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biography Umberto Scipione
Professor at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory of Music in Rome, composer, conductor, pianist, clarinetist, orchestrator, and arranger,
Umberto Scipione is one of the leading exponents of Italian music in the world. He has achieved this prestigious role both thanks to his award-winning career as a composer of soundtracks for highly successful films and for his acclaimed concert performances at national and international levels.
He has composed music for over three hundred productions, including films, documentaries, short films, TV series, television programs, commercials, and radio dramas. He is also the author of songs, classical music compositions, and educational works.
In 2024 he won the prestigious World Soundtrack Award for the soundtrack of the film “La Guerra dei Nonni”.
The renowned international award, considered by insiders as the younger brother of the Oscars, is awarded every year in Belgium by the World Soundtrack Academy, which selects the best music for Cinema and TV worldwide. Among the illustrious names awarded over the years are Hans Zimmer, John Williams, Alexandre Desplat, and James Newton Howard.
Scipione has received four nominations for the David di Donatello for the following box office hit soundtracks:
- 2011: Benvenuti al Sud
- 2012: Benvenuti al Nord (soundtrack and original song)
- 2014: Sotto una Buona Stella
In 2023 he received a nomination for the SIAE Music Award (Italian Grammy Award) for the soundtrack of the film “Chi ha incastrato Babbo Natale?”.
He is a member of the jury of the David di Donatello, the European Film Academy, and the WSA – World Soundtrack Awards.
Among the most successful films of recent years for which he composed the music are: Il Principe Abusivo, Un Boss in Salotto, Si Accettano Miracoli, Mister Felicità, Il Giorno Più Bello del Mondo, Chi ha incastrato Babbo Natale?, Tramite Amicizia, La Guerra dei Nonni, Succede anche nelle Migliori Famiglie, Come far litigare mamma e papà.
His most recent work is the soundtrack for the film “Io e te dobbiamo parlare”, with Alessandro Siani and Leonardo Pieraccioni, a box office hit in 2024.
He is currently working on composing the soundtrack for a new television series and at the same time continues the international tour with his concert-show “Italian Soundtracks in the World”. His most recent performance was held in Chengdu, China, at the prestigious Jiazi Philharmonic Hall. Also in China, he was a guest of honor at the 2025 edition of the Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF).
In 2010, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Beatles, he was the protagonist of the famous concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London, for which he arranged the song “Do you want to know a secret?”
Some awards and recognitions:
World Soundtrack Award (2024)
- Author Review Award (2022)
- Premio Alessandro Cicognini (2018)
- Premio Padre Pio (2017)
- Film Award (2015)
- Premio “International Tour Film Fest” (2013 and 2015)
- Premio Colonne Sonore for the film “Il Principe Abusivo” (2014)
- Una Vita per il Cinema (2012)
- Premio Sonora (2012)
- Premio Marforio d’Oro – Award for Music at the Capitoline Hill, Rome (2011)
Umberto Scipione's music is available for streaming on all major platforms, including YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, and others.
Every time I start a composition, I strive to create something that stays in the mind and heart of the viewer, that accompanies and recalls the film itself, but that has the strength of an independent life!