Education
Born in Rome, Piersanti graduated in double bass at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory, where he studied composition under the guidance of Armando Renzi and conducting under Franco Ferrara and Piero Bellugi.
Born in Rome, Piersanti graduated in double bass at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory, where he studied composition under the guidance of Armando Renzi and conducting under Franco Ferrara and Piero Bellugi.
He later played bass in the Radiotelevisione Italiana Symphony Orchestra. During his studies he knew the composer Nino Rota, and he became his assistant between 1975 and 1977. In 1976 he debuted as film composer scoring the Nanni Moretti"s first film, Io sono un autarchico and then started a long collaboration with him that continued with Moretti"s Habemus Papam (2011).
His soundtracks include The Best Day of My Life, My Brother is an Only Child, The Beast in the Heart,Fort Apache Napoli, Love and Fear, The Second Time and Inspector Montalbano.