Rossano Galante

Rossano Galante

Biography

Rossano Galante (b. 10 January 1967, Buffalo, N.Y.) is an American composer.

Galante earned a degree in trumpet performance from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1992. He then was accepted into the film scoring program at the University of Southern California and studied with film composer Jerry Goldsmith.

Mr. Galante has composed music for the films Bite Marks, The Last Straight Man, Monday Morning and Channels. He has served as orchestrator for over sixty studio films including A Quiet Place, The Mummy, Logan, Big Fat Liar, Scary Movie 2, The Tuxedo, and Tuesdays With Morrie, to name only a few.

For his large-scale wind ensemble compositions, he has been commissioned by the Federation of Gay Games-Paris 2018, Atlanta Freedom Band, Lake Braddock High School Band, Hofstra University Symphonic Band, and the Nebraska Wind Symphony, among many others.

Works for Winds

• Afterlife (2015)
• Arabian Sandscapes (2019)
• Ascent from Darkness (2022)
• Aurora Borealis (2016)
• Beyond the Horizon (2009)
• A Childhood Remembered (2013)
• Colorado Rockies (2019)
• Crosslands (1994)
• The Cry of the Last Unicorn (2010)
• Desert Overture Fanfare (2023)
• The Falcon of Egypt (2023)
• The Falls (2018)
• Freedom Defended (2021)
• God's Country (2014)
• Hypnotic Memories (2017/2019)
• Journey of the Sequoia
• Journey Through the Stratosphere (2018)
• Journey to the Lion's Castle (2011)
• Land of Healing Waters (2017)
• Landscapes (Brass Quintet) (2013)
• Landscapes (Wind Ensemble) (2013)
• The Last Centaur (2015)
• Lexicon of the Gods (2015)
• Liberty (2017)
• Life Eternal (2022)
• Midnight Ride (2023)
• Mischievous Behavior (2022)
• Mt Everest (2010)
• Nostalgia (2017)
• Phoenix Ascending (2020)
• Raise of the Son (1998)
• Redemption (2011)
• Red Rock Mountain (2016)
• The Redwoods (2006)
• Resplendent Glory (2005)
• Rise (2019)
• Rise of the Silver City (2017)
• The River Seneca (2017)
• Sailing with Whales (2020)
• San Andreas Landscapes (2016)
• The Sword of the Titans (2018)
• They Solemnly Served (2019)
• Transcendent Journey (2010)
• Vertical Acceleration (2018)
• Victory (2019)
• Whispers from Beyond (2017)
• The Wilderness (2019)
• The Winged Stallion (2012)
• The Wishing Well (2018)

Resources

• "Rossano Galante." Music Sales Classical. Web. Accessed 16 February 2018
• Rossano Galante, personal correspondence, July 2018