BIO
Born in Mexico City, Edy (Eddie) Lan is film and media composer and arranger based in Los Angeles, CA.
He has always been drawn to a wide variety of music; from classical to pop, electronic, Jazz and many others. As a kid he would spend the rest of the day after school listening to Tchaikovsky and Dvorak (and later on Ravel and Stravinsky), Michael Jackson and Queen. His dad would always play him The Beatles, his mom mexican pop artists, Queen, Yes and Elton John while his grandma exposed him to a large selection of classical music. Edy was enamored by TV shows, movies and their music; spending a lot of his time watching re-runs of THE TWILIGHT ZONE, LOST IN SPACE and STAR TREK and a host of movies of different genres from Hitchcok to Disney and everything in between, thanks to his cinephile older brother. Later on when his grandma took him to watch West Side Story, feeling so moved, his thoughts about dedicating his life to the creation of music were solidified.
He was self taught until age 18 when he studied Composition and Musicology at the Centre of Investigation and Musical Studies (affiliated to the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music and the Triny College of Music) where he was lucky to have some of the top working composers in the country as his teachers. During summer breaks he studied singing. After college and a lot of trial and error Edy’s career as a Classical composer started taking off when his music was selected to be premiered by different orchestras around
the country and went on to win several awards worldwide, including 2nd place and the prize for “Best Orchestral Piece” at the INTERNATIONAL ANTONIN DVORAK COMPOSITION COMPETITION held in Prague. He was concurrently working on his first couple of films and then received his first shot as an orchestral arranger for a record label with multi-Grammy award winner producer and engineer Rafa Sardina with whom he has gone on to work on a multitude of projects.
Edy has worked in several films, arranged a large number of songs for international artists and an important amount of music for advertisement and has continued to receive nominations and awards, earning his first Grammy Nomination in 2018.
He is characterized by his command of the orchestra, wide range of colors and instrumentation and his versatility of style. He knows that each project requires a particular and individual approach and his emphasis is always on storytelling.
Awards
Credits
FILM SCORING CREDITS
“Nomad” (in production)
Feature Film
Composer
“¿Por qué la vida es así?” (post-production)
Documentary
Composer
“The Containment” (currently working on it)
Feature Film
Composer
“Parallel” (theatrical release next fall)
Feature Film
Composer
“Inmune” (2019)
Short film
Composer
“Threshold” (2018)
Short Film
Composer
“Jefes de Jefes” (2017- unreleased)
Documentary
Composer
“Voices of our Heritage” (2017)
Feature Documentary
Composer
“The Similars” (2015)
Feature Film
Composer
“Isolation” (2015)
Short Film
Composer
“The Incident” (2014)
Feature Film
Composer
“The Bohemians” (2012)
Feature Film
Composer/Arranger
“México Bárbaro” (2014)
Feature Film
Composer
“Canon” (2014)
Feature Film
Co-composer
“Behind the Power” (2013)
Feature Film
Co-composer
“The Misfits” (2011)
Feature Film
Co-composer / Musician/ Singer
ARRANGEMENTS CREDITS
Daddy Yankee and the Puerto Rico Symphonic Orchestra
“Yo contra ti” ("Me Against You")
Arranger
Sergio Vallin featuring Carlos Santana, Steve Vai, Alejandro Sanz, Juan Luis Guerra, Arturo Sandoval, Maná, Marco Antonio Solis Micro Symphonies (to be released)
Producer/ Arranger
José Luis Perales
“Calma”, El Reencuentro”, “¿Y cómo es Él?”, “Celos de mi Guitarra”, “Si…”, “Un Velero llamado Libertad”, “Quisiera decir tu Nombre”, “Y te vas”, “Cosas de Doña Asunción”, “Canción de Otoño”, “Te Quiero”, “Me Llamas”, “Ella y Él”, “El Amor”, “Balada para una Despedida”, “Amada Mía”, “Que canten los Niños” (“Calma” - 2016, “Mirándote a los Ojos” - 2019)
Arranger
Asaconosu
南壽あさ子「すみれになって」”Become Violet” (Neutral)
Arranger
Plácido Domingo and Pablo Sainz Villegas
“Historia de un Amor” (“Volver” 2018)
Arranger
Manuel Mijares
“Para amarnos más”, “Si me tenías”. Additional arrangements: “Cuando me vaya”, “María Bonita”, “Te extraño” (Mijares sinfónico – 2016)
Arranger
Antonio Orozco
“Temblando”, “Siempre fue mucho más fácil”, “Llegará” (Dos Orillas – 2013)
Arranger
Tan Bionica
“Hola Mundo”, Las cosas que pasan” (Hola Mundo – 2015)
Composer/ Arranger
Rob Meister
“Won’t let go” (Piece of Mind - 2016)
Arranger
What people are saying
"Another element of the film that more than one person at the festival commented on was the simply amazing score. Oh my gosh is the score produced by Edy Lan great Reminiscent of the golden age of Hollywood his score takes Isaac's film to the next level."
- Twitch
“The incredible Giaccino-inspired music elevates the cool mysterious plot to epic levels”
- Fantastic Film Fest
"The music of Edy Lan is an amazing salute to Elmer Bernstein and Bernard Herrmann.
It's as sharp as knives through bone and just as memorable."
- Fullact