Forum Studios Information

Forum Studios is one of the most historical and big Italian recording studios, based in Rome, founded in 1970 by Ennio Morricone, Luis Bacalov, Armando Trovajoli, and Piero Piccioni. During its fifty years of life, Forum Studios were part of the creation of some of the most amazing movie soundtracks ever as the Academy Awards "Cinema Paradiso" (E. Morricone and A. Morricone), "The Hateful Eight" (E. Morricone), "Life is Beautiful" (N. Piovani), "The Postman" (L. Bacalov), and masterpieces as "The Legend of 900" and "Once upon a time in America" by E. Morricone. The studio also hosted top artists from all over the world as Quincy Jones, Leonard Bernstein, Placido Domingo, Morrissey, Andrea Bocelli, John Legend, Charles Aznavour, Laura Pausini, Will.I.Am, Kanye West, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bruce Springsteen, Yo-Yo Ma, Jon Bon Jovi, 2Cellos, Lang Lang, Cher, Gino Vannelli, Pino Daniele, Zucchero "Sugar" Fornaciari, Tiziano Ferro and more. Through the years the company focused also on live events production, cooperating with institutions and companies from all over the world as Campari and Ferrari, operating in important venues as the Colosseum of Rome and Arena di Verona. Since 2010, Forum Studios are also the headquarters of Orchestra Italia del Cinema: the first Italy-based symphony orchestra focused on Film Music. Together with the orchestra, Forum Studios brought on the stages of the whole world, in Cine-Concert masterpieces as Harry Potter, The Gladiator (in a historic 2018 show in the Colosseum), Titanic, and The Artist (world premiere at Ravello Festival).