Award-winning composer, Barbara De Biasi was born in Pisa (only a few yards from the leaning tower) and has been playing the piano since she was five years old. She began her musical career as a pianist, graduating from the conservatoire of La Spezia (Italy) with a Master's Degree in Piano, at only 20 years of age.
Her passion for music and film, and her dream of becoming a film composer, then inspired her to move to London where she obtained a BMus (Hons) in Composition in 2013 from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, followed by a Postgraduate Diploma in Composition for Screen in 2014 from the Royal College of Music.
Barbara has worked with many film directors in cities across the world, including New York, Los Angeles, London, Rome, Milan, Madrid and Singapore. To date, she has written the music for three feature films, five feature length documentaries and 90 short films. Amongst the films that she has scored, many have been official selections at festivals including Fantasia Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, Florida Film Festival, San Diego Film Festival, Big Apple Film Festival, Soho International Film Festival amongst others. Highlights include her score for the promotional short film for The Last Witch Hunter (directed by Breck Eisner, with Vin Diesel, Michael Caine, and Elijah Wood), and the Award for Best Score at the Fright Night Theatre Awards for her score for Bag Boy Lover Boy. Her score for Portrait was nominated for Best Original Score at the Feel The Reel International Film Festival.
In addition to her film scores, Barbara writes music for adverts and commercials. Her music has been placed on adverts on TV and online in Europe, Asia, the US and Beirut. Clients include Red Bull, Quaker Pasta, US Lacrosse, Purina, Chevrolet, Buienradar and Moser Watches.
Barbara is Lead professor of Film Music in the Electronic and Produced Music Department at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She has also lectured at Met Film School, London Film Academy and Raindance Film Festival.
