Nico Casal
Composer · Galicia, Spain
Nico Casal is a classical trained pianist and film composer born in Galicia (Spain). He is now back, based in Madrid, following six years living in London where he moved in 2011 to study a Master in Film Music at City University. While living in London Nico composed music for many prominent films including the 2016 Oscar Winner short film "Stutterer" and Netflix's Spanish film "Sunday's Illness", which earned him a Premios Feroz Nomination for his score (Spanish version of Golden Globes Awards). In April 2019 Nico released his debut album "Alone". It was born on a solitary Sunday in Nico's room in London. "Alone" was a very personal account of difficult break up Nico was going through at the time and a turning point, a moment of resolution at the end of a difficult couple of years in London. The album was released with PIAS's imprint "Point of Departure Records" followed a tour of Spain and UK, including headline show at London's famous Southbank Centre, as well as festival appearances at Eurosonic (The Netherlands), The Reeperbahn (Germany), BIME and San Sebastian Jazz Festival (both in Spain). The lead single "Ready to talk" was premiered on BBC 6 in UK by Lauren Laverne and Radio 3 by Tomás Fernando in Spain. Nico's Youtube channel is home to several live performances as well as his notorious covers of artists such as James Blake, PJ Harvey and Jon Hopkins "Singularity", which was premiered on The Quietus. In 2017, after watching Nico's covers, Katy Perry asked him to perform live on her Youtube channel to her 35million subscribers as part of a promotion campaign of her album "Witness". Nico's music can also be heard in advertising campaigns around the world including Wimbledon, Adidas, British Airways, Nurofen and in 2016 Nico received a Music & Sound Award UK nomination for his work on HSBC's Pink Ladies Campaign. In 2018 he released the EP ¨Chapter One" with Spanish electronic music producer and The xx remixer Edu Imbernon. In 2019, after the release of his debut album "Alone", what was set to be a busy festival performing period was then halted through a serious injury to Nico's right hand. After cancelling several performances, composition projects and recording sessions what followed was an intense 7 months healing process. Now Nico is back, he has finished the soundtrack of the Argentinian feature film "Errante Corazón" (due to premiere in November 2021), about to start a new one in UK, "Blood in the Water" and working on a second album due to release in 2022.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Galicia, Spain
- Composer
- 8 on MovieCove
What are Nico Casal's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 2
Grounded 4 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 1
Steady 3 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 4
A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet4
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Nico Casal's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Nico Casal's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
8 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.
The Truthers(2026)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Follow My Voice(2025)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
I, Addict(2024)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Love & Revolution(2023)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Queer You Are(2021)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
Sunday's Illness(2018)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
María (y los demás)(2016)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Stutterer(2015)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Career shape
Across their 8 MovieCove titles from 2015 to 2026.
How do Nico Casal's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 73rd percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 72nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 8 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the sound and music 65/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 50. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Nico Casal work with?
People who share at least 2 of Nico Casal's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Andreu Ortoll shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Alejandro MarínShared titles: Love & Revolution (2023), Queer You Are (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Alejandro Marín
Actors
- Alba FloresShared titles: Love & Revolution (2023), Queer You Are (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Alba Flores
- Bárbara LennieShared titles: Sunday's Illness (2018), María (y los demás) (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Bárbara Lennie
Cinematographers
- Andreu OrtollShared titles: Follow My Voice (2025), Love & Revolution (2023), Queer You Are (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Andreu Ortoll
