Alejandro Gutiérrez del Barrio (February 2, 1895 – September 15, 1954) was a Spanish born

musician A musician is someone who Composer, composes, Conducting, conducts, or Performing arts#Performers, performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general Terminology, term used to designate a person who fol ...

and

score composer A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to ...

who worked in the

Cinema of Argentina Cinema of Argentina refers to the film industry based in Argentina. The Argentine cinema comprises the art of film and creative movies made within the nation of Argentina or by Argentine filmmakers abroad. The Argentine film industry has histo ...

between 1936 and his death in 1954. A professional score composer hired by the film industry he composed the soundtracks to some 75 films and also a number of his earlier compositions were used in films some 6 years after his death. He composed the music to films such as Almafuerte in 1949.

Selected filmography

* '' Santos Vega'' (1936) * '' Our Land of Peace'' (1939) * '' A Thief Has Arrived'' (1940) * ''

Mother Gloria ''Mother Gloria'' (Spanish:''Mamá Gloria'') is a 1941 Argentine comedy film of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema, directed by Richard Harlan and starring Olinda Bozán, Aída Luz and Pedro Maratea.Richard p.201 The film's sets were designed b ...

'' (1941) * '' When the Heart Sings'' (1941) * '' The House of the Millions'' (1942) * '' Story of a Poor Young Man'' (1942) * '' The Prodigal Woman'' (1945) * '' María Rosa'' (1946) * '' The Sin of Julia'' (1946) * '' The Three Rats'' (1946) * '' Musical Romance'' (1947) * ''

Lucrezia Borgia Lucrezia Borgia (18 April 1480 – 24 June 1519) was an Italian noblewoman of the House of Borgia who was the illegitimate daughter of Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza dei Cattanei. She was a former governor of Spoleto. Her family arranged ...

'' (1947) * ''

Juan Moreira Juan Moreira (1819 - April 1874) is a well-known figure in the history of Argentina. An outlaw, gaucho and folk-hero, he is considered one of the most renowned Argentinian rural bandits. Early life Moreira was born in the administrative area of L ...

'' (1948) * ''

My Poor Beloved Mother ''My Poor Beloved Mother'' (Spanish: ''Pobre mi madre querida'') is a 1948 Argentine melodrama film of the classical era of Argentine cinema, directed by Homero Manzi and Ralph Pappier and starring Hugo del Carril, Emma Gramatica, and Aída Lu ...

'' (1948) * '' The Unwanted'' (1951)

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* Argentine film score composers Spanish film score composers Spanish male film score composers Spanish composers 1895 births 1964 deaths Argentine people of Spanish descent 20th-century composers 20th-century Spanish musicians 20th-century Spanish male musicians {{spain-composer-stub