2021 – Sisyphus Rocks It!

Skills: Film Scoring, Orchestration
Client: Sisyphus Rocks It! Animated Film

Original music soundtrack for the animated film Sisyphus Rocks It! by Ron Fleischer

Music by
Juan Forero

Winner of the Best Original Score category at the San Diego Film Awards. Fall 2022

Recorded at 
Bulgarian National Radio – Sofía, Bulgaria

Conductor
Nikola Petrova

Score Supervisors
Andy Hill
Christo Pavlov

Orchestration supervisor
Conrad Pope

Recording Production Manager
Maria Zaharenia

Recording Engineer
Debbie Smith

Mix
Juan Forero

Librarians
Giuseppe Lori
Marius Arcioni
Fachu Hussain

Studio musicians – 110 piece orchestra:

Flute: Yana Ibrishimova (+alt), Dimana Demireva (+pic), Martin Pavlov
Piccolo: Mila Tzankova
Oboe: Svetlana Ancheva, Valentin Metodiev, Ioan Kyosev
Cor Anglais: Aleksandra Ivanova
Clarinet: Mihail Zhivkov, Naum Gruevski (+Eb), Martin Churov (+bass), Nikolay Kazakov
Bass Clarinet: Gocho Prakov
Bassoon: Aleksandar Sarandev, Hristo Zahariev, Petar Stoyanov
Contra bassoon: Evgenii Tonev
French Horns: Krasimir Kostadinov, Cara Watson, Zheko Zhekov, Mihail Mihailov, Stefan Todorov, Encho Yanchev, Boyan Tachev, Hitoshi Tzuginawa
Trumpets: Donald Greech, Stoyan Stoyanov, Bozhidar Todorov, Iliya Iliev, Yordan Koev, Hristian Radoev
Trombones: Vladimir Ivanov, Petar Karakashev, Kiril Mihaylov, Petko Kolev
Bass Trombone: Martin Yotov, Pavlin Pavlov
Euphonium: Tzvetan Troanski
Tuba: Nikolay Temniskov
Timpani: Kiril Petrov, Boris Budinov
Piano: Margarita Ilieva
Celesta: Rumen Tzanov
Harps: Angela Madzharova, Vaklina Raycheva

Violin I: Negina Stoyanova, Anna Furnadzhieva, Iva Dzhadzheva, Aleksandar Boyadzhiev, Miliza Knezevic, Alena Chehova, Ivan Dyakov, Gergana Velichkova, Magdalena Daskalova, Dorotea Dimitrova, Dorotea Krusteva, Lilia Koeva, Boyan Ivanov, Boyan Kirilov, Dimitar Raychev, Petar Vladimirov

Violin II: Yordan Dimitrov, Kiril Minov, Rossen Kazandzhiev, Veneta Gudeva, Diana Koleva, Kristina Tzanova, Stefan Hinov, Bisera Dimitrova, Maria Madoleva, Nikolinka Yordanova, Elena Pachedzhieva, Miroslav Raychev, Katya Tzanova, Yosif Yosifov, Eftima Eftimova, Andzhelina Zheleva

Viola: Stefania Yankova, Anna Draganova, Maria Valchanova, Hristo Arolski, Evgenia Bayer, Ralitza Cherneva, Vania Yotzova,  Valentin Toshev, Svetlana Vasileva, Iliyana Koleva, Iva Yotova, Georgi Petrov, Asya Stoyanova, Georgi Stoyanov

Cello: Teodora Atanassova, Marina Hinova, Vessela Pandinova, Nina Sokolova, Stoyan Bozhkov, Elena Dyakova, Georgi Bogdanov, Stella Popova, Vladimir Popov, Zhanina Dimitrova, Palmira Gribneva-Tomanova, Radoslav Nenchev

Contra Bass: Iliyana Bencheva, Venelin Tachev, Kristian Kosev, Andriana Yordanova, Rada Nenova, Dea Mastorska, Tuna Kurtoglu, Alejandro Kamacho

Soprano and choir overlays: Maria Lucia Garcia
Electric bass: Fredy Melo (Funk track)

Special Thanks to:
Ron Fleischer
Andy Hill
Seiji Hotta
Fredy Melo
Maria Lucia Garcia
Henrik Lindström
Irish American University
European Academy of Arts
Film Scoring Academy of Europe

Watch the animated short film at: https://vimeo.com/378839549