By this time, I had to look for a partner to do this with, not being a film director I called up Direk Paolo Abella an expert in film to help me execute this project. We were given a venue grant easily since Teddy is one of CCP’s pioneers. I presented the story line to the Worms and they liked it and proceeded to talk to the CCP if we could film in and around the theater. At the CCP is where their love story started – Teddy designing the lights over dances that Rosky did on stage. Teddy in his younger years was the first technical and lighting director of the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the Bayanihan Dance Group, this is where he met the young Rosky at that time one of the principal dancers of the Bayanihan. The light bulb came close to Teddy Hilado’s first death anniversary in 2016 and so the story goes …. Having known the band for quite some time I called them and expressed the desire to do a music video – I felt the song written by Jazz Nicolas and Wally Acolola was so powerful it needed a proper one. When I first heard DI NA MULI after The Itchyworms bagged grand prize at PhilPop 2016 it moved me to tears like no other. Rosky Balahadia Hilado, widow of the late Teodoro “Teddy” Hilado to whom the video is dedicated to. WHO IS THE LADY IN THE VIDEO by Direk Juno Oebanda Listen to the music of The Itchyworms on Spotify, Deezer and iTunes.Ĭheck out their music videos: Official Youtube channel Youtube link for Di Na Muli official music video: įor updates about The Itchyworms, you can follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. The Itchyworms are now proud to share what is probably the first-ever music video shot inside the Cultural Center of the Philippines, and extend heartfelt thanks to those who helped bring the music video to fruition. The music video seeks to serve as loving tribute to Teddy, whose influence is still felt and recognized to this day. The song’s themes of love, loss, and words left unspoken, are embodied in the elegant performances of Rosky Balahadia Hilado (Teddy’s widow, formerly of the Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company) and Carissa Adea (Ballet Philippines), and in the video’s sweeping visuals, all captured within the hallowed halls of the CCP. 2015), Oebanda’s uncle, recognized as the father of lighting design in Philippine theater. He sought the generous indulgence of none other than the Cultural Center of the Philippines, citing the video as a tribute to Teddy Hilado (d. Being a longtime friend of the Itchyworms, Oebanda had approached the band to present the concept for the video. The result was a visually stunning and emotional music video directed by Paolo Abella and Juno Oebanda. Somewhere in between PhilPop and Sid & Aya, the Itchyworms set out to immortalize the song. Now, in 2018, the song has been given new life in the official soundtrack of the hit film Sid & Aya (Not A Love Story) (Viva Films, starring Dingdong Dantes and Anne Curtis, directed by Irene Villamor). They entered the song into the 5th Philippine Popular (PhilPop) Music Festival, performed by The Itchyworms, where it won the grand prize. Di Na Muli was written in 2016 by long-time friends Jazz Nicolas and Wally Acolola.
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