“Each story, set of images or movement deserves to reveal its own distinct character through music that is made-to-measure”
Giovanni Spinelli is a multi-award-winning composer for film, TV, dance and theater with over 50 film credits. He lives and works in New York City.
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Born in England and raised in London, New York, Stockholm and Florence, Giovanni’s multicultural background is also reflected in musical influences as diverse as Arvo Pärt, Joy Division, Brian Eno, Henryk Górecki, Jimi Hendrix, David Lang, Astor Piazzolla, Radiohead, Michael Nyman, Dead Can Dance, Philip Glass, Woijciech Kilar, Interpol, Giacinto Scelsi, The Edge, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Flaming Lips, John Adams, Ryuchi Sakamoto and Sigur Ros.
Giovanni studied piano with Jean Lloyd Webber and learned classical and flamenco guitar at a very early age from his mother, Marianne Parsons-Echevarría. His film music ranges from the classical lyricism of the award-winning “Bis Gleich” (winner of 30 Best Film awards, including AmPav Best Emerging Filmmaker at the Cannes Film Festival 2015, and shortlisted for the 2016 Oscars), to the Flamenco-infused score for the narrative feature “Before El Finà”, to his live solo electric guitar composition for F.W. Murnau’s classic “Sunrise” (defined by the San Francisco Examiner as an "Astounding mix of Hendrix, Badalamenti, Vaughn and The Edge"), to the highly diverse scores for the documentary features “The Last Pig”, “The Protestants”, “Blind Trust” and the Sundance Channel’s “Pop Star On Ice” and his award-winning score for the experimental film “Raspberry Man” by Slawomir Milewski.
Giovanni’s music for dance ranges from his work with Martha Graham Dance Company and the choreographies of Principal Dancer Xin Ying, to collaborations with American Ballet Theater and soloist choreographer Zhonghing Fang, to works for Megumi Eda (principal dancer Armitage Gone! Dance) including the experimental work-in-progress “Scintilla”. He performs regularly in New York as guitarist and pianist.