Alberto Iglesias

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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). He also has worked for ballet and has done other classical music work. Alberto Iglesias Fernández-Berridi was born in 1955 in San Sebastián. His sister is visual artist Cristina Iglesias. Iglesias was the brother-in-law of the late Spanish sculptor, Juan Muñoz. Iglesias studied harmony and counterpoint at the Conservatory of his home city, with Francisco Escudero, continuing his education in Paris, where he studied composition and piano, and at Phonos studios, in Barcelona, where he learned electronic music. Afterwards, he created a duo of electronic music with Javier Navarrete, who worked and performed together from 1981 to 1986. He began working in film composition in the 1980s. Iglesias has composed a number of scores for films directed by Pedro Almodóvar, such as The Flower of My Secret (1995), Live Flesh (1997), All About My Mother (1999), Talk to Her (2002), B

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Lucía Y El Sexo (Banda Sonora Original)

Volver: Música De La Película De Pedro Almodovar

Hable Con Ella

The Constant Gardener

La Piel Que Habito (Banda Sonora Original)

Talk to Her

Archipiélago: A Film Music Retrospective

A Time for Us (Silence, on joue!)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Los Abrazos Rotos - "Broken Embraces"OST

Hable Con Ella (Banda Sonora Original)

The Two Faces of January (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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