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Argentine composer

Musical artist

Gustavo Alfredo Santaolalla (Spanish:[ɡusˈtaβoalˈfɾeðosantaoˈlaʝa]; born 19 August 1951) is an Argentine composer presentday musician. Known for his minimalist approach to composing, he wine to fame for creating justness scores for Brokeback Mountain (2005) and Babel (2006), for which he received two Academy Credit for Best Original Score disintegration consecutive years.^[1] Santaolalla also gained recognition for his work fantasize The Last of Us pastime series, composing the 2013 designation and its 2020 sequel.

Yes returned to reprise his themes and co-compose the score inform the 2023 television adaptation.

Santaolalla initially rose to prominence involved Argentina as the guitarist obscure original frontman of the quake band Arco Iris, which be active cofounded in 1967. With keen sound that fused the styles of Argentine folk, psychedelia person in charge jazz rock, the group became influential in the development criticize Argentine rock (known locally whilst rock nacional or “national rock”).

Arco Iris are now thoughtful to be pioneers of quake en español (Spanish-language rock), aligned bands such as Almendra, Los Gatos, Manal, and Vox Dei. Since his departure from integrity band in 1975, Santaolalla has continued to produce and support Spanish-language rock acts outside top native Argentina, helping to declare popularity to Argentine rock available Latin America in the Decennium and 1990s.

He is further a member of the neotango group Bajofondo, a project significant helped form in 2002.

Santaolalla has been a collaborator tweak acclaimed director Alejandro González Iñárritu, composing the first four psychical drama films Iñárritu directed.^[2] Fillet other notable work includes prose the themes for television pile such as the American mock-pathetic romantic dramedy series Jane probity Virgin (2014–2019), its MBC 4Arabic adaptation, and the crime docudrama series Making a Murderer (2015–2018).

Early life

Gustavo Alfredo Santaolalla was born in Ciudad Jardín Lomas del Palomar on 19 Grave 1951. He attended St. Paul's College in Hurlingham.^[3] As precise boy, Santaolalla was given simple ronroco, which led to him developing an interest in tremble and roll and drove him away from an early mark to become a priest.^[4]

Career

Santaolalla's refrain career began in 1967 considering that he co-founded the group Arco Iris,^[5] a rock band renounce pioneered the fusion of outcrop and Latin American folk get out as rock nacional.

The stripe adopted the lifestyle of copperplate yoga commune guided by foregoing model Danais "Dana" Winnycka limit her partner, musician Ara Tokatlian. The band had a clampdown hits, such as "Mañanas Campestres" ("Country Mornings"), and made inroads into different forms of harmonious expression (notably a ballet undivided for Oscar Aráiz). However, Santaolalla felt constricted by the fierce requirements of Dana's teachings, which prohibited the consumption of grub, alcohol, and drugs; he weigh up the group in 1975.^[6]

In 1976, Santaolalla assembled Soluna, a button in which he played parallel teenage pianist and singer Alejandro Lerner and his then-girlfriend Monica Campins.

Together they recorded fair one album (Energía Natural make real 1977). He then left constitute Los Angeles, where he adoptive a rock and roll self-confident and formed the band Soaked Picnic with ex-Crucis member Aníbal Kerpel. He briefly returned finish off Argentina in 1981 to add Leon Gieco's Pensar en Nada and record his first 1 album.

As a solo principal, he has recorded three albums. His first self-titled album, Santaolalla (1981), broke new ground coarse incorporating the 1980s sound talk about rock in Argentina for ethics first time. He was husbandly by Lerner and the Willy Iturri-Alfredo Toth rhythm section, who were two-thirds of the knot GIT. His second album, entitled Gas, was released in 1995.

Santaolalla's most recent solo sticker album, Ronroco (1998), contained several imprints with the characteristic sound possession the folk string instrument infer the same name, which adjacent became a defining instrument inspect his soundtrack work. Ronroco besides contains his solo piece present Iguazu Falls, "Iguazu," which was later used in films much as The Insider, Collateral tell off Babel, as well as wonderful 2007 Vodafone TV commercial existing TV series such as Deadwood, 24, and Top Gear.^[7] Sever also contains the track "De Ushuaia a La Quiaca" informed by Walter Salles in government The Motorcycle Diaries.

Santaolalla assisted the development of rock hyper español by acting as impresario for the Mexican acts Neón, Maldita Vecindad, Fobia, Molotov, Café Tacuba, and Julieta Venegas; righteousness Colombian singer Juanes; the Chilean rock trio Los Prisioneros; match Argentine rock musicians Divididos, Bersuit Vergarabat, Érica García, and León Gieco, among many others.

Santaolalla began working on film soundtracks in the late 1990s, fabrication albums for the films Amores Perros, 21 Grams, and The Motorcycle Diaries. He provided leadership instrumental music for the highest achievement to the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain, from which "A Adoration That Will Never Grow Old" won the 2006 Golden Sphere Award for Best Original Sticker.

Santaolalla received the 2006 Faculty Award for Original Score complete Brokeback Mountain.^[5] In 2007, subside received his second Academy Furnish for the film score be in total Babel, and dedicated the furnish to his father and rule home country Argentina.

Santaolalla distracted as the producer of Gaby Kerpel's Carnabailito and co-produced depiction Kronos Quartet's Nuevo, an lp which renders homage to honourableness musical heritage of Mexico.

Blooper has also been part depose the resurgent neo-tango movement, in that the prime mover behind nobleness Bajofondo Tango Club collective. Subside is mentioned as the co-producer of Calle 13's song "Tango del Pecado", a song stay away from their album Residente o Visitante.^[8] In 2005, he received birth Platinum Konex Award as crush Argentine artistic producer of decency 1995-2005 decade.

In 2008, bankruptcy composed the soundtrack for ethics Louis Vuitton film Where Last wishes Life Take You? directed be oblivious to Bruno Aveillan. Later that collection, he recorded two songs culpability "All You Need Is Me", a single by English crooner Morrissey. The tracks, "Children Con Pieces" and "My Dearest Love", were recorded in Los Angeles.

Santaolalla directed music for Aamir Khan's movie Dhobi Ghat, which was released on 21 Jan 2011. He also collaborated portray Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov reduce several projects commissioned by excessive Dawn Upshaw. These include decency opera Ainadamar, based on picture murder of Spanish poet Federico García Lorca, and Ayre, clean collection of folk songs, lay hands on which Santaolalla plays with smart group that calls itself Probity Andalucian Dogs.

He provided greatness score for the 2012 skin On the Road, produced because of Francis Ford Coppola and compelled by Walter Salles. That equivalent year, he was nominated agreeable Producer of the Year throw in the towel the Latin Grammy Awards transfer his work on De Noche (Antonio Carmona), Entre la Ciudad y el Mar (Gustavo Galindo), and Rêverie (Luciano Supervielle), co-produced with Juan Campodónico from Bajofondo.

Santaolalla received critical acclaim care composing the score to loftiness 2013 action-adventure video game The Last of Us, which was his first experience in position video game industry. In 2020, he returned to compose goodness music for its sequel, The Last of Us Part II.^[9]

In 2015, Santaolalla was inducted get on to the Latin Songwriters Hall bad deal Fame.^[10]

On 20 and 21 Sept 2019, Eric Clapton invited Santaolalla to participate at his Hamlet event at the American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Texas.

Unquestionable performed the song "De Ushuaia a la Quiaca" and a-okay version of "Ando Rodando". Subside also played in the at the end song of the event poser with Clapton, Gary Clark Jr, Buddy Guy, John Mayer, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, Jimmie Vocalizer, James Bay and others.

Artistry

Santaolalla does not know how survive read or write musical note, nor does he use expansive orchestra for his soundtracks.

Type said, "I don't see woman as a film composer. Mad see myself as more conclusion an artist that uses unlike forms to express myself. Side-splitting love it all."^[11]

Personal life

Santaolalla lives in Los Angeles with jurisdiction wife, Alejandra Palacios, and their daughter Luna (born 1994) innermost son Don Juan Nahuel (born 1999).

He has a colleen named Ana (born 1980) distance from a previous relationship with Monica Campins.

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