Buonvino was born on 29 March 1968 in
Scordia, a town in
Sicily, Italy. He earned his Piano Bachelor-Degree from the Conservatorio Francesco Cilea in Reggio Calabria and a Master-Degree in Music Disciplines from the
University of Bologna. In the late 1990s, he began to compose film scores and in 1999 he won the Cam/Rota Prize. In 2008 he won a
David di Donatello for
best score and a
Nastro d'Argento in
the same category for the film
Quiet Chaos. In 2009 he won a second Nastro d'Argento for the score of the film
Italians. Throughout the years the artist confronted himself also with the pop/rock arena writing music for international artists of the caliber of
Dolores'O Riordan, leader of
The Cranberries and
Skin, former leader of
Skunk Anansie; and other Italian singers including
Andrea Bocelli;
Carmen Consoli;
Elisa;
Jovanotti and
Fiorella Mannoia. Paolo Buonvino collaborated on productions in France for the movies ''
Je reste! (I'm Staying!) (2003) with Sophie Marceau and Vincent Perez; Ma mère est folle (My Mother is Crazy)
(2018) with Fanny Ardant, directed by Diane Kurys and Les Estivants (The Summer House
) (2018), directed by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi. In 2012, he scored the Canadian-British production of If I Were You'' comedy-drama from
Joan Carr-Wiggin starring
Marcia Gay Harden,
Leonor Watling and
Aidan Quinn. Moreover, Buonvino wrote the score for the U.S. Netflix TV hit series
Medici: Masters of Florence and
Medici: The Magnificent (2016/2019), created by
Frank Spotnitz and
Nicholas Meyer and produced by
Lux Vide and
HBO. In 2020, he composed the score for the faith-based drama film Fátima directed by
Marco Pontecorvo, starring
Harvey Keitel and
Sônia Braga alongside
Joaquim de Almeida,
Goran Visnjic, and
Lúcia Moniz. A special guest star on the score is Italian opera tenor
Andrea Bocelli who sings the movie's lead theme "Gratia plena". Both the score and the song are official entries for the 2021
93rd Academy Awards in the categories "Best Original Score" and "Best Original Song". In July 2021 Taranta Reimagined is released, a recording project of contamination between popular music and electronic music, produced by
Sugar Music and distributed by
Universal Music. The disc features original interpretations by
Jovanotti,
Mahmood,
Gianna Nannini and
Diodato recorded during the 2020 edition of the
Notte della Taranta. In 2021, the
Biennale Musica di Venezia commissions him a project that sees the light of day in September 2022 at the Teatro alle Tese in Venice, entitled "Çiatu"; a concert for reciting voices, three disklaviers and electronic music, with the art installation by
Irma Blank, performed by the Parco della Musica Contemporanea Ensemble orchestra, conducted by Tonino Battista. Between 2022 and 2023 he wrote the soundtracks for the first and second seasons of the television series A casa tutti bene - La serie and
Incastrati, directed by Ficarra and Picone. In 2023, the
Teatro Massimo in Palermo staged the ballet
Anna, choreographed by Vincenzo Veneruso. The production focuses on the theme of gender-based violence, with a score composed entirely of pieces from Buonvino's repertoire. The ballet was revived in May 2025. In 2025, he composed the soundtrack for the
Netflix television series
The Leopard, directed by Tom Shankland. That same year, he launched the concert tour
La musica oltre le storie (Music Beyond Stories), which traveled through major Italian cities, including Rome, Florence, Bologna, and Vicenza. The tour included Sicilian stops in April 2026 at the Teatro Pirandello in
Agrigento and the Teatro Garibaldi in
Enna. In the spring of 2026, he released the live album of the same name. == Soundtracks ==