Giosuè Greco is an Italian composer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer based in Los Angeles. Greco is known for composing score for film, television, and video games.

Giosuè Greco
Born1990
Polistena, Italy
NationalityItalian
Alma materBerklee College of Music
Occupations
  • Composer
  • multi-instrumentalist
  • and producer

Life and career edit

Greco was born in 1990 in Polistena, in the province of Reggio Calabria, Italy.[1][2][3] He studied music at the Vibo Valentia conservatorio and furthered his musical education by taking a course organized by Umbria Jazz in 2009.[4] After being offered a scholarship to Berklee College of Music, he moved to the United States and completed his diploma in production and sound engineering.[5][6][7][8] After finishing his diploma, he moved to Los Angeles.[9][10][11]

In 2015, Greco composed music for the film Coincidental Romance.[12] Greco composed additional music for seasons 1–3 of the ABC drama series The Good Doctor.[13]

In 2018, he composed the music for the Netflix documentary short Period. End of Sentence. During the same year he also worked on Ubisoft's Far Cry 5, providing additional music for the game.[14][15][16][17]

From 2021 to 2022, he worked on Superman & Lois, and composed for 19 episodes of the series.[18] In 2022, Greco started scoring for the sports documentary television series Welcome to Wrexham, produced by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.[19][20][21][22][23]

In 2024, Greco composed the music for the American coming-of-age comedy-drama film Dìdi.[24][25][26]

Filmography edit

Year Title Credit Notes
2015 Coincidental Romance Composer
2016 The 6th Friend Composer: Additional Underscore Music
2017 Wake Me Up Composer
2018 Maniac Music Recordist – 10 episodes TV series
2018 Far Cry 5 Additional Music Video game
2018 Period. End of Sentence. Composer Documentary
2019 The Seer and the Unseen Composer Documentary
2019 Shnoof Composer Short
2017–2020 The Good Doctor Composer: Additional Music – 54 episodes TV series
2020 Wendy Recording Engineer & Multi-Instrumentalist
2020 Just Hold On Composer Short
2020 A Woman's Place: The Butcher, the Chef and the Restaurateur Composer Documentary
2020 The Big Scary S’ Word Composer
2021–2022 Superman & Lois Composer: Additional Music – 19 episodes TV series
2021 Not Going Quietly Composer
2021 The Imperfect Picture Composer
2021 After Antarctica Composer Documentary
2021 H.A.G.S Composer
2021 Luca Musician
2022 Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives. Composer: Additional Music – 4 episodes TV series
2022 The Lincoln Project Additional Music – 3 episodes TV series
2022 The Long Game: Bigger Than Basketball Composer – 5 episodes TV series
2022 Two or More Composer
2022 Elsa Composer Short
2022 Let The Right One In Composer TV series
2022 Notice Me Composer Short
2023 Nai Nai & Wài Pó Composer Documentary
2022–2023 Welcome to Wrexham Composer – 21 episodes TV series
2024 Didi Composer

References edit

  1. ^ "Oscar 2024, c'è anche la musica del compositore reggino Giosuè Greco". ReggioToday (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  2. ^ https://news.italy24.press/local/1334305.html
  3. ^ Redazione (2024-02-22). "Un reggino agli Oscar: tutta la Calabria tifa per Giosuè Greco". CityNow (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  4. ^ John (2024-02-19). "Giosuè Greco, the Oscar-winning (Calabrian) musician, is back in the competition". Odnako. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  5. ^ "Di nuovo in gara Giosuè Greco, il musicista (calabrese) da Oscar". Gazzetta del Sud (in Italian). 2024-02-18. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  6. ^ "Giosue Greco on SoundBetter". SoundBetter. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  7. ^ Tagat, Anurag (2022-03-07). "Exclusive Premiere: Shilpa Ananth and Aleksandra Denda's Exquisite 'I Dwell' Video". Rolling Stone India. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  8. ^ "Musicista freelance in Usa: "In Italia i giovani non lavorano mai. Col miraggio del posto fisso ci hanno illusi per anni"". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 2019-04-22. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  9. ^ https://www.ascap.com/news-events/Events/2024/Sundance/composer-spotlight-bios/Greco_Giosue
  10. ^ O'Brien, Becky (2021-01-05). "Speaking With Composer Giosuè Greco about 'Period. End of Sentence' and More!". Cinelinx | Movies. Games. Geek Culture. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  11. ^ Beck, Michelle (2023-06-16). "Interview: FX's 'Welcome to Wrexham' Composer Giosuè Greco". Disney Plus Informer. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  12. ^ "Cast – Coincidental Romance (2015)". Kinorium. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  13. ^ "Calabria da Oscar, il corto con le musiche del compositore Giosuè Greco in corsa per la statuetta". Lacnews24.it (in Italian). 2024-02-25. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  14. ^ "Un calabrese da Oscar: Giosuè Greco da Polistena al sogno della (seconda) statuetta". Corriere della Calabria (in Italian). 2024-02-17. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  15. ^ "Interview: Multi-talented Composer Giosuè Greco Talks Scoring Award-Winning Projects – Giosuè Greco Review by SongBlog – Song Blog". songblog.io. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  16. ^ Madeo, Simone (2018-04-17). "Far Cry 5 e la sua colonna sonora: intervista a Giosuè Greco". tuttotek.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  17. ^ Gordon, Eric A. (2019-01-18). "'Period. End of Sentence.' Short documentary about menstruation and sanitary pads". People's World. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  18. ^ "Giosue Greco". Spark Music Group. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  19. ^ "Chatting with Creators – Giosuè Greco and WELCOME TO WREXHAM | CwC S5E5". RSS.com. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  20. ^ "Welcome To Wrexham's Composer Giosuè Greco | Exclusive Interview". Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  21. ^ Sgammato, Greg (2023-06-13). "Welcome to Wrexham with Giosuè Greco". The Society of Composers and Lyricists. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  22. ^ "Ryan Reynolds Leaves Fans in Awe, as He Shares the 'Welcome to Wrexham' Soundtrack by Giosuè Greco". Netflix Junkie. 2023-03-02. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  23. ^ "Dan Romer & Giosuè Greco Scoring Showtime's 'Let the Right One In' TV Series | Film Music Reporter". Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  24. ^ Cosenza 2.0 (2024-02-19). "Di nuovo in gara Giosuè Greco, il musicista (calabrese) da Oscar". COSENZA 2.0 (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-04-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  25. ^ "'When the LAPD Blows Up Your Neighborhood' Wins TheWrap's ShortList Film Festival Industry Award". Yahoo Entertainment. 2023-07-13. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  26. ^ "Sundance 2024: 'Didi' is Yet Another Original Coming-of-Age Classic | FirstShowing.net". www.firstshowing.net. 2024-01-29. Retrieved 2024-04-05.