Mario de Benito (born 25 September 1958) is a Spanish composer.
Mario de Benito was born on 25 September 1958 in Taravilla, province of Guadalajara, receiving a musical education at Madrid's Higher Conservatory of Music and, later, under Horacio Icasto [es].
[1] After a spell as a member of synth-pop act 'Trópico de Cáncer', he was charged with scoring the 1990 film Alone Together, thereby starting a prolific career as composer in film and television series.
[2] A recurring collaborator of director Enrique Urbizu,[3] de Benito earned a nomination to the Goya Award for Best Original Score for his work in No Rest for the Wicked.
[4] Jointly with Richelieu Morris, he had previously scooped another nomination to the Goya Award for Best Original Song for The Witch Affair's "Just Sorcery".