Composer – Musician – Lyricist
Luciano Lombardi composer, orchestrator, arranger and pianist. Produces music for short and feature films, soundtracks, music for multimedia applications, sound design, animation and music therapy projects, meditation and ambiance music, video games, commercials and radio jingles. His works are available worldwide on all digital stores.
Greatly influenced by world famous Italian composer Ennio Morricone, Luciano was encouraged to focus on composing and now has over 400 completed musical compositions covering all genres of music.
Growing up in Italy, a self-taught musician, studied music theory, harmony and piano in Rome from 1989 to 2005. A Canadian by birthright, moved to Toronto in late 2005 to improve English and broaden his musical boundaries. He has aligned himself with noted music publishing house, Backstage Music Publishing, focusing on writing music for films.
In 2012 he was approached to write some music for the health and wellness industry. The result being a new CD entitled “AWAKENING”, available online for sale worldwide.
After it, he published other albums, including:
Since 2012 he started composing music for short films.
In 2014 scored the music for the feature film “Con tutto l’amore che ho” (released in Italy in 2016).
Soundtracks
- 2019 No Sweat (Short)
- 2018 The Ballerina (Short)
- 2016 Always on my mind (Short)
- 2015 Christmas is believing
- 2015 Probably Improbable (Short)
- 2014 Con tutto l’amore che ho
- 2014 The Prettiest Kate (Short)
- 2013 A Secret Kept
- 2013/VII First Date (Short)
- 2012 Mailman (Short)
- Piano, keyboards, computer music programming, home recording and audio editing.
- Classical, Pop, Instrumental, Soundtracks, New Age, Other
Summary of Accomplishments
Composition
- “Tema per Ennio” – dedicated to Ennio Morricone, the famous Italian composer, in 1997.
- Songs for theatrical plays.
- Jingles and introductory music for radio broadcasting.
- Music for multimedia software houses and “New Age” style music for poets.
- Music for a psychologist’s curative CD on Parkinson’s Disease.
- Anime soundtrack for Laboratory School, Columbus Centre, Toronto, 2006.
- Internet and TV commercial/musical jingle for a famous Italian ice cream shop in Toronto, 2006.
- Won second prize at The Paris Sync Summit competition (2014).
- Starting since 2015, produced jingles and instrumental songs performed during the ICFF (Italian Contemporary Film Festival) in Toronto
Performance
- Performed at the Toronto International Film Festival (September 2008)
- Performed at the Toronto Italian Film Festival (June 2008)
- Performed at Waterfalls Restaurant downtown Toronto (May 2010)
- Performed at the ICFF opening and closing gala party, Toronto (2015, 2016)
Voice
- Tenor in church polyphonic choirs.
Instruction
- Taught piano lessons to young and beginner students.
Training
“Berklee College of Music” – Master Certificate in Composing and Orchestrating for Film and TV – 2017
“Berklee College of Music” – Professional Certificate in Composing and Orchestrating for Film and TV – 2016
“Modern Music Composition for Film” Online Course by David Hentschel – 2013
“Synthesia” – Piano and Harmony (Rome, Italy) 2003-2005
“Scoring for Film” course (Rome, Italy) 1998
“Il Madrigale” – Piano and Theory (Rome, Italy) 1989-1991
Additional Information
- Computer analyst and programmer, web developer.
- Four years of experience in radio broadcasting as a music director/announcer, news editor/ producer/ reporter, broadcast recording and mixer audio technician.
- A published novelist (Di stanze , Italy, 2006) and poet (anthologie).