Today we’d like to introduce you to Lorenzo Emanuel.
Hi Lorenzo, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
I started my music career very young, playing drums and percussions live on stage in my hometown near Rome, Italy. At age 16 I discovered the world of music for media, especially for Film, and I’ve delved into that medium ever since, making it my career and my primary means of creative expression.
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
I definitely has not. I have spent the first 10 years after high school barely getting any gigs. Eventually few clients gave me a shot, and I’ve been hired on their projects ever since.
As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
I work as a Film Composer. I write, compose, and produce original music for documentaries, film, ads, and theater.
What has been the most important lesson you’ve learned along your journey?
Never lose the ability to express your creativity for yourself. In other words, once art becomes your job, you are suddenly overwhelmed by deadlines, expectations, tastes and preferences different than yours, and that can and will erode at your own passion and joy toward that artistic medium.
Anything, even the thing you love doing the most, will become a burden if you don’t allocate energy and time to create art simply for the joy of doing so, and not because you are hired to do so.
Art is play, not work. And in today’s world, it’s too easy to be hasty in trying to make it commercially viable, marketable, and appealing to as many people as possible. This over-marketization of art brings success, but it also brings burn-outs. Art is not a business, as much as we pretend it is. Art is a very human and emotional expression of our deepest and darkest corners of our humanity, and that is where it belongs. I try to never forget this lesson.
Pricing:
- Feature length Film: $20,000
- Short Film: $10,000
- Feature Documentary: $15,000
- Short Documentary: $8,000
Contact Info:
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lorenzoemanuel2343
- Other: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11796695/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_8_in_0_q_Lorenzo%2520Emanuel
Image Credits
Josh Sabey
Grace Ann Mott
