ABOUT

Vincenzo Di Francesco is a London based composer, orchestrator and pianist.

An award winning composer, Vincenzo has worked on a wide range of productions including such as feature films, documentaries, VR media, shorts, animations, ads & corporate videos, theatre productions and more.
He has also worked as an orchestrator in the music department of BBC and Netflix productions as well as Hollywood blockbusters.
His approach to composition is influenced by his interest in sound design and sound sculpting, resulting in a very personal music style that combines lush orchestral textures with evocative electronic atmospheres.

He has worked on several occasions with orchestrator Shane Rutherfoord-Jones, assisting on projects such as the Hollywood blockbusters “Gemini Man” and “Bad Boys For Life”, the Netflix film “Love, Wedding, Repeat”, and the BBC-HBO series “His Dark Materials”.
Other notable collaborators include directors Marco Fabbro, Gianmarco Formica, Michelle Brand, Florian Thess, Frozia Khalife, Rath Chun. As part of the music deparment he has worked as an orchestrator, arranger and session musician collaborating with composers Kate Simko, Vincent Ott, Mike Ladouceur and singer/songwriters Michela Franceschina, Aurora Giavedoni and Francesco Imbriaco.

His long-lasting friendship and partnership with director Marco Fabbro (currently head of the production division of ArteVideo SRL) has resulted in multiple collaborations on award winning productions of all kinds. Amongst the most exiting projects is the boundary-pushing VR experience 33/16 (read more here), which features a multilayered plot captured through 360º cameras and interactive spacial audio that changes following the viewer’s perspective. The combination of the two elements results in a completely immersive, ever changing and always different experience. The project will be featured in a dedicated exposition at the renowned National Museum of Cinema in Turin in summer 2025.

Vincenzo has also repeatedly worked with Paris-based Thai director Rath Chun and producer Pattarine Fontaine, founders and leading creatives at Aglaia DocuFilms. The collaboration has led Vincenzo to win his first Best Soundtrack Award outside Europe for the 2019 documentary Cookies, Tea & Spices.

Vincenzo has worked for six years as the lead composer for the Italian production company Saimeco Media and has been successfully collaborating with its founder and lead director Andrea Martelli on a regular basis. Notable clients include Piaggio Aerospace, Janssen Italy, OC&M Group and the Italian Ministry for Transport.

After his Bachelor of Music in Jazz Piano, which was achieved with First Class Honours, he moved to London where he attended the Royal College of Music. There, he was awarded a Master of Composition in Composition for Screen with distinction (studying with Vasco Hexel, Enrica Sciandrone and Howard Davidson).
Born in Italy, he was trained from a young age in classical and jazz piano. He attended the Italian academy “Conservatorio Statale di Musica J. Tomadini” where he was mentored by pianists such as Glauco Venier (ECM recording artist), Andrea Rucli, Claudio Filippini, Dario Carnovale and jazz composer and arranger Michele Corcella.

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