Roque Baños
Birth Name:
Roque Baños López
Birth Place:
Jumilla, Murcia, Spain
Profession
Composer, Music department, Actor, Producer, Sound department
Fast Facts
- Served in the Spanish Army for 11 years as an officer musician while also performing as a concert saxophone player
- 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
- 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 ScoreWinner
- 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