Alberto Iglesias (1955- )
Spanish
film composer Alberto Iglesias spent his early years studying
harmony and counterpoint in San Sebastian, the city of his birth, later
studying composition and piano in the studios of Phonos de Barcelona.
Wrapping up his period of formal education, Iglesias formed a duo with
fellow composer Javier Navarrete creating electronic music, touring and
performing from 1981 to 1986. This spark for creative and
unconventional techniques would come to characterize Iglesias' career.
Thanks to personal connections made by his brother Jose Luis, Iglesias
began working in the world film music in the mid-'80s, scoring films
such as La Conquista de Albania (1984) and El Sueño de Tanger (1986).
Though well liked by industry insiders, Iglesias' compositions had not
found large audiences before his collaborations with Julio Médem, one
of Spain's most influential directors. 1991's Vacas (Cows), followed by La Ardilla Roja (1993)
formed an important alliance between Medém and Iglesias that would lift
the young composer to new heights of renown. Thanks to the films'
success and the quality of Iglesias' work, he was solicited for a
number of projects throughout the '90s, including the national hits Los Amantes del Circulo Polar (1998) and Pedro Almodóvar's Todo Sobre Mi Madre (1999).
The latter marked the beginning of an important partnership with
Almodóvar, as well as Iglesias' arrival as an internationally
recognized voice in film music. This hard earned reputation was further
established with the award winning score for Hablé con ella (Talk to Her), followed by La Mala Educación (Bad Education). Iglesias' impeccable work was introduced to U.S. audiences via his Oscar-nominated score for The Constant Gardener.- Evan C. Gutierrez/Rovi
COMPOSITIONS Iglesias Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Iglesias on Iglesias
Pasajes, short film score (1980)
Ikusmena, short film score (1980)
Guipúzcoa Donostia: C. Guipuzcoana, short film score (1983)
La conquiata de Albania, film score (1984)
La muerte de Mikel, film score (1984)
Fuego Eterno, film score (1984)
Bilbao Blues, film score (1986)
La playa de los perros, film score (1986)
Adios pequeña, film score (1986)
El sueño de Tanger, film score (1986)
Las seis en punta, short film score (1987)
Balada da Praiados Cães, film score (1987)
Martin, short film score (1988)
Lluvia de otoño (Autumn Rain), film score (1988)
SH-H-H, string quartet and electronics (1988)
Cows (Vacas), film score (1992)
La vida láctea, film score (1992)
Cautiva, dance piece, w/spoken text (1987-91/92) [text: Ezra Pound and James Joyce] [choreography by Nacho Duato]
- Cautiva, violin, viola and cello (2009)
The Red Squirrel (La ardilla roja), film score (1993)
Dispara, film score (1993)
La mujer de tu vida 2: La mujer gafe, TV movie score (1994)
Tabulae, ballet score (1994)
Una casa en las afueras (House Out Of Town), film score (1995)
The Flower of My Secret (La flor de mi secreto), film score (1995)
- La Flor de mi Secreto, violin, viola and cello soloists and chamber orchestra (1995) [from film score]
Cero Sobre Cero, ballet score (1995)
Tierra (Earth), film score (1996)
Group of Dogs, [chamber ensemble] (1996)
Live Flesh (Carne Trémula), film score (1997)
The Chambermaid on the Titanic (La camarera del Titánic/La femme de chambre du Titanic), film score (1997)
Self, ballet score (1997)
Lovers of the Arctic Circle (Los Amantes del Círculo Polar), film score (1998)
All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre), film score (1999) [also orchestra excerpts]
La part de l'ombre, short film score (1999)
Habitación en Do, [chamber ensemble] (1999-2000)
Sex and Lucia (Lucía y el Sexo), film score (2001)
A Registered Patent, radio piece (2001) [text: Juan Muñoz] ["a registered patent - a drummer inside a rotating box"]
The Dancer Upstairs (Pasos de Baile), film score (2002)
Talk to Her (Hablé con ella), film score (2002) [also orchestra excerpts]
Comandante, documentary film score (2003)
Terror in Moscow, TV documentary film score (2003)
Te doy mis ojos (Take My Eyes), film score (2003)
Bad Education (La Mala Educación), film score (2004) [also orchestra excerpts]
The Constant Gardener (El Jardinero Fiel), film score (2005)
Volver, film score (2006) [also orchestra excerpts]
Assault to the Castle, [voice/chorus? and orchestra] (2006-07) [in 8 mvts]
The Kite Runner, film score (2007)
Orfeo en Palermo, cello solo, foley artist, narrator and orchestra (2007)
Che, film score (2008) [in 2 parts: Che - Guerrilla; Che - el Argentino]
Musik und Meer, TV documentary film score (2008)
Broken Embraces (Los Abrazos Rotos), film score (2009)
In the Land of the Lemon Trees (3 songs), soprano, guitar and orchestra (2009)
Even the Rain (También La Lluvia), film score (2010) [also orchestra excerpts]
Cuarteto breve, string quartet (2010)
The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito), film score (2011)
The Monk (Le Moine), film score (2011)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, film score (2011) [also orchestra excerpts]
Contra el cristal, short film score (2012)
I'm So Excited, film score (2012)
WORKS BY GENRE Iglesias Links ~ ~ ~ Iglesias on Iglesias ~ top of page ~
Dramatic/Theater
Cautiva, dance piece, w/spoken text (1987-91/92) [text: Ezra Pound and James Joyce] [choreography by Nacho Duato]
Tabulae, ballet score (1994)
Cero Sobre Cero, ballet score (1995)
Self, ballet score (1997)
Orchestra
Amante menguante, string orchestra (2002) [from film score "Talk to Her/Hable con ella"]
7 Almodóvar, orchestra (1999-2004) [music from various film scores]
- Amanecer agitato (2002) [from "Talk to Her/Hable con ella"]
- Hable con ella (2002) [from "Talk to Her/Hable con ella"]
- La mala educación (2004) [from La mala educación/Bad Education]
- Otra vez huyendo y sin despedirme (1999) [from "All About My Mother/Todo sobre mi madre"]
- Puerta final (2004) [from La mala educación/Bad Education]
- Soy Marco (2002) [from "Talk to Her/Hable con ella"]
- Todo sobre mi madre (1999) [from "All About My Mother/Todo sobre mi madre"]
Volver Suite, orchestra (2006) [from film score]
- Las Vecinas [No. 1 from "Volver" Suite]
- Dicen que la han visto [No. 2 from "Volver" Suite]
- Paco congelado [No. 3 from "Volver" Suite]
- Tema llorón [No. 4 from "Volver" Suite]
- Dos en la furgoneta [No. 5 from "Volver" Suite]
También La Lluvia (Even the Rain), chamber orchestra/ensemble (2010) [from film score]
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (Suite), orchestra (2011)
- George Smiley [from "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"]
- Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy (End Credits)
Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
Orfeo en Palermo, cello solo, foley artist, narrator and orchestra (2007)
Factory of Silence, viola and string orchestra (2009)
Suite Tierra, violin and orchestra (2011?)
Chamber
SH-H-H, string quartet and electronics (1988)
Cautiva, violin, viola and cello (2009)
Group of Dogs, [chamber ensemble] (1996)
Habitación en Do, [chamber ensemble] (1999-2000)
Cuarteto breve, string quartet (2010)
Vocal
A Registered Patent, radio piece (2001) [text: Juan Muñoz] ["a registered patent - a drummer inside a rotating box"]
Assault to the Castle, [voice/chorus? and orchestra] (2006-07) [in 8 mvts]
In the Land of the Lemon Trees (3 songs), soprano, guitar and orchestra (2009)
- The Sprayed Poem [text: John Ashbery]
- La Reine des Oiseaux [text: René Char]
- Ascending the Metaphor [text: Wallace Stevens]
Incidental/Film/TV
Pasajes, short film score (1980)
Ikusmena, short film score (1980)
Guipúzcoa Donostia: C. Guipuzcoana, short film score (1983)
La conquiata de Albania, film score (1984)
La muerte de Mikel, film score (1984)
Fuego Eterno, film score (1984)
Bilbao Blues, film score (1986)
La playa de los perros, film score (1986)
Adios pequeña, film score (1986)
El sueño de Tanger, film score (1986)
Las seis en punta, short film score (1987)
Balada da Praiados Cães, film score (1987)
Martin, short film score (1988)
Lluvia de otoño (Autumn Rain), film score (1988)
Cows (Vacas), film score (1992)
La vida láctea, film score (1992)
The Red Squirrel (La ardilla roja), film score (1993)
Dispara, film score (1993)
La mujer de tu vida 2: La mujer gafe, TV movie score (1994)
Una casa en las afueras (House Out Of Town), film score (1995)
The Flower of My Secret (La flor de mi secreto), film score (1995)
Tierra (Earth), film score (1996)
Live Flesh (Carne Trémula), film score (1997)
The Chambermaid on the Titanic (La camarera del Titánic/La femme de chambre du Titanic), film score (1997)
Lovers of the Arctic Circle (Los Amantes del Círculo Polar), film score (1998)
All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre), film score (1999)
La part de l'ombre, short film score (1999)
Sex and Lucia (Lucía y el Sexo), film score (2001)
A Registered Patent, radio piece (2001) [text: Juan Muñoz] ["a registered patent - a drummer inside a rotating box"]
The Dancer Upstairs (Pasos de Baile), film score (2002)
Talk to Her (Hablé con ella), film score (2002)
Comandante, documentary film score (2003)
Terror in Moscow, TV documentary film score (2003)
Te doy mis ojos (Take My Eyes), film score (2003)
Bad Education (La Mala Educación), film score (2004)
The Constant Gardener (El Jardinero Fiel), film score (2005)
Volver, film score (2006)
The Kite Runner, film score (2007)
Che, film score (2008) [in 2 parts: Che - Guerrilla; Che - el Argentino]
Musik und Meer, TV documentary film score (2008)
Broken Embraces (Los Abrazos Rotos), film score (2009)
Even the Rain (También La Lluvia), film score (2010)
The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito), film score (2011)
The Monk (Le Moine), film score (2011)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, film score (2011)
Contra el cristal, short film score (2012)
I'm So Excited, film score (2012)
Electronic/Electroacoustic
SH-H-H, string quartet and electronics (1988)
IGLESIAS LINKS Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Iglesias on Iglesias ~ top of page ~
Alberto Iglesias Named Composer Of The Year At Ghent Film Festival World Soundtrack Awards (Music News Nashville)
Composer's website . . . contact Alberto Iglesias: here
Iglesias @ Wikipedia
Iglesias @ Answers.com
Iglesias @ CITWF / Complete Index to World Film
Iglesias @ Classical Archives
Iglesias @ Facebook
Iglesias @ Filmbug
Iglesias @ Film Score Monthly (via Google Advanced Search)
Iglesias @ Filmtracks (via Google Advanced Search)
Iglesias @ IMDb (Internet Movie Database)
Iglesias @ InstantEncore
Iglesias @ mfiles
Iglesias @ MusicWeb International
Iglesias @ Music Sales Film & TV
Iglesias @ MySpaceMusic
Iglesias @ The New York Times/movies
Iglesias @ NPRmusic
Iglesias @ SoundtrackCollector
Iglesias @ SoundtrackNet
Iglesias @ Spain Is Culture
Iglesias @ Turner Classic Movies
Publisher
Iglesias @ Composer's website
Iglesias @ Chester Novello
Iglesias @ G. Schirmer
Streaming Audio
Iglesias @ Composer's website
Iglesias @ Classical Archives
Iglesias @ last.fm
Iglesias @ MySpaceMusic
Iglesias @ NPRmusic
Iglesias @ Rhapsody.com
Iglesias @ SoundCloud
Recordings
Iglesias @ Composer's website
Iglesias @ Amazon.com
Iglesias @ ArkivMusic
Iglesias @ CD Universe
Iglesias @ ClassicsOnline
Iglesias @ Discogs
Iglesias @ itunes
Video
Iglesias @ YouTube
Iglesias @ Google Video
Iglesias @ Vimeo (via Google Advanced Search)
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Iglesias on Iglesias: Interview with Martin Perlich (streaming audio)
Composers
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Iglesias on Iglesias: On His Process In Creating And Scoring "Kite Runner" (VIDEO)
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