Cesar Benito | |
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Cesar Benito conducting the orchestra at Fox Studios. Hollywood, California |
Cesar Benito is a Los Angeles-based composer, and music producer hailing from Spain, best known for composing the music to some of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful TV series in recent years in Spain, including Los Protegidos, La Chica de Ayer (Spanish remake of the blockbuster BBC show Life on Mars), and the long-awaited El Tiempo Entre Costuras, based on the #1 bestseller novel by Spanish author Maria Dueñas, to be released on Spring 2013. Among his most acclaimed works for film are the music scores he has created for the films Mía Sarah and Ways to Live Forever both written and directed by Spanish director Gustavo Ron.
Work
editFeature Films
editYear | Title |
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2013 | Savaged |
2010 | Ways to Live Forever |
2007 | Shevernatze Cielito Lindo |
2006 | Mía Sarah |
Television
editYear | Title | Genre |
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2013 | El Tiempo Entre Costuras | Series |
2010-2012 | Los Protegidos | Series |
2009 | La Chica de Ayer (Spanish remake of the BBC show Life on Mars Cambio de Sentido |
Series Documentary |
2006 | Madrid de Arriba Abajo | Documentary |
Discography
editYear | Title | Genre | Credit | Record label |
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2011 | Ways to Live Forever | Soudtrack | Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor, Producer | MovieScore Media |
2010 | Salvame de Ti | Pop-Rock | Arranger, Producer | Bubu Records |
2008 | The Kurt Weill Project | Alternative Pop | Arranger, Orchestrator, Programming | LML Music |
2007 | Mía Sarah | Soudtrack | Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor, Producer | Filmax Music |
Choral Music
edit- Malagueña (1994)
- Et Ecce Vox (1994)
Instrumental Music
edit- Concerto for Guitar and Strings (1998)
- Organ Sonata (1998)
Awards and nominations
editCinema Writers Circle Awards
- 2011: Best original score for Ways to Live Forever (Nomination)
- 2007: Best original score for Mía Sarah (Nomination)
Garden State Film Festival
- 2007: Best Orchestral Composition for Mía Sarah (Winner)
Spanish Film Music Critics Awards
- 2007: Best New Composer (Nomination)
References
edit- THE CINEMASCORE SOUNDTRACK & ARCHIVES interview with Cesar Benito
- BSO Spirit interview with Cesar Benito
External links
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Category:Spanish film score composers
Category:soundtrack
Category:Music composer
Category:Berklee College of Music