Gustavo Santaolalla

Gustavo Santaolalla

Birth : 1951-08-19, El Palomar, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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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 Wikipedia.

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Gustavo Santaolalla
Gustavo Santaolalla
Gustavo Santaolalla

Movies

Seremos millones
Music
Gracias totales | Soda Stereo
Self
Alone
Music
Following the events of a worldwide pandemic that has resulted in everyone deserting their homes and fleeing towns and cities, a lone wanderer stumbles upon an abandoned house, where he learns more about the prior occupants.
The House
Original Music Composer
Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.
León cumple
Himself
León Gieco, a leading figure in Argentine popular music, turns 70.
Finch
Original Music Composer
On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a robot, built to protect the life of his dying creator's beloved dog, learns about life, love, friendship, and what it means to be human.
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019
“Crossroads Guitar Festival” 2019 live video hosted by Eric Clapton will appear in Blu-ray including high-quality full HD pro shot, stereo & 5.1 surround! Unlike the ones that have already been circulated on the net, there is no interruption in sound, and the definitive edition has been recorded in the correct localization of the surround sound that was originally problematic! A complete recording of his own stage performed on both the acoustic set on September 20 and the electric set on 21st, including “Tears in Heaven”, “Layla” and other famous masterpieces, Fes performers participated as guests in “Purple Rain” and the last “High Time We Went”!
Freak Power: The Ballot or the Bomb
Original Music Composer
Hunter S. Thompson went to the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago as a journalist and returned home disgusted, yet motivated by what he’d just seen: violently suppressed protests, riots, corrupt politicians, and abusive cops. Back in Aspen, he finds more of the same. The local police and sheriff’s departments are targeting young people, harassing and charging them with absurd crimes and trying to push them out of town. Hunter decides he has to do something to change the police brutality that has become the norm.
The Fight
Music
Inside the ACLU, five scrappy lawyers battle against the Trump administration’s historic assault on civil liberties - from separating families at the border, to rolling back transgender, reproductive, and voting rights.
30 Years of Argentine Rock
Self
Aided by archival footage and interviews with its key figures, this documentary delves into the history of Argentine rock music from its origins up to the mid-1990s.
Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged
Self - Percussion, voice
Second MTV Unplugged album of Café Tacvba.
Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged
Producer
Second MTV Unplugged album of Café Tacvba.
The City Where Children Disappear
Music
Documentary film by the Danish TV channel DR about sexual abuse and suicide in Tasiilaq, Southeastern Greenland.
Postman
Music
Set in the late ‘90s, in the height of the privatizations and the increase in poverty, Postman closely follows Hernán, a young man full of illusions that gets a job at the Central Post Office. There, a colleague teaches him the codes of the trade, but the harsh reality will force him to break them.
The Tribes of Palos Verdes
Original Music Composer
When the situation at her idyllic Palos Verdes home turns volatile, young Medina attempts to surf her way to happiness.
All That Divides Us
Original Music Composer
A middle-class house in the middle of nowhere. A council estate in Sète. A mother and daughter. Two childhood friends. A vanishing. Blackmail. A clash between two worlds.
To End a War
Original Music Composer
The conflict between the Colombian authorities and the marxist FARC guerrilla broke out in 1964, and in 2012 peace negotiations started behind closed doors in Cuba. Featuring unique access to central figures on both sides, To End a War tells the story of the war and the negotiations, focusing on the challenge of establishing peace in a country where the majority of the population has never known anything but war.
Before the Flood
Original Music Composer
A look at how climate change affects our environment and what society can do to prevent the demise of endangered species, ecosystems, and native communities across the planet.
Borrowed Time
Music
A weathered Sheriff returns to the remains of an accident he has spent a lifetime trying to forget. With each step forward, the memories come flooding back. Faced with his mistake once again, he must find the strength to carry on.
The Book of Life
Original Music Composer
The journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Before choosing which path to follow, he embarks on an incredible adventure that spans three fantastical worlds where he must face his greatest fears.
Wild Tales
Original Music Composer
Six deadly stories that explore the extremities of human behaviour involving distressed people seeking revenge.
The Last of Us: One Night Live
Composer
To celebrate the launch of the PS4 version of The Last of Us, Naughty Dog brings last year’s Game of the Year to life in front of hundreds of fans in Santa Monica. This special one night only event will celebrate the artistry behind the game with a performance of the score, plus a “live read” of key scenes featuring the principal actors, as directed by Neil Druckmann
August: Osage County
Original Music Composer
A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.
The Object Formerly Known as a Record
Self
The Object Formerly Known as a Record, the Movie is a film portraying the Mexican Rock band Café Tacvba in the process of creating their latest album. The film could be described as an "Album Movie", combining the musical and philosophical ideas of the band members, beautifully rendered performances and a poetic visual-score that culminates in a truly intimate portrait of Café Tacvba's creative process.
Grounded: Making The Last of Us
Music
A feature-length exploration of the game's creation, GROUNDED: Making the Last of Us is a love letter to the trials of exploring new territory. There are no road maps or guide books for creating a new world. The only way through is to fail—over and over again. This is the story of how a team of artists, musicians, programmers, writers, actors, filmmakers, playtesters, and a lonely UI designer—came together and pushed each other to build something larger than themselves.
Grounded: Making The Last of Us
Self
A feature-length exploration of the game's creation, GROUNDED: Making the Last of Us is a love letter to the trials of exploring new territory. There are no road maps or guide books for creating a new world. The only way through is to fail—over and over again. This is the story of how a team of artists, musicians, programmers, writers, actors, filmmakers, playtesters, and a lonely UI designer—came together and pushed each other to build something larger than themselves.
Néstor Kirchner, la película
Original Music Composer
On the Road
Original Music Composer
Dean and Sal are the portrait of the Beat Generation. Their search for "It" results in a fast paced, energetic roller coaster ride with highs and lows throughout the U.S.
Eva de la argentina
Music
Argentina's Eva told from the perspective of journalist Rodolfo Walsh the remarkable story of Eva Peron. The obsession of this writer and journalist in the reconstruction of the history of Evita is both rebuilding your own life and death and the fate of the Argentines. Considered a saint for the humble and a myth to the world, Argentina's Eve is the story of a heroine of the twentieth century was the World with the promise to return and be millions. The film is made of a 70% cut-out animation and 30% in archive footage, based on the designs of master Solano Lopez.
His Mother's Eyes
Original Music Composer
A writer suffering from a lack of inspiration sneaks his way into the lives of a star television journalist and his lead ballerina daughter to write, unbeknownst to them, a non-authorized biography. Meanwhile, in Brittany, twenty-year-old Bruno, who lives with his parents, doesn't yet know the consequences that this story will have on his existence...
Biutiful
Original Music Composer
This is a story of a man in free fall. On the road to redemption, darkness lights his way. Connected with the afterlife, Uxbal is a tragic hero and father of two who's sensing the danger of death. He struggles with a tainted reality and a fate that works against him in order to forgive, for love, and forever.
Mumbai Diaries
Original Music Composer
Arun is a reclusive and lonely modern art painter. Shai is an American banker who is on a visit to Mumbai. Munna is a washerboy also living near Arun and Yasmin. The movie is about these four characters from different class of society and how the lives of four characters are intertwined.
Nanga Parbat
Music
Drama about the tragic Nanga Parbat expedition by the two Messner brothers in 1970, on which Reinhold Messners younger brother Günther died.
South of the Border
Associate Producer
A road trip across five countries to explore the social and political movements as well as the mainstream media's misperception of South America while interviewing seven of its elected presidents.
I Come with the Rain
Music
Kline, a former Los Angeles police officer turned private detective, is hired by a powerful pharmaceutical conglomerate boss to investigate in Asia the disappearance of his only son, Shitao, whom he has not seen in person since the boy was ten. Now in his 30s, Shitao has gone missing in the Philippines where he had been helping in an orphanage.
Linha de Passe
Original Music Composer
In the periphery of São Paulo, the pregnant single mother Cleuza works as maid in the apartment of a middle-class family. Each of her sons has a different unknown father: the oldest, Dênis, has a baby son that lives with his mother and he works as motorcycle courier.
Julieta Venegas: MTV Unplugged
Guest
MTV Unplugged is the first live album recorded by Mexican singer-songwriter Julieta Venegas. The album features a selection of her greatest hits, along with new tracks, including the singles "El Presente" and "Algún Día". A handful of guest artists was included: Gustavo Santaolalla, Natalia Lafourcade, Marisa Monte and La Mala Rodríguez.
Café de los maestros
Producer
Coffee Masters is a documentary by Miguel Kohan, produced by Lita Stantic, Gustavo Santaolalla and Walter Salles. It tells the story of great tango of the old guard who, summoned by a rock musician, proposing a record to demonstrate its validity. This adventure, full of memories, humor and poignant moments, culminating with a presentation of the Masters at the Teatro Colon.
Lights, Action, Music
A wonderful journey through the meaning and relevance of film music composition. Featuring great, albeit brief, insights from some of the modern greats.
Bajofondo Tango Club - Supervielle en el Solis
Luciano Supervielle
Babel
Original Music Composer
In Babel, a tragic incident involving an American couple in Morocco sparks a chain of events for four families in different countries throughout the world. In the struggle to overcome isolation, fear, and displacement, each character discovers that it is family that ultimately provides solace. In the remote sands of the Moroccan desert, a rifle shot rings out detonating a chain of events that will link an American tourist couples frantic struggle to survive, two Moroccan boys involved in an accidental crime, a nanny illegally crossing into Mexico with two American children and a Japanese teen rebel whose father is sought by the police in Tokyo. Separated by clashing cultures and sprawling distances, each of these four disparate groups of people are nevertheless hurtling towards a shared destiny of isolation and grief.
Que sea rock
Self
A look into Argentina's rock scene post-Cromañon's tragedy. It does not just present the most popular songs by soloists and bands featured in the film, but it goes backstage and shows the artists’ private world, how they write their music, where they live, how they became what they are and what their dreams are.
Brokeback Mountain
Original Music Composer
Rodeo cowboy Jack and ranch hand Ennis are hired as sheepherders in 1963 Wyoming. One night on Brokeback Mountain, they spark a physical relationship. Though Ennis marries his longtime sweetheart and Jack marries a fellow rodeo rider, they keep up their tortured, sporadic love affair for 20 years.
North Country
Original Music Composer
A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States -- Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.
The Motorcycle Diaries
Original Music Composer
Based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he and best friend Alberto Granado had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s.
21 Grams
Original Music Composer
Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of two girls; and Jack Jordan, a born-again ex-con, are brought together by a terrible accident that changes their lives.
11'09''01 September 11
Original Music Composer
Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length – that offer differing perspectives on the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Amores Perros
Original Music Composer
A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man. Their lives are catapulted into unforeseen situations instigated by the seemingly inconsequential destiny of a dog.
Hollywood Erotic Film Festival
(segment "He Believes")
Ten erotic vignettes from eight different directors.
She Dances Alone
Music
Director Robert Dornhelm casts Bud Cort for alter-ego purposes in She Dances Alone. Cort plays a documentary director, seeking to produce a film on the life of controversial ballet star Vaslav Nijinsky. He finds his goal of objectivity blocked by Nijinsky's elderly real-life daughter Kyra, who is as stocky as her father was sylph-like. Kyra's uncompromising insistence on total control over the project literally shapes (and frequently distorts) the film before our eyes. Adding to the Pirandellian atmosphere of the Australian-produced She Dances Alone is Max Von Sydow, also playing "himself."
Hasta que se ponga el sol
Self
Concert film documenting the foundational stage of the Argentine 'rock nacional' movement. It was filmed during the third edition of the historic B.A. Rock rock festival, which took place in 1972 at the Argentinos Juniors stadium.
Íntegro, Integro, Integró
Music
Gustavo Santaolalla - Raconto
Self
Bonus DVD. Live album