• Jerry Goldsmith International Film Music Awards VIII edition

    May 29, 2013

    It’s my great pleasure and excitement to announce you that you truly received 2 nominations at Jerry Goldsmith Awards.

    The first is in the Category BEST SONG, for the ending titles of the short movie “My Chiamo Giulia ed ho Paura” directed by Henry Secchiaroli.

    Here you can listen to both the song and the instrumental version. The song is performed by Laura Bruno and the lyrics are by Agnese Flagiello.

     

    The second nomination is in the category PROMOTIONAL for the string quartets i wrote for the corporate video “Le Radici di una Scarpa” directed by Andrea Baldassarri

     

    The winner for both categories will be announced at the end of June at Cordòba International Film Music Festival.

    The guest composers this year will be: Marco Beltrami (Elmer Bernstein Award recipient), Mychael Danna, Rachel Portman,  William Ross, Ilan Eshkeri, Peter Bernstein, Zacarías M. de la Riva, Roque Baños, Federico Jusid, Nani Garcia.

    http://festivaldecordoba.com/en

    I want to share with you this track too, i’ve composed it hoping for a nominèe in FREE CREATION category. The track is inspired by the book “Il 18° Vampiro” written by Claudio Vergnani.

     

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  • Jerry Goldsmith awards 2012: Nominees

    June 18, 2012

    Hi there! Great news, I’ve just been informed about the final nominees of the 2012 “Jerry Goldsmith Awards”.

    I’ve received 3 nominations in the following categories: BEST SONG, BEST MUSIC IN DOCUMENTARY (for the THIRD year), and BEST MUSIC IN SHORT MOVIE.

    To celebrate this special day, here’s a quick listen to some of the music selected.

    BEST SONG: IF ONLY I COULD

    Lyrics by Agnese Flagiello, Vocals by Benedetta Morichetti, Director Marco Meini

     

     

    BEST MUSIC IN DOCUMENTARY: BRIGHTSIDE

    Directed by Claire Haynes and Rukhsana Bhatti

     

    BEST MUSIC IN SHORT MOVIE: THE OPEN DOOR

    Directed by Matthew Caponi

    Goldsmith Nominees 2012

     

    These are the final nominees.

    In the past few days I’ve also received some pre-nominees in other categories but, unfortunately, these works didn’t pass the final selection.

    They deserve a listen too, poor ones… Sorriso

     

    BEST MUSIC IN PROMOTION

    “Linking Lives” Trailer directed by Henry Secchiaroli

     

    BEST MUSIC IN FULL LENGHT FORMAT

    “Hyde’s Secret Nightmare” directed by  Domiziano Cristopharo

     

    BEST MUSIC IN ANIMATION

    “Fragmented” directed by Charlotte McCabe

     

     

    I’m really proud to have some of my works nominated, the level of the submissions is really high, and grows higher year after year.

    It’s really thrilling being part of  this selected group of gifted musicians. The ceremony will be in Cordoba on the 28th of June.

    Special Guests of this year’s edition will be: Mark Isham, Blake Neely, Chris Young, Trevor Morris, Roque Banos, Lucas Vidal, Carles Cases, Richard Bellis, Murray Gold, Cliff Martinez, Ludovic Bource.

    Pretty cool, isn’t  it? Occhiolino