Alberto Iglesias
Sound
Born October 21, 1955 · Donostia-San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco, Spain
Biography
Alberto Iglesias Fernández-Berridi (born 21 October 1955) is a Spanish composer. He was first noticed as a score composer for Spanish films, mostly from Pedro Almodóvar and Julio Medem. His career became more international with time and he eventually started to work also in Hollywood. Since then, he has been nominated four times for an Academy Award for his work in the films The Constant Gardener (2005), The Kite Runner (2007), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), and Parallel Mothers (2021). His other film credits include soundtracks for Steven Soderbergh's Che. and Hossein Amini's The Two Faces of January (2014). Iglesias also has worked for ballet and has done other classical music work.
Awards & recognition
- Premio Feroz — Best Original Soundtrack · 2022
- European Film Award — Best Composer · 2012
- European Film Award — Best Composer · 2009
- European Film Award — Best Composer · 2006
- Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts
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- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 2022 · nominated
- Goya Award — Best Original Score · 2022 · nominated
- Premio Feroz — Best Original Soundtrack · 2022 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 2012 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Composer · 2012 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Composer · 2011 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Composer · 2009 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 2008 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 2006 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Composer · 2006 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Composer · 2004 · nominated
Filmography33 titles
Talk to Her
All About My Mother
The Skin I Live In
Volver
Pain and Glory
Bad Education
The Kite Runner
Lovers of the Arctic Circle
Cristóbal Balenciaga
Broken Embraces
Quién te cantará
Maixabel
Yuli
Julieta
Even the Rain
The Constant Gardener
Live Flesh
Parallel Mothers
Che: Part One
The Flower of My Secret
The Room Next Door
Che: Part Two
Sex and Lucía
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Strange Way of Life
Ma ma
The Dancer Upstairs
The Summit
Exodus: Gods and Kings
The Two Faces of January
I'm So Excited!
Outrage
The Monk