ArtistInfo

Carlo Maria Cordio

ep,
Electronic and Soundtrack
A.k.a. Tatsuhiro (3)

was born in Rome (Italy), the city where in 1970 care of Santa Cecilia Accademy he began his professional musical career, that he specialized following the courses of Chigiana Academy’s music composition and improving. After many years as international concert artist of classic and jazz music with special reference to Hammond Organ, getting directly the personal approval of great artists as Jimmy Smith, Brian Rodwell and Jackie Davis, he followed also the organ-pipes specialized studies care of the Papal Academy in Rome and he was for various years Hammond Organ teacher. He got his start as music composer, arranger and conductor with some of biggest name in the record and film industry(as Universal Music Publishing Ricordi, Sony Music, etc.) where he was able to refine his style and skill whether on the classic music or on the light music. He travelled plaiyng piano & keebords with Jerry Goldsmith, Ennio Morricone,Nino Rota, Riz Ortolani, Nicola Piovani and many others film soundtrack composers and also with Domenico Modugno (Mr.Volare), making for him several arrangements and conducting his orchestra. He composed and performed the Electronic Original Music of the film “Prova d'orchestra” and the film “La città delle donne” directed by Federico Fellini. He was given the opportunity to arrange the motion picture soundtrack to the picture entitled “Sunday Lovers” - starring Roger Moore, Ugo Tognazzi, Lino Ventura and Gene Wilder - and particularly he has take care with great success of the music and of the songs of the episody directed by.., who cames in Rome for the registration of the music soundtrack of the film. He travelled in the Italy and in the United States on different occasions to compose the music score (see the enclosed list for the most important titles) of more than 120 pictures, as “The House 4” with Linda Blair and David Hasseloff, “The Bite” First Place at the ”Festival du Fantastique” of Paris,where the music soundtrack has been “Special Award of Critics”, “Midnight Ride” thriller movie directed by Bob Bralver with Mark Hammill (“Luc Skywalker” of Star Wars) and Michael Dudikoff, and the italian production “Don’t Call Me Omar” directed by Sergio Staino, starring Ornella Muti, Stefania Sandrelli, Elena Sofia Ricci and Gianni Cavina (released also on Rai Tv/First and Third Net)that he has confirmed, once again, his outstanding musical abilities. He also composed the music for several Tv serials, as “International Airport” ( 52 serial film, 30 minutes each) or “The man who speaks with Horses” for the Rai Tv/First Net. Many of his orchestrations and music scores have been publicized on CD records, distributed in many countries of the world with an international success and sale result (Es: The Film Soundtrack “Miami Cop” only in the United Kingdom has realized a sale for 18.000 copies). He was Arranger and Conductor of the Orchestra of 25 elements, named Marche Big Band, and presently he’s working with an other Orchestra Big Band, the Polyphonia Big Band, making concerts from the Jazz music,the international songs, to the music soundtrack of film, without never lose his “first love” ,the Hammond Organ, that he plays in concert with his Quartet, Hammond Red Jam.

Genres

• Electronic
• Soundtrack
• R&B/Soul
• Rock
• Jazz

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