CARL THIEL is an award winning composer and producer who splits time between Los Angeles and Austin, Texas. Born into a European family and raised in Mexico City, he was exposed to a rich and wide variety of cultural experiences and musical styles from a very early age. At age 6, he began taking classical piano lessons under the tutelage of Carlos Alcaráz -from the National Conservatory of Music- and within a couple of years, he was already improvising and composing his own music.

Just a few of Carl Thiel's recent projects include: "From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series”, “The Teller and the Truth”, Rooster Teeth's sci-fi comedy "Lazer Team 2", and "Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy". He recently completed the score to "Seis Manos", an exciting new Netflix original Animé series, produced by the same team that brought you "Castlevania".

SEIS MANOS is an American adult animated web television series created by Brad Graeber and Álvaro Rodríguez. The story is set in the fictional town of San Simon in 1970 Mexico, where three orphaned martial arts warriors join forces with a DEA agent and Mexican Federale to avenge the death of their beloved mentor. The series debuted on NETFLIX on October 3, 2019.

In this episode, Carl Thiel shares what techniques and instruments he used to musically blend Chinese and Mexican cultures together in his original score. He also dives into several key character themes and action sequences and details a number of the unique instruments he employs to help create, what he calls, a "melting pot" of a score.

ANNOTATED TRACKS / SEGMENTS

02:25 - Seis Manos - Main Titles

03:43 - Be a Flower, Be Nothing

05:28 - Brister

06:40 - Serrano's Demise

11:17 - Chi Sau Training

SOUNDTRACK

The original score for Seis Manos was released on October 4, 2019, by Milan Records and can be purchased at Amazon.com, iTunes or streamed on Spotify and Apple Music.

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You can find out more and hear more music by Carl Thiel at his official site, https://carlthiel.com/ and you can follow him on Twitter @cutmasta

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