Matteo Locasciulli

Matteo Locasciulli basically grew up with music in his veins—his dad’s Mimmo, a big name in Italy for singing and songwriting, so, yeah, no pressure or anything. Matteo just sort of soaked it all up from when he was a little kid, and by now, the guy’s a total multi-instrumentalist. Guitar, keyboards, double bass—you name it, he probably jams on it. He’s got this killer double bass style, too, thanks to getting mentored by Greg Cohen, who’s played with, like, everyone from Tom Waits to David Byrne and even The Stones. Back in 2012, Matteo ditched Italy for Paris, set up his own studio up in the north part of the city, and started pulling in all sorts of talented musicians. Since then, he’s barely come up for air, cranking out music for over 70 documentaries, dramas, TV series, and a ton of commercials—think Chanel, Gucci, Lancôme, that whole luxury crowd, both in France and back home in Italy. In 2020, he got tapped to write the score for a special episode of “Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir”—the New York movie one—teaming up with Sylvain Goldberg. He also worked on François-Xavier Demaison’s show “Di(x)vin(s)” and kept collaborating with Goldberg on movie soundtracks like “Champagne!” by Nicolas Vanier and “Rumba la vie” from Franck Dubosc. Lately, you’ll catch his name on the credits for “Almamula” by Juan Sebastian Torales and “Week-end In Taipei” with George Huang. The guy just doesn’t stop.