Edson Secco

Edson Secco is a Brazilian composer, musician and sound designer.

Biography

He grew up in São Paulo influenced by a wide range of music, ranging from psychedelic music to classical, hip-hop, Brazilian and electronic music. He started composing at the age of 15 using a computer and a MIDI controller and his main instruments since then have been the piano, synthesizer, drums and computer. Sound manipulation, using different sources, became a hallmark of his work, bringing him closer to electronic music and experimentalism.
He began his professional career in the late 1990s as a music producer and sound engineer. At the beginning of the first decade of the 2000s, he began producing soundtracks for theater plays, as well as performing them live. In 2005, he joined the Companhia de Ópera Seca, directed by Gerald Thomas, being responsible for the composition, sound design and live performance of the soundtracks.
In 2006 he started his film career with the documentary Days in Sintra as composer, sound editor and sound re-recording mixer.
His work on the film industry earned him two nominations for The 3rd Platino Awards For Iberoamerican Cinema, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina, respectively, as well as three prizes of Best Sound Design at the Brazilia Film Festival and Gramado Festival.
He is best known for his work with directors Walter Salles,, Bruno Safadi e Eryk Rocha.
As a musician he is part of the Brazilian electronic duo NU, alongside the singer and songwriter Ligiana Costa.
Since 2016 he has been the director of SONIDERIA, a label and studio specialized in original music and sound post-production for TV and Cinema based in São Paulo.

Filmography

As composer

2022: Lilith
2022: Quando Falta O Ar
2020: O Livro dos Prazeres
2020: Gabriel Medina
2019: I Owe You a Letter About Brazil
2019: Niède
2018: Vozes de Paracatú e Bento
2018: O Pequeno Mal
2018: Parque Oeste
2018: Ser O Que Se É
2018: Babel SP '
2018: Elegy of a Crime '
2018: The Cotton Wool War
2017: A Terra Treme
2017: Sultry / Mormaço
2017: Los Territorios
2016: Two Irenes / As Duas Irenes
2016: Maresia
2016: Amores Líquidos
2016: The City of The Future / A Cidade do Futuro
2015: 5 Vezes Chico, O Velho e sua Gente
2014: Lygia Clark in Nova York ''
2014: Com os Punhos Cerrados
2014: Hannya
2013: Venice 70: Future Reload
2013: After the Rain / Depois da Chuva
2013: Éden
2013: Pinta
2012: Elena
2011: Paralelo 10
2011: O Enigma do HU
2009: Undertow Eyes / Olhos de Ressaca
2008: Terras
2008: Days in Sintra / Diário de Sintra ''''

As sound designer and/or re-recording mixer

2023: A Vida Pela Frente
2023: A Mulher Sem Chão
2022: Lilith
2022: Quando Falta O Ar
2021: Salamandra
2020: De Dora, Por Sara
2020: Sobradinho
2020: Mulher Oceano
2020: O Livro dos Prazeres
2020: HARD
2020: Ecstasy
2020: Gabriel Medina
2020: Elas No Singular
2019: I Owe You A Letter About Brazil
2019: Tuã Ingugu
2019: Miragem
2019: Tantas Almas 2008: Diário de Sintra
2019: Niède
2018: A Cidade No Brasil
2018: Unremember
2018: Vozes de Paracatú e Bento
2018: O Pequeno Mal
2018: Parque Oeste
2018: Ser O Que Se É
2018: Babel SP
2018: Luna ''
2018: Elegy of a Crime
2017: A Terra Treme
2017: Sultry / Mormaço
2017: Invisible'
2017: Strasbourg
2017: Los Territorios
2016: Malícia
2016: Amores Líquidos
2016: Pedro Osmar: A Liberdade que se Conquista
2016: Entre Idas e Vindas
2016: The City of The Future / A Cidade do Futuro
2016: Cinema Novo
2015: Futuro de Junho
2015: 5 Vezes Chico, O Velho e sua Gente
2015: Boi Neon
2015: O Prefeito
2015: Paulina
2015: El Aula Vacía
2015: Tropykaos
2014: O Fim de Uma Era
2014: Lygia Clark in Nova York
2014: Com os Punhos Cerrados
2014: Dominguinhos
2014: Hannya
2013: Exilados do Vulcão
2013: Venice 70: Future Reload
2013: After the Rain / Depois da Chuva
2013: O Uivo da Gáita
2013: Éden
2013: Pinta
2012: Elena
2012: Os Barcos
2012: Jards
2011: Passagens
2011: Paralelo 10
2011: O Enigma do HU
2010: Exercice du Regarde
2010: Náufragos
2010: O Plantador de Quiabos
2010: Transeunte
2010: Vale dos Esquecidos
2009: Undertow Eyes / Olhos de Ressaca
2008: Terras
2008: Days in Sintra / Diário de Sintra ''''

Discography

Studio albums

Plástico Bolha, 2004, SONIDERIA
Asfaltaram a Terra, 2006, SONIDERIA
Rainha Mentira, 2007, SONIDERIA
Waste in Music, 2007, SONIDERIA
Diário de Sintra, 2007, SONIDERIA
Floresta Fantástica, 2008, SONIDERIA
Terras, 2009, SONIDERIA
Corrosivo, 2010, SONIDERIA
O Ovo e a Galinha 2010, SONIDERIA
Noisy Jam, 2010, SONIDERIA
Anger, 2011, SONIDERIA
Passagens, 2011, SONIDERIA
Licht + Licht, 2012, SONIDERIA
Brincar de Pensar, 2012, SONIDERIA
Paralelo 10, 2012, SONIDERIA
Nijinsky, Casamento com Deus, 2012, SONIDERIA
Remote Heart, 2012, SONIDERIA
5x Chico, 2015, SONIDERIA
NU, 2015, Tratore
As Duas Irenes, 2016, SONIDERIA
A Dor, 2016, SONIDERIA
Secas, 2016, SONIDERIA
Pulso, 2016, SONIDERIA
ZÉ, 2017, Tratore / SONIDERIA
So, I looked for you in every memory, 2019, SONIDERIA
Rô-bots, 2019, SONIDERIA

Theater

As composer and sound designer

2023Águas do Mundo Aquário com Peixes
2022Play Beckett Diabinho e Outras Peças
2016Pulso - São Paulo/BrazilA Dor - São Paulo/Brazil
2014Brincar de Pensar - São Paulo/BrazilRÓZA - São Paulo/Brazil
2012Nijinsky, Marriage with God - São Paulo/Brazil
2011Remote Project - Barcelona/Spain
2010Chaux - Arc-et-Senans/FranceO Ovo e a Galinha - São Paulo/Brazil
2009Olhares entre Caldeiras - São Paulo/Brazil
2008Blog Soup Opera: "O Cão que Insultava as Mulheres, Kepler, The Dog!" - with: Fabiana Gugli - Additional Music
2007Queen Liar - Brazil and ArgentinaLuartrovado - a funk opera adapted from Arnold Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire" SESC Pinheiros June 2007Breve Interrupção - performed at Satyrianas 2007, produced by Cia. de Teatro Os Satyros.
2006Earth in Trance - São Paulo/Brazil and La MaMa E.T.C., NYCAsphalt over a Kiss - São Paulo/BrazilA Cube of Ice in Flames - São Paulo/BrazilAshes in the Freezer - São Paulo/Brazil
2005A Circus of Kidneys and Livers '' - starring Marco Nanini - Brazil and Argentina''

Dance

As composer, sound designer, performer

2012

Remote Project - New York City/USA

2008

Waste In Process III - São Paulo/Brazil

2007

Waste In Process II - Stockholm/Sweden

2006

Waste In Process I - Rio de Janeiro/Brazil

Exhibitions

As composer and sound designer

2016

Santos Dumont na Coleção Brasiliana Itaú - Instituto Itaú Cultural / São Paulo / Brasil

2014

Here. Now. Where? - 5th Biennale of Marrakech / Marrocos
Ocupação Zuzu Angel- Instituto Itaú Cultural / São Paulo / Brasil

2011

Stuffinablank - Noises In The Void / Barcelona / Espanha

2010

Ocupação Rogério Sganzerla - Instituto Itaú Cultural / São Paulo / Brasil

2008

H2Olhos - Instituto Itaú Cultural / São Paulo / Brasil

2007

Imagem da Imagem - Instituto Itaú Cultural / São Paulo / Brasil