Born in Rome, Taviani is the son of the director and screenwriterVittorio. He started studying jazz, singing, and guitar at the Scuola Popolare di Musica di Testaccio, under Giovanna Marini, and after a brief experience as a guitarist and a vocalist in the band Defaillance he enrolled at the Conservatory of L'Aquila where he graduated in composition.[1]
After composing some incidental music, he debuted as a film score composer in 1999, for Gianni Zanasi's A domani. A longtime collaborator of Francesco Munzi, in 2015 he won two David di Donatello for Best Score and Best Song for Munzi's Black Souls.[1][2]