ABOUT
David Cerquetti is an Italian composer and songwriter based in Los Angeles, specializing in film and television scoring. He is the CEO of Evander Productions, a film and music production company dedicated to innovation, new technologies, and fostering emerging talent.
At the age of 21, he scored "Hunting Ava Bravo," his first feature film, which climbed Amazon Prime to be the #7 most streamed film in the world during the summer of 2022. Since then his career has grown rapidly both in Italy and the United States, collaborating on internationally acclaimed projects.
Italian films he has worked on include "Buio Come il Cuore," a noir thriller directed by Marco De Luca; "La Volpe e l'Uva," a mystery comedy directed by Piermaria Cecchini; and "Io+Te," a drama directed by Valentina De Amicis (score produced by Sony Music Publishing). All of his scores are connected by a common file rouge for the unique use of unconventional harmonic progressions influenced by neo-Riemannian theory, explored during his studies in Milan, and for the use of eclectic electronic textures and grooves.
As a songwriter and music producer, he has collaborated with a wide range of artists, including Lorenzo Licitra, Benedetta Caretta, Tommaso Colliva (one Grammy), Marco Liba and others.
As an additional composer and orchestrator, he collaborated with two-time Oscar-nominated composer Marco Beltrami, Anna Drubich (composer of the Academy Award-winning documentary "Navalny"), Jongnic Bontemps ("Transformers: Rise of the Beasts") and Giuliano Taviani (two Italian Academy Awards), he recently worked on the Lionsgate production "Ballerina, a John Wick Story", spin-off of the acclaimed John Wick saga, on the National Geographic documentary "The Space Race," which premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival, and on the RAI original tv series "Mameli, Il Ragazzo che sognò l'Italia" and "Mike".
As a composer of contemporary classical music, his works have been performed by the RTVE Spanish Radio and Television Orchestra, the ORT Orchestra della Toscana, the ClassicaViva Orchestra, the BNR Symphony Orchestra, the Ex Novo Ensemble, the Prometeo String Quartet and the MDI Ensemble. His immersive 3D spatialized music is also included in many VR Installations, he wrote the logo music for V-Nova Studios and recently received accomplishments at the Festival der Zukunft in Munich and at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
On Feb. 10, 2024 he was among the featured performers at the "Opus Next" concert organized by K17 in Los Angeles at The Village Studios together with Marco Beltrami and Harry Gregson Williams, where he performed the suite from "Buio Come il Cuore."
David is driven by a profound passion for philosophy and art, he is a seeker of truth whose intellectual journey has been shaped by a profound exploration of the works of Immanuel Kant and Victor Hugo. The profound impact of Kant's epistemological and moral philosophy, combined with the rich literary tapestries woven by Victor Hugo, has left an indelible mark on David's musical landscape. These influences contribute to his unique perspective on the human experience, informing his approach to philosophical questions and enriching his understanding of intellectual exploration and discovery.
He graduated at the G. Verdi Conservatory in Italy with full marks and highest honors. The thesis project focused on music aesthetic in animated movies. In 2023 he was accepted to the prestigious Screen Scoring Master's program at the University of Southern California. However, because of the expensive tuition, he regretfully turned down the admission and moved to Los Angeles to work.
David received the most prestigious award given by the Accademia Musicale Chigiana – the Diploma of Merit –, a special mention as “Most Remarkable Musician” in the class of composer Salvatore Sciarrino. He was later awarded a Certificate of Excellence for his teaching assistance to the Chigiana Film Scoring Intensive Program where he assisted composers Marco Beltrami, Lawrence Shragge, Patrick Kirst and orchestrator Pete Anthony.