Entertainment The Argentine guitarist revolutionary who has made the trail of The Last of Us

The soundtrack is an important part in The Last of Us. It is something fundamental in both the video game game, which gave rise to the story, or in the series of HBOwhich is currently in its second season and has been snatching more and more lovers.

The musician responsible for creating the trail is a well -known name in Argentina: Gustavo Santaolalla. The guitarist was a pioneer in rock made in the country and then devoted himself to compositions for movies and series.

Born in 1951 in the city of El PalomarSantaolalla was one of the founders of the band Rainbowone of the first of Argentine rock and was notable for inserting folk elements in their songs. The group appeared in 1968, lived its peak in the 1970s and was active until 2006, but without the guitarist.

Santaolalla moved to Los Angelesus United Statesin 1978 and only returned to his country in the mid -1980s. In the following decade, he devoted himself to soundtracks and gained notoriety to compose for award -winning films as Gross loves (2000), Motorcycle diaries (2004) and Brokeback Mountain 2005), winner of three Oscarsincluding better original soundtrack.

Gustavo Santaolalla and “Roncoco”

Over time, Gustavo Santaolalla has incorporated into his music the use of the ronroco, an instrument of Bolivian origin. Among some particularities, it has a “hoarse” timbre and sharper tones than a common guitar.

Subsequently, the musician got along with the Fend produce a hybrid of Stratocaster and Roncoco, which earned the name of Guitarocko. The instrument maintains the body of the traditional guitar model, but adding folded strings, totaling 12.

It was with Guitarocko that Santaolalla composed much of the trail of The Last of Usas the musician told the Fender’s official channel in Youtube (via Gitarist):

“With this instrument, you can touch and compose the melody at the same time. After many years playing ronroco and rock on the electric guitar, I started to think, ‘What if I could do something that was a mixture of roll and electric guitar?’

The Argentine musician based in the US completes:

“For me, it is oversight to work. I don’t sit waiting for the lamp to light. With inspiration, sometimes it takes longer or sometimes happens immediately. And The Last of Us was one of those cases. I woke up, got out of bed and somehow knew that the ronroco would be there, and the melody came out as if it had been lowered.”

Awards

Beyond the Oscar with Brokeback MountainGustavo Santaolalla repeated the feat the following year and won for the second time with the soundtrack of Babel (2006). The Argentine guitarist, now 73, has also won a Golden Globetwo Grammysand 17 Latin Grammys.

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