Cesar Benito

Cesar Benito
Background information
Genres Film score, Film music, Pop rock, Musical theatre
Occupation(s) Composer, Songwriter, Conductor, Performer, Producer
Instruments Piano, guitar, ukulele
Website cesarbenito.com

Cesar Benito is a composer, and music producer originally from Marbella, Spain. Best known for composing the music scores of some of Spain's most critically acclaimed and commercially successful TV series in recent years, including Los Protegidos, La Chica de Ayer (Spanish remake of BBC's Life on Mars), and El Tiempo Entre Costuras, a period drama that in 2013 broke a twelve years old record with the highest ratings for an opening of a prime time TV series in Spain. That record was broken again in 2015 by the comedy series Allí abajo, also scored by Benito.

El Tiempo Entre Costuras soundtrack album reached #2 on Spain’s iTunes Store Albums, and #1 on the Soundtracks category. It also won numerous awards, including Best Music for Television by the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Television of Spain, and is one of the most played TV soundtracks worldwide on Spotify with more than two million plays since its release.

Benito's work for the big screen includes the scores for the critically acclaimed films Avenged AKA Savaged, Mía Sarah, Ways to Live Forever.


Work

Feature films

Year Title Nationality
2013 Avenged (AKA Savaged outside the US & Canada) USA
2010 Ways to Live Forever UK / Spain
2007 Shevernatze
Cielito Lindo
Spain
USA
2006 Mía Sarah Spain

Television

Year Title Genre Nationality
2016 La Sonata del Silencio
Allí Abajo (Season 2)
Series
Series
Spain
Spain
2015 Allí Abajo (Season 1)
Algo Que Celebrar
Series
Series
Spain
Spain
2013-2014 El Tiempo Entre Costuras
Vive Cantando (Seasons 1, 2)
Series
Series
Spain
Spain
2010-2012 Los Protegidos (Seasons 1, 2, 3) Series Spain
2009 La Chica de Ayer (Remake of BBC's Life on Mars)
Cambio de Sentido
Series
Documentary
UK / Spain
Spain / Mexico
2006 Madrid de Arriba Abajo Documentary Spain

Discography

Year Title Genre Credit Record label
2015 Avenged Soundtrack Composer, Producer Warrior Way Entertainment
2014 El Tiempo Entre Costuras Soundtrack Composer, Orchestrator, Piano, Producer MovieScore Media
2013 Ways To Live Forever (Music Inspired by the Motion Picture) Soundtrack Composer, Piano Warrior Records
2011 Ways to Live Forever Soundtrack Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor, Piano, Producer MovieScore Media
2010 Salvame de Ti Pop Arranger, Conductor, Piano, Guitars, Producer Bubu Records
2008 The Kurt Weill Project Alternative Pop Arranger, Orchestrator, Programming LML Music
2007 Mía Sarah Soundtrack Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor, Piano, Producer Filmax Music

Choral music

Instrumental music

Awards and nominations


XVI Premios Iris de la Academia de las Ciencias y las Artes de Televisión de España

Year Category Project Outcome
2014 Best Music for Television El Tiempo Entre Costuras Won

GoldSpirit Awards

Year Category Project Outcome
2014 Best Spanish Original Soundtrack El Tiempo Entre Costuras Won
2014 Best Music for Television El Tiempo Entre Costuras Nominated
2014 Best Spanish Composer Nominated
2014 Best Breakthrough Composer Won

International Film Music Critics Association

Year Category Project Outcome
2013 Breakthrough Film Composer of the Year Nominated
2013 Best Original Score for a Television Series El Tiempo Entre Costuras Nominated

Reel Music Awards

Year Category Project Outcome
2013 Best Television Score El Tiempo Entre Costuras Nominated
2013 Score of the Year El Tiempo Entre Costuras Nominated

Movie Music UK Awards

Year Category Project Outcome
2013 Best Score - Television El Tiempo Entre Costuras Nominated

Premios de la Crítica Musical Cinematográfica Española

Year Category Project Outcome
2013 Best Score El Tiempo Entre Costuras Nominated
2013 Best Composer Nominated
2007 Best Breakthrough Composer Nominated

Medallas del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos

Year Category Project Outcome
2011 Best Music Ways to Live Forever Nominated
2007 Best Music Mia Sarah Nominated

Garden State Film Festival

Year Category Project Outcome
2007 Best Orchestral Composition Mia Sarah Won

Premio Internacional de Composición Coral “Villa de Rota”

Year Category Project Outcome
1995 Best Choral Composition MalagueñaWon

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