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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gustavo Alfredo Santaolalla (born 19 August 1951) is an Argentine musician, film composer and producer. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Original Score in two consecutive years, for Brokeback Mountain in 2005 and Babel in 2006. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gustavo Santaolalla, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on…
Known for
- Arco Iris, música y filosofía2024
- Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023 — Self2024
- The Last of Us — Brittany and the Jug Boys - Ronroco2023
- Soda Stereo - Gracias Totales — Self2022
- León cumple — Himself2021
- 30 Years of Argentine Rock — Self2020
- Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 — Self2020
- BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America — Self2020
- El cine a través de la música2019
- Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged — Self - Percussion, voice2019
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Argentina
- Active from
- 1951
Discography
Member of
- Soluna1976–1977
- Bajofondo
- Arco Iris
- Wet Picnic
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Key facts
- Born
- Gustavo Alfredo Santaolalla , ( 1951-08-19 ) 19 August 1951 (age 74) , El Palomar, Argentina
- Origin
- Buenos Aires , Argentina
- Genres
- Latin rock neotango experimental film score
- Occupations
- Composer music producer musician multi-instrumentalist winemaker
- Instruments
- Vocals ronroco guitar bass banjo piano organ percussion
- Years active
- 1967–present
- Member of
- Bajofondo
- Formerly of
- Arco Iris
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- Gustavo Santaolalla
- date of birth
- 1951-08-19
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
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- Gustavo Alfredo Santaolalla
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Gustavo Alfredo Santaolalla ( Spanish: [ɡusˈtaβo alˈfɾeðo santaoˈlaʝa]; born 19 August 1951) is an Argentine composer, record producer and musician. He is the recipient of numerous accolades for his works, including two Academy Awards for Best Original Score, a Golden Globe, two Grammy Awards and 17 Latin Grammy Awards. He is known for his minimalist approach to composing and for his influence in the Latin rock music genre.
Involved in music from a young age, he began a professional career in 1967 founding the band Arco Iris, who were influential to the rock nacional genre. Fleeing the rule of the Argentine military junta and the dictatorship of the National Reorganization Process, Santaolalla moved to Los Angeles in 1978. After returning to Argentina in the 1980s and taking a musical sabbatical, he became a leading figure in the rock en español movement, establishing the record label Surco Records within Universal Music and producing records for over 100 artists. Notable records he produced were several from Café Tacuba, including their acclaimed 1994 album Re, Julieta Venegas's 2000 album Bueninvento, and Juanes's 2005 hit single "La Camisa Negra". Santaolalla established the neotango group Bajofondo in 2001.