Nicholas Fagnilli

Composer | Producer | Editor & Engraver

FILM SCORES

Chipped (2019)

A film by Nico Johnson

A 1980’s sci-fi pastiche about two brothers who use their father’s cybernetic technology to get back at the neighborhood bully.

Soundtrack available on Bandcamp


Ovid (2017) 

A film by Spencer Muhlstock & Mitchell Wadja

Score recorded April 2017 in Nabenhauer Hall, Ithaca College

Please enjoy this short vintage-style thriller. The recording of this score was done by 13 excellent musicians and 3 stellar engineers at Ithaca College, to all of whom I owe a great debt of gratitude. Inspirations for this score include Bernard Hermann and Béla Bartók. 


Wheels (2016)

Original score by Nick Fagnilli

A Film By Spencer Muhlstock

Wheels is a short dramatic film starring Moonlight's Jharrel Jerome. For the score, Spencer and I came up with a combination of Hans Zimmer's high string textures and a certain sentimental element. Early drafts of the score included large portions of Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu, which stuck around for the final draft. Tracked using Logic Pro X. 

A short film depicting a recently paralyzed teen dealing with loss and regret. My final film for my Cinema Production 1 class at Ithaca College. www.spencermuhlstock.com WINNER - "Best Drama" - Real to Reel Film Festival 2016 FINALIST - Los Angeles CineFest - May 2016 Best Performance Nomination (Jharrel Jerome) - Bright Ideas Film Festival 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION - WideScreen Film & Music Video Festival 2017 OFFICIAL SELECTION - Short of The Month - May 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION - Newark IFF 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION - Indiewise 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION - Sunnyside Shorts Film Festival 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION - Roselle Park Loves Shorts 2016 Written, Directed, Shot, Edited by: Spencer Muhlstock Starring: Jharrel Jerome Assistant Director: Sam Hayden Gaffer: Orlando Pinder Grip: Nico Johnson Sound Design: Danté DiAndrea Music by: Nick Fagnilli PARTY SCENE EXTRAS: Orlando Pinder Eric Stamer Luke Charles Katie Evans Cailin Dix Cara Schanbacher Viktoria Schultz Rachel Smullen Danielle Johanson Ben Calder Stephen Nunley Juwan Bennett Danielle Avicolli Eli Potts Darien Guy Nico Johnson Everett Schierenbeck Maggie Gorman

RUIN (2016)

A film by Sam Hayden

Original Score by Nick Fagnilli

For this dialogue-free short film, I was free to use a batch of synthesizers to completely sculpt the aural texture of the scene. This was my first practical foray into electroacoustic music and employs Gesture-based compositional techniques. 

A Familiar Story (2016)

A lighthearted trist based that takes an old pun to absurd lengths.

At a whopping 8 minutes, not a lot of score was needed, but for the three short cues I wrote, there was a high demand for a unique arrangement and concise form.


We Are Now (2015)

Original Score by Nick Fagnilli

A film by Heather Mikles and Derek Pinchot

A coming-of-age film was an ironic first film score for me, as I myself was coming of age at the time— I scored this film during the summer between high school and college. As such, the musical ideas that inhabit this score are scattered and represent a snapshot of my hopes and anxieties about my own future, which were very similar to those shared by the film’s characters. I scored this film during the summer between high school and college.

Uploaded by Derek Pinchot on 2015-09-10.