Alfredo Sirica

Alfredo Sirica (born 25 April 1999) is an Italian composer, pianist and orchestrator.

Alfredo Sirica
Born (1999-04-25) 25 April 1999
Rome, Italy
Genres
Occupation(s)Composer, pianist, orchestrator

Best known for his activity as soundtrack composer, he has written and produced music for cinema, videogames and TV series. With his work for the Italian animated series Lampadino e Caramella nel MagiRegno degli Zampa, produced by Rai Ragazzi, he became the first composer of a soundtrack suitable also for children with disabilities such as blindness or autism, merging narration with music therapy.[1][2]

Career

He writes his first soundtrack at the age of sixteen for the feature film "Porches and Private Eyes", after winning an online competition promoted by Running Wild Films.[3] The music that he realizes for the movie gains the interest of several directors and producers, with whom he embarks on new collaborative experiences.

In 2017, he is chosen by HeR Interactive and Eric Lindstrom, screenwriter for Tomb Raider, to write the soundtrack for the videogame "Odyssey - The Story of Science", promoted by the scientific communicator Vsauce and currently in use in several institutes for educational purposes.[4][5] During the same year, he works on the short film "Pawns" by David Barbeschi, which soon becomes viral, reaching over a million views on YouTube and becoming part of the MUBI catalogue.[6][7]

In 2018, for the feature film "Sincerely, Brenda", he gets nominated for "best original soundtrack" at the Detroit Filmmaker Awards.[8] In the same year, for the Vatican Foundation, he realizes the music of the animated film "Bernadette". This project marks the beginning of his long collaboration with the animation studio Animundi.[9]

In 2019, together with voice actor Laura Bailey and the New York School of Visual Arts, he works on the animated short "A Moonlight's Tale". The project gains immediate universal acclaim by critics and public alike, reaching over 12 million views on the web.[10]

His collaboration with the Italian animation studio Animundi resumes. With a financial contribution from the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities (Italy) and Rai Ragazzi, production for the animated series Lampadino e Caramella nel MagiRegno degli Zampa starts. It is the first TV product accessible by all children, including those affected by disabilities.[11] The cartoon goes on air on March 29 2020 on the national channel Rai Yoyo, soon becoming the most popular program watched by Italian children in the preschool age. For his work, he gets invited as a guest at the Giffoni Film Festival and several Italian television programs.[12][13]

In 2020, with the work-in-progress animated film "Bigger than Us", he wins the "Studio Alhambra Prize" at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival MIFA Pitch, obtaining significant funding for his latest soundtrack.[14][15][16] He also writes the music for the feature film "Time for Love", regia di Miguel J. Veléz, officially selected at the Cannes Film Festival Marché du Film.[17][18]

Partial filmography

Cinema

Television
  • Drakings (Pilot) (2018)
  • Hush, directed by Tyler Chipman (2019)
  • Lampadino e Caramella nel Magiregno degli Zampa, directed by Raffaele Bortone (2020)

Videogames

References
  1. https://rep.repubblica.it/pwa/generale/2020/03/22/news/lampadino_e_caramella_arriva_il_cartoon_senza_barriere_sensoriali-252019646/
  2. https://www.corriereirpinia.it/luisa-galdo-un-cartone-racconta-la-sfida-dellinclusione/
  3. https://runningwildfilms.bandcamp.com/releases
  4. https://www.herinteractive.com/more-nancy-drew/soundtracks/odyssey-soundtrack/
  5. https://www.cgmagonline.com/2017/08/10/odyssey-the-young-socratics-game-omkar-deshpande-interview/
  6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjP9eYCM964
  7. https://mubi.com/films/pawns
  8. https://www.detroitfilmmakerawards.com/2019-winners
  9. http://www.rns-italia.it/NuovoSito/page/standard/site.php?p=cm&o=vd&id=2674
  10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrdn-LXNn9U&t=
  11. https://www.vanityfair.it/show/tv/2020/04/07/lampadino-e-caramella-rai-yoyo-primo-cartone-animato-inclusivo
  12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwWA9atC9u4&t=
  13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f79hBFn-0Kc
  14. https://variety.com/2020/film/festivals/annecy-announces-mifa-pitching-projects-digital-market-1234598314/
  15. https://variety.com/2020/film/global/annecy-announces-special-prize-mifa-pitch-prize-winners-1234642710/
  16. https://www.annecy.org/news:a2610
  17. https://cineuropa.org/it/newsdetail/389551
  18. https://www.cineuropa.org/film/388444/
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