FilMaestro

Jumilla, Murcia, 1968

Roque Baños

From Torrente to Evil Dead, at ease in comedy and horror. Two Goyas.

He started on saxophone at the Murcia conservatory, went on to the Royal Conservatory in Madrid and then to Berklee in Boston on a scholarship. He moves between Spanish cinema (Álex de la Iglesia, Santiago Segura, Daniel Monzón) and American horror and thrillers.

Style
Large orchestra and choir when the genre asks for it, and the craft to change register from one film to the next.
Awards
2 Goyas: 13 Roses and The Oxford Murders, plus nine more nominations.

Essential films

  • Common Wealth (2000)
  • The Machinist (2004)
  • 13 Roses (2007)
  • The Oxford Murders (2008)
  • Cell 211 (2009)
  • The Last Circus (2010)
  • Evil Dead (2013)
  • In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

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Awards counted up to the 2026 Academy Awards. Facts reviewed in October 2026.