Rossano Galante

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Rossano Galante (* 1967 in Buffalo , New York ) is an American composer and orchestrator .

Life

Rossano Galante grew up in Buffalo. As a schoolboy he learned the trumpet , taught himself to play the piano and tried his hand at composing. Galante later studied trumpet at the University at Buffalo ; In 1992 he completed his studies with a Bachelor of Arts and moved to the University of Southern California , where he studied film music composition with Jerry Goldsmith . In 1999 he moved to California to make a name for himself as a composer and orchestrator.

Galante has been involved as an orchestrator in several major Hollywood productions, such as Die Hard 4.0 , Death Train to Yuma , Wolverine: The Warrior's Way, and Avengers: Age of Ultron . He also wrote parts of the music for Scary Movie 2 .

As a composer, Galante has written commissioned works for major wind orchestras in the United States, including the Nebraska Wind Symphony and the Hofstra University wind orchestra .

Works for wind orchestra (selection)

  • 1998 Raise of the Son
  • 2007 Resplendent Glory
  • 2009 Beyond the Horizon
  • 2010 Mt. Everest
  • 2010 Transcendent Journey
  • 2011 Cry of the Last Unicorn
  • 2011 Journey to the Lion's Castle
  • 2011 Redemption
  • 2012 The Winged Stallion
  • 2013 A Childhood Remembered
  • 2014 Crosslands
  • 2014 God's Country
  • 2015 Afterlife
  • 2015 The Last Centaur
  • 2015 Lexicon of the Gods
  • 2016 Red Rock Mountain
  • 2016 San Andreas Landscapes
  • 2016 Whispers from Beyond
  • 2017 nostalgia
  • 2019 The Wishing Well
  • 2019 Land of the Healing Waters

Swell:

Recordings (selection)

  • Windscapes (2008, US Air Force Academy, AFA 0902), The United States Air Force Academy Band, Larry H. Lang (conductor).
  • Lexicon of the Gods (2015, HAFABRA Music, HFB CD 89054-2), Ad Hoc Wind Orchestra, Jean-Pierre Haeck and Hardy Mertens (conductors).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ LGBT band plays on with Rossano Galante at desert Pride. Desert Sun, October 19, 2016; accessed January 22, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c Rossano Galante. Rundel music publisher website , accessed on January 21, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Rossano Galante. Website of the music publisher Alfred Publishing , accessed January 22, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Rossano Galante in the Internet Movie Database (English) retrieved on 22 January 2018th
  5. ^ Summer Concert Series Program Notes. United States Marine Corps website, accessed January 22, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Rossano Galante. Search in the webshop of the music publisher Alfred Publishing , accessed on January 21, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Rossano Galante. Search the Hal Leonard music publisher's webshop, accessed November 27, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Galante, Rossano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer and orchestrator
DATE OF BIRTH 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Buffalo , New York