Crister conceptualize your idea, carried out with skill and speed and excellent delivery deadlines. We have worked together many times and will continue to in the future.

Ádel Khader

Audiovisual Director of Infodel Media

March 23, 2015

Working with Crister in our advertising campaign has been highly rewarding, who has advised us all the time about the new Audio Branding of our company, has managed to capture the conceptual essence we were looking for and delivered us a high quality product. Without a doubt, recommend Crister as a service provider. His best qualities: Great Results, Expert, Good Value.

Juan Pablo Gobbi

Head of Corporate Communications Assegur

April 25, 2014

I have agreed with Crister in several situations (mainly in composition of sound track and incidental music for a TV fiction) and I can say he is a creative person, also quick and resolutive, with an easy deal and really good results. If we have lucky, we will meet in a new project.

Joan Manel Vilaseca

Film Editor

November 04, 2013

Crister is a professional endowed with great creative skills. As well, he is serious, formal and timely in his daily work.
His best qualities: Great Results, Easy pleasant manner, Expert.

Felix Buget

Owner Blanco y Negro Music

October 11, 2010

Without any doubt Crister Garcia is a great professional. He is a person who complies with his commitments and accepts all the musical challenges that you would propose always getting a brilliant result. It is a pleasure to work with him and from my side I hope to do it for many years.

David López

Manager Director / A&R Manager, Ediciones Musicales Clipper’s

March 28, 2011

I have worked with him many times and I can only say that it is very difficult in the music industry to find a musician and producer so committed, serious and expert like Crister. He always understands my ideas and he is able to develop complete the projects with great care and detail. The result is always satisfactory and gratifying. If you are looking for a musician for your own business, for your movie or your band call to Crister and/or if you are looking for a producer think on him because he will not disappoint you.
His best qualities: Great Results. Good value for money. He is on time.

Sergi Elias

Content Manager at Roster Music
Ex Product Manager, A&R, Blanco y Negro Music

September 22, 2010

I have worked with Crister several times and I can confirm that he is a really hard worker as a confident one. So, it is a real pleasure to work with him because he always does what he has to do. He is a good music, composer and producer and the results of his different jobs are always satisfactory for me. He always effort for understanding what I’m asking for and he always does his best for getting it. I’m sure that when I ask something to him (song, band, audio for movies ...), the result will be satisfactory for me and on time.
For me Crister is a sure option and he has became one of my best cooperators due to his dedication to the job and the results of his efforts.

Veronica Casas

CEO en Roster Music
Ex Marketing Manager & New Media Projects, BLANCO Y NEGRO MUSIC

October 11, 2010

Crister García is a versatile professional, highly qualified in their field. He offers a hard-working capacity together to perfection in the details making him extremely reliable. For over 10 years we have collaborated Multimedia Technical Editor at Editorial Planeta Grandes Publicaciones. It integrates very easily on any team. He cooperates to create an optimum climate in the daily work transmitting his permanent optimism and enthusiasm. He is able to work hard under pressure and he is always addressed to reduce expenses. As well, he is creative looking for solutions for development any product. His very easy manner became as adviser to the department of customer service in multimedia queries. In his role as a composer has created music for many multimedia products.

Eusebio Ferres

Vice General, Editorial Planeta Grandes Publicaciones (Grupo Planeta)

March 28, 2011

Crister has a huge experience in coordinating multi-media works. His attention to detail translates into quality products.
In his role as a composer has got the best tunes of multimedia products Grupo Planeta.

Ricard Dalmau

Director Multimedia Production, Grupo Planeta

May 11, 2010

Crister is a professional with a great capacity to work and a great person. As a composer and producer is very creative and a perfectionist. The truth is that it has been a real pleasure working with him in Filmax.

Josep Monleón

Content Manager at Waki.TV (Digital Natives)
Ex A&R International Manager, Filmax Music

March 28, 2011

Crister García (Barcelona, Spain, July 13, 1971) is a renowned composer and music producer with a long career full of successes with both national and international awards.

In his 23-year professional career includes projects for major organizations such as Televisión Española, Telecinco, Mediaset, Cadena SER, Television of Catalonia, APM, 8tv, La Sexta TV, Nintendo, Oxfam Intermon, Sony, Panasonic, Mango, Lays, El Corte Inglés, Universal Music, Sony Music, Warner Music, Blanco y Negro, Roster Music, Clipper's Publishing, Málaga Film Festival, A-Cero Architechts, Grupo Planeta, El Terrat, Barcelona City Hall, Assegur, among many others.

After his beginnings as a performer and conductor of classical music, at the end of the 1990s he created his own company to better demonstrate his creativity and productivity for the recording industry, the audio-visual sector, television, advertising, audio branding, video games and development of new artists.

Crister is known for his talent and skills in finding the leitmotif for each project of any style of music , composed melodies or sounds that engage and excite the viewer on quality productions that become hits. The easy way that his visionary creative mind draws from any detail of the life a music that describes that moment, it is as well profited to the maximum in his role as creator of Audio Branding, sound identity to companies and brands. His ability to work hard has no limits, being perfectionist, reliable and adaptable to any project.

His songs has been awarded in San Francisco and Las Vegas (USA), as well as in the Festival de Tenerife (Spain), and several editions he has been nominated for the Premios de la Música (Spain).

Today it is one of the most prominent composers and producers with more future of the musical and audiovisual scene.

Contents

1. Biography
2. Technological Trajectory
3. Passion for Music
4. Committed To the Culture and Solidarity
5. Radio, Deejay, Megamix and his first Studio
6. His Production and Publishing Company
7. Awards and Achievements
8. TV, Series, Documentaries and Digital Marketing
9. Audio Branding, Advertising, Video Games and Multimedia
10. Present and Future

Biography

Crister García was born in Barcelona (Spain) on July 13, 1971. Entrepreneur, versatile and creative, throughout his life he has combined in equal parts his passion for music and technology.

Technological Trajectory

In the early 80's, Crister began to show great interest in computer programming with his ZX Spectrum, a path that led him to study as Superior Industrial Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Spain), Microsoft ® software, and different languages of computer programming. This preparation, together with his ability to stay up-to-date with new technologies, digital standards and social networks, enabled him to work for over 15 years as a Technical Editor of Multimedia Contents in

Grupo Planeta

Passion for Music

A long time ago, his aptitude for music became evident when he was only 4 years old, he was easily able to distinguish harmonic sequences and melodies, reproducing them by ear on the organ his parents gave him. However, at this early age his main influence was his mentor, Josep Ribera, clarinettist of the Banda Municipal de Barcelona and music lover of the classical composers, who showed him the secrets of classical music instilling curiosity about this fascinating art.

Crister’s innate skills allowed him to study at a very young age with the conservatory composition, piano, clarinet, and choir, achieving great reports, presaging a brilliant career in his future.

He dedicated more than a decade to Symphonic Bands, in which he managed to be first clarinettist, and later conductor, of the Agrupación Musical de Badía del Vallés (Spain), awarded as the best marching band in 1986. He played around 200 concerts throughout the Spain, Germany, France and Italy. Afterwards, new projects arrived as a pianist and pop singer that allowed him to start his career as a musical arranger.

Committed To Culture and Solidarity

Due to his dynamism and commitment to culture, he was asked to collaborate with different social entities, notably among others was his election as President of the non-profit Federation of 28 Cultural Organizations of his locality. He performed this duty for several years, where he developed and managed official cultural projects on a wide range of subjects.

His most charitable side was shown again when participating in charity festivals as well as making donations from his own copyrights to the victims of the earthquake in Haiti (2010) for its reconstruction.

Radio, Deejay, Megamix and his first Studio

In the 1990s, his career took a new direction by fusing music and technology. He worked as music consultant and technician in local radio stations and started his successful career as a professional DJ.

In 1997, his courage and entrepreneurial character allowed him to create his own recording studio CRISTER MUSIC together with the sound engineer and radio DJ, Mikel Vilchez (Los 40 Principales / Flaix FM). They relaunched in Spain the Megamix phenomenon in radio and in the record market. As well, they created numerous creative advertising campaigns for major broadcasting spanish radio stations (Los 40 Principales, Europa FM, Onda Cero, Flaix FM, Radio FlaixBac…).

They also became a worldwide reference as musical editors for Aerobic and Fitness Championships, where prestigious athletes, national and international medallists, trusted them to choose the music and effects for their awarded-winning choreography's.

During this period, they were also known for their work for dubbing production companies as editors and sound mixers of numerous films and TV series.

His Production and Publishing Company

In 2003 he decided to take a big step in his career, focusing their investments toward the music composition and production for labels and the audiovisual market, creating the content production company GRAN-D PRODUCCIONES and CRISTER GARCIA PUBLISHING together with the composers and sound engineers Miguel Torres (Berklee College of Music, Boston, USA) and Juan Antonio Román (Yamaha Europe). As well as co-productions with prestigious producers Xasqui i Toni Ten.

The dedication and involvement that Crister puts into his projects, together with his commitment to high quality and guaranteed results, allowed them to get the recognition of a long list of distinguished clients, the most important record companies (Universal Music, Sony Music, Warner Mexico, Roster Music, Blanco y Negro, Vale Music…), the most prestigious audiovisual, multimedia and advertising productions (Editorial Planeta, Sony, Nintendo, Lays, Barsa, Mango…).

Awards and Achievements

It was during 2003 when Crister García’s achieved his first international recognition as composer and producer when he was awarded the TABAIBA DE BRONCE (Bronze Tabaiba) in the Festival Internacional de la Canción de Tenerife (Spain) for the song “Nada Es Imposible”, performed by SARA MARTINS. This success would increase a year later when he got the award TABAIBA DE ORO (Gold Tabaiba) for the best song Pop Rock Latina, for the song “Voar Eu Quero”, performed by the Brazilian artist LUA, and an HONOUR DIPLOMA for the song “Ay Papi”, performed by SONIA BELIZE (Contestant of the Spanish TV program “Operación Triunfo”).

In USA he received one of his most prestigious awards, a PLATINUM DISC at the 25th Festival de la Canción Latinoamericana de California 2005, an international event held annually in the city of San Francisco (USA), with participants from the five continents, for the song “Qué Será”, performed by the Chilean artist EVELYN. Some years later, in the 2009 edition, he got the EXCELLENCE AWARD for the best pop song “Junto a Ti”, performed by ANTONIO JOSÉ (EuroJunior Winner 2005). On the same year, this song also won an award in Festivegas, held in the city of Las Vegas (USA). But we must add to these recognitions 11 nominations in the Music Awards (Spain), (Premios de la Música): 10 in the 2010 edition, for ANTONIO JOSÉ’s album “Todo Vuelve A Empezar”, and one in the 2011 edition, for the song performed by JOLIE, “Irresistible”.

Among all the successful commercial songs created by Crister, special recognition goes to the song "Rebelde en libertad" a single from Radikal (2007), the fifth album by the artist NATALIA (Operación Triunfo). The song became one of his biggest successes so far in Spain. As well, among his editorial catalogue there are some fabulous songs from the Spanish rock-flamenco and social phenomenon D'CALLAOS.

During 2014 increase his international projection, with the prestigious producer Jordi Cubino. He composes and produces some important projects for a Sony London for the stars…

TV, Series, Documentaries and Digital Marketing

Due to his technical knowledge and premonition that the future of music was linked to the Internet, since 2009 he specializing his skills in Promotion, Diffusion of Content, Digital Marketing and Social Networks in order to apply them to his company which takes its original name, CRISTER MUSIC, and specializes in composition and production for television, films, advertising and video games.

In 2009, he gets his first work for a TV series in prime-time as the composer of the soundtrack and the catchy tune of “Pelotas” (La 1 - RTVE.es), directed by the Goya award winners, José Corbacho and Juan Cruz.

Since then he has been collaborating and composing numerous tunes, music and themes for the major audience leaders networks and television productions in Spain: RTVE, Televisió de Catalunya, Telecinco, Mediaset, 8tv, La Sexta, El Terrat, Alguna Pregunta Mes (APM), Alba Adriàtica (José Luís Moreno), Esport 3, Canal Cutura.es, La 2...

Among his works for television, has to be remarked the tune of the veteran Spanish social program Corazón de… (La 1 – RTVE.es), as well as some of the promotional songs of the reallity TV Show Gran Hermano (Telecinco, Spain) and the sound track of the sitcom Pere I Júlia (TV3.cat – Spain) with the promotional song for the sports channel Esport 3 (TV3.cat - Spain), the theme of the leading TV Sports Talk Show Efectivament (TV3.cat / ESPORT 3 – Spain), the music and themes of the entire private Channel 8tv (Grupo Godo - Spain) and its flagship TV magazine news 8 al dia amb Josep Cuní, also the funny editing music for the leader TV Comedy Show APM Sessions (TV3.cat – España), or his innovative musical bet for TV News theme of Telenoticies 2014 (finalist TV3.cat - 3/24 - Spain)