Faculty

(BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC)

Film composer Francesco de Donatis is a passionate musician, captivating audiences with his compositions for Film, TV and Video Games.

He composed music for over 300 commercials as

SUNOCO, REEBOK,TEQUILA 1800, GREY POUPON,ZZZQUIL,TIAA,PEUGEOT EUROPCAR,PHARMA TRANSPLANT, TRUNK CLUB, THE LUMINEERS, VISTA PRINT, SUBWAY RADIO, HELLO TOOTHPASTE, BON APPETIT PIZZA, GSBH, GSBH HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CASE STUDY, UMASS STOCK SEARCH, AMERISOURCE ANIMATION, INSPIRA etc etc

He composed music for LE IENE (Mediaset) for the commercial Vaporart.

        In 2020, composed the Soundtrack of the documentary "MEMORIA NUEVA" by Stefano Petroni and won Ferrara Film Festival - Winner of FFF EARTH, Ariano International Film Festival - Winner of Best documentary AIFF Green 2020, Around Film Festival Barcelona - Winner of the Globe Award and Ventotene Film Festival - Finalist

In 2012, composed the Soundtrack of the documentary "Jet Set Quando L'aereoporto sembrava Via Veneto" by Antonello Sarno (MEDIASET) and he won the first prize of ROME FILM FESTIVAL 2012 with the screening of the documentary on all ALITALIA FLIGHTS from March 2013.

In 2012, won first prize at the Contursi Film Festival with the soundtrack for the shortmovie "FACCIA DA LADRO" by Alessandro Palminiello, ROSSELLINI PRODUCTION of Rome.

In 2015, won First Place “Best of Fest” at the Colorado Environmental Film Festival with the documentary “Time Capsule” BBC, Chris Summerfield, LA USA.

From his early childhood, de Donatis has proven to have a strong musical sensibility and unique talent as a composer. In 2003, he studied Composition and Vocal Performance at the Conservatory "Nino Rota" Monopoli (BA). Following in 2006, he won a scholarship to enter the Academy Chigiana, majoring in Composition for Film under the guidance of  the Oscar Winner Maestro Luis Bacalov.

Francesco de Donatis graduated in Film Scoring with a minor in Video Game Music at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston USA under scholarship and in Composition at University of Salford in Manchester UK under scholarship.

He studied contemporary composition with the famous composer M Tibor Józef Pusztai, Orchestration with Richard Davis (Orchestrator for Robin Hood prince of thieves), film scoring with George S. Clinton (Austin Power Composer), Sheldon Mirowitz (The Nazi officer's wife, Odyssey of life etc.) Dario Eskenazi (My first wedding, To fool a thief etc) and music for videogames with Michael Sweet (Xbox 360 logo, Cartoon Network, Sesame Workshop, PlayFirst etc etc)

He studies Music Orchestration for Film with the famous Hollywood orchestrators Conrad Pope (John Williams orchestrator, James Newton Howard, Alan Silvestri, Danny Elfman, Mark Isham, James Horner, John Powell, Alexandre Desplat and Howard Shore) Nan Schwartz (orchestrator of " Argo, "The Life of Pi," "Godzilla," "Rise of the Guardians," "My Week With Marilyn," "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, Pt. 1," "Julie and Julia," "My One and Only, "" Benjamin Button, "" Gracie, "" The Express, "" Uptown Girls, "" Mulan II, "" Firewall, "" Freedom Writers, "" Bobby, "" Lions for Lambs, "" Next, " ) and Norman Ludwin (orchestrator of Jurassic World, Inside Out, Star Trek Into Darkness, Super-8, John Carter, and Priest)

Currently Francesco de Donatis works as a film composer at several American House Productions such as Gratitude Sound, GMP, John Arms Production Music.

He is also:

Head of Department and Lecturer at Master in Film Scoring Online at Oxford Group Lecce

Head of Department and Lecturer at Master in Film Scoring, Master in Film Production and Master in Creative Writing at British School  Group in Lecce

Teacher of Film Scoring (Musica Applicata alle Immagini) CODC/02 at Tito Schipa Conservatory in Lecce