Dave Volpe

Composer

Mar 2

Written By Arbel Bedak

Featured Credits

Clowning

Carcerem

Home Invasion

Highlights Reel

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Credits

Clowning (2021) upcoming
Movie City Films | Feature
Dir. P.M. Lipscomb
Life In Limbo: The Duality of Being Cuban American (2019)
Oliva Productions | Documentary
Dir. Serafin Falcon
Angelika (2018)
Short Film
Dir. Josh Minnie
Twelfth Night (2018)
Hollywood Shakespeare | Feature
Dir. Ned Record
Aguruphobia (2015)
Feature
Dir. Richard F. Montes
Over The Edge (2015)
Short Film
Dir. Tyler Evans
Pretty Rosebud (2014)
Indie Rights | Feature
Dir. Oscar Torre
3 Holiday Tails (2011)
ION Television | TV Movie
Dir. Joe Menendez
Carcerem (2020–2021)
Podcast Series
Producers: William Holmes, Shane Salk
Home Invasion (2020)
Brain Academy / Nordic Entertainment Group
Dir. Don Bitters
Producers: Melanie DiPietro and Leonel Oliva
The Sonnet Project (2015)
S1, Ep. 97: “Sonnet #29”
EP: Alexander Prokos
Jeff & Ravi Fail History (2011)
S1, Ep. 3: “The Sandwich of Time”
Producers: Brian Scofield, Ian Ward

Bio

Dave Volpe (he/him) is a Los Angeles based composer for film, media, and the concert hall. He has scored a number of feature films (including The Shift starring Danny Glover, and Golden Christmas 2, which airs annually on the Ion Network) as well as countless short films, media, and tv projects. He is currently scoring the popular fantasy fiction podcast series Carcerem, available on all podcast platforms.

A graduate of the Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television Program at USC he was afforded many rare opportunities, including a mentorship with renown film composer and longtime hero Thomas Newman, whose unique approach to composing had a profound effect on Dave's own writing. In addition to Mr. Newman, Dave has learned from and worked with many leading professionals including Bruce Broughton, the late Jack Smalley, and Blake Neely.

Along with his work in films and the concert hall, Dave is a singer and accomplished choral arranger and composer. He has had arrangements commissioned by a host of LGBT choruses including the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles, The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, and the Turtle Creek Chorale (Dallas). He enjoys performances of his arrangements by choruses all over the country year round.

In addition to music, Dave is a comedic actor in commercials and movies as well as a voice actor appearing most recently in the video game Trials of Mana (April 2020). He is an avid cook, baker, reader, and podcast junkie.