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 Fernandez 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 and a half 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.

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

GoldSpirit Awards

International Film Music Critics Association

Reel Music Awards

Movie Music UK Awards

Premios de la Crítica Musical Cinematográfica Española

Medallas del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos

Garden State Film Festival

Premio Internacional de Composición Coral “Villa de Rota”

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