seemed like a ballet of entwined notes and images that danced into our imaginations. Hernandez states, “The key with score music, as it relates to the visual, is to find a common theme, look for a genre of music for the visual. Scores are challenging because you have to keep an open mind. The visual directs where you are going to go. The emotion of the actors is also key. Genre of film consistent with the genre of the movie for the most part.”
In the future Hernandez will be working on The Plume, which is a full-length documentary film which demonstrates how military complex polluting native lands from WWII to the Present Day. The Producer is award winning Journalist Franc Contreras who according to Hernandez, “Does a great job showing how this pollution has been detrimental to the Native population, causing health issues including cancer.” Will we see you on the screen again Greg, I asked, “only if it’s another comedy because the set is full of laughs and I get to laugh at myself!.” Yup, I replied, we all need to do that more often.
Alex Paramo is Community Publishing’s Founder and Author of the bilingual, multimedia children’s books, Princess Marisol & the Moon Thieves and Princess Marisol & the Portal. Find out more about him here.
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