Claudio Simonetti wins the Career Méliès 2022

The Career Méliès of 2022 goes to the italian music composer Claudio Simonetti. The awards are presented by the Méliès International Festivals Federation network to the best European fantastic creators.

This year’s Career Méliès, awarded by the Méliès International Festivals Federation, will go to Claudio Simonetti, composer for some of Dario Argento’s most emblematic films. When mentioning Simonetti, it’s impossible not to recall the chilling celesta notes and bells in the main theme song from Suspiria or the synthesizer on the soundtrack of Deep Red. As frontman of the progressive rock band Goblin, Simonetti has created melodies that have contributed to laying the musical foundations of giallo, and which have been so widely replicated ever since

The Méliès d’or and Méliès d’argent awards are presented every year to the best European fantastic feature and short films and to the best fantastic creators. The awards acknowledge both quality and creativity, and generate a unique visibility for films and their directors. 

The awards are presented by the Méliès International Festivals Federation. a network of 26 film festivals in 20 different countries, with a global attendance of more than 800,000 visitors, making it a vital economic and cultural force in the fantastic film scene.

Its mission is to promote European fantastic genre film productions around Europe and the world, improving their visibility and their positioning among audiences and within the industry, and encouraging their circulation. The Federation works to fulfil this mission through its network of festivals in Europe, its support members in Asia, North America and South America, as well as the Méliès awards to the excellence of European genre films.