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Musician, composer, and producer Donatella Canepa specializes in music for visual media.
She draws her inspiration from her roots growing up in Genova, the great Mediterranean port city that has sent out explorers to worlds known and unknown, with the centuries-old Lanterna lighthouse showing the way. There, her music was forged by this seafaring realm of ships and distant horizons, of wandering spirits and long sea routes. She combines these influences with her own experiences, roaming the wilds of the Arctic, sipping the traditions of old English pubs, or driving under the sun down Los Angeles roads, to create her unique blend of rock and metal guitars that alternate between electronic and orchestral sounds to form cinematic music across a range of genres.
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BIOGRAPHY
Donatella Canepa is a musician, composer, and producer.
She has a background as a punk rock guitarist with bands in the underground music scene.
After honing her skills in composition, arrangement, performance, music production, and graphic design, she embarked on a solo career, focusing on the world of visual media as a musician and producer. She has released several productions, working with leading production music companies, including Soundiva and redCola. Her music has been included in Soundiva - 256 Energy & Sports 2, Ekonomic Propaganda - The Age of Me, and other releases.
She made her solo debut in 2017 with All'inizio del mondo, an instrumental album in which her guitar emanated less conventional sounds, challenging the absence of electronic tracks.
In 2018, Top Records released Nautilus, her second album. Rockit hailed it as "a heavy metal vortex that whirls through a waterworld inhabited by fabulous creatures." That year also saw the release of her third release, L'orizzonte degli eventi, an epic-feeling metal concept album produced for Soundiva. In 2023, she released her fourth album, Apolis. In most of her recordings, she works almost entirely by herself, handling both music production and graphic design. Her work has been recognized numerous times, including being awarded a 2023 Global Music Awards Bronze Medal in the Album category, and receiving nominations for Best Music Video at the 2023 New York Long Island Film Festival and for a 2024 Hollywood Independent Music Award in the Producer/Production category.
Aside from her musical pursuits, from 2020 until 2021, Donatella Canepa was part of a writing team that periodically contributed technical music blog articles for Music Gateway, a global industry platform.
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AWARDS & HONORS
2024 Hollywood Independent Music Awards: Award Nominee, Producer/Production Category
2023 Stafford Film Festival: Finalist, Best Original Song
2023 New York Long Island Film Festival: Award Nominee, Best Music Video
2023 International Sound & Film Music Festival: Shortlisted, Best Original Song
2023 Global Music Awards: Bronze Medal Winner, Album Category
June 2023 Indie Short Fest: Award Nominee, Best Original Song
May 2023 Luleå International Film Festival: Finalist, Best Music Video
May 2023 Los Angeles Cinematography Awards: Finalist, Best Song
2023 Stafford Film Festival: Finalist, Best Original Song
2023 New York Long Island Film Festival: Award Nominee, Best Music Video
2023 International Sound & Film Music Festival: Shortlisted, Best Original Song
2023 Global Music Awards: Bronze Medal Winner, Album Category
June 2023 Indie Short Fest: Award Nominee, Best Original Song
May 2023 Luleå International Film Festival: Finalist, Best Music Video
May 2023 Los Angeles Cinematography Awards: Finalist, Best Song