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Pascal Gaigne is a professional composer. He was born at 1958 and he studied music composition at the University of Pau, in France, with Guy Maneveau, and at the National Conservatory of Toulouse, where he was the winner of the first prize in composition and acousmatic music (within the field of electroacoustic music).



He is a versatile composer who works in different fields such as movie industry, theater, dance, concerts, etc.

Scores
He has worked for more than 50 full-length movies, documentaries and shorts with renowned directors such as: Victor Erice ("El sol del membrillo"), Daniel Sánchez Arévalo ("Azul oscuro casi negro", "Gordos"), Iciar Bollaín ("Flores de otro mundo"), Montxo Armendáriz ("Silencio roto"), Salvador García ("Mensaka", "El otro barrio", "Las voces de la noche", "Castillos de Cartón"), Ramón Salazar ("Piedras", "20 centímetros"), Gracia Querejeta ("Siete mesas de billar francés"), Eduardo Chapero-Jackson ("A contraluz", "Verbo"), Pavel Giroud ("Omerta"), Jon Garraño and José Mari Goenaga ("Lucio", "80 Egunean", "Cristóbal Molón"), Safy Nebbou ("Le cou de la girafe"), Ana Díez ("Todo está oscuro", "Ander y Yul"), Julio Medem ("La pelota Vasca").

His music for movies have won several prizes, including a Palma de Oro for "El otro barrio" at the Buenos Aires Film Festival, the Best European Score for "Azul oscuro casi negro", from the Federación Europea de Asociaciones de Compositores de Cine, and the Silver Biznaga at the Málaga Spanish Film Festival for "20 centímetros"

Awards
 SPANISH FILM ACADEMY AWARDS 2012 (GOYA) nominated best song for &ldquo;VERBO&rdquo; FINNISH FILM ACADEMY AWARDS (JUSSI) nominated best score for MATKA EDENIIN SPANISH MUSIC AWARDS 2009 nominated best score for GORDOS SPANISH MUSIC AWARDS 2006 nominated best score for 7 MESAS DE BILLAR FRANCES PREMIO EUROPEO 2006 win for AZUL OSCURO CASI NEGRO FESTIVAL DE CINE ESPA&Ntilde;OL DE MALAGA 2005 Best score for 20 CENTIMETROS FESTIVAL DE BUENOS AIRES 2001 Gold pentagram for EL OTRO BARRIO FESTIVAL DE CORTOS DE MEDINA DEL CAMPO 2009 best score for THE END</li> <li>FESTIVAL DE CORTOS DE MEDINA DEL CAMPO 2008 best score for ON THE LINE</li> <li>FESTIVAL DE CORTOS DE MEDINA DEL CAMPO 2006 bes score for TERCERO B</li> </ul>

Current Projects
During June 2012, he released the album "RETROSPECTIVE" by Quartet Records, which includes a compilation for celebrating 20 years in film music of Pascal Gaigne, "one of the most essential and respected composers in the Spanish cinema, whose career is a constant work-in-progress" is the website of Queartet Records states.