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name: "José Miguel Miranda"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/miguel-miranda"
fi1m_id: "miguel-miranda"
imdb_id: "nm0592164"
tmdb_id: 1090650
wikidata_id: "Q133056359"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "28 March 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-27T08:10:55.660304+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."
---

# José Miguel Miranda

## Identity

José Miguel Miranda

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/miguel-miranda
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** miguel-miranda
- **IMDb ID:** nm0592164
- **TMDB ID:** 1090650
- **Wikidata ID:** Q133056359
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133056359, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0592164/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1090650

Composer. Born 28 March 1961 in Santiago.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 28 March 1961, Santiago
- **Also known as:** Miguel Miranda, Miranda, Miranda & Tobar, Miranda y Tobar
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133056359, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0592164/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1090650

## Biography

José Miguel Miranda is a Chilean composer and pianist. Born in Santiago in 1961, he studied composition privately and began working in film and television in the 1990s, often in collaboration with José Miguel Tobar as the duo Miranda y Tobar (or Miranda & Tobar).

The pair have composed original scores for numerous Chilean productions, including *Machuca* (2004), *Nostalgia for the Light* (2010), *Violeta Went to Heaven* (2011), *The Pearl Button* (2015) and *The Eternal Memory* (2023). Miranda has also worked independently on theatre and dance projects.

Their film scores have received several awards, among them the Georges Delerue Prize for *Machuca* and multiple Pedro Sienna Awards.

*Sources: es.wikipedia.org, musicapopular.cl, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Nostalgia for the Light* (2010), Fi1m 83, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/nostalgia-for-the-light.md)

## Complete filmography (63)

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

- *A Child of My Own* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Duality* (2026), as Agent K
- *A Place of Absence* (2025), Music
- *Iniciación Kawesqar de Tomás Tonko Huenucoy* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Black Island* (2025), as Compositor
- *The Silence of Marcos Tremmer* (2024), Music
- *In Her Place* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Sayen: The Huntress* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Sayen: Desert Road* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Operación Chile: Top Secret* (2023), series, Original Music Composer
- *Frontera: el mundo con otros ojos* (2023), Music
- *The Eternal Memory* (2023), Music
- *Alis* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *My Imaginary Country* (2022), Music
- *Vicente Ruiz: A tiempo real* (2022), Music
- *My Brothers Dream Awake* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Sergio Larraín, The Eternal Moment* (2021), Music
- *Dignity* (2019), series, Original Music Composer
- *Zurita, You Will See Not to See* (2018), Thanks, Original Music Composer
- *Witness of Another World* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Señora Gloria* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Magic Dream* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Ramona* (2017), series, Original Music Composer
- *Guerrero* (2017), Music
- *62: Historia de un mundial* (2017), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Grown-Ups* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Bad Influence* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *The Pearl Button* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Tea Time* (2014), Original Music Composer, Music Producer
- *Hijo de Trauco* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Much Better Than You* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Caravan of Death* (2013), series, Original Music Composer
- *Have You Seen Lupita?* (2012), Main Title Theme Composer
- *Roman's Circuit* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Copia imperfecta: para Raúl Ruiz* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Violeta Went to Heaven* (2011), Music Producer
- *Nostalgia for the Light* (2010), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/nostalgia-for-the-light.md)
- *Manuel Rodríguez* (2010), series, as Theme Song Performance
- *José Maza, Sky Traveller* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Astronomers From My Neighborhood* (2010), Music
- *1973 revoluciones por minuto* (2009), Music
- *The Good Life* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Pasta* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Heroes* (2007), series, Original Music Composer
- *Huaiquimán y Tolosa* (2006), series, Original Music Composer
- *Mi mejor enemigo* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Mala leche* (2004), Original Music Composer, Music
- *Machuca* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Verde que te quiero* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Biografías* (2002), series, Main Title Theme Composer
- *Mira tú* (2002), series, as Park Security Guard
- *Testigo ocular* (2002), series, Original Music Composer
- *Freehand* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Las historias de Sussi* (1998), series, Original Music Composer
- *Soccer Stories* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Cuídate del agua mansa* (1995), Music
- *Reunión de Familia* (1994), Music
- *El cumplimiento del deseo* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Miss Bolero* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Amnesia* (1994), Music
- *La patrulla del desierto* (1993), series, Original Music Composer
- *Something Is Out There* (1990), Music
- *Crónica de un hombre santo* (1990), series, Original Music Composer, Writer, Creator

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