Ore Diciotto in Punto / O.s.t.

Francesco Di Fiore, pianist and composer, was born in Palermo. He studied with Harald Ossberger, Bruno Canino, Peter Toperczer and Eliodoro Sollima. He studied in Vienna and Prague. In 1986 he started his concert career performing hundreds of concerts worldwide.

He is author of contemporary music of post-modern post-minimalist area. Alongside music for piano, his compositions include chamber and orchestral music, film soundtracks and stage music.

Director Giuseppe Gigliorosso asked in May 2011 Francesco Di Fiore to write the soundtrack for Ore Diciotto In Punto.

The first notes that he wrote went to become one of the two main themes of the soundtrack. There was the urgency to write a piece for solo piano, as one of the protagonists is a pianist and one scene involved him playing on the piano a recognizable tune from the soundtrack. Thus, Nicola's theme was born, under August 2011's scorching sun.