Borja Penalba
Borja Penalba Catalá is a composer, record producer, arranger and musician.
He has worked with and for, among others, Feliu Ventura, Lluís Llach, Maria del Mar Bonet, Lluís Danés, Obrint Pas, Miquel Gil,,, Sílvia Pérez Cruz,, Albert Pla,, Elena Gadel,, and. He also was a member of the Valencian rock band Dropo.
Main works
- Original soundtrack for "3D Flames", the first 3D documentary about the Falles of Valencia, directed by Paulí Subirà, released at l'Hemisfèric of València on 27 February 2013.
- Original soundtrack for the documentary film "Interior de Paisatge", directed by Elisenda Trilla. A production by Setmàgic Audiovisual and Televisió de Catalunya.
- Original soundtrack for the documentary film "Enxaneta", directed by Paulí Subirà. A 3D production by TV3.
- Original soundtrack, together with Lluís Llach, musical director, arranger and live musician for the show
- Original soundtrack and sound effects for some flashes or visual poems created by for the cultural TV show broadcast by the Catalan channel
- Original soundtrack and sound effects for the TV Show, under the direction of
- Original soundtrack and sound effects for the film, directed by . Film especially made for the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Film premiered at the on 12 December 2008.
- Original soundtrack and sound effects for the exhibition, placed at the Palau Robert in Barcelona, under the art direction of . November 2008 – June 2009
- Original soundtrack for the documentary film, directed by
- Original soundtrack for the directed by for the
- Musical director, arranger and musician for the, under the direction of, and performed in Valencia on 27 October 2007
- Music Producer and live musician for the show, directed by, and performed at the in January 2007.
- Co-director/music producer, arranger, musician and co-author of the Original Soundtrack composed by Lluís Llach for the film, directed by .
- Usual Guitar and Accordion live player for Feliu Ventura.
- Since May 2011, member of the band for Bruno Oro as a multi-instrumentalist
- During 2010, Plays at the 50NC show by Marc Parrot as a multi-instrumentalist
Discography
CDs/DVDs like composer ', producer ', arranger ' and/or musician ':- Giròvag
- Pell
- L'Ovidi se'n va a la Beckett
- Maria del Mar Bonet amb Borja Penalba, de Maria del Mar Bonet i Borja Penalba - Discmedi/Blau, 2020
- Cançons de fer camí, de Mireia Vives i Borja Penalba - Bureo, 2019
- Convocatòria, de Feliu Ventura - Propaganda pel fet!, 2019
- Geometries, de Miquel Gil - Temps Record, 2019
- Cuidados violentos, de Fran Yera - Autoedició, 2019
- Línies en el cel elèctric, de Mireia Vives i Borja Penalba - Mésdemil, 2017
- L'amor fora de mapa, de Mireia Vives i Borja Penalba - Mésdemil, 2016
- Cançó "Senso", lletra de Manel Alonso, música de Borja Penalba, interpretada per Andreu Valor i Borja Penalba.. Àlbum: Després vingué la música - Bureo Músiques, 2015
- Estellés, de mà en mà, llibre-disc antologia de Francesc Anyó i Borja Penalba - Onada Edicions i De mà en mà Produccions, 2014
- Dones i Dons de Tomàs de los Santos + Borja Penalba - Autoedició, 2014
- Vers l'infinit de Feliu Ventura - Propaganda pel fet!, 2013
- "A l'ombra de l'obscuritat" d'Andreu Valor – Autoedition, 2012 '
- "Directament" de Joan Amèric – Temps Record, 2012 '
- by Feliu Ventura – Propaganda pel Fet, 2011 '
- – DVD of the documentary directed by –, 2008 '
- by Verdcel –, 2008 '
- by Miquel Gil –, 2007 '
- – DVD of the show directed by, with original music by Lluís Llach – Mediapro, 2007 '
- by Lluís Llach – BMG, 2006 '
- by Feliu Ventura –, 2006 '
- by Lluís Llach & Feliu Ventura –, 2005 '
- by Obrint Pas –, 2005 '
- by Obrint Pas –, 2004 '
- by –, 2004 '
- Various artists – Sold with the newspaper of Valencia, 2004 '
- by Feliu Ventura –, 2003 '
- by Obrint Pas –, 2003 '
- by – -, 2003 '
- by La Banda del Capitán Canalla –, 2003 '
- by La Banda del Capitán Canalla –, 2001 '
- by Dropo –, 1997 '
- Song: "Cap motiu" d'Atzembla, performed by Atzembla '
- Song: "Està plovent" d'Els Pets, performed by Feliu Ventura '
- Song: "De Burjassot a tu" d'Atupa, performed by Atupa '
- Song: "Fahrenheit 451" de Malnom, performed by Malnom '
- Song: "L'Herència" d'Aspencat, performed by Feliu Ventura & Xavi Sarrià '
- Song: "Prop dels estels" by Steve Miller Band, performed by Beth '
- Song: "Begging the waves" by, performed by Lidia Pujol '
- Song: "Quina calitja" by, performed by '
- Songs: "La samarreta" and "Tot explota bé pel cap o per la pota" by Ovidi Montllor, performed by Feliu Ventura '
- Song: "Balada d'En Jordi Roca" by Guillem d'Efak, performed by Biel Mesquida '
- Song: "Perquè vull" by Ovidi Montllor, performed by Al Tall '
- Song: "La Muixeranga", performed by Miquel Gironés, Tòbal Rentero '
- Songs: Fragmento de "Corrandes d'exili" and "Serà un dia que durarà anys" by Ovidi Montllor, performed by Obrint Pas '
- Song: "La casa que vull" by Lluís Llach, performed by Miquel Gil '
- Song: "He vist un estel" by Feliu Ventura, performed by Miriam Gimeno and Claudi Penalba '
- Song: "Rumba del Nord" by, performed by La Carrau '
- Song: "I si canto trist" by Lluís Llach, performed by Lluís Llach and Miquel Gil, '
- Song: "El Drapaire" by Joan Manuel Serrat, performed by Miquel Gil '
- Song: "La diplomàcia de la rebel·lia" by Brams, performed by Feliu Ventura '
- Song: "L'última fada" by performed by, with the collaboration of Feliu Ventura
Awards
- – Award for the "Best Music", given to the soundtrack of the film .
- – 16th place for the record by Miquel Gil at the best Worldmusic albums chart edited in Europe in 2007.
- – for the soundtrack of the film .
- – Nomination for the "Best Album of Film Soundtrack" for the soundtrack album of the film .
- "XVI Premis Butaca" 2010 – Nomination for the "Butaca a la millor composició musical" for the show Beds
- "IV Certamen Terra i Cultura" – "Miquel Martí i Pol" Award to the best music for a poetry wrote in Catalan, granted to Tomàs de los Santos
- Awards "Barnasants" to the best live performance. 17th edition BarnaSants – 2012
Awards :
2005
- Best band of Singer-Songwriter' Songs of the Year Lluís Llach & Feliu Ventura
- Best Album of Singer-Songwriter' Songs of the Year "Que no s'apague la llum"
- Best Song of Singer-Songwriter' Songs of the Year "Que no s'apague la llum"
- Best Live Performance of Singer-Songwriter' Songs of the Year Lluís Llach & Feliu Ventura
- Best Album of Singer-Songwriter' Songs of the Year "Alfabets de futur"
- Best Live Performance of Singer-Songwriter' Songs of the Year Feliu Ventura
- Best Song of Singer-Songwriter' Songs of the Year "Alacant –per interior"