Silvio Amato (born April 10, 1961, in Catania, Italy), is a composer of classical, contemporary and popular music, and film soundtracks.
He previously resided in Boston, Massachusetts and maintains a studio in Milan, Italy[1] Amato is son of a distributor of children's clothing and a mother who did not care much for classical music.
In 2008, shortly after his oldest daughter left home to study at Boston University in the United States, The Vatican commissioned him to compose a modern opera that would tie together common religious themes found in Christianity, Judaism and Islam.
He wrote Le Mama, performed by teen Francesco Pugliese, a finalist in 2010 series of Italian TV talent show Io Canto (I Sing).
Amato has written soundtracks for motion pictures including Can't Hardly Wait with Mel Brooks, The Mythica by Carlo Vanzina, Ti Oglio Bene Eugenio with Giuliana De Sio and Giancarlo Giannini, and the film by Jerry Calà I Live Alone.