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Roque Baños Biography

Birth Name:Roque Baños López

Birth Place:Jumilla, Murcia, Spain

Profession Composer, Music department, Actor, Producer, Sound department

Fast Facts

  • Won three Cinema Writers Circle Awards for Best Score: one for "Goya en Burdeos" in 2000, one for "The Oxford Murders" in 2009, and one for "Cell 211" in 2010
  • Won three Goya Awards: one for Best Original Song for "Salomé" in 2003 and two for Best Original Score for "Las 13 rosas" in 2008 and "The Oxford Murders" in 2009
  • Served in the Spanish Army for 11 years as an officer musician while also performing as a concert saxophone player
  • Won three Spanish Music Awards for Best Score: one for "La comunidad" in 2001, one for "The Oxford Murders" in 2009, and one for "Cell 211" in 2010
  • Attended the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Murcia and graduated with honors from the Madrid Royal Conservatory of Music with degrees in Saxophone, Piano, Composition, Conducting, and others
  • Graduated Summa Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music with a degree in Film Scoring and Performance in 1995
  • Began his film scoring career on the film "Secondary Roads," directed by Emilio Martinez Lazaro, in 1998
  • Quote: "Being a composer is something that you feel from inside․ I always remember my first class of music․․․[I ran] very excited back home thinking on the notes I just learned, making combinations with them․․․Since then, I couldn't stop combining notes․"
  • Best known as a film composer who has produced scores for "The Machinist," 2013's "Evil Dead," and "Cell 211․"

Awards

  • 2000CEC Award-Best Original Score (Mejor Música Original): winner
  • 2001Goya-Best Original Score (Mejor Música Original): nominated
  • 2001Music Award-Best Score (Mejor Álbum de Banda Sonora de Obra Cinematográfica): winner
  • 2003CEC Award-Best Original Score (Mejor Música Original): nominated
  • 2003Goya-Best Original Score (Mejor Música Original): nominated
  • 2003Best Film Score-: winner
  • 2004CEC Award-Best Original Score (Mejor Música Original): nominated
  • 2005CEC Award-Best Score (Mejor Música): nominated
  • 2005Chainsaw Award-Best Score: nominated
  • 2005Goya-Best Original Score (Mejor Música Original): nominated
  • 2006Barcelona Film Award-Best Score (Millor Música): nominated
  • 2006CEC Award-Best Score (Mejor Música): nominated
  • 2006Goya-Best Original Score (Mejor Música Original): nominated
  • 2007Goya-Best Original Score (Mejor Música Original): nominated
  • 2007Music Award-Best Score (Mejor Álbum de Banda Sonora de Obra Cinematográfica): nominated
  • 2008CEC Award-Best Score (Mejor Música): nominated
  • 2008Goya-Best Original Score (Mejor Música Original): winner
  • 2008Music Award-Best Score (Mejor Álbum de Banda Sonora de Obra Cinematográfica): nominated
  • 2009Award of the Argentinean Academy-Best Original Score (Mejor Música Original): nominated
  • 2009CEC Award-Best Score (Mejor Música): winner
  • 2009Goya-Best Original Score (Mejor Música Original): winner
  • 2009Music Award-Best Score (Mejor Álbum de Banda Sonora de Obra Cinematográfica): winner
  • 2010Silver Ariel-Best Original Score (Mejor Música Compuesta para Cine): nominated
  • 2010CEC Award-Best Score (Mejor Música): winner
  • 2010Goya-Best Original Score (Mejor Música Original): nominated
  • 2010Mestre Mateo-Best Original Music: nominated
  • 2010Music Award-Best Score (Mejor Álbum de Banda Sonora de Obra Cinematográfica): winner
  • 2011CEC Award-Best Score (Mejor Música): nominated
  • 2011Goya-Best Original Score (Mejor Música Original): nominated
  • 2011Music Award-Best Score (Mejor Álbum de Banda Sonora de Obra Cinematográfica): nominated
  • 2012IFMCA Award-Best Original Score for a Comedy Film: nominated
  • 2013Fright Meter Award-Best Score: nominated
  • 2014IFMCA Award-Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film: winner
  • 2014IFMCA Award-Film Music Composition of the Year: winner
  • 2014IFMCA Award-Film Score of the Year: nominated
  • 2015CEC Award-Best Score (Mejor Música): nominated
  • 2015Feroz Award-Best Original Score: nominated
  • 2015Gaudí Award-Best Original Score (Millor Música Original): winner
  • 2015Goya-Best Original Score (Mejor Música Original): nominated
  • 2015IFMCA Award-Best Original Score for a Comedy Film: nominated
  • 2015Platino Award-Best Original Music: nominated
  • 2016CEC Award-Best Score (Mejor Música): nominated
  • 2016Feroz Award-Best Original Score: nominated
  • 2017ASCAP Award-Top Box Office Films: winner
  • 2017CEC Award-Best Original Score (Mejor Música Original): nominated
  • 2018CEC Award-Best Score (Mejor Música): nominated
  • 2018Goya-Best Original Song (Mejor Canción Original): nominated
  • 2019Goya-Best Original Song (Mejor Canción Original): nominated
  • 2021British Independent Film Award-Best Music: nominated
  • 2021CEC Award-Best Score (Mejor Música): winner
  • 2021CEC Award-Best Score (Mejor Música): nominated
  • 2021Chainsaw Award-Best Score: nominated
  • 2021Feroz Award-Best Original Score: nominated
  • 2021Feroz Award-Best Original Score: nominated
  • 2021Gaudí Award-Best Original Score (Millor Música Original): nominated
  • 2021Goya-Best Original Score (Mejor Música Original): nominated
  • 2021Goya-Best Original Song (Mejor Canción Original): nominated
  • 2023CinEuphoria-Best Original Music - National Competition: nominated
  • 2023CEC Award-Best Score (Mejor Música): nominated