Gus Reyes

'Gus Reyes, (born June 27, 1977) is a Mexican musician and composer primarily focused on film scoring. Reyes began his studies in music at the age of 8. His father, Jesus Gustavo Ramírez Avila, student of the great guitar players Manuel López Ramos (México 1929-2006) and Andrés Segovia (Spain, 1893-1987), was his first teacher in music. During his early years Reyes was part of several Sacred Music Choirs, all directed by Phillipe H. Tolón, who was Lead Violín at the Opera Orchestra of Bellas Artes (Mexico) at that time. He became soloist pretty fast, and gave tours for many years. Reyes studied in many important music institutions ending with his application to the Cardenal Miranda Institute in 1995, where he spent most of his youth studying music. Great Mexican teachers had been part of his education, like Xavier Gonzalez Tezcucano (Composer, Orchestral and Choral Conductor), Luis Armando Elias Chain (Composer), Philippe H. Tolon (Lead Violinist), Juan Trigos (Composer), Jorge Torres Sáenz (Composer), Jaime Uribe (Composer and Musical analyst), Eduardo Gamboa (Composer), among others. Reyes studied majors in Composition, Orchestral and Choral Conducting and Musicology. There are now countless examples of Reyes's music in Mexican film industry like "Magnicidio" (2002), "El Ultimo Evangelio" (2008), "El Ultimo País Mágico" (2005), "El Secreto" (2010), "The Dark Side of Light" (2014), "El Entrenador" (2014) among many others. Reyes has collaborated with Andres Sanchez-Maher in "Mexican Gangster" (2014), "El Charro de Toluquilla" (Tribeca 2016), "I Dream in Another Language" (Audience Award Winner at the Sundance Film Festival 2017), the recently released Documentary Film "Ayotzinapa, El Paso de la Tortuga" (2018), Directed by Enrique Meza, Produced by Bertha Navarro and Guillermo Del Toro, (Winner of the Audience and the Press Award at Guadalajara International Film Festival 2018), the Netflix - Univision TV Series "El Chapo" (2017-2018), the film "El Complot Mongol" (2018) Directed by Sebastian Del Amo, Telemundo & Amazon Prime TV Series "Falco" (2018), Netflix "ControlZ" (2020), HBO "Los Espookys" (2019) among many other projects. Reyes and Sanchez-Maher are also best known for their orchestral arrangements for rock bands like Zoé in their Latin Grammy award winning MTV unplugged "Música de Fondo" (Mexico 2011) and "Dorian" in their album "Diez Años y un Día" (Spain 2015). Nominated for the IX Jerry Goldsmith Awards for his work on the film "The Dark Side of Light" at the International Film Music Festival of Cordoba, Spain 2014, and later for the Silver Goddess Manuel Esperón Award for best music for a film at the Pecime Press Awards 2015, Reyes made his international debut with this soundtrack. Edited and distributed by Kronos Records and MovieScore Media, "The Dark Side of Light Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" (2014) was very well received by international film music critics and stands as one of the best of 2014. The Dark Side of Light Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is available in CD format and Digital download along with several original scores at Kronos Records, MovieScoreMedia, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Music, iTunes, Allmusic, Napster, 7Digital, Kurrentmusic, Intrada Store and many more around the world. Invited by Bertha Navarro (Main Producer of Guillermo Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth, Chronos and The Devil's Backbone), Reyes has been part of all Mexico City's Film Music Labs since 2010 as a Film Scoring Advisor. Also, Reyes was selected for the Sundance Film Music Program 2016 that took place at the Skywalker Ranch, Nicasio, California, and was promoted by ASCAP and the Sundance Film Festival 2017 in their renowned annual Composer Spotlight. Reyes examples of his work with Andrés Sanchez-Maher can be find in films like "El Complot Mongol", (2019), Directed by Sebastian Del Amo, also "La Ira o el Seól" (2019), directed by Juan Mora, the Story-House & Netflix TV Series "Tijuana" (2019), directed by Dan Posada, Hammudi Al-Rahmoun Font & Carlos Rincones, HBO "Los Espookys" (2019), Netflix "ControlZ" (2020), "Imposible Things" (Release planned for 2021) Directed by Ernesto Contreras.