{{Short description|Spanish composer}} '''Mario de Benito''' (born 25 September 1958) is a Spanish composer.
== 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 {{ill|Horacio Icasto|es}}.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://docplayer.es/21448919-Creatividad-y-sociedad.html|first=Sofía|last=López Hernández|journal=Creatividad y Sociedad|issue=25|title=Proceso creativo musical para una serie de televisión. Similitudes y diferencias con el cine. El caso de Mario de Benito|year=2016|issn=1887-7370|page=366}}</ref> 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.{{Sfn|López Hernández|2016|p=367}}
A recurring collaborator of director Enrique Urbizu,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://serielistas.as.com/noticias/movistar-libertad-bandoleros-enrique-urbizu_0_454154585.html|website=Serielistas|date=23 February 2021|publisher=As|title=Movistar+ lanza el tráiler de 'Libertad' con el que los bandoleros de Enrique Urbizu cabalgan hacia su estreno}}</ref> de Benito earned a nomination to the Goya Award for Best Original Score for his work in ''No Rest for the Wicked''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elespanol.com/el-cultural/cine/20120219/ganadores-goya/4000022_0.html|website=El Cultural|date=19 February 2012|via=El Español|title=Los ganadores de los Goya 2012}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/especiales/2004/01/cultura/goya/nominados2.html|date=January 2004|title=Goya 2004|access-date=3 December 2022}}</ref>
== Scored films == {{Expand list|date=December 2022}} {{columns-list|colwidth=20em| * ''Alone Together'' (1990)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e_ldAh9kBl4C&pg=PA29|page=29|title=Diccionari de llargmetratges: el cinema a Catalunya després del franquisme|first=Àngel|last=Comas|publisher=Cossetània Edicions|year=2003|isbn=84-96035-96-4|location=Valls}}</ref> * ''La reina anónima'' (1992)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a2314/la-reina-anonima/|website=Fotogramas|date=29 May 2008|title=La reina anónima}}</ref> * ''Tell Laura I Love Her'' (1995)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a12378/dile-a-laura-que-la-quiero/|title=Dile a Laura que la quiero|date=29 May 2008|website=Fotogramas}}</ref> * ''Brujas'' (1996)<ref>{{Cite book|isbn=8481811602|page=47|title=Cine español|year=1996|publisher=Uniespaña}}</ref> * ''Un asunto privado'' (1996)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1996/05/12/cultura/831852002_850215.html|date=11 May 1996|first=Augusto|last=Martínez Torres|website=El País|title=¿Un policiaco psicológico?}}</ref> * ''{{ill|Geisha (film)|es|Geisha (película)|lt=Geisha}}'' (1996)<ref>{{Cite book|page=424|year=2004|first1=Roberto|last1=Blanco Pazos|first2=Raúl|last2=Clemente|title=De la fuga a la fuga. El policial en el cine argentino|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vOAuAAAAYAAJ|isbn=9500515288}}</ref> * ''Blinded'' (1997)<ref>{{Cite web|website=Fotogramas|date=29 May 2008|title=A ciegas|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a10337/a-ciegas/}}</ref> * ''{{ill|To the Limit (1997 film)|es|Al límite (película de 1997)|lt=To the Limit}}'' (1997)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/to-the-limit-1200452535/|website=Variety|date=18 January 1998|title=To the Limit|first=Jonathan|last=Holland}}</ref> * ''{{ill|Mambí (film)|es|Mambí (película)|lt=Mambí}}'' (1998)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a13410/mambi/|website=Fotogramas|title=Mambí|date=29 May 2008}}</ref> * ''Un buen novio'' (1998)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1998/09/23/cultura/906501617_850215.html|website=El País|date=22 September 1998|first=Augusto|last=Martínez Torres|title=Un policiaco lleno de sexo}}</ref> * ''Spanish Fly'' (1998)<ref>{{Cite web|date=10 August 1998|first=Leonard|last=Klady|url=https://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/spanish-fly-1200454745/|website=Variety|title=Spanish Fly}}</ref> * ''El invierno de las anjanas'' (2000)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a6260/el-invierno-de-las-anjanas/|website=Fotogramas|title=El invierno de las anjanas|date=29 May 2008}}</ref> * ''{{ill|Lady of Porto Pim|es|Dama de Porto Pim}}'' (2001)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2001/film/reviews/lady-of-porto-pim-1200552363/|website=Variety|date=7 December 2001|title=Lady of Porto Pim|first=Jonathan|last=Holland}}</ref> * ''Chicken Skin'' (2001)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a8375/carne-de-gallina/|website=Fotogramas|title=Carne de gallina|date=29 May 2008}}</ref> * ''El deseo de ser piel roja'' (2002)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a8715/el-deseo-de-ser-piel-roja/|website=Fotogramas|date=29 May 2008|title=El deseo de ser piel roja}}</ref> * ''Bestiary'' (2002)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.tabernasdecine.es/publicaciones/ALMERIA-una-historia-de-cine.pdf|page=100|title=Almería. Una historia de cine|archive-date=2022-12-03|access-date=2022-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203195411/https://www.tabernasdecine.es/publicaciones/ALMERIA-una-historia-de-cine.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> * ''Box 507'' (2002)<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://core.ac.uk/download/11502138.pdf|title=La posibilidad del thriller en España: La caja 507|first=Emilio C.|last=García Fernández|location=San Sebastián|issn=1137-4438|year=2003|journal=Ikusgaiak. Cuadernos de Cinematografía|page=205}}</ref> * ''The Witch Affair'' (2003)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cosa de brujas|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a6964/cosa-de-brujas/|website=Fotogramas|date=29 May 2008}}</ref> * ''Diario de una becaria'' (2003)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a9785/diario-de-una-becaria/|website=Fotogramas|title=Diario de una becaria|date=29 May 2008}}</ref> * ''Life Marks'' (2003)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/reviews/life-marks-1200541756/|website=Variety|title=Life Marks|first=Jonathan|last=Holland|date=12 May 2003}}</ref> * ''{{ill|Stork Day|it|È già ieri}}'' (2006)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stork Day (E Gia Ieri)|first=Lee|website=ScreenDaily|last=Marshal|date=21 January 2004|url=https://www.screendaily.com/stork-day-e-gia-ieri/4016952.article}}</ref> * ''Crossing the Border'' (2005)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2006/film/reviews/crossing-the-border-1200516971/|first=Jonathan|last=Holland|date=13 April 2006|title=Crossing the Border|website=Variety}}</ref> * ''No digas nada'' (2007)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a8602/no-digas-nada/|website=Fotogramas|date=29 May 2008|title=No digas nada}}</ref> * ''Love Expresso'' (2008)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a12795/cafe-solo-o-con-ellas/|website=Fotogramas|date=29 May 2008|title=Café solo... o con ellas}}</ref> * ''Cyrano Fernández'' (2008)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/comunitat-valenciana/noticia-cultura-produccion-valenciana-cyrano-fernandez-convierte-pelicula-mas-vista-venezuela-20080312191046.html|website=Europa Press|date=12 March 2008|title=Cultura.- La producción valenciana 'Cyrano Fernández' se convierte en la película más vista en Venezuela}}</ref> * ''{{ill|Ispansi (¡Españoles!)|es}}'' (2011)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cadenaser.com/programa/2011/03/25/notas_de_cine/1301078437_000563.html|website=Cadena SER|title=La música de los niños de Rusia|date=25 March 2011|first=Antonio|last=Martínez}}</ref> * ''No Rest for the Wicked'' (2011)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/no-rest-wicked-film-review-239118/|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=22 September 2011|first=Deborah|last=Young|title=No Rest for the Wicked: Film Review}}</ref> * ''Dioses y perros'' (2014)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariodesevilla.es/ocio/Orgullo-vallecano_0_852215108.html|website=Diario de Sevilla|date=12 October 2014|title=Orgullo vallecano|first=M.J.|last=Lombardo}}</ref> * ''{{ill|2 Francos, 40 pesetas|es}}'' (2014)<ref>{{Cite web|date=21 January 2014|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a528801/2-francos-40-pesetas/|website=Fotogramas|title=2 Francos, 40 pesetas}}</ref> * ''Los comensales'' (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2017/09/20/actualidad/1505924191_764415.html|date=20 September 2017|title=Un brindis por el teatro y la vida|first=Javier|last=Ocaña|website=El País}}</ref> }}
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Category:Spanish film score composers Category:1958 births Category:Living people Category:People from the Province of Guadalajara
Category:Madrid Royal Conservatory alumni