Eleggua Productions is a Seattle-based full-service music production company and record label.  Founded by composers Marcelo E. Quinonez and Bryan Cook, Eleggua Productions has done spec work for Disney and Paramount, the soundtrack for an instructional yoga cd, music for various non-profit groups, and licensed songs to PBS for the reality show “Road Trip Nation” which aired in the summer of 2005.  Eleggua Productions also composed the score for the short film ‘Saddam 17’, the award-winning directorial debut by long-time LA screenwriter Ross Venokur (“Game Over”, “The Tick”), produced by VGV Productions (“Third Rock from the Sun”).  The film has been at numerous film festivals including; The Montreal Film Festival, Rhode Island Film Festival, UK Filmstock, Filmfest DC, Tiburon Film Festival, Los Angeles International Short Film Festival and won the special jury prize at the Winnipeg Film Festival.  We composed and recorded the score entirely at our Seattle facilities, using a mix of live instrumentation and MIDI orchestral tracks (via the Native Instruments Symphonic Orchestra sample package).

                 Below are some short bios of Cook and Quinonez.   

Bryan Cook attended the University of Maine, where he studied composition with Dr. Beth Weimann and received his degree in Percussion Performance.  Since relocating to Seattle in 2000, Cook has worked extensively as a percussionist, keyboardist, vocalist and composer in groups such as Cuchata, Sly Lothario, Suicide Jack and IdiotsAvant.  He teaches privately, and has also performed with such artists as Michael Shrieve, Lee Oskar, Arlo Guthrie, and the Degenerate Art Ensemble. Cook’s career has taken him throughout North America, Europe and Cuba.    

Marcelo E. Quiñónez grew up in and around Los Angeles, California. As a child, he was constantly surrounded by music from various fiestas and family gatherings held by his large Nicaraguan family. From 1995 to 1996, Marcelo was turned on to guitar by meeting renowned Flamenco guitarist Chris Carnes  In 1999, Marcelo traveled to Nicaragua where he study the music of his ancestral home which inspired him to create the latin-hybrid band Cuchata and pursue more seriously his music. Since then Quiñonez has been involved with numerous projects including the nine piece Afro-Beat, Dub ensemble Sly Lothario as well as producing for local

Seattle Hip-Hop mc’s.