03 · 05 · 24

Lynn Fainchtein: Long Live the Music!

Pablo Rendón

This past week, on March 1st, 60-year-old, producer, communicator, and musical supervisor Lynn Fainchtein passed away in Spain. With over 130 films and series under her belt, Fainchtein was without a doubt the woman who set the standard for contemporary Mexican cinema soundtrack.

Her musical journey began at Rock 101 station as head of the Sonorock and Salsabadeando programs. In this radiophonic scene, Lynn built a close friendship with a young broadcaster who had decided to venture into the audiovisual industry: Alejandro G. Iñárritu. Fainchtein chose the soundtrack for Amores Perros with almost surgical precision. And today, that is an obligatory reference for anyone who prides themselves on understanding cinema and the national rock scene.

Recently, Lynn Fainchtein worked closely with new filmmakers who are enjoying great success and critical acclaim worldwide. Manolo Caro’s velvet and neon lights world would not be complete without Lynn’s soundtrack full of textures and nuances. And who better than Lynn to select the tracks that accompany Colombian filmmaker Carlos Moreno's adaptation of the work of that other irredeemable music lover, Andrés Caicedo: Que Viva la Música [Published in English as Liveforever]

As a tribute, Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) shares a musical selection of some tracks chosen by Lynn Fainchtein to accompany these scenes that recently became classics in our cinematography. From that moment of unmeasured passion between Gael García and Vanessa Bauche while listening to Lucha de Gigantes by Nacha Pop (Amores Perros, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, 2000), all the way to Yaritza Aparicio mopping the floors of a sweet little house in Roma neighborhood while Te He Prometido by Leo Dan is playing in the background (Roma, Alfonso Cuarón, 2018). Thank you for the music, Lynn!