Music producer Lynn Fainchtein dies

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His contributions within alternative radio in Mexico in the 80s and the greats soundtracks in cinematographic works, they marked a great era in history.

Lynn Fainchteinproducer, music supervisor and also co-founder of Cassette (digital distributor of music, movies and podcast) died during the early hours of last Thursday, February 29 in Madrid, Spain.

The news was announced through a statement via Instagram by Cassette.

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So far the cause of his death is unknown, but his great companion Lydia Cacho reported that today starting at 12:00 p.m. (local time in Spain) they will be saying goodbye to the producer in Madrid, at the San Isidro Mortuary.

Music is our passion and our job. Our job is to propose and produce music that complements the narrative and emotion of a story,” is the motto of Lynn in his web page.

Within her great career, she was head of programming and news producer for MTV LATAM until the year 2000. With more than 100 titles, Fainchtein gave musical identity to some film projects such as Bard, The Revenant, Birdman, Babel, Amores Perros, Biutiful with Alejandro Gonzålez Iñårritu.

He also supervised Rome of Alfonso Cuaron and was currently collaborating in the production of the series One Hundred Years of Solitudewhich will be launched by Netflix.

Without a doubt, for many she was a great musical inspiration and a great friend and co-worker, full of light and music. Cinema and music are mourning such a regrettable loss.

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