gustavo alfredo santaolalla (born 19 august 1951) is an argentine musician, composer, and record producer. he is known for composing music for movies with alejandro gonzález iñárritu. he composed the music for the first four psychological drama movies iñárritu directed. he also wrote the music for the video games "the last of us" (2013) and "the last of us part ii" (2020) and the themes for television series such as "jane the virgin" (2014–2019) and "making a murderer" (2015–present)). he won academy awards for best original score in two consecutive years. he won for "brokeback mountain" in 2005 and "babel" in 2006. he has also won the bafta award for "babel" and "the motorcycle diaries".