For Netflix’s “Narcos,” which follows the rise of the Colombian drug cartel, composer Pedro Bromfman wanted to infuse the score with an authentic flavor without relying on cliched Latin rhythms. To ...

Bogota, Apr 16 (EFE).Bogota, Apr 16 (EFE). — Producers, artists, advertisers and the general public now have access to Colombian Loops, the first digital database of musical sounds and instruments ...

As opposed to the sounds associated with European fantasy, Latin American magical realism comes with the influences of Afro-Colombian and Indigenous cultures. Franco used traditional Colombian ...

Six students stand in a circle laughing. Each sands a gaita, a folkloric Colombian flute. Their backwards caps and general demeanor seem more apt to 2 Chainz than concertos. The students are part of ...

When he began working on the music for Disney’s animated film Encanto five years ago, Lin-Manuel Miranda admits he didn’t know all that much about Colombian music. “I had a beginner’s understanding, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Migdonio Rivas Ríos from Colombia’s Pacific Coast constructs percussion instruments for chirimía ensembles using local materials and techniques.

When Germaine Franco began composing the score for Encanto, the directors knew they didn’t want the sound of a traditional Disney film. Franco began experimenting with Colombian instruments and ...