Gustavo Santaolalla

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
Gustavo Santaolalla is the two-time Academy Award-winning composer behind the soundtracks for Babel and Brokeback Mountain. But he also plays guitar with the electronic-tango group Bajofondo. He joins us to talk about reinventing music of his native Argentina with a little help from Elvis Costello and Nelly Furtado.

Bajofondo performs tonight on the Central Park SummerStage, starting at 7.

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