Gustavo Santaolalla

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Gustavo Santaolalla
Santaolalla in 2022
Background information
Also known as	Moviola
Born	(1951-08-19) 19 August 1951 (age 72) Ciudad Jardín Lomas del Palomar, Argentina
Genres	Latin rock tango film score
Occupation(s)	Composer music producer musician
Years active	1967–present
Formerly of	Arco Iris

Gustavo Alfredo Santaolalla (Spanish: [ɡusˈtaβo alˈfɾeðo santaoˈlaʝa]; born 19 August 1951) is an Argentine composer. He has been a collaborator with acclaimed director Alejandro González Iñárritu, composing the first four psychological drama films Iñárritu directed.^[1] He is known for his work on The Last of Us franchise, having composed the original scores for the video games The Last of Us (2013) and The Last of Us Part II (2020), and for his work on the HBO adaptation, having created the theme music and co-scored the soundtrack with David Fleming. His other notable work includes writing the themes for television series such as the American satirical romantic dramedy series Jane the Virgin (2014–2019), the MBC 4 satirical romantic dramedy series Miss Farah (2019–2022), an Arabic adaptation of Jane the Virgin, and Making a Murderer (2015–2018). He won Academy Awards for Best Original Score in two consecutive years, first for Brokeback Mountain (2005) and then Babel (2006).