For the first time ever, the Miami Symphony Orchestra records soundtrack for a television series, Telemundo’s much anticipated La Reina del Sur Season Two, which premieres Monday, April 22 at 10pm/9C. This musical collaboration marks yet another historic milestone as the network continues to raise the bar in the production of premium video content for US Hispanics.
The creation of the soundtrack is the result of the partnership between Eduardo Marturet, Music Director and Conductor of the Miami Symphony Orchestra, and Latin Grammy-nominated composer and musician, Alberto Slezynger, working together with Marcos Santana, President of Telemundo Global Studios, who is also Showrunner and Executive Producer of the series. The music score was created by Alberto Slezynger and his team at Personal Music, exclusively to accompany the series’ diverse storylines, from the romance to the suspense to the fast-paced action and was interpreted by a complete symphony orchestra of over 50 musicians, conducted by the world-class director Eduardo Marturet.
Shot on location in eight countries, the return of La Reina del Sur is set eight years since powerful drug trafficker Teresa Mendoza disappeared into the U.S. Federal Witness Protection Program after bringing down Mexican presidential candidate Epifanio Vargas. Hers is now a life of total anonymity in Italy as “Maria Dantes,” peacefully raising her daughter Sofia in the Tuscan village of Massa Marittima. However, her life takes an unexpected turn and she will do the impossible to reclaim her throne as La Reina del Sur.
Created by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, La Reina del Sur Season 2 is written by Roberto Stopello, Juan Marcos Blanco, Miguel Ferrari, and Jose Miguel Nuñez. Marcos Santana is Executive Producer and Showrunner of the series, with Telemundo’s Martha Godoy and AG Studios’ Rodrigo Guerrero as Executive Producers. La Reina del Sur Season 2 is a co-production between Telemundo Global Studios and Netflix. Telemundo has the exclusive rights in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and Netflix has the exclusive rights for the rest of the world for OTT.
