Connection profile
Martin Loyato
Composer · Trumpeter · Educator
Connection with Alex
Martin Loyato received Original Score of the Month for Jabbara in TMFF’s August 2019 round, which also recognised Jabbara, with production design by Alex.
Work & recognition
Projects, programmes and milestones. Each entry explains its relationship and attribution.
26 entries
In commonShared work
In commonIndividual distinctions in this round
August 2019 · Individual distinctions in this round · TMFF · Best of August 2019
The Monthly Film Festival · August 2019
Martin Loyato received Original Score of the Month for Jabbara in TMFF’s August 2019 round, which also recognised Jabbara, with production design by Alex.
In commonWork recognition
The Monthly Film Festival
2nd Film of the Month
For Jabbara
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
The Monthly Film FestivalRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
The Monthly Film Festival
Original Score of the Month
Martin Loyato
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
TMFF — Best of August 2019Recognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
Diabolical Horror Film Festival
Best Director
For Jabbara
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
Diabolical Horror Film FestivalRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
Diabolical Horror Film Festival
Best Short — Nominee
For Jabbara
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
Diabolical Horror Film FestivalRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
Genre Celebration Festival
Best Horror Short
For Jabbara
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
Genre Celebration FestivalRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
Genre Celebration Festival
Best Visual Effects — Nominee
For Jabbara
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
Genre Celebration FestivalRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
Festigious Los Angeles
Honorable Mention — Student Film
For Jabbara
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
Festigious · July 2019 winnersRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
The Monthly Film Festival
Actress of the Month — nomination
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
TMFF · August 2019 nominees and winnersRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
The Monthly Film Festival
Editor of the Month — nomination
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
TMFF · August 2019 nominees and winnersRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
The Monthly Film Festival
Cinematographer of the Month — nomination
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
TMFF · August 2019 nominees and winnersRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
Splat!FilmFest
Audience Award · Best Short
For Jabbara
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
Splat!FilmFest · official 2019 audience awardsRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
Splat!FilmFest
Audience Award · Best Screenplay Short
For Jabbara
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
Splat!FilmFest · official 2019 audience awardsRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
Splat!FilmFest
Audience Award · Best Director Short
For Jabbara
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
Splat!FilmFest · official 2019 audience awardsRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
Splat!FilmFest
Audience Award · Scariest Short
For Jabbara
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
Splat!FilmFest · official 2019 audience awardsRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
Splat!FilmFest
Audience Award · Most Shocking Short
For Jabbara
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
Splat!FilmFest · official 2019 audience awardsRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
Splat!FilmFest
Audience Award · Best Special Efx Short
For Jabbara
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
Splat!FilmFest · official 2019 audience awardsRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonExhibition, screening or performance
CinemaKing International Film Festival
Official selection · Jabbara · second edition (2021), held in January 2022. · Bangladesh
CinemaKing · official 2021 edition selection listIn commonExhibition, screening or performance
Maskoon Fantastic Film Festival
Lebanese short-film competition selection · Jabbara. · Online · Lebanon
Spamflix · online edition
Executive Bulletin · festival announcement, 3 June 2020In commonExhibition, screening or performance
Splat!FilmFest
Official selection · Polish premiere · Lublin short-film programme, Block I. · Poland
Centrum Kultury w Lublinie
Splat!FilmFest · 2019 short-film programmeIn commonCoverage of the work
Film review
Jabbara
Review of the short film directed by Samir Kawas, examining its lead performance, enclosed theatrical space and use of color.
In commonCoverage of the work
LAU — CONNECTions
Director reflectionSamir Kawas reflects on Jabbara’s festival run.
The director recounts the film’s Festigious honorable mention and its TMFF awards and nominations in the university’s arts and sciences magazine.
First-person director reflection
Wider workFurther reading & conversations
2018 · L’Orient-Le Jour
Music, composition and a life between genres
An interview and profile of Loyato’s musical work. Article in French.
In commonOriginal score award
August 2019 · Original score award · The Monthly Film Festival
Original Score of the Month · Jabbara
The Monthly Film Festival names Martin Loyato as the winning composer for Jabbara in its August 2019 awards.
Wider workSelected composition
Premiered 2005 · Selected composition · Martin Loyato
Celestial Spheres
Loyato’s multimedia composition premiered at CalArts in 2005 and was later included in Theresa Sauer’s anthology Notations 21.
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About & links
10 cards · All
Bio
Biography
Martín Loyato is an Argentine-American composer, trumpeter, poet and visual artist. His music moves between contemporary composition, jazz, improvisation and electroacoustic work. Alongside concert and screen music, he develops graphic scores and projects joining sound, poetry and visual form.
Bio
Approach & practice
His artist statement describes a practice that moves freely between disciplines and musical traditions, treating improvisation, unconventional notation and collaboration as compositional tools.
Experience
Academic role · Listed October 2026
Associate Professor of Music · GUST
Gulf University for Science and Technology lists Loyato as Associate Professor of Music. His practice crosses composition, improvisation, performance and visual notation.
Education
Composer’s biography
BFA · composition & trumpet
California Institute of the Arts.
Education
Composer’s biography
MA & PhD · composition
Stony Brook University, New York.
Links
Explore
Composer’s website
Music, scores, poetry and professional contact.
Links
Professional presence
Links
Professional presence
YouTube
Sources
Sources & credits · 1
Sources
Sources & credits · 2
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