Mario de Benito explained

Mario de Benito (born 25 September 1958) is a Spanish composer.

Biography

Mario de Benito was born on 25 September 1958 in Taravilla, province of Guadalajara, receiving a musical education at Madrid's Higher Conservatory of Music and, later, under .^[1] After a spell as a member of synth-pop act 'Trópico de Cáncer', he was charged with scoring the 1990 film Alone Together, thereby starting a prolific career as composer in film and television series.

A recurring collaborator of director Enrique Urbizu,^[2] de Benito earned a nomination to the Goya Award for Best Original Score for his work in No Rest for the Wicked.^[3] Jointly with Richelieu Morris, he had previously scooped another nomination to the Goya Award for Best Original Song for The Witch Affairs "Just Sorcery".^[4]

Notes and References

1. Proceso creativo musical para una serie de televisión. Similitudes y diferencias con el cine. El caso de Mario de Benito. Sofía. López Hernández. Creatividad y Sociedad. 25. 2016. 1887-7370. 366.
2. Web site: Movistar+ lanza el tráiler de 'Libertad' con el que los bandoleros de Enrique Urbizu cabalgan hacia su estreno. Serielistas. 23 February 2021. As.
3. Web site: Los ganadores de los Goya 2012. El Cultural. 19 February 2012. El Español.
4. Web site: Goya 2004. January 2004. 3 December 2022.