Gustavo Santaolalla is a hardworking man. He was 5 years old when he realized playing the guitar was his passion and has never looked back since. The now 70-year-old Oscar, Grammy, Golden Globe, and BAFTA winner has a long list of industry accomplishments, ranging from composing the scores to feature films such as Babel, Brokeback Mountain, and The Motorcycle Diaries to producing documentaries like Break It All: The History of Rock in Latin America. He has recently added to his repertoire composing the soundtrack to the Amazon Original series El Cid – which tells the story of the mysterious and complex Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, a Castilian nobleman and war hero in medieval Spain.

Fans of Gustavo Santaolalla will be pleased to know that his unmatched and highly technical guitar work is on full display throughout the El Cid soundtrack. The score is richly orchestrated with instruments of the medieval period, providing an epic backdrop with an integral Spanish flair to the series.

Cinemacy is thrilled to premiere the title track from “El Cid: Themes and Inspirations” before its soundtrack release tomorrow, November 4th. Listen below.

“On this album, I want to share the themes, interludes, and textures that I originally created for the series,” says Santaolalla. “Some pieces were used as you’ll hear them here. Others became part of the score that [composer Alfonso G. Aguilar] put together. And there are some that you will only hear in this collection, which continues my quest to connect with music that is part of my identity. This is a very personal album.”

“El Cid: Themes and Inspirations” will be released on November 4th on Lakeshore Records. You can now pre-save the album here.