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Susan DiBona

  • Composer
  • Music Department
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Film Composer / Orchestrator / Conductor Susan DiBona
Watch Composer Show Reel 2019-2020
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Composer Show Reel 2019-2020
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Susan DiBona, born in New Haven, CT, is a seasoned film composer and has written and produced numerous scores for popular prime-time German TV series and numerous features. She acted as both vocal coach and lyricist for the top 3 winners of Star Search Germany under contract with BMG/Universal Music. She attended the Buddy Baker/ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop at NYU and was mentored by Mark Snow. Her first piano and theory teacher at the age of seven was the composer and pianist Leopold Godowksky III, nephew of George Gershwin. A poly-instrumentalist as well as multilingual, she has conducted such prestigious orchestras as the Berliner Symphoniker, ensembles of the Babelsberger Filmorchester and the RAI National Symphony Orchestra in Turin, Italy. She is co-owner of The Villa Studios Praia a Mare with her partner, the composer and pianist Salvatore Sangiovanni.
BornFebruary 18, 1974
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BornFebruary 18, 1974
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  • Awards
    • 2 wins & 3 nominations

Photos19

Susan DiBona conducing the Berliner Symphoniker
Susan DiBona
Scoring sessions for Bloody Fury at Digital Records in Rome, December 2022
Susan DiBona
Susan DiBona conducting a scoring session in Turin, Italy
Recording at The Villa Studios, Italy
Scoring sessions for Free Lunch, Rome
Susan DiBona speaking on the Composers’ Panel at World Soundtrack Awards 2021, Ghen/Belgium
Composer Duo DiBona&Sangiovanni
Susan DiBona, Film Composer
Susan DiBona performs in Baden Baden, Germany
Susan DiBona

Known for

Bad Habits Die Hard (2020)
Bad Habits Die Hard
5.4
  • Composer
  • 2020
Kevin McNally, Bill Nighy, Joris Adu, Steve Goody, Jordan Inconstant, and Benjamin Grisel in Bloody Fury (2023)
Bloody Fury
Short
  • Composer
  • 2023
Midway to Love (2019)
Midway to Love
5.5
  • Composer
  • 2019
The Penal Colony (2017)
The Penal Colony
6.7
Short
  • Composer
  • 2017

Credits

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Composer

  • Murder in the Winter Race
    • Composer
    • Pre-production
  • Paradise Circus
    • Composer
    • In Production
  • Free Lunch
    • Composer
    • Post-production
  • 4 halloween
    • Composer
    • Completed
  • Milk-Rose
    • Composer
    • Completed
  • L'amor Fuggente
    • Composer
    • Post-production
  • Le Blanche Dimanche '75
    • Composer
    • Pre-production
  • Morignone
    • Composer
    • In Production
    • TV Mini Series
  • Kevin McNally, Bill Nighy, Joris Adu, Steve Goody, Jordan Inconstant, and Benjamin Grisel in Bloody Fury (2023)
    Bloody Fury
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2023
  • What have you done, Daniel? (2022)
    What have you done, Daniel?
    • Composer
    • 2022
  • Une seule chance (2021)
    Une seule chance
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Craig Morton Jr., Cheyenne Costanza, Emilie Germain, Mitch Costanza, Teresa Navarro, L. Jeffrey Moore, Veronica Valencia, Thomas Cokenias, Jason Ragosta, Colleen Carey, Daniel Sullivan, Molly Ratermann, MacCallister Byrd, and Gianni Ferrero in ZTV: Sympathy for the Devil (2021)
    ZTV: Sympathy for the Devil
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Ismene (2021)
    Ismene
    • Composer (original music composed by)
    • 2021
  • Throwaway Boy (2020)
    Throwaway Boy
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • #Nonfaridere (2020)
    #Nonfaridere
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Bad Habits Die Hard (2020)
    Bad Habits Die Hard
    • Composer
    • 2020
  • Dottori in corsia
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Carlo Pistarino, Paolo Villaggio, Iva Zanicchi, and Valerio Zanoli in W gli Sposi (2019)
    W gli Sposi
    • Composer
    • 2019
  • Cani sciolti: Ritratto di Marcello Fonte
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Midway to Love (2019)
    Midway to Love
    • Composer
    • 2019
  • Cedro & tarantella (2018)
    Cedro & tarantella
    • Composer
    • 2018
  • Dare to Dream - Where is my Lamborghini?
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Samm Wiechec in Melody (2017)
    Melody
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2017

Music Department

  • Paradise Circus
    • Conductor, Orchestrator
    • In Production
  • Free Lunch
    • Conductor, Orchestrator
    • Post-production
  • 4 halloween
    • score mixer
    • Completed
  • Milk-Rose
    • score mixer
    • Completed
  • L'amor Fuggente
    • conductor, orchestrator
    • Post-production
  • Kevin McNally, Bill Nighy, Joris Adu, Steve Goody, Jordan Inconstant, and Benjamin Grisel in Bloody Fury (2023)
    Bloody Fury
    • conductor
    • orchestrator
    • Short
    • 2023
  • What have you done, Daniel? (2022)
    What have you done, Daniel?
    • score mixer
    • 2022
  • Une seule chance (2021)
    Une seule chance
    • score mixer
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Craig Morton Jr., Cheyenne Costanza, Emilie Germain, Mitch Costanza, Teresa Navarro, L. Jeffrey Moore, Veronica Valencia, Thomas Cokenias, Jason Ragosta, Colleen Carey, Daniel Sullivan, Molly Ratermann, MacCallister Byrd, and Gianni Ferrero in ZTV: Sympathy for the Devil (2021)
    ZTV: Sympathy for the Devil
    • score mixer
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Ismene (2021)
    Ismene
    • music producer
    • 2021
  • Throwaway Boy (2020)
    Throwaway Boy
    • score mixer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Bad Habits Die Hard (2020)
    Bad Habits Die Hard
    • conductor
    • orchestrator
    • 2020
  • Carlo Pistarino, Paolo Villaggio, Iva Zanicchi, and Valerio Zanoli in W gli Sposi (2019)
    W gli Sposi
    • conductor
    • music editor
    • orchestrator
    • 2019
  • The Obsessed (2019)
    The Obsessed
    • additional music
    • 2019
  • Midway to Love (2019)
    Midway to Love
    • score mixer
    • 2019
  • Dare to Dream - Where is my Lamborghini?
    • conductor
    • orchestrator
    • score mixer (2018, 2018-)
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Mad Macbeth (2017)
    Mad Macbeth
    • score mixer
    • 2017
  • Chandradeep Das, Bhavana Goparaju, and Nikita Ivanenko in In Loving Memory... (2017)
    In Loving Memory...
    • conductor
    • orchestrator
    • score mixer
    • Short
    • 2017
  • The Penal Colony (2017)
    The Penal Colony
    • conductor
    • orchestrator
    • score mixer
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Dystopian: Lovesong (2017)
    Dystopian: Lovesong
    • score mixer
    • Short
    • 2017

Soundtrack

  • Bad Habits Die Hard (2020)
    Bad Habits Die Hard
    • lyrics: "So Good to Eat", "The Crimson Waltz"
    • music: "So Good to Eat", "Non ti manco", "The Crimson Waltz"
    • performer: "So Good to Eat", "The Crimson Waltz"
    • 2020
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Videos3

Scoring Sessions 2019: DiBona&Sangiovanni
Demo Reel 7:50
Scoring Sessions 2019: DiBona&Sangiovanni
BEHIND THE SCORE: BLOODY FURY
Demo Reel 6:36
BEHIND THE SCORE: BLOODY FURY
Composer Show Reel 2019-2020
Demo Reel 6:36
Composer Show Reel 2019-2020

Personal details

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  • Official site
    • Official Site
  • Alternative name
    • Susan Jeanne DiBona
  • Height
    • 5′ 8½″ (1.74 m)
  • Born
    • February 18, 1974
    • New Haven, Connecticut, USA
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Interview

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    After a score recording session with an ensemble including players of the New York Philharmonic at the NYU/ASCAP film scoring workshop at which she conducted her composition, renowned TV composer Mark Snow said, "You've really separated the men from the boys!", and encouraged her to pursue a career in film music.

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