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Susan DiBona e Salvatore Sangiovanni

Composer, Musician
Senior
2022 ​Milk-Rose Drama-/Cyprus, Dir. Constantinos Patsalides 22 Weeks Drama-Thriller-Feature/USA, Dir. Christopher Jones and Humberto Castro ​ 2021 Une seule chance Drama/IT, Dir. Mario Massaro ​ Ismene Opera Film Noir/IT, Dir. Natale Filice 2020 ​ I Liviatani - Cattive attitudini (Bad Habits Die Hard) Dark Comedy-Horror Feature/IT-FR, Dir. Riccardo Papa ​ ZTV Horror/USA, Dir. Jason Ragosta ​ #nonfaridere Social Awareness Short/IT, Dir. Mario Massaro ​ 2019 ​ Dottori in corsia TV Reality Series, 8 episodes/IT, Dir. Michele Imperio Elena electronic music opera/IT, Dir. + libretto Natale Filice ​ Throwaway Boy Drama/USA, Dir. Michael A Pinckney ​ Midway to Love (Original Score/Original Song) Feature/Comedy, USA, Dir. Jeffrey Day ​ Cedro&Tarantella Feature/Documentary, USA/Italy, Dir. Tim Immordino ​ W gli Sposi Feature/Comedy, USA/Italy, Dir. Valerio Zanoli ​ 2018 Where is My Lamborghini? TV Series, 10 episodes/Action-Adventure, Finland/UAE, Dir. Pete Veijalainen ​ The Best of Me/The Obsessed (Credit: Original Songs) Feature/Horror, Albania/USA, Dir. Domiziano de Cristopharo ​ Melody Short/Scifi, USA, Dir. Runar Berntsen 2017 Mad Macbeth: Rimisherim Feature/Scifi Action, Kosovo/Italy Dir. Domiziano de Cristopharo Dystopian Lovesong Series Pilot/Scifi, Italy, Dir. Stefano Moro Blaue Magie: Wasser im Südwesten TV Feature/Documentary, Germany, Dir. Mouhcine El Ghomri In Loving Memory Short/Drama, India/Russia, Dir. Das Chandradeep Journey Short/Documentary, USA, Dir. Tim Immordino 2016 The Penal Colony Short/Political Drama, UK, Dir. Lindsey Aliksanyan & Manos Cizek Baumgeschichten TV Feature/Documentary, Dir. Mouhcine El Ghomri Morignone TV-Miniseries/Drama, Germany, Dir. Volker Lüdecke Lovecraft: 2 Left Arms Feature/Horror, USA/Italy, Dir. Domiziano de Cristopharo Banshee Feature/Fantasy, Germany, Dir. Markus Pelzl 2015 The Evil Within Short/Horror, Italy, Dir. Matthias Rat E se un giorno tutto cambiasse Short/Drama, Italy, Dir. Domenico Isabella The Transparent Woman Feature/Giallo, Italy, Dir. Domiziano de Cristopharo 2014 Die kalte Wahrheit TV Movie/Drama, Germany, Dir. Franziska Meletzky, Music DiBona 2013 Pescasseroli, Storie di Uomini, Storie di Natura TV Feature/RAI Documentary, Dir. Michele Imperio, Music Sangiovanni 2012 Tatort: Schwarzer Afghane TV Movie/Crime, Germany, Dir. Thomas Jahn, Music DiBona Il Piccolo Ulisse Lyric Opera, Libretto/Dir. Natale Filice, Music Sangiovanni Walter Bonatti: Con i Muscoli, con il Cuore, con la Testa TV Feature/RAI Documentary, Dir. Michele Imperio, Music Sangiovanni A Night of Nightmares Feature/Horror, USA, Dir. Buddy Giovinazzo, Music DiBona 2011 Tatort: Rendezvous mit dem Tod TV Movie/Crime, Germany, Dir. Buddy Giovinazzo, Music DiBona The Theater Bizarre Feature/Horror, France/USA, Dir. Buddy Giovinazzo, Music DiBona Fedra Lyric Opera, Italy, Libretto/Dir. Natale Filice, Music Sangiovanni 2010 The Boxer Feature/Action Drama, USA/Germany, Dir. Thomas Jahn, Music DiBona Café Gambrinus Theater, Italy, Dir. Mariano Rigillo, Music Sangiovanni 2009 Tatort: Platt gemacht TV Movie/Crime, Germany, Dir. Buddy Giovinazzo, Music DiBona Sogno di una notte di mezz'estate Shakespearean Theater, Italy, Dir. Alessandro Fabrizi, Music Sangiovanni Torre Nave dei Folli Theater/Comedy, Italy, Dir. Pasquale Lanzilotti, Music Sangiovanni 2008 Die Liebesflüsterin TV Movie/Comedy, Germany, Dir. Jakob Schäuffelen, Music DiBona 2006 Ich leih' mir eine Familie TV Movie/Comedy, Germany, Dir. Michael Rowitz, Music DiBona Warum halb vier? Feature/Documentary, Germany, Dir. Lars Pape, Music DiBona 1992 Six and the Dragon Dreams Stage Musical/Comedy, USA, Dir. Jane Martineau, Libretto Vanessa Gezari, Music DiBona 1991 A Streetcar Named Desire Theater/Drama, Argentina (Buenos Aires), Music DiBona 1990 A Midsummer Night's Dream Theater/Shakespeare, USA (New London), Dir. Jane Martineau, Music DiBona Attached: Summer Wine Feature/Family Comedy-Drama, AUS ​ St. Moritz Mystery Feature, IT ​ Prima i soldi Feature, IT ​ 1958 Film Noir Opera, IT

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2005
74
Royal Schools of Music (London)
Susan DiBona is a seasoned film composer and multi-instrumentalist, and has written and produced numerous scores for popular primetime German TV series and features. ​ Her first classical piano and theory teacher at the age of seven was the composer and pianist Leopold Godowksky III, nephew of George Gershwin. She acted as both vocal coach and lyricist for the top 3 winners of Star Search Germany under contract with BMG/Universal Music. Susan has vocal coached and written lyrics for artists under contract with Polydor, Capitol, Sony/BMG, and Echo Verlag. She attended the Buddy Baker/ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop at NYU and was mentored by Mark Snow (The X-Files) and Sonny Kompanek (orchestrator for Carter Burwell). ​ Fluent in German, English, and Italian, she has conducted such prestigious orchestras as the Berliner Symphoniker, ensembles including members of the New York Philharmonic and Metropolitan Opera, Vienna Philharmonic, Babelsberger Filmorchester and the RAI National Symphony Orchestra in Turin, Italy. ​ Photo Credits: Bas Bogaerts // Film Fest Gent Salvatore Sangiovanni, born in Italy, is an internationally acclaimed virtuoso concert and jazz pianist whose composing skills range from classic Italian operatic to American big band and beyond. He holds a post-graduate degree in classical piano performance from The Royal School of London. ​ He studied film scoring and orchestration under Carlo Crivelli and was mentored by Maestro Ennio Morricone. Sal also studied jazz with Michel Camilo (faculty member of The Juilliard School) and be-bop legend Barry Harris.
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