Santi Pulvirenti

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Santi Pulvirenti
Born12 March 1973 (1973-03-12) (age 51)
Catania, Sicily, Italy
OccupationComposer

Santi Pulvirenti (born 12 March 1973) is an Italian film score composer and musician.

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Life and career

Born in Catania, the first of four children, in 2001 Pulvirenti graduated in physics at the University of Catania. [1] [2] [3] In the second half of the 1990s, he fronted the Uzeda-produced noise band Plank. [3] [4] In 1997, he started a long professional association with Carmen Consoli, collaborating with her for over a decade in studio and tours, as a guitarist and occasionally as a composer. [2] [3] He later also collaborated with Patti Smith, Franco Battiato, Gianna Nannini, Max Gazzè, Tiromancino, Angélique Kidjo, Paola Turci, and Marina Rei, among others. [1] [5]

In the early 2010s, Pulvirenti started scoring several RAI television documentaries. [1] After collaborating on some soundtracks by Paolo Buonvino, in 2013 he made his official debut as film score composer with Pif's The Mafia Kills Only in Summer , getting a David di Donatello nomination for the original song "Tosami lady". [1] [2] [6] In 2017, he received a Nastro d'Argento nomination for best original song for "Donkey Flyin' in the Sky", theme of the film At War with Love . [2] [7] In 2024, he was nominated for David di Donatello for best score for Last Night of Amore . [1]

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  3. 1 2 3 Raugei, Elena (2010). Carmen Consoli: Fedele a se stessa (in Italian). LIT Edizioni. ISBN   978-88-6231-614-9.
  4. ↑ Branciforti, Mario (6 June 1999). "Plank: "s.t." recensione". Rockit.it (in Italian). Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "Santi Pulvirenti: biografia, film". Movieplayer.it (in Italian). Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  6. ↑ "David di Donatello, le candidature". Mymovies.it (in Italian). 12 May 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  7. ↑ Iannuzzi, Alessandra (8 June 2017). "Nastri D'Argento 2017, i premi musicali: tra i candidati Emma, Arisa e Jovanotti". Fanpage.it (in Italian). Retrieved 8 December 2024.
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