Joe’s featured EP, “Anywhere With You” released on August 7, 2020. The project is an exploration in minimalist music harkening back to his roots as a rock/folk musician. Blending sombre piano motifs, guitars, found recordings, and classical harmonies Joe’s introspective music breathes new air into the genre while expanding the sonic landscape charted by so many before him.
Joe Cilento is a composer living and working in New York City. Coming from a musical background, Joe began playing guitar early on and formal lessons soon followed. Like all young rockstar hopefuls, Joe started a rock band- named Six Volt. The band went on to headline a 50 city east coast tour and release a studio album. Eventually study of guitar led Joe to attend Berklee College of Music ('17), where he received a dual degree in Film Scoring and Music Production & Engineering. Soon, Joe began working for the Aspen Music Festival and School as an engineer. While there, he recorded various ensembles and orchestras, as well as mixing for various broadcast formats.
Joe relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career in scoring for film, TV, and media. He had the privilege to work on films such as Leave it Better Media’s “Farmers for America” & “Showdogs” (2018), Joe has also contributed music and audio engineering to hit TV shows “Big City Greens” (Disney), “Boss Baby: Back in Business” (Netflix/Dreamworks) & Dreamworks’ “Where’s Waldo”, and (Netflix) “Oddballs”. Joe has also had the privilege to score films featured at the American Film Institute. Joes now lives in NYC & his music takes him from scoring movies to classroom education to engineering studio sessions.
On Joe’s off days, he is usually hiking with his studio pup, Zeppelin, and making pizza.
