Personal info
Known for
Music Director
Gender
Male
Birthday
12 March
Location
Ticino, Switzerland
Edit pageGiona Ostinelli
Biography
Giona Ostinelli (born 12 March 1986) is a Swiss–Italian composer who resides and works in Los Angeles.
Ostinelli is best known for his critically acclaimed work on Netflix's hit fantasy series The Witcher. The Witcher Original Soundtrack Album, featuring songs and scores composed and produced by Ostinelli and his scoring partner Sonya Belousova, has achieved commercial success and critical recognition.
The album debuted at #1 on iTunes Top Soundtracks with the enormously successful hit single "Toss A Coin To Your Witcher" #1 on iTunes Top Soundtrack Songs and #1 on Billboard Digital Rock Songs Sales.
The album charted #4 on iTunes for Top Albums (behind only Eminem, Breaking Benjamin, and Chase Rice) and in the top ten in every major territory in the world. "Toss A Coin To Your Witcher" broke into the Billboard charts: Billboard Top Current Albums, Billboard Top Album Sales, Billboard Top Soundtrack Albums, and The Billboard 200.
The song has quickly become a viral sensation and a worldwide phenomenon. Thrillist “the biggest banger of 2020,” Entertainment Weekly “a viral hit,” Esquire “the best part of Netflix's series,” The Verge “the hit song of the season,” while Forbes stated that "the viral earworm became just as famous as the show."
