There are already Millions of fans of the show just after a week of its airing, and I think I don’t want to miss this rare opportunity to give other survivor fans the chance to know about the man and the story behind the theme song of the Philippine Franchise.

Meet Mr. Diwa De Leon, the formidable music man who singlehandedly composed, arranged and performed the Theme song of Survivor Philippines. He is a freelance composer, arranger, musician, and recording artist who mix Pinoy Music with the innovations of technology. Our 20 something composer is also the founding member of the Pinoy world music band called Makiling, a father to his 5-year-old daughter named Kaya and finished Bachelor of Music, Major in Composition at UP Diliman. Master Diwa, as he is called in the cyberspace loves all kinds of Pizza with Mozzarela and surprisingly, cannot live without any soft drinks by his side. This budding composer in the music scene has an artist’s blood running through his veins for he is the grandson of one of the country’s finest, prolific and greatest National Artist, Maestro Felipe Padilla de Leon.

OTWOMD was given the chance to interview him and he never hesitated to say yes. I know some of the survivor fans out there would really want to have bits and pieces of the behind the scenes of the show, well this is what I can offer, a whole package of the story of the music behind the show. I am grateful that Master Diwa agreed to be featured here on our “Dreamers” series, for he has been great in the interview. Below is my entire lengthy interview with the master composer himself:

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As a tradition, I always ask this question to I interviewed on OTWOMD in the past: how the heck did you find my blog?

I googled “Survivor Philippines” and your site was one of the entries at the first page.

Is this your first online interview?

I’ve had quite a collection of online interviews already. But still, getting interviewed is something I enjoy, because most of the time, I’m the one doing interviews in my blog.

Now about your work, how did GMA 7 tapped you for the work of the theme song?

It was actually a series of referrals, connect-the-dots if you will, and the last stop was on me. I never let go of the chance once I got it though.

What was your feeling when you were chosen to compose the theme song?

I didn’t it was choice that lead me to work with GMA, but rather chance and circumstance. They were immediately in need of a composer for the theme and I was the most accessible one at the moment.

Did GMA 7 brief you or gave you orientation on how the song should sound like?

Yes, they even gave me sample studies of existing music from other Survivor franchises as basis.

Have you ever met the host, toured the set in Thailand or met the castaways themselves?

Nah, I mostly work behind the scenes (read: at the comfort of my home). Then I just email the song to the executive producer. There was only one meeting at GMA office which I attended and that was to discuss major revisions to the song.

Full Story herehttp://bluepanjeet.net/1477/meet-the-composer-of-the-survivor-philippines-themesong-an-otwomd-exclusive-interview/

nice article

galing...

hope sya ulit next season..

yung mas astigin pa..

iba talaga ang pinoy!

angat ang PINOY!!!!

I believe I've seen this article on the SP.tv forum. But I want to give credits to Don Quixote for a good article. For a 16-year-old, your writing is good.