Biography

Invariably pushing music to places beyond the norm, veering flawlessly in and out of contrasting musical genres, Keefus Ciancia has worked as a composer, producer, artist and musician with a wide range of artists and standout productions. He's produced music for artists including Kimbra, Nikka Costa, Me'Shell Ndegéocello, Cassandra Wilson, Benji Hughes, Everlast, A Fine Frenzy, Etienne Daho and with Jeff Bridges for his unique concept album, Sleeping Tapes of which he also composed and performed in the wild and abstract Mini-Series, Dreaming With Jeff (late 2018).

Keefus won a BAFTA in 2019 for Best Television Soundtrack for his score on the TV Series Killing Eve and received an Ivor Novello in 2016 for Best Television Soundtrack for his score on the TV series, London Spy. He's also received an award from BMI along with an Emmy nomination for his work with Everlast for co-writing and producing the theme song for the hit television series Saving Grace.

Keefus is a pianist, raised playing classical music yet influenced by two older musician brothers who broadened his listening palette to a wild, eclectic array of sounds forming his love and attraction to film scores early on. In 1991 he moved to Los Angeles and began to work with Lonnie "Meganut" Marshall from LA's underground scene of burgeoning bands, Fishbone and The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Marshall and Ciancia started the multi genre experimental group 'Weapon Of Choice' that flourished for three albums. During that time he recorded for the West Coast hip-hop scene with artists Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, South Central Cartel and E40.

In the early nineties, Keefus met singer Jade Vincent and together they formed their own 10-piece experimental film noir big band, 'The Jade Vincent Experiment' later to become Vincent & Mr. Green. They eventually went on to release a self-titled album with Mike Patton's label, Ipecac Records and a follow up with Iris Records entitled Smash Up. The band's dream-like noir, electronic sound led them to famed musician/producer T Bone Burnett. After hearing the band perform on Los Angeles's KCRW, he contacted Keefus and Jade and from there Ciancia's relationship blossomed with Burnett as a session musician. T Bone became his mentor and began having him co-produce/compose for several projects including The Coen Brothers Film, The Ladykillers, Cassandra Wilson's Thunderbird, Wim Wenders Don't Come Knocking and three seasons of HBO's series, True Detective.

David Holmes and Keefus met in 2012 and went on to score several projects together including Killing Eve, The Fall, London Spy, Mindhorn, The Motel Life, Good Vibrations and Diana. Together with Jade Vincent, they formed the band Unloved who's first score collaboration was Edgar Wright's mini series, Brandon Generator for Microsoft and heavily contributed to the music of the TV series, Killing Eve.

Other solo film/television projects include Strangerland, Living in The Future's Past, Criminal Activities, Eyewitness, As Above So Below, The Poughkeepsie Tapes, and Devil's Gate.
- IMDb mini biography by: Larry Ciancia