Giovanni Rotondo is a London-based composer. He has composed music for feature films, documentaries and TV series, including the Netflix show
Dark Desire.
Education
Rotondo completed his bachelor's degree in music composition at
Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music () is a Private university, private music college in Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern Music of the United ...
in Boston.
Career
After completing his bachelor, he spent a year in Los Angeles. During this time, he allegedly worked on
Spider-man 3
''Spider-Man 3'' is a 2007 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. Produced by Columbia Pictures, Marvel Entertainment, and Laura Ziskin Productions, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it was directe ...
(uncredited), and the Irish drama film
Calvary
Calvary ( or ) or Golgotha () was a site immediately outside Jerusalem's walls where, according to Christianity's four canonical gospels, Jesus was crucified.
Since at least the early medieval period, it has been a destination for pilgrimage. ...
. He also collaborated on the score of
The Ramen Girl
is a 2008 romantic comedy-drama film starring Brittany Murphy about a girl who goes to Japan and decides to learn how to cook ramen. Murphy also co-produced.
Plot
Abby is an American girl who goes to Tokyo to be with her boyfriend, Ethan. Et ...
, and
Illegal Tender.
He created and managed the Film Scoring Lab at
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
The (; CSC), also referred to as the (), is an Italian national film school headquartered in Rome, with satellite educational hubs in five other Italian regions.
It was established in 1935 and aims to promote the art and technique of cinemat ...
. After scoring the feature film Bologna 2 Agosto I Giorni Della Collera, he composed the music for Orphans & Kingdoms, a 2014 New Zealand drama. He composed themes for Elijah and the Rock Creature, a 2018 Canadian movie. Other TV projects he composed for include:
Il Giudice Meschino*,
Il Confine,
Dark Desire, and The Nightriders.
Music composition for video games
# The 8-bit Time Machine
# Zotrix
Awards
Rotondo has been nominated and the won following awards.
*
Global Music Award: Silver Medal for ''Orphans & Kingdoms'', original soundtrack film
*
Global Music Award 2018: for ''Elijah and the Rock Creature'', original score
*International Sound & Film Music Festival nominated for ''Il Confine''
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Global Music Award in 2013
*Jerry Goldsmith Awards in 2014
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Living people
British film score composers
British male film score composers
English television composers
21st-century English composers
21st-century English male composers
Berklee College of Music alumni