Francesco Gazzara

Francesco Gazzara, along his acid jazz, easy listening and prog rock projects (Gazzara, Hammond Express, The Piano Room), is a film and TV composer since the late 90’s. He has composed soundtracks for well known italian movie directors as Giuseppe Ferrara, Cristina Comencini, Francesca Muci, including scores for RAI Cinema features and documentary TV productions. Gazzara has also composed jingles for brands as Jeep, Sky, Di Saronno, MTV.  Some of his compositions have been extensively used in HBO‘s successful TV series Sex And The City (Seasons 1-5). In 2014 he released a piano and orchestral double album titled Play Me My Song – dedicated to prog rock legends Genesis – recorded inside the prestigious Vatican Radio‘s “Assunta Hall”. Amongst his works, F. Gazzara has written the score for As Time Goes By, a biopic on artist Silvano Campeggi – illustrator and poster designer for Casablanca, Ben Hur and many Hollywood productions – screened at Rome’s Festival del Cinema (2018). Under the moniker The Piano Room he has also released a concept album titled 2084 inspired by George Orwell’s 1984. Currently Francesco is working on a major sound restyling for Vatican Radio broadcasting. Last but not least, F. Gazzara is a music writer too, he has contributed to italian flagship music mags such as Rockstar, Dance Music Magazine, Prog Italia and has published 3 books, Mods: La Rivolta Dello Stile, Lounge Music and Storia Dell’Acid Jazz, all widely available in paper and e-book formats.