Leonardo Furore

I’m a composer and orchestrator for video games and film, based in Freiburg, Germany. I’ve written music for League of Legends (Riot Games), Call of Duty: Mobile (Activision), Honor of Kings and Honor of Kings World (Tencent), PUBG (KRAFTON), Infinity Nikki (Papergames), and Where Winds Meet (NetEase), across cinematics, trailers, live events, and in-game score.

I hold an MA in Film and Game Scoring from the Film Scoring Academy of Europe, where I also attended masterclasses with Howard Shore, James Newton Howard, David Newman and Danny Elfman. I also have an MA in Audio Forensics and a BA in Guitar Performance from the University of Chichester.

I’ve been teaching composition one-to-one since 2019. I’ve prepared students for university auditions in Rome and taught film and game scoring at Jazz & Rock Schulen Freiburg. I’ve also taught game-scoring masterclasses at Liceo Musicale “A. Einstein” in Rimini and at Factory Sound in L’Aquila. I run The Media Composer Lab, a mentoring program for composers who want to work in games and visual media.

My lessons follow the way music is actually made for professional games and films. We start from a brief, as you would on a real project: a scene, a gameplay situation, or a trailer, with references and a direction to follow. Then we turn it into a finished piece. Along the way, we cover composition, orchestration, MIDI programming, building convincing mockups, and preparing scores and parts for live players.

Every lesson is one-to-one and built around your level and goals. If you’re starting from scratch, we cover the foundations: harmony, writing themes, how the orchestra works, and setting up your DAW and sample libraries. If you’re already composing, we focus on sharpening your orchestration and mockups, working to a brief and to deadlines, and building a portfolio that shows who you are as a composer.

I work with real material from my own projects: score excerpts, DAW sessions, and recordings. That way you can see how professional cues are built and what changes between a virtual mockup and a live orchestra. You’ll get concrete feedback on your own music in every lesson, along with clear tasks to work on until the next one.

Lessons are in English or Italian.