Aidan Zammit is a musician from

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. He has lived in

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since 1985.

Biography

He has worked as a composer, musician and singer with several artists, including Mike Francis, Niccolò Fabi,

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, Lorenzo Feliciati, Simone Cristicchi,

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, Marco Mengoni, Gianni Togni,

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and Vocintransito. He performed in

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with Fabi, in the first pop concert ever to be held by a western artist in

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. At the Festival di Sanremo in 2004 he arranged and conducted the song “ Guardastelle”, awarded for the Best Music that year. In 2009 Zammit joined

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, a group renowned for its movie soundtracks. With Mike Francis (musician) and Mario "Mari-One" Puccioni, Zammit has been a member of “ Mystic Diversions”, with 6 albums and compositions featured in over 130 compilations published worldwide. He has performed and written for movie, television and theatre soundtracks, including films by

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and

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cartoons. In 2009 the album "Fly Away - The music of

David Foster David Walter Foster (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian record producer, composer, arranger, and musician. He has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations. His career began as a keyboardist for the pop group Skylark in the early 1970s befor ...

" was released and features Zammit as keyboardist and backing vocalist on three tracks. The songs feature international artists such as

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John "JR" Robinson

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, Robbie Dupree and Arnold McCuller. In 2010 he toured as keyboard player with X-Factor winner Marco Mengoni. In 2012 and 2013 he toured the US and Latin America as pianist and musical director with

. In 2013 he toured the US with

Since 2014 he has toured with

and

Gianni Morandi Gian Luigi "Gianni" Morandi (; born 11 December 1944) is an Italian pop singer, actor and entertainer. It is estimated that Morandi has sold about 50 million recordings. Early life Born in Monghidoro, Emilia-Romagna, the son of a cobbler, Mor ...

on keyboards, guitar and flute. In 2017 he has toured with

again in Europe and North America. In 2019 his first solo album "Exposed" was released.

Discography

Solo projects

* 2019 - Exposed

'' Mystic Diversions''

* 2001 - '' Crossing the liquid mirror'' * 2003 - '' Beneath another sky'' * 2004 - ''

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'' * 2006 - '' From the distance'' * 2007 - '' Wave a little light'' * 2010 - '' Angel Soul'' * 2015 - ''

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'' Goblin Rebirth''

* 2015 - '' Goblin Rebirth - Relapse Records'' * 2016 - '' Alive - Black Widow Records''

''
Claudio Baglioni Claudio Baglioni (; born 16 May 1951) is an Italian Pop music, pop singer-songwriter and musician. His career has been going on for over 50 years. Considered one of the most successful pop rock singer-songwriters in the history of Italian mu ...
and
Gianni Morandi Gian Luigi "Gianni" Morandi (; born 11 December 1944) is an Italian pop singer, actor and entertainer. It is estimated that Morandi has sold about 50 million recordings. Early life Born in Monghidoro, Emilia-Romagna, the son of a cobbler, Mor ...
''

* 2015 - '' Capitani Coraggiosi''

''
Bungaro Antonio Calò (born 23 May 1964), known professionally as Bungaro, is an Italian singer-songwriter. Biography He participated twice at the "Newcomers" section of the Sanremo Music Festival in 1988 and 1991, and debuted in the main section at S ...
''

* 2003 - '' Io no (film) soundtrack'' * 2004 - '' L'attesa'' * 2010 - ''

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'' Niccolò Fabi''

* 2003 - '' La Cura del Tempo Tour Live dvd'' * 2006 - '' Novo Mesto (album)'' * 2006 - '' Evaporare - Live al Music Village'' * 2006 - '' Dischi volanti 1996-2006'' * 2007 - '' Dentro'' * 2008 - '' Live in Sudan''

'' Mike Francis''

* 2007 - '' Inspired''

''
Andrea Bocelli Andrea Bocelli (; born 22 September 1958) is an Italian tenor. He rose to fame in 1994 after winning the newcomers' section of the 44th Sanremo Music Festival performing " Il mare calmo della sera". Since 1994, Bocelli has recorded 15 solo st ...
''

* 2001 - ''The Homecoming''

'' Lorenzo Feliciati''

* 2004 - '' Upon my head'' * 2006 - '' Live at European Bass Day''

''
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* 2004 - ''

Never terrorism, never war Never may refer to: Music Albums * ''Never'' (Micachu and the Shapes album), 2012 * ''Never'' (Mie album), 1982 Songs * "Never" (Heart song), 1985 * "Never" (Jaheim song), 2008 * "Never" (JID song), 2016 * "Never" (Keyshia Cole song), 2005 * "Ne ...

'' Patrizia Laquidara''

* 2004 - '' Indirizzo portoghese''

'' Manuela Zanier''

* 2008 - '' Esercizi di stile''

'' Sei Suoi Ex''

* 1992 - '' Fino a dove inizia il mare'' * 1992 - ''

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'' * 1993 - '' Cuccu bare''

'' Roberto Kunstler''

* 2005 - '' Kunstler''

'' Funky Company''

* 1997 - ''

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Film Scores

''Aidan Zammit''

* 2006 - '' La voce di Pasolini''

''Music written with
Bungaro Antonio Calò (born 23 May 1964), known professionally as Bungaro, is an Italian singer-songwriter. Biography He participated twice at the "Newcomers" section of the Sanremo Music Festival in 1988 and 1991, and debuted in the main section at S ...
''

* 2002 - '' Bbobbolone'' * 2005 - '' Compito in Classe'' * 2006 - '' Con la Mano di Dio'' * 2008 - '' La Canarina Assassinata''

''Performing with
Nicola Piovani Nicola Piovani (born 26 May 1946) is an Italian classical musician, theater and film score composer. In 1999, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score for Roberto Benigni's film '' Life Is Beautiful'' (1997). Biography After ...
''

* 2002 - '' Das Sams'' * 2002 - ''

Pinocchio Pinocchio ( , ) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel, ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi of Florence, Tuscany. Pinocchio was carved by a poor man named Geppetto in a Tuscan vil ...

'' * 2002 - ''

Nowhere Nowhere may refer to: Music * ''Nowhere'' (album), an album by Ride * '' Nowhere: Music from the Gregg Araki Movie'', a soundtrack album from the 1997 film (see below) * "Nowhere" (song), a song by Therapy? * "Nowhere", a song by 112 from '' ...

'' * 2002 - '' Resurrezione'' * 2002 - '' Il nostro matrimonio è in crisi'' * 2003 - '' Gli Indesiderabili'' * 2004 - ''

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'' * 2004 - ''

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'' * 2004 - '' L'équipier'' * 2005 - '' The Tiger and the Snow'' * 2005 - ''

Matilde Matilde is an alternate spelling of the name Matilda (name), Matilda and may refer to: People *Matilde Borromeo (born 1983), Italian equestrian *Matilde Camus (1919–2012), Spanish poet *Matilde Casazola (born 1942), Bolivian songwriter *Matilde ...

'' * 2006 - '' Fauteuils d'orchestre'' * 2006 - ' * 2006 - '' Fascisti su Marte''

''Performing with Pasquale Filastò''

* 1996 - '' La bruttina stagionata'' * 1997 - ''

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'' * 2000 - '' Roberto Rossellini: Frammenti e battute'' * 2006 - '' L'impresario delle Smirne'' * 2007 - '' Hermano''

Theatre Soundtracks

''Aidan Zammit and
Vincenzo Cerami Vincenzo Cerami (2 November 1940 – 17 July 2013) was an Italian screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwritin ...
''

* 2005 - ''

legge L' Ecclesiaste'' * 2007 - '' Le mille e una notte'' * 2008 - '' Viaggio nel Silenzio''

Television Soundtracks

''Aidan Zammit and Monica Ward''

* 2002 - ''

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'' * 2002 - '' Baby Looney Tunes - una straordinaria avventura'' * 2003 - '' Le avventure di Pollicino e Pollicina'' * 2003 - '' Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer'' * 2004 - '' Gnomo Superstar - Le superchicche'' * 2005 - ''

''Others''

* 2005 - '' Kong - Re di Atlantis''

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zammit, Aidan 1965 births Living people Maltese composers Maltese male musicians Italian people of Maltese descent Italian electronic musicians Italian keyboardists Maltese pianists Italian film score composers Italian male film score composers Italian record producers Italian music arrangers Maltese songwriters People from Sliema Male composers