José Nieto (born March 1, 1942) is a Spanish

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, orchestrator, songwriter, conductor and drum player. He is best known for writing films scores, such as

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(2001), El bosque animado (1987), The Fencing Master (1992),

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the O ...

(2003), The Turkish Passion (1994) or I Know Who You Are (2000). For television he has composed music for the BBC in series like

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(1995) o
From the Heart of the World
(1990), and other international and Spanish series such as

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(1988), Armada (1988), Teresa de Jesús (1984) or Los jinetes del alba. He has collaborated in theater with Miguel Narros in "El burlador de Sevilla" and "Salomé", with María Ruiz in the "Serrana de la Vera" and "The portrait of Dorian Gray", with José Luis Gómez in "Bodas que fueron famosas del Pingajo y la Fandanga" and in "Life is a Dream", with Adolfo Marsillach in "Los locos de Valencia" and with Josefina Molina in "No se ser ...", among others. He also has worked in the field of ballet. Her works in this field include "Tres Danzas Españolas", "Ritmos", "Romance de Luna", "Don Juan Tenorio", "Dualia" and "El Corazón de Piedra Verde", all composed for the National Ballet of Spain. For the Andalusian Dance Company he has composed "Picasso: Landscapes" and, on behalf of the Seville Flamenco Biennial of 2012, "Blood Spell", based on

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. Nieto has won 3 times the Film Writers Circle Awards, 6 times the

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for the best music from the Academia of Sciences and Cinematographic Arts, and the Golden Spike at the 41st Valladolid International Film Week. He is the first composer to obtain the National Prize for Cinematography in Spain (2000). In 2001 he received the award from the Academy of Arts and Sciences of Music for the best soundtrack album of the movie

(Original Title: ''Juana La Loca'') and for Carmen in 2003. That same year he also received the Max Theater Award for the music of "El burlador de Sevilla".

Life

Born in

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, Spain, in 1958 he joined the band "Los Pekenikes", playing the drums. He began his career as a professional musician in 1962 in orchestras and jazz dance groups. He made musical arrangements for singers like

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while simultaneously making his own compositions. In 1969 he started to compose film scores with his work in ''La Lola, dicen que no duerme sola'' directed by

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. He worked for film directors: Jaime de Armiñan, José Luis Borau,

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and Fernando Colomo. Since the late eighties, Nieto's work has taken greater relevance, especially since he began working with

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in El Lute (1987), a film that would begin a long relationship with the director. José Nieto has also worked for Pilar Miró and

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, among others. He has been honored with numerous

. Since the first edition of the Goya Awards, there has been much rivalry with Alberto Iglesias in the best score category. Until the twentieth edition (2005) they were matched with six awards each, but in the 2006 edition, Iglesias leads when he achieved its seventh award.

Awards

: * 1987: El Bosque Animado (won) * 1989: Esquilache (nominated) * 1990: Lo más natural (won) * 1991: El rey pasmado (won) * 1992: El maestro de esgrima (won) * 1993: Intruso (nominated) * 1994: The Turkish passion (won)Mira, Alberto (2010) ''The A to Z of Spanish Cinema'', Scarecrow Press, , p. 158 * 1996: El perro del hortelano (nominated) * 2000: Sé quién eres (won) * 2001:

(nominated) * 2003: Carmen (nominated) Film Writers Circle Awards: * 1974: El amor del capitán Brando (won) * 1990: El rey pasmado (won) * 1991: La Luna negra (won) * 1992: El maestro de esgrima (won) * 1994: The Turkish passion (won)

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(2000) 2 Awards MundoBSO

Filmography (selection)

References

* José Nieto Biography in Spanish
Jose Nieto interview

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nieto, Jose Spanish film score composers Spanish male film score composers 1942 births Living people Spanish male musicians