Samantha Fonti

Samantha Fonti

Samantha Fonti (born 12 February 1973) is an Australian film composer and classically trainedviolinist.

Samantha Fonti was raised and born in Sydney, Australia.

She started her classical music training at the age of 3 and completed her Bachelor of Music degree as a violin major at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 2000. She also attended the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS) graduate screen composition course in Sydney.

She is most known for her highly emotive orchestral film scoring and as a former session musician and multi-instrumentalist, performs on most of her scores. All works presented on her website (www.samanthafonti.com) are programmed and performed by Samantha.

She was nominated for Best Original Score for the short film Moving Day at the St Kilda International Film Festival 2011 and was a finalist for APRA's Professional Development Awards in 2009.

Her feature films credits include composing the score for Brush, The 7th Hunt which screened at the New York City Horror Film Festival in 2008 and You Can't Stop the Murders as additional score composer.

Currently signed to Perfect Pitch Publishing