Diwa de Leon is a composer, arranger and musician based in Maryland, United States. He makes music mainly for television shows, films, and stage productions, with his most notable work the arrangement of GMA Network's Survivor Philippines theme music. His songs have been included in multiple films such as Emir (2010).[1] In 2008, he won the Cinema One Originals Best Musical Score award for his work on the film Kolorete[2] and Best Music Score for Kamera Obskura at the 8th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival.[3] In 2018, he won the Outstanding Original Composition award for Ibong Adarna Ballet at the 10th Gawad Buhay Awards.[4] He is a founding member of the world music group Makiling. His first mainstream film project was for Mamarazzi (2010), produced by Regal Films.
He has a large following on social media, with over 2,000 followers of his Twitter account, and over 149,000 subscribers to his "String Player Gamer" YouTube channel, where he posts covers of video game and pop music.[5][6]
Background
Born in 1980 in the Philippines, he came from a musical family. His father Felipe Mendoza de Leon Jr. is the former chairman of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, a branch of the Philippine government, and his mother Anna Leah Sarabia is a Filipina writer and artist. His grandfather was composer and National Artist Felipe Padilla de Leon. With his mother's urging, Diwa learned the violin from an early age. In 1996, he was strongly influenced by the music of Joey Ayala, and he began playing the traditional instrument the hegalong.
In 2014, he appeared in an interview with Mitzi Borromeo on News Cafe Episode 75, where he talked about his musical family background, upbringing, passion for the hegalong, his band Makiling Ensemble and being a content creator on Youtube as String Player Gamer.[7]
References
^Garcia, Rose (January 13, 2010). . PEP.ph. Philippine Entertainment Portal. Archived from the original on May 25, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
^Dimaculangan, Jocelyn (December 12, 2008). . PEP.ph. Philippine Entertainment Portal. Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
^Tariman, Pablo A. (2012-10-28). "The making of a young film scorer". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
^"10th Gawad Buhay: Aicelle Santos, Baron Geisler, 'Ang Pag-uusig,' 'Ibong Adarna' among big winners". Inquirer Lifestyle. April 12, 2018.
^Lapena, Carmela G. (2012-01-11). "Diwa de Leon and his hegalong project". GMA Network. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
^Caruncho, Eric S. (August 9, 2015). "Two strings two worlds combine in Diwa de Leon". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
^News Cafe Episode 75: Diwa De Leon, archived from the original on 2021-12-15
diwa, leon, composer, arranger, musician, based, maryland, united, states, makes, music, mainly, television, shows, films, stage, productions, with, most, notable, work, arrangement, network, survivor, philippines, theme, music, songs, have, been, included, mu. Diwa de Leon is a composer arranger and musician based in Maryland United States He makes music mainly for television shows films and stage productions with his most notable work the arrangement of GMA Network s Survivor Philippines theme music His songs have been included in multiple films such as Emir 2010 1 In 2008 he won the Cinema One Originals Best Musical Score award for his work on the film Kolorete 2 and Best Music Score for Kamera Obskura at the 8th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival 3 In 2018 he won the Outstanding Original Composition award for Ibong Adarna Ballet at the 10th Gawad Buhay Awards 4 He is a founding member of the world music group Makiling His first mainstream film project was for Mamarazzi 2010 produced by Regal Films Diwa de LeonDiwa De Leon 2019Born1980Manila PhilippinesNationalityFilipinoOccupationComposerKnown forScores in film television and gamesNotable workMusic in Survivor PhilippinesYouTube informationChannelsStringPlayerGamerYears active2006 presentGenreMusicSubscribers154 000Total views38 millionCreator Awards100 000 subscribersHe has a large following on social media with over 2 000 followers of his Twitter account and over 149 000 subscribers to his String Player Gamer YouTube channel where he posts covers of video game and pop music 5 6 Background EditBorn in 1980 in the Philippines he came from a musical family His father Felipe Mendoza de Leon Jr is the former chairman of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts a branch of the Philippine government and his mother Anna Leah Sarabia is a Filipina writer and artist His grandfather was composer and National Artist Felipe Padilla de Leon With his mother s urging Diwa learned the violin from an early age In 1996 he was strongly influenced by the music of Joey Ayala and he began playing the traditional instrument the hegalong De Leon attended the Philippine High School for the Arts in Makiling and the University of the Philippines In 1997 along with some high school friends he formed a band the Makiling Ensemble which released three albums from 2000 to 2005 and composed the music for the film Pandanggo 2006 He then wrote music for the film Kolorete 2008 and won Best Original Score in that year s Cinema One film festival In 2014 he appeared in an interview with Mitzi Borromeo on News Cafe Episode 75 where he talked about his musical family background upbringing passion for the hegalong his band Makiling Ensemble and being a content creator on Youtube as String Player Gamer 7 References Edit Garcia Rose January 13 2010 Chito Rono directs first Filipino full length musical film PEP ph Philippine Entertainment Portal Archived from the original on May 25 2015 Retrieved April 25 2021 Dimaculangan Jocelyn December 12 2008 Kolorete receives Best Music Award instead of Alon PEP ph Philippine Entertainment Portal Archived from the original on December 19 2008 Retrieved April 25 2021 Tariman Pablo A 2012 10 28 The making of a young film scorer The Philippine Star Retrieved 2015 05 25 10th Gawad Buhay Aicelle Santos Baron Geisler Ang Pag uusig Ibong Adarna among big winners Inquirer Lifestyle April 12 2018 Lapena Carmela G 2012 01 11 Diwa de Leon and his hegalong project GMA Network Retrieved 2015 05 25 Caruncho Eric S August 9 2015 Two strings two worlds combine in Diwa de Leon Philippine Daily Inquirer Retrieved January 26 2019 News Cafe Episode 75 Diwa De Leon archived from the original on 2021 12 15External links EditDiwa de Leon at IMDb Diwa de Leon s channel on YouTube Diwa de Leon on Twitch Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Diwa de Leon amp oldid 1073145468, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
