Biography
José Nieto (born March 1, 1942) is a Spanish composer, orchestrator, songwriter, conductor and drum player. He is best known for writing films scores, such as Mad Love (2001), El bosque animado (1987), The Fencing Master (1992), Carmen (2003), The Turkish Passion (1994) or I Know Who You Are (2000). For television he has composed music for the BBC in series like Crusades(1995) or From the Heart of the World (1990), and other international and Spanish series such as Captain James Cook (1988), Armada (1988), Teresa de Jesús (1984) or Los jinetes del alba.
He has collaborated in theater with Miguel Narros in "El burlador de Sevilla" and "Salomé", with María Ruiz in the "Serrana de la Vera" and "The portrait of Dorian Gray", with José Luis Gómez in "Bodas que fueron famosas del Pingajo y la Fandanga" and in "Life is a Dream", with Adolfo Marsillach in "Los locos de Valencia" and with Josefina Molina in "No se ser ...", among others.
He also has worked in the field of ballet. Her works in this field include "Tres Danzas Españolas", "Ritmos", "Romance de Luna", "Don Juan Tenorio", "Dualia" and "El Corazón de Piedra Verde", all composed for the National Ballet of Spain. For the Andalusian Dance Company he has composed "Picasso: Landscapes" and, on behalf of the Seville Flamenco Biennial of 2012, "Blood Spell", based on Macbeth by Shakespeare.
Nieto has won 3 times the Film Writers Circle Awards, 6 times the Goya Awards for the best music from the Academia of Sciences and Cinematographic Arts, and the Golden Spike at the 41st Valladolid International Film Week. He is the first composer to obtain the National Prize for Cinematography in Spain (2000). In 2001 he received the award from the Academy of Arts and Sciences of Music for the best soundtrack album of the movie Mad Love (Original Title: Juana La Loca) and for Carmen in 2003. That same year he also received the Max Theater Award for the music of "El burlador de Sevilla". José Nieto Biography in Spanish
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Filmography
all 72
Movies 70
TV Shows 2
Luna caliente (2009)
Lolita's Club (2007)
The Maidens' Conspiracy (2006)
Carmen (2003)
Don Quixote, Knight Errant (2002)
Mad Love (2001)
Jealousy (1999)
Extraños (1999)
Finisterre, donde termina el mundo (1999)
The Naked Eye (1998)
Passion in the Desert (1997)
The Dog in the Manger (1996)
Bwana (1996)
Freedomfighters (1996)
Guantanamera (1995)
Turkish Passion (1994)
Running Out of Time (1994)
Shortcut to Paradise (1994)
Of Love and Shadows (1994)
Intruso (1993)
The Perfect Husband (1993)
El amante bilingüe (1993)
The Fencing Master (1992)
From the Heart of the World - The Elder Brother's Warning (1992)
Primer acorde (1992)
Prince of Shadows (1991)
The Dumbfounded King (1991)
Lovers: A True Story (1991)
The Most Natural Thing (1991)
Los Jinetes del Alba (1991)
The Black Moon (1990)
Continental (1989)
If They Tell You I Fell (1989)
Nunca estuve en Viena (1989)
Esquilache (1989)
Dawn Breaks, Which Is No Small Thing (1989)
El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll Be Free (1988)
The Enchanted Forest (1987)
Lute: Forge On or Die (1987)
La guerra de los locos (1987)
Recién casados (1986)
Pigmalión (1986)
La dama inacabada (1986)
Young Sierra, peso pluma (1986)
Star Knight (1985)
Beyond the Walls (1985)
Jarabo (1985)
La reina del mate (1985)
Teresa de Jesús (1984)
Crooks (1983)
Total (1983)
Pares y nones (1982)
Hablamos esta noche (1982)
Estoy en crisis (1982)
7 calles (1981)
The Black Hand (1980)
Somnambulists (1978)
Nunca es tarde (1977)
Black Litter (1977)
The Clear Motives of Desire (1977)
Foul Play (1977)
El monosabio (1977)
Señoritas de uniforme (1976)
Bloodbath (1975)
¡Jo, papá! (1975)
Hay que matar a B. (1975)
Vice and Virtue (1975)
El poder del deseo (1975)
Devil's Exorcist (1975)
The Love of Captain Brando (1974)
A Chaste Spanish Man (1973)
La Lola... dicen que no vive sola (1970)
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GenderMale
Birthday1942-03-01 (82 years old)
Birth NameÁngel José Nieto González
Birth PlaceMadrid, Spain
CitizenshipsSpain
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