Claudio Pelissero

Music Composer & Sound Designer



About Me


I'm an Italian (Los Angeles based) music composer and producer of original soundtracks for film and television and, under the pseudonym clAud9 of electronic music. I graduated in "Visual Communication" at the European Institute of Milan, and before moving to the United States I taught a popular Master's course entitled "Design of Multimedia Musical Sound Spaces" at the university of Milan.
From 2005 to 2010 I have worked in the position of "Exclusive Music Composer" at Warner Chappell Music.
In 2000, I composed the original soundtrack for the motion picture "Twenty" winning the award for the best original score at the Brooklyn International Film Festival. In 2013 I composed the original theme for the ESPN Broadcast Open NBA Finals (also broadcasted in the 2014 and 2015 editions) and the original soundtrack for the multi award winning documentary, All I Can, produced by Sherpas Cinema. I'm also the composer of two famous electronic compositions "Cygnes" and "Rain" released by Armada Music and Black Hole Recordings and that are part of two popular and best seller compilation albums : "Cygnes" - A State of Trance 2008 and "Rain" - Toronto '09. The composition "Cygnes" is also included in the soundtrack of the bestseller Xbox video game "Forza Motorsport 3". In 2010 I composed the original soundtrack for the film, Maledimiele (published by Warner/Chappell Music) presented at the Venice Film Festival. In 2013 my composition "Transformations" has been used for the promotional trailer of Beyoncé Mrs. Carter Show World Tour. In 2014 my compositions "Ion" and "Beast" have been used for the promotional trailer of the best seller video game Call of Duty: Ghosts produced by Activision. In 2015 the track "Feedback Attack" has been used for the promotional Trailer of the best seller video game "Destiny" and for the Trailer of blockbuster movie "Transformers 4", and most recently my composition "Brutal Force" is in the trailer for the upcoming feature film "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi" directed by Michael Bay and scheduled for release in 2016.