Champ Lui Pio (left) and Chino David —Bayani San Diego Jr.
Members of the rock band Hale finally received their trophy for best theme song, which they won at last month’s Metro Manila Film Festival, during the thanksgiving party thrown by Solar Entertainment recently.
Hale bagged the award for the song “Alon,” which is part of the soundtrack of Paul Soriano’s surf movie, “Siargao.” Solar is the distributor of “Siargao.”
“Alon” was composed by the band’s guitarist, Roll Martinez.
Vocalist and rhythm guitarist Champ Lui Pio told the Inquirer that it was their first time to score an award in a movie event. “It feels good,” Champ remarked. “The movie did wonders for our song. It created awareness about it.”
Violinist Chino David, for his part, described winning in a film fest as “weird, surreal.” —BAYANI SAN DIEGO JR.