Together with American Songwriter, we had the pleasure of interviewing Kevin Besignano over Zoom video!
Kevin Besignano has been known in the music world for the last 2 decades as a touring musician and musical artist. He’s toured the world playing in bands such as Unwritten Law, Bullets and Octane and his own band, True Rivals. While his roots may be rock and roll, his undying love for the art of music travels so much deeper than that. Having attended Berklee College of Music, Besignano has always been intrigued by jazz, classical, composing and the varying sounds that great the universal love language that is music.
In 2011 he opted to stop touring professionally and focus on his dream to become a film and television composer. After an apprenticeship with Mark Yaeger (who learned at the tutelage of the infamous Hans Zimmer), Kevin began to work on short films, commercials, and cues for brands such as Benefit Cosmetics, DJI, JBL, etc. In 2019 he was offered the opportunity of a lifetime when his close friends, Annika Marks and Rich Newey, agreed to bring him on as the Composer to their labor of love – the feature film, Killing Eleanor.
Marks and Newey wrote the film, Newey directed it and Marks stars as the lead protagonist – Natalie. The film is a right to die film based out of the Chicago area and stars true staples within the industry: Jenny O’Hara (as the titled character, Eleanor), Betsy Brandt, Jane Kaczmarek, Camryn Manheim, David Eigenberg and Thomas Sadowski. Kevin worked closely with the filmmakers to find the right tone for such an important and beautiful film, not only writing and creating original music but learning to play the cello for a heart-tugging piece that plays over the movies most important scene.
The film recently celebrated their first win (Best Narrative) at the Savannah Film Festival where it premiered and appeared at the St. Louis International Film Festival. Besignano continues to build his resume and is currently working on a web series (where he is also the Sound Editor), among other yet to be announced projects.
Originally from Staten Island, NY/New Jersey, Kevin currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter. I hope you’ll be interested in speaking with this talented artist on the rise!
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