Solo career
Giuliano is not only the writer and singer for Negramaro, but he is also a songwriter and composer for other singers and cinematic productions.
In 2005 he began collaborating with the Italian cinema:
- Eight pieces from Negramaro's album Mentre tutto scorre became the soundtrack for Alessandro D’Alatri's film La Febbre. [1]
- The piece "Mentre tutto scorre", written and composed by Giuliano Sangiorgi, won the Premio della Critica Radio e TV at the Sanremo Music Festival, the Nastro D’Argento as best song and best soundtrack and the SIAE Prize for its success, for the number of records sold, for public executions (concerts and discos), television, radio and cinemas. [2]
- The song "Solo per te" was nominated for Donatello's David Award.
- In 2007 he was co-author and co-interpreter with Dolores O’Riordan for the piece "Senza fiato", title track for Marco Martani's film Cemento Armato. [3]
- In 2008 he wrote the whole soundtrack for Daniele Gangemi’s film Una notte blu cobalto, [4] which won the prize as best "first work" at Worldfest International Independent Film Festival of Houston. [5]
- He wrote the soundtrack for Marcello and Dario Baldi’s film Narciso, winning a prize at Festival del Cinema di Salerno in the criteria "Nuovo cinema Italia" at Napoli film festival. [6]
- In 2009 he signed the soundtrack for Giovanni Veronesi’s Italians. [7]
- In 2010 he wrote the soundtrack for the film Vallanzasca-Gli angeli del male, directed by Michele Placido [8] and presented, out of competition, at the 67th Venice Film Festival, the film was first shown in cinemas in January 2011 and the band obtained the Nastro D’Argento for the best original soundtrack. [9]
It is a long love story, the one between Giuliano Sangiorgi and the cinema: “Music and Cinema”, this is why many of Negramaro’s videos are directed by directors, such as D’Alatri, Placido and Veronesi.
He wrote, with Paolo Buonvino, "Tutto può succedere" for the theme song of the homonym TV show– produced by Cattleya and on air on RAI Uno. [10]
As a writer, in 2012 his book Lo spacciatore di Carne was published by Einaudi. [11]
Songwriter for other artists
As a songwriter and composer for other artists, Giuliano Sangiorgi wrote:
- In 2004 “Le parole che non ti ho detto” for Andrea Bocelli’s album Andrea, which reached over 60 million copies sold in the world.
- In 2006 he participated to Corrado Rustici's album Deconstruction of a post modern musician for the piece "Maledette Stelle".
- In 2008 he made a duet with Cristina Donà in "Settembre”
- In 2008 he wrote and interpreted, with Lorenzo Jovanotti Cherubini, the hit "Safari”
- In 2009 he wrote "Come foglie" for Malika Ayane, this piece made her one of the winners in the youth criteria for the 2009 Sanremo Music Festival
- In 2009 he designed and promoted, with Lorenzo Jovanotti Cherubini and Mauro Pagani, the "Domani 24/04.09" project, where the objective was to raise funds for the reconstruction of the cultural centres, destroyed by the earthquake which occurred on 6 April 2009.
He also wrote:
In 2017
List of awards
- M.E.I. prize.
- The Prize "Videoclip Italiano" (PVI).
- The "Mia Martini Prize"
- The Festivalbar first as revelation group and then as the winners.
- The Lunezia Prize