[Thor Joachim Haga]

Nuno Malo is excellent (I asked him to sit in the international Harpa jury once, which he did), although outside him, a topic about Portuguese film composers would be relatively meager, I think. 🙂

Back to Spain — Malte mentioned Ángel Illarramendi earlier. He is my favourite Spanish composer bar none, a present-day Georges Delerue of sorts (and like Delerue, he does incredibly well with bittersweet melodies, less well with suspense and action). I have 14 of his albums, all of which I would recommend: 180, AUNQUE TÚ NO LO SEPAS, BAZTAN, BUEN VIAJE EXCELENCIA, COMPONE PAR ELIAS QUEREJETA, CUANDO VUELVAS A MI LADO, EL HIJO DE LA NOVIA, EL REY DE LA GRANJA, HÉCTOR, LUNA DE AVELLANEDA, TIEMPO DI TORMENTA, YOYES and UNA HISTORIA RECIENTE (a rejected score for LA LENGUA DE LAS MARIPOSAS, which Amenàbar – who’s from Chile, by the way – ended up scoring instead).

But if I were forced to choose just ONE, it would need to be LOS BORGIA, the Spanish film version from 2006. Gorgeous pastiche variations of renaissance music, but with lusher, more modern orchestral landscapes. I mentioned the track “Funeral de Jean” in the thread about the medieval melody “La Folia” in film music, but I recommend listening to the full soundtrack on Spotify: