Gustavo Santaolalla has been a force in Latin American music since the 1960s. He is one of a small group of musicians who created the hugely popular "Argentine Rock" movement, which included very creative bands that played progressive rock, jazz fusion, and other genres, sometimes combined with Latin American melodies and rhythms.

'Santaolalla?s professional music career started in 1967 at the age of 16, when he founded the group Arco Iris making history as the pioneer in the fusion of rock and Latin American folk. Santaolalla's work as bandleader (Arco Iris, Soluna, Wet Picnic); solo artist (Santaolalla, GAS, Ronroco); and record producer (Cafe Tacuba, Kronos Quartet) showcases his expertise in a wide variety of other musical styles.

For a few years, Santaolla lived between Buenos Aires and Los Angeles. Eventually, he settled in Los Angeles in the 1980s.

After the launching of his label Surco, he also played a major role in producing music for his label's roster of artists, including Bersuit, Erica Garc?a, Arbol and La Vela Puerca. Most recently, Gustavo has entered the world of film music by scoring the music and producing the soundtrack for the Oscar-nominated and Cannes Film Festival-winning film Amores Perros, and has again teamed up with Amores Perros director Alejandro Gonz?lez I??rritu to work on his film, 21 Grams.

Santaolalla is the producer of Carnabailito, by Gaby Kerpel, the third Nonesuch project with which he has been involved. Proving once again his versatility, Santaolalla co-produced Kronos Quartet's Nuevo, which pays homage to the rich musical styles of Mexico.

Gustavo Santaolalla's musical style fuses rock, soul, African rhythms, and Latin American folk.

Santaolalla (1982)

Gas (1995)

Ronroco (Nonesuch, 1998)

21 Grams, soundtrack (Varese Sarabande, 2003)