Patrick Lucchese is a composer, arranger, violinist, and producer. He has recorded over 200 albums with labels like Sony, Universal, and Warner Bros. His music has been in films such as The Departed, directed by Martin Scorsese, NBC series The Blacklist, and Showtime’s Homeland.
Lucchese started his career at age 15 playing classical violin for the Boston Pops Orchestra on TV with conductor Arthur Fiedler (famous for conducting the Peanuts Theme). In his early years, he studied jazz and classical guitar privately with Joe Pass while producing several albums on a small label with bassist John Pattitucci.
Achievements
Patrick’s first credits include writing and performing on the song “Echoes” by the band Thin White Rope, who later went on to be signed to Warner Bros. Records. Other notable work includes the theme song for The Blacklist and a 22-episode series soundtrack for NBC’s legal drama The Blacklist, for which Patrick won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music.
Patrick recorded music under his name with artists such as Leonard Cohen, Joe Satriani, John Pattitucci, Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, Dave Koz, and Wayman Tisdale.
Lucchese’s film soundtrack credits include “True Romance” for Tony Scott and William Friedkin’s “Bug,” directed by William Friedkin. Other film credits include Martin Scorsese’s crime drama The Departed and the Academy Award-winning The Aviator, both from Warner Bros. He also has music in the Academy Award-nominated picture “The Talented Mr. Ripley”, directed by Anthony Minghella (1999). He has also composed original music for several major network television series, including NBC’s “Crossing Jordan,” starring Jill Hennessy, CBS’ “Cold Case,” Fox’s “Fringe,” and USA’s “Royal Pains. In addition, he is the composer of several documentary films, including “The Concussion Diaries,” directed by “Peter Berg” and ESPN’s Emmy-Award-winning “30 for 30: Bad Boy Pistons”.
Lucchese is a prolific recording artist with two albums nominated for Grammy Awards. His first album, released in 1991, titled Moods (SGR Records), had 4 consecutive songs placed on the Billboard Charts and was nominated for a Grammy Award. His second album, At Last (Steeplechase Records), won a Grammy Award in 1996. He has also recorded with artists such as David Sanborn, James Taylor, and Tony Bennett.