Gustavo Santaolalla

Gustavo Alfredo Santaolalla is an Argentine composer and musician. Known for his minimalist approach to composing, he rose to fame for creating the scores to the films Brokeback Mountain (2005) and Babel (2006), for which he received two Academy Awards for Best Original Score in consecutive years. Santaolalla also gained recognition for his work on The Last of Us games, composing the original title and its 2020 sequel. He returned to reprise his themes and co-compose the score for the 2023 HBO adaptation.

19 August 1951

Born on the same birth date (19 August 1951): John Deacon

Born on the same birth day (19 August): August 19 • Christina Perri • Debra Paget • Gary Chapman (musician) • Gerbrand van den Eeckhout • Gontran de Poncins • Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland • Ivan Neville • J. J. Hardy • John Cootes • John Flamsteed • Michael Todd (musician) • Ned Yost • Nelly Vuksic • Nick Kennedy • Patrick Chung • Ron Darling • Roy Rogers (basketball) • Tipper Gore

Born in the same month (August 1951): Bill Whitaker (journalist) • Chesley V. Morton • Dana Rosemary Scallon • Geoff Whitehorn • John Childs (cricketer) • Mamoru Oshii • Marcel Dionne • Slim Dunlap