Mario Busto Calderón

Mario Busto Calderón

Film Composer

Biography

Mario Busto Calderón

Spanish composer who focuses his work mainly on music for audiovisual media, especially cinema. He began his studies independently until he accessed the master's degree in composition for audiovisual media at the Katarina Gurska school in Madrid, where he would be a student of prestigious teachers such as Eva Gancedo (winner of the Goya for best soundtrack) Javier Gutiérrez (orchestrator of Fernando Velázquez) among others.

Scholarshiped to study the film music degree remotely from the FIlm Scoring Academy of Europe in Bulgaria.

Nominated for several awards at festivals such as Film Music Contest 2023, European Recording Orchestra 2023, best music for short film at L'HIFF 2020 (International FIlm Festival L'Hospitalet), Almagro International Film Festival 2024.

He has worked on numerous national and international audiovisual projects. From shorts to feature films to video games.

Works

Después de la Tormenta

Original Soundtrack for the Short Film "Depredadores sobre el Mar" (Spain)

Belladona

Original Soundtrack for the shortfilm "Belladona" (México)

Whitefall Series

Opening music for the animated youtube series "Whitefall" (Norway)

The Shortest Night

Short Film, Spain (2021)

La Travesía

Short Film, Spain (2022)

Prequel

Trailer music for the upcoming videogame "Prequel" (Spain)

A Girl In a Fortress

Soundtrack composed for the International Film Festival of Almagro inspired by the short film "A Girl In a Fortress" (Spain)

Después del Final

Original Soundtrack for the short film (Spain)

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