For music aficionados, a soundtrack to a movie often makes the movie what it is. Gustavo Santaolalla has taken his lifelong musical career in the direction of composing mind-blowing soundtracks for equally mind-blowing movies.
Gustavo, born and raised in Argentina, made his first break in the movie soundtrack world when he composed the soundtrack for 2001’s Mexican film ‘Amores Perros’ or, ‘Love’s a Bitch’ for director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. ‘Amores Perros’ depicts the relationships that are spawned from a Mexico City car crash. A sample of Gustavo’s original music for the film can be seen in the following trailer from liberatedfilms.com.
The music Gustavo composed for ‘Amores Perros’ catapulted him into his career of composing more outstanding soundtracks for compelling films.
Gustavo went on to work for Inarritu again when he composed the soundtrack for 2003’s ’21 Grams’ starring Sean Penn and Benicio Del Toro.
Success from ’21 Grams’ led Gustavo to compose the soundtrack to 2004’s ‘The Motorcycle Diaries’ which depicts the young life of Ernesto Che Guevara. The soundtrack won Gustavo the British Academy BAFTA Award.
Following ‘The Motorcycle Diaries,’ Gustavo proceeded to compose the soundtrack for ‘Brokeback Mountain’ and won a Golden Globe Award for the song he composed titled “A Love That Will Never Grow Old.”
Inarritu asked the talented Gustavo to compose another soundtrack for him, 2006’s ‘Babel.’
Although Gustavo is known more for other films, composing the soundtrack for Mexican film ‘Amores Perros’ paved the way for Gustavo’s career and garnered him the gratification he deserved as a musician.
Listen to clips of Gustavo Santaolalla’s composed scores for his various films here.
To experience Gustavo live, check out the following YouTube clip from a live performance in Kazimierz, Poland from subscriber paw888.
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