AMERICAN ROMANTIC COMEDIES
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American Romcom: a musically codified genre
Commonly referred to as “Romcoms” in Hollywood and largely codified, American Romantic Comedies have used Music as a Central Character from the 1930's to today, setting the romantic tone, shaping the emotional rhythm, and strengthening the audience’s identification with the characters.
I imagined the album “American Romantic Comedies” by drawing inspiration from the three major eras of Romcom Music:
- 1980s / 1990s: The golden age of power ballads and romantic piano themes, often in an orchestral pop style (think "Pretty Woman" – James Newton Howard, "When Harry Met Sally" – Marc Shaiman, or "Notting Hill" – Trevor Jones).
- 2000s: The revival of a more independent cinema, scored with folk music or more introspective piano (Love Actually – Craig Armstrong, 500 Days of Summer – Rob Simonsen, or Juno – Mateo Messina).
- 2010–2020: Soundtracks sometimes infused with jazz, echoing the screwball comedies of the 1930s–40s and the intimate New York style (La La Land – Justin Hurwitz or A Rainy Day in New York – Woody Allen), leaning toward more minimalist, electronic, and understated approaches.
Derived from cinema, Romantic Comedies Music today accompanies not only films, but also television shows and advertising, creating a light and optimistic atmosphere while highlighting emotional moments with themes and motifs tied to encounters or reconciliations.
I hope you will listen to and enjoy this album, which I composed, recorded, and produced with passion and a keen attention to detail…
About My Work
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MUSIC
Composing for television, films and advertising, I have written music for shows featured in more than 25 countries
across the world.
Listen to my work, and access to my downloadable catalog...
PRODUCTIONS
I work as a producer, musical director, songwriter and touring musician with international artists, major companies :
Warner Music, Universal, Sony BMG, ...
and independant labels.
Directing some of Joe Cocker's musicians,
Opening for Beyonce,
In and out of recording studios, TV, radio shows or on tour...
Born in a family of painters and architects, french guitarist, composer and producer Fabien Squillante grew up in a multidisciplinary artistic environment between Dali paintings, Durer engravings, Comics, Mozart's music, and Serge Gainsbourg's poetry.
This eclectism definitly set the tone for how he would later on approach music, and art in general : without blinders.
At the age of eight, Fabien begins studying music through piano, and the works of Bach, Mozart, Chopin...
In his teens, he discovers rock music, and at fourteen, particularly influenced by Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin... >>
BIO
Welcome on my website!
My name is Fabien Squillante.
I'm a French guitarist, composer and producer, scattered among different musical and artistic activities.