Stefano Lentini

Lentini started composing and recording music at an early age. A multi-instrumentalist, he is recognized for his distinctive guitar melodies but also plays piano, bass, drums, flute, lute, and various other instruments. Through multitrack recording, he often performs all instrumental parts on his albums. His compositions frequently incorporate rich string orchestrations, resulting in a symphonic and cinematic sound. Lentini's television work has been screened in Italy and around the world and includes the TV series Belcanto, The Sea Beyond (seasons 1–6), The Red Door (seasons 1–3), Braccialetti Rossi (seasons 1–3) (International Emmy Kids Awards nominee), El Maestro, Bakhita, and Drawn for Jury Duty. He composed the soundtrack for the feature films Maresia (Premiered at the 2015 Festival des Films du Monde, Montreal), The Nest of the Turtledove (Best Ukrainian Film, Odesa 2016), and Grazing The Wall (Selected at the 69th Venice International Film Festival). He collaborated with Wong Kar-Wai on the soundtrack for The Grandmaster, a film nominated for two Academy Awards, and contributed to the soundtrack of the short film Self 05, produced by Antony Vaccarello for Yves Saint Laurent. His album Stabat Mater was among the iTunes Top 10 Original Score Albums in Belgium, Italy, France, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan. It also reached No.1 in Hong Kong. His soundtrack for The Sea Beyond was awarded two gold records and a double platinum certification. Streaming numbers have exceeded 100 million plays on Spotify and YouTube. Additionally, as a producer and composer, he received three SIAE Awards in 2023 and 2024. Lentini makes use of a variety of instruments, often playing many of them himself on the same track and writes music in various time signatures. He is considered part of the cross-chamber music genre, but his influences are very broad. Lentini's music often has spiritual themes, and many of his songs draw inspiration from real stories.

• Name — Stefano Lentini • Born — 26 November 1974 • Origin — Rome, Italy • Instrument — Guitar, bass guitar, flute, pipa, piano, drums, recorder • Genre — Film score, alt classic, indie classic • Occupation — Composer, musician, songwriter • Years Active — 1999–present • Label — Rai Com C.A.M. Milan Records Coloora Records • Website — https: www.stefanolentini.net

Lentini's first instrument was the guitar, built by his grandfather using wood from the doors of an antique wardrobe. Ever since he was young, he has dedicated himself to the composition and arrangement of music. He made his debut at the Folkstudio, a historic nightclub in Rome. He graduated with high honors in Cultural Anthropology and studied Ethnomusicology in Rome and London. A multi-instrumentalist, Stefano Lentini is known for his use of unconventional tunes on the guitar, but he also plays electric bass, piano, drums, and several other instruments, often playing all of these on his albums through the use of multitrack recording. While in school, he studied the lute and flute, which he also plays on his albums. This multitude of instruments, including string orchestrations, figures prominently in his compositions, giving his music a symphonic sound.

• Year — Title — Director — Studio — Notes • 2026 — The Sea Beyond Se06 — Beniamino Catena — Picomedia Rai Fiction • Free Women — Michele Soavi — Endemol Shine Italy Rai Fiction • Morbo K — Francesco Patierno — Fabula Pictures Rai Fiction • 2025 — The Sea Beyond SE05 — Ludovico Di Martino — Picomedia Rai Fiction • ‘’Belcanto — Carmine Elia — Rai Fiction Lucky Red • 2024 — The Sea Beyond SE04 — Ivan Silvestrini — Picomedia Rai Fiction • ‘’Studio Battaglia Se02 — Simone Spada — Rai Fiction Palomar • 2023 — ‘’Survivors’’ — Carmine Elia — Rodeo Rai Fiction • ‘’Mare Fuori Se03 — Ivan Silvestrini — Picomedia Rai Fiction • ‘’S’’tudio Battaglia — Simone Spada — Palomar Rai Fiction • 2021 — Mare Fuori Se02 — Milena Cocozza, Ivan Silvestrini — Picomedia Rai Fiction • 2020 — Mare Fuori — Carmine Elia — Picomedia Rai Fiction • The Devil's Clock — Alessandro Angelini — Rai Fiction Picomedia • 2019 — La porta rossa Se02 — Carmine Elia — Vela Film Rai Fiction Garbo Film • De Sable et de Feu — Souheil Ben-Barka — Jal's Production Flat Parioli • Liberi di scegliere — Giacomo Campiotti — Bibi Film Rai Fiction • 2018 — Taranta on the Road — Salvatore Allocca — Marvin Film Vega's Project • Tainted Love — Marta Carocci Vovcs — Premier Film • 2017 — La porta rossa Se01 — Carmine Elia — Vela Film Rai Fiction • The Ballerina — Steven Pullen — Old Dominion • 2016 — Braccialetti Rossi Se03 — Giacomo Campiotti — Palomar Rai Fiction • Maresia — Marcos Guttmann — Solar Movies Bird Film • Jehanne — Marion Cavaillé — Esav • 2015 — Tango per la Libertà — Alberto Negrin — Compagnia Leone Cinematografica Rai Fiction Rai 1 • Braccialetti Rossi Se02 — Giacomo Campiotti — Palomar Rai Fiction • 2014 — Sarà un Paese — Nicola Campiotti — Indrapur Cinematografica • Non è mai troppo tardi — Giacomo Campiotti — Bibi Film Rai Fiction • Braccialetti Rossi Se01 — Giacomo Campiotti — Palomar Rai Fiction • 2013 — The Grandmaster — Wong Kar-wai — Block 2 Pictures Jet Tone Films Sil-Metropole Organisation Bona International Film Group — Composed with Shigeru Umebayashi and Nathaniel Méchaly • Ausgepresst Wie Zitronen — Andreas Pichler — Miramonte Film Arte • Country of Bodies: Bombay in Dance — Puneet Rakheja — Little Red Car • 2012 — Ailes de Mercure — Olivier Beaudoin — Beauodin Production • Waves — Pilli Cortese — Woho • Sfiorando il muro — Silvia Giralucci — Doclab • 2011 — Silvio, one of us — Andreas Pichler — Miramonte Film ORF • 2010 — Skin deep — Franco Di Chiera — ABC Doclab Electric Pictures Pty Ltd • Il Sorteggio — Giacomo Campiotti — Artis Rai Fiction • La Nuova Armata Brancaleone — Mario Monicelli — Carlo Rossellini • 2009 — 399 B.C. — Nicola Campiotti — Prana Film • Bakhita — Giacomo Campiotti — Titania Produzioni Rai Fiction • 2008 — Torpedos im Morgengrauen - Das letzte Schlachtschiff des Kaiser — Maria-Magdalena Koller — Interspot Film ORF Vidicom ARTE ZDF BMUKK DocLab MTV SF • 2006 — Shooting Silvio — Berardo Carboni — Mork&Berry Kubla Khan Cinedance • 2005 — Excellent Cadavers — Marco Turco — Doclab Rai 3 Artline Films France 2 BBC Storyville Yle Teema Svt SBS TV Australia — Composed with Andrea Pandolfo • La Via del successo — Leonardo D'Agostini — Dorje Film • Smart — Leonardo D'Agostini — Studio Universal

His album Stabat Mater - As Seen in Wong Kar Wai's "The Grandmaster" is iTunes Top 10 Original Score Albums in Belgium, Italy, France, Hong Kong, Taiwan. Lentini collaborates with English songwriter Charlie Winston for the Main Title of the TV Series The Red Door. The song, titled "It's Not Impossible" was n#2 in the iTunes Soundtrack Chart in Italy. In 2026, he released Anima Mundi, a concept album created with Ukrainian artist Leléka and recorded with a symphony orchestra and choir of more than 80 performers. The project brings together classical and folk-pop elements, exploring the legacy passed from adults to children and the responsibility that comes with it. The track First Steps was featured in the cult Italian series The Sea Beyond se6, whose first four seasons are currently distributed globally by Netflix in 190 countries.