SAFFIO


My pages on myspace:

www.myspace.com/saffio

www.myspace.com/gabrielesaffioti

Birthplace:

Roma

Zodiacal Sign:

Capricorn

Profession:

Filmaker, Composer, Musician

Hobby:

Internet, Tennis, Jogging, Trekking, Travelling

 

Saffio's Philmography

(as screenplayer and movie director):

- 1998 LA CACCIA (shortmovie) - 2001 CARMILLA (shortmovie) - 2001 UNA SERA (shortmovie) -

2001 SHADOW (shortmovie) - 2003 TI SOGNO ETERNO (shortmovie) - 2004 SOLO PER I TUOI OCCHI (shortmovie)

 

 

 

Saffio's Discography

(as composer and keyboardist):


- 1998 LA CACCIA (soundtrack) - 2001 SHADOW (soundtrack) - 2001 CARMILLA (soundtrack)

- 2002 UNA SERA (soundtrack) - 2002 "SINKING WITH LOVE" (demo) with SinkingWithLove - 2003 TI SOGNO ETERNO (soundtrack)

- 2003 "DREAMS ARE EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT" (demo) with SinkingWithLove - 2003 "CHRISTOPHE NON RIDE" (demo) with ChristopheNonRide

- 2003 TESTA DI LEGNO (soundtrack), a movie by Luigi Parisi - 2004 SOLO PER I TUOI OCCHI (soundtrack)

- 2005 "NOTTE FIORIRE..." (demo) with Noctiflora - 2005 SLASHER (soundtrack), a shortmovie by Mirko Lomuscio

- 2005 LA CONSEGNA (soundtrack), a shortmovie by Luigi Parisi - 2005 KLONAVENUS(demo) with Klonavenus

- 2005 IL CERCHIO DI LAHMAS (soundtrack), a shortmovie by Luigi Parisi - 2006 ANIMA NERA (soundtrack), a movie by David Giovannoni

- 2006 "THE SHINING PROCESS" (demo) with Klonavenus - 2007 "METROPOLIGHTS" (EP) with Klonavenus

 

 

 

 

Musical Influences:

Goblin, C.Simonetti, S.Boswell, K.Emerson, The Alan Parsons Project, P.Floyd, Genesis, P.Gabriel, P.Glass, M.Oldfield, Tangerine Dream,

Popol Vuh, A.Zoyd, B.Hermann, P.Donaggio, E.Morricone, J.Carpenter, H.Zimmer, A.Badalamenti, H.Shore, Y.Tiersen,

 Enya, Clannad, Cocteau Twins, Vangelis, J.M.Jarre, Yanni, M.Cretu, Enigma,  

J.S.Bach, W.A.Mozart, L.V.Beethoven, F.Chopin, C.M.V.Weber, R.Wagner, C.Debussy, G.Ligeti, B.Bartok,

Depeche Mode, The Cure, Bauhaus, Joy Division, The Chameleons, London After Midnight, Suspiria,

 Clan Of Xymox, The Frozen Autumn, Lycia, Diary of Dreams, Melotron, Deine Lakaien, Einsturzende Neubauten...

 

 

Cinematographic Influences

D.Argento, M.Soavi, M.Bava, R.Freda, P.Avati,

  R.Corman, J.Carpenter, J.A.Romero, S.Raimi, R.Scott, D.Lynch, D.Cronemberg, T.Burton, L.Besson, P.Jackson,

L.Bunuel, F.W.Murnau, T.Dreyer, R.Wiene, F.Lang, I.Bergman, F.Truffault, P.Weir,

R.Polanski, S.Kubrick, W.Herzog, A.Hitchock, K.Kieslowski,

N.I.Serrador, J.Franco, A.Amenabar, G.Maxwell...

 

 

Literary Influences:

E.A.Poe, H.P.Lovecraft,  M.R.James, H.James, J.S.Le Fanu, A.Bierce, S.King, The Brothers Grimm, H.C.Andersen,

C.Baudelaire, P.Verlaine, S.Mallarmé, T.Mann, O.Wilde, W.Goethe, E.T.A.Hoffmann, T.De Quincey,

Dante, U.Foscolo, G.Leopardi, G.D'Annunzio, I.U.Tarchetti, T.Landolfi, G.Vigolo...

 

 

Artistic Influences:

A.Bocklin, C.D.Friedrich, J.H.Fussli, J.E.Millais, W.Blake, W.Turner, T.Gericault, F.Hayez, H.Bosch,

Caravaggio, Botticelli, R.Magritte M.C.Escher, G.De Chirico, A.Gaudì...

 

 

10 Movies:

1) Suspiria (D.Argento)

2) Tenebre (D.Argento)

3) Shining (S.Kubrick)

4) La Chiesa (M.Soavi)

5) Dellamorte Dellamore (M.Soavi)

6) La casa dalle finestre che ridono (P.Avati)

7) Nosferatu (W.Herzog)

8) La cosa (J.Carpenter)

9) L'inquilino del terzo piano (R.Polanski)

10) Aurora (F.W.Murnau)

 

10 Soundtracks:

1) Suspiria (Goblin)

2) Profondo Rosso (Goblin)

3) Inferno (K.Emerson)

4) Tenebre (Goblin)

5) Halloween (J.Carpenter)

6) Psycho (B.Hermann)

7) C'era una volta il West (E.Morricone)

8) Birdy (P.Gabriel)

9) Il favoloso mondo di Amelie (J.Tiersen)

10) Blade Runner (Vangelis)