Pérez A. Olea was born Antonio Pérez Olea on December 11,
1923 in Madrid, Spain, He studied music at the Royal Conservatory of
Madrid, being a student disciple of Jesús Guridi (1886-1961)
and Conrado del Campo (1878-1953).
He oriented his musical career to film productions,
therefore, thanks to a scholarship he studied and received his diploma in
Optics and Camera at the Sperimentale
Center for Cinematography in Rome, along
with Jorge Grau.
Pérez belongs to the generation of the so-called "New
Spanish Cinema", composing the soundtracks for films directed
by Vicente Aranda, Mario Camus, Fernando Fernán
Gómez, Jorge Grau, Luis García Berlanga and Manuel Summers.
His music received several awards,
including the “Premio del
Sindicato Nacional del Espectáculo” for Julio Buchs ' “Con el viento Solano” in 1965 and
the following year the “Premio
del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos” for the soundtrack to
the Italowestern “Mestizo” (Django Does Not Forgive) which was in turn composed
for Julio Buchs.
Pérez A. Olea died in Madrid,
Spain on
January 5, 2005.
OLEA, Pérez A. (aka A. Perez Olea, Anton P. Olea, Antonio P.
Olea, Antonio Perez Olea) (Antonio Pérez Olea) [12/11/1923, Madrid, Madrid, Spain – 1/5/2005, Madrid, Madrid,
Spain] – producer, director, writer, cinematographer, cameraman, composer, SFX.
Murieta! – 1963
Django Does Not
Forgive – 1966
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