Mario de Benito

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

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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 Horacio Icasto  [ es ]. [1] 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. [2]

A recurring collaborator of director Enrique Urbizu, [3] de Benito earned a nomination to the Goya Award for Best Original Score for his work in No Rest for the Wicked . [4] Jointly with Richelieu Morris, he had previously scooped another nomination to the Goya Award for Best Original Song for The Witch Affair 's "Just Sorcery". [5]

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