Zeltia Montes

Zeltia is a composer of music for film, television, and documentaries, and also excels in concerts and music production. Her career includes the award-winning «Rastros de Sándalo» (Gaudí Award for Best Original Score), the series «Tijuana» for Netflix and Univision), and documentaries such as «Frágil equilibrio» (Goya Award for Best Documentary) and «Desenterrando Sad Hill». In 2021, she composed the soundtrack for «El Buen Patrón», the most nominated Spanish film in Goya history, an Oscar nominee, and winner of numerous awards. Recently, she has worked on projects such as the series «La novia gitana», «Bird Box: Barcelona” (Netflix), «Que nadie duerma», «Nina” (Special Jury Prize at Málaga Film Festival), «Salve María» (Gaudí and Feroz Award nominees), «Un hijo», «Cada día nace un listo» and the short film «Cara de cona». The films «Narciso», «Monstruosa Mía» and «A morte nos teus ollos» are pending release.

«A MORTE NOS TEUS OLLOS» – DIR. GUILLERMO DE OLIVEIRA

«MONSTRUOSA MÍA» – DIR. VERENA FELS

«UN HIJO» – DIR. NACHO LA CASA

SELECTED AT MALAGA’S FILM FESTIVAL 2026

«CADA DÍA NACE UN LISTO» – DIR. ARANTXA ECHEVARRÍA

SELECTED AT MALAGA’S FILM FESTIVAL 2026

«ME HAS ROBADO EL CORAZÓN» – DIR. CHUS GUTIÉRREZ

«NARCISO» – DIR. MARCELO MARTINESSI

SELECTED IN HORIZONTES LATINOS SECTION AT SAN SEBASTIÁN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026

«SALVE MARÍA» – DIR. MAR COLL

OFFICIAL SECTION AT THE LOCARNO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE AT THE SILK ROAD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024
NOMINATION FOR BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC AT THE GAUDÍ AWARDS 2024
NOMINATION FOR BEST MUSIC AT THE FEROZ AWARDS 2025
NOMINATION FOR BEST ALBUM AND BEST SOUNDTRACK THEME AT THE SPANISH ACADEMY OF MUSIC AWARDS 2025

«NINA» – DIR. ANDREA JAURRIETA

CRITICS AWARD AT THE MÁLAGA FESTIVAL 2024

«QUE NADIE DUERMA» – DIR. ANTONIO MÉNDEZ ESPARZA

NOMINATION FOR BEST MUSIC AT THE FEROZ AWARDS 2024

«LA ESPERA» – DIR. F. JAVIER GUTIÉRREZ

«LA VECINA DE AL LADO» – DIR. JORGE S. PALLÁS

«MI SOLEDAD TIENE ALAS» – DIR. MARIO CASAS

«BIRD BOX BARCELONA» – DIR. ÁLEX Y DAVID PASTOR – NETFLIX

«VOY A PASÁRMELO BIEN» – DIR. DAVID SERRANO

«EL BUEN PATRÓN» – DIR. FERNANDO LEÓN DE ARANOA

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC AT THE GOYA AWARDS 2022
BEST MUSIC IN THE FILM DAYS AWARDS 2022
NOMINATION FOR BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC AT THE PLATINO AWARDS 2022
NOMINATION FOR BEST MUSIC AT THE FEROZ AWARDS 2022

«UNO PARA TODOS» – DIR. DAVID ILUNDAIN

NOMINATION FOR BEST MUSIC AT THE FILM WRITERS CIRCLE AWARDS 2021

«ADIÓS» – DIR. PACO CABEZAS

«EL SILENCIO DEL PANTANO» – DIR. MARC VIGIL

«A ESMORGA» – DIR. IGNACIO VILAR

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC IN THE MESTRE MATEO AWARDS 2015
NOMINATION FOR BEST SPANISH SOUNDTRACK AT THE MUNDOBSO AWARDS 2015

«RASTROS DE SÁNDALO» – DIR. MARÍA RIPOLL

NOMINATION FOR BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC AT THE GAUDÍ AWARDS 2015

«VILAMOR» – DIR. IGNACIO VILAR

NOMINATION FOR BREAKING NEWS COMPOSER AT THE IFMCA AWARDS 2012
NOMINATION FOR BEST SOUNDTRACK ALBUM AND BEST ORCHESTAL MUSIC AT THE HOLLYWOOD MUSIC IN MEDIA AWARDS 2012
NOMINATION FOR BEST ORIGINAL SONG AT THE JERRY GOLDSMITH AWARDS 2012

«LA TROPA DE TRAPO EN EL PAÍS DONDE SIEMPRE BRILLA EL SOL» – DIR. ALEX COLLS

BEST SOUNDTRACK AND BEST COMPOSER AT THE GOLDSMITH AWARDS 2011
NOMINATION FOR BEST CLASSICAL MUSIC AT THE HOLLYWOOD MUSIC IN MEDIA AWARDS 2011
INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR THE BEST ORCHESTRATION AT THE GARDEN STATE FILM FESTIVAL 2011
GOLD MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE AT THE 8 PARK CITY FILM FESTIVAL
BEST USE OF MUSIC AT THE TELLY AWARD
4 GOLDSPIRIT AWARDS NOMINATIONS: BEST ORIGINAL SONG, BEST SPANISH SOUNDTRACK, BEST ANIMATION SOUNDTRACK AND BEST SPANISH COMPOSER

«PRADOLONGO» – DIR. IGNACIO VILAR