Federico De Robertis

Federico De Robertis (born 5 June 1962) is an Italian musician, composer and record producer. De Robertis was born in Lucca, Tuscany. He composed the soundtrack for many movies by the Italian director Gabriele Salvatores, Puerto Escondido, Nirvana (1995) and Siberian Education (2013), also for the Vanzina's Brothers.

Career

De Robertis started working on soundtracks in 1991 with the director Gabriele Salvatores, then with Carlo Vanzina, as well as others. In October 2011, he founded a music group, Fede & gli Infedeli, with which he performed several soundtracks and songs of his own composition.

In 2018, he authored a theme for the film Volare (film) directed by Gabriele Salvatores, and the same year he worked on the composition of the music for a multimedia art project on La rondine by Giacomo Puccini. The following year, as part of an event organized by Lucca Film Festival, the arrangements of the original music for Blade Runner composed by Vangelis. In 2020, he composed the original music for Italia Lockdown, a collective film edited by Salvatores.

Selected discography Solo and Collaboration Puerto Escondido (1992, soundtrack) S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago (1994, soundtrack) I Don't Speak English (1995, soundtrack) Nirvana (1995, soundtrack) Selvaggi (1995, soundtrack) Banzai (1997, soundtrack) 2061: An Exceptional Year (2007, soundtrack) Siberian Education (2013)

Awards and acknowledgments David di Donatello 1994 – Best soundtrack nomination for Sud 1997 – Nomination for Best Score for Nirvana 2015 – Nomination for Best Score for The Invisible Boy

Silver Ribbons 1994 – Best soundtrack award for Sud

Golden Ciak 1994 – soundtrack for Sud

Golden Globe 1994 – soundtrack for Sud