Andrea Guerra (composer)

Andrea Guerra is an Italian composer. He is known for his film scores of Facing Windows (2003), Hotel Rwanda (2004), and The Pursuit of Happyness (2006).

Biography

Guerra is the son of poet and screenwriter Tonino Guerra. He was born in October 1961 in the northern Italian town of Santarcangelo di Romagna. After studying composition and arrangement under maestro Ettore Ballotta, he moved to Rome where he began his career composing music for nature documentaries. In succeeding years, he wrote several film scores for directors such as Ferzan Özpetek, Roberto Faenza, Giuseppe Bertolucci, and others.

In 2015, he made his debut in Bollywood by composing the film score of the Dum Laga Ke Haisha . In 2016, he composed the background score for the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Fan . ^{[1] [2]}

Filmography

Year	Film	Directed by	Notes
1991	Especially on Sunday	Giuseppe Bertolucci
1992	Narcos	Giuseppe Ferrara
1994	Honey Sweet Love...	Enrico Coletti
	Troppo sole	Giuseppe Bertolucci
	Italia Village	Giancarlo Planta
1995	Afraid to Love	Tonino Zangardi
1996	Ulcera	Mario De Candia	Short film
	Gioco di squadra	Claudio del Punta	Short film
1997	Il tocco - La sfida	Enrico Coletti
	Last Cut	Marcello Avallone
1998	Men Behind Bars	Giancarlo Planta
	Giochi d'equilibrio	Amedeo Fago
	Femmina	Giuseppe Ferlito
1999	The Protagonists	Luca Guadagnino
	Indizio fatale	Marcello Avallone	TV movie
2000	First Light of Dawn	Lucio Gaudino
	Medley - Brandelli di scuola	Gionata Zarantonello
	Qualcuno da amare	Giuliana Gamba	TV movie
	Alice dalle 4 alle 5	Jonathan Zarantonello	Short film
2001	Lo strano caso del signor Kappa	Fabrizio Lori
	Una lunga notte	Ilaria Cirino	TV movie
	The Ignorant Fairies [3]	Ferzan Özpetek
	Ama il tuo nemico 2	Damiano Damiani	TV movie
	Sailing Home	Vincenzo Marra
	Empty Eyes	Andrea Porporati
	Belgrado Sling	Riccardo Donna
2002	Appuntamento al buio	Herbert Simone Paragnani	Short film
	The Angel's House	Giuliana Gamba	TV movie
	Semana santa	Pepe Danquart
	La guerra è finita	Lodovico Gasparini	TV movie
	Respiro	Emanuele Crialese
	Angela	Roberta Torre
	The Soul Keeper	Roberto Faenza
	I Am Emma	Francesco Falaschi
	The Legend of Al, John and Jack	Massimo Venier and Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo
2003	Un posto tranquillo	Luca Manfredi	TV movie
	Facing Windows	Ferzan Özpetek
	Past Perfect	Maria Sole Tognazzi
	The Dog, the General, and the Birds	Francis Nielsen
	Il vestito da sposa	Fiorella Infascelli
	Take Me Away	Tonino Zangardi
	Soraya  [ it ]	Lodovico Gasparini	TV movie
	Io no	Simona Izzo and Ricky Tognazzi
2004	The Jokes	Carlo Vanzina
	What Will Happen to Us	Giovanni Veronesi
	Ogni volta che te ne vai	Davide Cocchi
	Nero	Paul Marcus	TV movie
	Hotel Rwanda	Terry George	Co-composed with Rupert Gregson-Williams and Afro Celt Sound System
	Do You Know Claudia?	Massimo Venier
2005	Briciole	Ilaria Cirino	TV movie
	Come into the Light	Roberto Faenza
	Sacred Heart	Ferzan Özpetek
	Il ritorno del Monnezza	Carlo Vanzina
	Il mio amico Babbo Natale	Franco Amurri	TV movie
2006	The Goodbye Kiss	Michele Soavi
	Mafalda of Savoy	Maurizio Zaccaro	TV movie
	The Pursuit of Happyness	Gabriele Muccino
	Olé	Carlo Vanzina
	Il mio amico Babbo Natale 2	Lucio Gaudino	TV movie
2007	Caccia segreta	Massimo Spano	TV movie
	The Man of Glass	Stefano Incerti
	Donkey Xote	José Pozo
2008	The Accidental Husband	Griffin Dunne
	Parlami d'amore	Silvio Muccino
	Heart of Fire	Luigi Falorni
	Tonino Guerra: A Poet in the Movies	Nicola Tranquillino
	Pa-Ra-Da	Marco Pontecorvo
	A Perfect Day	Ferzan Özpetek
	BirdWatchers	Marco Bechis
	Coco Chanel	Christian Duguay	TV movie
	Dada's Dance	Zhang Yuan
2009	The Collegno Amnesiac	Maurizio Zaccaro	TV movie
	Enrico Mattei: The Man who Looked to the Future	Giorgio Capitani	TV movie
	Top Secretaries	Angelo Longoni	TV movie
	Nine	Rob Marshall
2010	Extraordinary Measures	Tom Vaughan
	Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire	Christian Duguay	TV movie
	Parents and Children: Shake Well Before Using	Giovanni Veronesi
	Letters to Juliet	Gary Winick
	Goodbye Mr. Zeus!	Carlo Sarti
	Pius XII: Under the Roman Sky	Christian Duguay	TV movie
2011	The Immature	Paolo Genovese
	Atelier Fontana - Le sorelle della moda	Riccardo Milani	TV movie
	Amici miei – Come tutto ebbe inizio	Neri Parenti
	L'amore fa male	Mirca Viola
	Violetta  [ it ]	Antonio Frazzi
	Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You	Roberto Faenza
2012	The Immature: The Trip	Paolo Genovese
	Playing for Keeps	Gabriele Muccino
2013	Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno	Riccardo Milani	TV movie
	Welcome Mr. President	Riccardo Milani
	White as Milk, Red as Blood	Giacomo Campiotti
	The Referee	Paolo Zucca
	How Strange to Be Named Federico	Ettore Scola
	The Medicine Seller	Antonio Morabito
2014	Ad esempio	Silvio Governi	Short film
	Amici come noi	Enrico Lando
	Do You See Me?	Riccardo Milani
2015	Dum Laga Ke Haisha	Sharat Katariya	Indian Hindi language Debut
2016	Fan	Maneesh Sharma	Indian Hindi language film
2017	Niente di Serio	Laszlo Barbo
2018	Namdev Bhau: In Search of Silence	Dar Gai	Indian Hindi language film
	Sui Dhaaga	Sharat Katariya	Indian Hindi language film
	Forgive Us Our Debts	Antonio Morabito
	The Man Who Bought the Moon	Paolo Zucca
2019	Copperman	Eros Puglielli
2021	The Catholic School	Stefano Mordini
	Django & Django	Luca Rea
2023	Nuovo Olimpo	Ferzan Özpetek
2024	Romeo Is Juliet	Giovanni Veronesi

Awards and nominations

• Venice Film Festival 2017 - Soundtrack Stars Award ^[4]
• European Film Awards 2005 - Best Composer ( Hotel Rwanda )
• Golden Satellite Awards 2005 - Best Original Song ("Million Voices", from the movie Hotel Rwanda, written by Andrea Guerra, Wyclef Jean and Jerry 'Wonder' Duplessis )
• Apex Award 2005 - Best Original Song ("Million Voices")
• Ravello CineMusic 2004 - Best Original Song ("Che ne sarà di noi")
• David di Donatello Awards 2003 - Best Composer ( Facing Windows )
• Globo d'oro 2003 - Best Soundtrack (Facing Windows)
• Ciak d'oro 2003 - Best Soundtrack (Facing Windows)
• Silver Ribbon 2003 - Best Song ("Gocce di memoria")
• Italian Music Award 2003 - Best Song ("Gocce di memoria")
• Italian Music Award 2003 - Best Arrangement ("Gocce di memoria")
• Nino Rota Prize 2003 for the artistic quality of works
• FIPA (International Festival of Audiovisual Programs) d'Or Biarritz 2003 - Best Soundtrack (La guerra è finita)
• Flaiano Film Festival 2001 - Best Soundtrack (Le fate ignoranti)
• Italian Music Award 2001 - Best Soundtrack (Le fate ignoranti)
• Grolla d'oro 2001 - best composer (Tornando a casa)
• Film Festival in Valencia 2001 - Best Soundtrack (Tornando a casa)

Nominations

• David di Donatello Awards 2008 - Best Original Song ("Tear Down These Houses")
• Grammy Awards 2005 - Best Song from the film ("Million Voices") ^{[5] [6]}
• Golden Globe 2005 - Best Original Song ("Million Voices")
• David di Donatello Awards 2005 - Best Soundtrack (Cuore sacro)
• David di Donatello Awards 2004 - Best Soundtrack (Che ne sarà di noi)
• Globo d'oro 2003 - Best Soundtrack (Prendimi l'anima) ^[7]

References

1. "EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood Composer Andrea Guerra to Score Background Music for SRK's Fan!". www.pinkvilla.com. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
2. Tsering, Lisa (18 April 2016). "'Fan': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter .
3. "Le fate ignoranti Tilde Corsi e Gianni Romoli presentano una coproduzione italo francese R&C Produzioni Roma, Les Films Balenciaga Parigi ; un film di Ferzan Ozpetek ; scritto da Gianni Romoli e Ferzan Ozpetek". discovered.ed.ac.uk.
4. Staff (September 6, 2017). "Venice Film Festival – Soundtrack Stars Award for Andrea Guerra". SoundTrackFest.
5. "GRAMMY nominations". grammy.com.
6. "The 2025 Grammy Award nominations are about to arrive". BostonGlobe.com.
7. "Globi d'oro: 'La finestra di fronte' miglior film del 2003". Box Office News (in Italian). 2 July 2003.

External links

• Official website
• Andrea Guerra at IMDb