Gregorio García Segura

Gregorio García Segura (born February 13, 1929 in Cartagena , Murcia region , † December 12, 2003 in Madrid ) was a Spanish film composer .

García Segura came from a family of musicians and began studying in Madrid in 1949. He then worked as a pianist and song composer and achieved his first success with his compositions Un compromiso (sung by Antonio Machín ) and Un telegrama , when the latter, interpreted by Monna Bell , won at the first Festival de Benidorm . García Segura then received many commissions for other songs and theater music. He wrote his first film score in 1959 for Carmen de la ronda .

García Seguro composed music for nearly 200 films in his five-decade career. A long artistic partnership connected him with the director Mariano Ozores , for whom he orchestrated over 25 films. In 1990 he was nominated for a Goya Award for the film music of The Things of Love .

Filmography (selection)

• 1959: The girl from Granada (Carmen de la ronda)
• 1961: love is a strange game
• 1962: The son of Captain Blood (El hijo del capitan Blood)
• 1962: Torrejón City
• 1963: Zorro, the man with two faces (Il signe di Zorro)
• 1963: The Secret of Scaramouche (La máscara de Scaramouche)
• 1964: The boss has come up with something (Échappement libre)
• 1966: Women Who Go Through Hell (Las siete magníficas)
• 1966: The Virgins of Samoa (Tabu)
• 1966: 6 balls for gringo (Dos pistolas gemelas)
• 1968: Two sizes too big (Un dollaro per 7 vigliacchi)
• 1970: Holidays in Gold (Des vacances en or)
• 1973: The girl from the red mill (La chica del Molino Rojo)
• 1982: Everything is possible in Granada (Todos es possible en Grenada)
• 1984: Al Este del Oeste
• 1989: The things of love (Las cosas del querer)
• 1996–1999: Hostal Royal Manzanares (TV series)

Web links and sources

• Gregorio García Segura in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Short bio (span.)