Emilio Munda

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Emilio Munda
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Background information
Birth nameEmilio Munda
Born (1982-01-14) 14 January 1982 (age 39)
OriginFermo, Italy
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Composer, songwriter, arranger
InstrumentsVocals, piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, sampler, percussion
Years active2008–present
LabelsSugar Music
WebsiteEmilio Munda

Emilio Munda (born 14 January 1982 in Fermo) is an Italian songwriter, arranger, composer and producer.
Conquer the podium of the 69th Sanremo Festival as an author and composer of the song Musica che resta for the international group Il Volo.[1]

He composed songs for Umberto Tozzi,[2] Francesco Renga,[3] Nina Zilli,[4][5][6] Gemelli Diversi,[7] Nomadi,[8] Il Volo,[9] Dear Jack,[10] Pquadro,[11] Michele Bravi,[12][13] Valerio Scanu, Silvia Mezzanotte,[14] Alina Nicosia,[15] Simonetta Spiri[16] and for other artists of Italian television talent: The Voice of Italy, Amici di Maria De Filippi and X Factor[17][18][19]

Life and career[]

Emilio Munda was born in Fermo, Middle Italy, in 1982. His family introduced him to music at the age of four, when he started to learn to play drums.
Later, at the age of twelve, he started to write his first songs and through the years he learned to play piano, keyboards, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar and drums, by self-education. Subsequently, he started to experiment with modern singing.
His first significant collaboration started when some of his compositions were chosen by Silvia Mezzanotte[20] (lead singer of Matia Bazar) to be featured in her solo album "Lunatica" in 2008. The song "Non c'è contatto", in particular, was selected as the album's debut single which was accompanied by a video starring actress Carolina Crescentini. Emilio also arranged Mezzanotte's summer single "Nell'aria", as well as creating the live performance arrangements for her "Lunatica Tour", such as "Intro", "Sequencer" and other instrumental parts. Always in 2008, another one of his songs "Un tuffo nel vuoto" was released as part of the album "A24" by Pquadro: a duo hailing from popular TV talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi that figured among the winners at the 57th Sanremo Festival.
Later on, Emilio acted as co-author and arranger for their single "Anime di vetro",[21][22] featuring the collaboration of Nomadi violinist Sergio Reggioli.[23] Emilio wrote more music for the show Amici,[24] including the show's first original single "Il gusto del caffè",[25] the song was performed by Valeria Romitelli; the first singer chosen to participate in the show's primetime slot.

In the same year Munda wrote for Umberto Tozzi the single "Cerco ancora te",[26] which was included in the album "Non solo live". The song was later re-released in France, Belgium and Switzerland as part of "Yesterday", the singer's international greatest hits collection.

More recent collaborations[]

In 2010 Emilio Munda won an international songwriting competition held by singer Francesco Renga.[27] After his victory, he was offered a 3-year exclusive contract to work with Renga himself.
Munda's original songs were released as part of Renga's "Un giorno bellissimo" album. The song was awarded a golden record at the 2011 Wind Music Awards. One of Emilio's songs, "Di sogni e illusioni",[28] was also included in "Fermoimmagine Deluxe", Renga's first hits collection, released after the singer's participation in the 62nd Sanremo edition.

Since 2013, Munda collaborates with the Italian record label Sugar Music.[29] In 2014 Emilio Munda's song "Puoi scegliere" was chosen by The Voice of Italy finalist and Sanremo participant Veronica De Simone[30][31] to be included in her album "Ti presento Maverick". Shortly afterwards, a new album/collection by Francesco Renga, named "The Platinum Collection" was released, featuring two songs composed by Munda himself.

On 10 June 2014 Emilio Munda publishes his song "Un mondo più vero" as the fourth track of the new album "A passi piccoli" by Michele Bravi, winner of the seventh edition of X-Factor Italy.[32]

On 12 February 2015 the new album of "Dear Jack": "Domani è un altro film (seconda parte)" is released, containing the song "Le strade del mio tempo" written by Emilio Munda.[33] The album was certified platinum on 29 May 2015 by FIMI.[34]

On 7 April 2015 he wrote the single "La vita è una danza" along with "Nella bocca della gente" as part of the album "Colori primari" by Manuel Foresta, finalist at The Voice of Italy, which will be aired on the radiophonic station Radio Italia for two months.[35]

On 11 May 2015 the Sky Italia show "Parole che restano" presented by Stefano Accorsi makes use of musical themes composed by Munda himself.[36]

In the summer 2015 he was also artistic producer, author and composer of the single "C'è ancora tempo" performed by Davide Mogavero, frequently aired on the radio after the singer's participation at the 14th edition of the Italian talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi.[37]

On 31 August 2015 "Dear Jack" performed "Le strade del mio tempo" in a duo with the Italian rapper Briga at the Arena di Verona. The event was broadcast on RTL 102.5 TV and watched by 6.7 million viewers.[38][39]

On 19 January 2016 he released the single Semplicemente sarebbe più vero for Alina Nicosia, winner of the Castrocaro Festival in 2014. The song reached the 8th position in the Radio Airplay Italia chart.[40][41]

On 30 September 2016 he was the author and composer of the song La Fiamma, which is included in the Gemelli Diversi’s album Uppercat, released on 21 October. Munda also writes the fifth track of that album, Un soffio dal traguardo.[42]

On 20 October he released the second single for Alina Nicosia in digital distribution titled Immagina. For both the singles is the sole author and composer and artistic director.[43][44]

In early 2017 the single Basta, of which Munda himself is producer and composer, is released and it’s performed by Claudia Megrè and Lorenzo Campani.[45]

The album A Big Dream II by Frank Ricci was released on 22 February. It featured worldwide know artists such as Andrea Braido, Stuart Hamm, Tony Esposito and Antonio Righetti. Emilio Munda arranged the track City on the Lake, played by Frank Ricci feat Tony Esposito.[46] In the same year he released the new single of Simonetta Spiri in digital distribution titled "Il tempo di reagire".[47]

Later he becomes author and composer for Nina Zilli, composing the song Per un niente published in the album Modern art. According to the website "All Music", the song is the best album's track.[48][49][50] On 12 October 2017 he wrote the single Follia indolore for Frances Alina Ascione,[51][52][53] semi-finalist of the 4th edition of The voice of Italy[54] and permanent singer in the program Radio 2 Social Club, broadcast by Rai Radio 2.[55]

In October he collaborated with Nomadi for the realization of the album Nomadi dentro. He also wrote, along with Beppe Carletti, the song Può succedere, of which Munda is author and composer.[56]

Later he reconfirms the collaboration with Michele Bravi, writing the song entitled Il sole contro, which is inserted in the album Anime di carta - Nuove Pagine[57] and the song written for Nina Zilli is republished in the new album Modern Art Sanremo Edition, released in conjunction with the Sanremo Festival.[58] In 2018 he wrote the summer single for the singer Valerio Scanu entitled: Capovolgo il mondo and is composer of the song L'ultimo spettacolo, both unpublished contained in the new album released 5 October 2018 entitled DIECI".[59][60]

Discography[]

Major songs[]

The collaborations are listed in parentheses in the title section.
Year Song
 Artist Album
2008 Non c'è contatto
(Composer and author with Silvia Mezzanotte and Matteo Gaggioli) 		Silvia Mezzanotte Lunatica
2008 Ma il buio
(Composer and author with Silvia Mezzanotte and Matteo Gaggioli) 		Silvia Mezzanotte Lunatica
2008 Un tuffo nel vuoto
(Composer and author with Piero Romitelli) 		Pquadro A24
2009 Cerco ancora te
(Composer with Matteo Gaggioli) 		Umberto Tozzi Non solo live
2010 Anime di vetro
(Composer and author with Piero Romitelli and Pietro Napolano) 		Pquadro Anime di vetro
2010 Stai con me
(Composer and author with Francesco Renga) 		Francesco Renga Un giorno bellissimo
2010 Di sogni e illusioni
(Author with Francesco Renga)
(Composer with Francesco Renga and Piero Romitelli) 		Francesco Renga Un giorno bellissimo
2012 Il gusto del caffè
(Composer, author and producer with Piero Romitelli) 		Valeria Romitelli Single song
2014 Puoi scegliere
(Composer and author with Piero Romitelli) 		Veronica De Simone Ti presento Maverick
2014 Un mondo più vero
(Composer and author with Piero Romitelli) 		Michele Bravi A passi piccoli
2015 Le strade del mio tempo
(Composer and author with Piero Romitelli) 		Dear Jack Domani è un altro film (Seconda parte)
2015 La vita è una danza
(Composer and author with Piero Romitelli) 		Manuel Foresta Colori primari
2015 Nella bocca della gente
(Composer and author with Piero Romitelli) 		Manuel Foresta Colori primari
2015 C'è ancora tempo
(Composer and author with Davide Mogavero and Francesco Migliacci) 		Davide Mogavero Davide Mogavero
2016 Semplicemente sarebbe più vero
(Composer, author and producer) 		Alina Nicosia Single song
2016 Immagina
(Composer, author and producer) 		Alina Nicosia Single song
2016 La fiamma
(Composer and author with Piero Romitelli and Mario Cianchi) 		Gemelli Diversi Uppercut
2016 Un soffio dal traguardo
(Composer and author with Piero Romitelli and Mario Cianchi) 		Gemelli Diversi Uppercut
2017 Basta
(Producer. Composer with Claudia Megrè and Lorenzo Campani) 		Lorenzo Campani feat Claudia Megrè Single song
2017 City on the Lake
(Arranger with Frank Ricci and Tony Esposito) 		Frank Ricci feat Tony Esposito A Big Dream II
2017 Riverbero
(Composer, author and producer with Piero Romitelli) 		Ylenia Lucisano Single song
2017 Il tempo di reagire
(Producer. Composer and author with Simonetta Spiri and Mario Cianchi) 		Simonetta Spiri Single song
2017 Solo un bacio
(Producer with Piero Romitelli. Composer and author with Davide Sartore and Diego Ceccon) 		Ylenia Lucisano Single song
2017 Per un niente
(Composer and author with Piero Romitelli) 		Nina Zilli Modern Art
2017 Follia indolore
(Composer and author with Piero Romitelli) 		Frances Ascione Single song
2017 Può succedere
(Composer and author with Beppe Carletti) 		Nomadi Nomadi dentro
2017 Il sole contro
(Composer and author with Piero Romitelli, Federica Abbate, Michele Bravi, Cheope) 		Michele Bravi Anime di carta - Nuove pagine
2018 Capovolgo il mondo
(Composer and author with Davide Sartore and Diego Ceccon) 		Valerio Scanu DIECI
2018 L'ultimo spettacolo
(Composer and author with Giulio Pretto) 		Valerio Scanu DIECI
2019 Musica che resta
(Composer and author with Piero Romitelli and Gianna Nannini) 		Il Volo Musica

Major albums / compilations[]

Year Album Artist
2008 Lunatica Silvia Mezzanotte
2008 A24 Pquadro
2009 Non solo live Umberto Tozzi
2010 Anime di vetro Pquadro
2010 Nell'aria Silvia Mezzanotte
2010 Un giorno bellissimo Francesco Renga
2012 Fermoimmagine Deluxe Francesco Renga
2012 Yesterday Umberto Tozzi
2014 Ti presento Maverick Veronica De Simone
2014 The Platinum Collection Francesco Renga
2014 A passi piccoli Michele Bravi
2014 Il Meglio Francesco Renga
2015 Domani è un altro film (Seconda parte) Dear Jack
2015 Colori Primari Manuel Foresta
2015 Davide Mogavero Davide Mogavero
2016 Mezzo respiro Dear Jack
2016 Uppercut Gemelli Diversi
2017 A Big Dream II Frank Ricci
2017 Modern Art Nina Zilli
2017 Nomadi dentro Nomadi
2017 Anime di carta - Nuove pagine Michele Bravi
2018 Modern Art Sanremo Edition Nina Zilli
2018 DIECI Valerio Scanu
2019 Musica Il Volo

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