---
name: "Manel Santisteban"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/manel-santisteban"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:16:01.049875+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Manel Santisteban

Composer. Born 1 January 1956 in Madrid.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1956, Madrid
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64513604, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0763666/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2013067

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Money Heist*](https://film.one/tv/money-heist.md) (70)

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## Biography

Manel Santisteban is a Spanish composer born in Madrid in 1956. Initially focused on jazz, he formed the group Casaquemada Jazz in 1975 and later moved into pop, forming La Década Prodigiosa in 1985. He has composed and arranged music for numerous artists and has worked extensively in film and television.

Santisteban has composed scores for many Spanish television series, including long-running GloboMedia productions such as *Los Serrano* (2003), *Paco's Men* (2005) and *Money Heist* (2017–2021), the latter often in collaboration with Iván M. Lacámara. His film credits include *Three Steps Above Heaven* (2010), *I Want You* (2012) and music arrangement on *Matador* (1986). He has received awards including the Jerry Goldsmith Award for *Money Heist*.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Money Heist* (2017), Fi1m 70, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/money-heist.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Pier* (2019), series, Music
- *Money Heist* (2017), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/money-heist.md)
- *I Want You* (2012), Music
- *Three Steps Above Heaven* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Brain Drain* (2009), Music
- *Paco's Men* (2005), series, Music
- *Los Serrano* (2003), series, Music
- *Matador* (1986), Music Arranger
- *The Sea Serpent* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *La hoz y el Martínez* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *Fredy el croupier* (1982), Original Music Composer

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