The name Zeltia Montes is closely linked to music and cinema. A Galician composer specialising in film soundtracks, she began composing at the early age of 9. 

She studied piano and music theory at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid and specialised in modern music. She also trained at Berklee College of Music in Boston and composed her first soundtrack in 2008 for the film Pradolongo, by Ignacio Vilar. 

Her awards include the Jerry Goldsmith Award, the Mestre Mateo Award, the Gold Medal for excellence at the Park City Fil Music Festival, and the Goya for best original score for the film El buen patrón.

Pou d’es Lleó. Composición musical. 6’02’’. 2016.

‘And I came to play. With my limits. With the limits of the island. In search of freedom. To free the music from the subject. To free myself from me. To capture in spite of myself. More than my own ideas. The rhythm of the air. The saturation of white. The harmonics of light. To return its space to silence. Isolated. Drowned in the noise. To collect the silence of nature. To collect the notes of silence. To return them to the sea. Mediterranean.’