50 smartest ppl working in Hollywood right now per Entertainment Weekly.
48. GUSTAVO SANTAOLALLA
AGE 55
JOB TITLE Composer
SMART BECAUSE He altered Hollywood's aural landscape. Santaolalla's hauntingly spare, intimate scores for Brokeback Mountain and Babel — which both earned him Oscars — proved you don't need a rousing horn section or soaring strings to move an audience. He's the anti–John Williams, capable of breaking hearts with a single guitar.
WORTH NOTING
Composed the Brokeback score based on the script alone, and plays by ear. He can't read music.
http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20163012_2,00.htmlThe link has a nice photo. I wish more ppl affiliated with BBM had made the list. Maybe ppl like Ang Lee aren't considered "working in Hollywood."
