Mario de Benito (born 25 September 1958) is a Spanish composer.

Biography

Mario de Benito was born on 25 September 1958 in Taravilla, province of Guadalajara, receiving a musical education at Madrid's Higher Conservatory of Music and, later, under . After a spell as a member of synth-pop act 'Trópico de Cáncer', he was charged with scoring the 1990 film '' Alone Together'', thereby starting a prolific career as composer in film and television series. A recurring collaborator of director Enrique Urbizu, de Benito earned a nomination to the

Goya Award for Best Original Score The Goya Award for Best Original Score (''Mejor música original'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. The category has been presented ever since the first edition of the Goya Awards. Spanish folk band Milladoiro was ...

for his work in '' No Rest for the Wicked''. Jointly with Richelieu Morris, he had previously scooped another nomination to the

Goya Award for Best Original Song The Goya Award for Best Original Song (Spanish: ''Premio Goya a la mejor canción original'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. The award was first presented at the fifteenth edition with the first winner being th ...

for ''

The Witch Affair ''The Witch Affair'' (''Cosa de brujas'') is a 2003 Spanish film written by Amalio Cuevas and Agustín Póveda, and directed by José Miguel Juárez. Plot summary The night of San Juan, Miguel murders his associate. Two elderly people are witness ...

''s "Just Sorcery".

Scored films

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Benito, Mario de Spanish film score composers 1958 births Living people People from the Province of Guadalajara Madrid Royal Conservatory alumni