Favourite Italian Composers
by mister_gs | created - 31 Aug 2012 | updated - 20 Mar 2021 | PublicNo ranking, just sorted First Name / Family Name. Except Nicola Piovani, who is an underrated author of film music. Personal favourites are Carlo Savina, Piero Piccioni and Stelvio Cipriani. Ennio Morricone is kinda Godfather of film music in general but he's not comparable to anybody else and plays in a league of his own. Thanks for checking, enjoy.
1. Nicola Piovani
Composer | La vita è bella
Nicola Piovani was born on May 26, 1946 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is a composer and actor, known for Life Is Beautiful (1997), The Tiger and the Snow (2005) and The Son's Room (2001).
2. Adriano Celentano
Soundtrack | Yuppi du
Adriano Celentano is one of the most important singers of Italian pop music, but he's also been a creator of a comic genre in movies, with his characteristic way of walking and his facial expressions. For the most part, his films were commercially successful, in fact in the 70s and part of the 80s,...
3. Alberto Baldan Bembo
Composer | Missile X - Geheimauftrag Neutronenbombe
Alberto Baldan Bembo was born on May 15, 1948 in Milan, Italy. He is a composer, known for The Tehran Incident (1979).
4. Alberto Verrecchia
Composer | Il tempo degli assassini
Alberto Verrecchia is known for Season for Assassins (1975), The Hallucinating Trip (1975) and Ecco noi per esempio... (1977).
5. Aldo Piga
Composer | Zorikan lo sterminatore
Aldo Piga was born on October 16, 1928 in New York, USA. He was a composer and producer, known for Zorikan the Barbarian (1964), The Saracens (1963) and A... For Assassin (1966). He died in 1994 in New York City, New York, USA.
6. Alessandro Alessandroni
Soundtrack | C'era una volta il West
Alessandro Alessandroni was born in Rome. He came to fame for playing the guitar and "the whistle" theme on Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars (1964) on music composed by Ennio Morricone. Alessandroni started playing at age 11. When still a teenager, he formed a band playing in several venues in ...
7. Alessandro Brugnolini
Composer | Da Istanbul ordine di uccidere
Alessandro Brugnolini is known for From Istanbul, Orders to Kill (1965), Fantabulous Inc. (1968) and The Archangels (1963).
8. Amedeo Tommasi
La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano
Amedeo Tommasi was born on December 1, 1935 in Trieste, Italy. He was a composer, known for The Legend of 1900 (1998), The House with Laughing Windows (1976) and Sleepless (2001). He died on April 13, 2021 in Rome, Italy.
9. Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Composer | Continente perduto
He graduated in violin and composition at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan (Italy), Lavagnino deserves a special place in film music for his contribution to documentaries. He gave reportages a new dimension; he did not elaborate folkloristic themes, neither he passively adapts the ...
10. Armando Sciascia
Composer | L'uomo che bruciò il suo cadavere
Armando Sciascia was born on June 16, 1920 in Lanciano, Abruzzo, Italy. He was a composer and actor, known for The Man Who Burnt His Corpse (1964), Per un dollaro a Tucson si muore (1965) and Adolescenti al sole (1964). He died on June 23, 2017 in Connecticut, USA.
11. Armando Trovajoli
Soundtrack | Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Armando Trovajoli was born on September 2, 1917 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a composer and actor, known for Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), A Special Day (1977) and Get Smart (2008). He was married to Maria Paola Trovajoli and Pier Angeli. He died on March 1, 2013 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
12. Augusto Martelli
Composer | Nella misura in cui...
Augusto Martelli was born on March 15, 1940 in Genoa, Liguria, Italy. He was a composer and actor, known for Nella misura in cui... (1979), The Spider's Stratagem (1970) and Per amore o per forza (1971). He died on November 3, 2014 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
13. Benedetto Ghiglia
Composer | Marc Mato, agente S. 077
Benedetto Ghiglia was born on December 27, 1921 in Fiesole, Tuscany, Italy. He was a composer, known for Espionage in Tangiers (1965), Secret Agent Super Dragon (1966) and I tulipani di Haarlem (1970). He died on July 4, 2012 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
14. Berto Pisano
Composer | Kill!
Berto Pisano was born on October 13, 1928 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. He was a composer, known for Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! (1971), Death Smiles on a Murderer (1973) and The Big Blackout (1966). He died on January 29, 2002 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.
15. Bruno Canfora
Soundtrack | Nueve reinas
Bruno Canfora was born on November 6, 1924 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He was a composer and actor, known for Nine Queens (2000), Nine (2009) and No Way Out (1973). He was married to Loretta Turi and Elsa Peirone. He died on August 4, 2017 in Piegaro, Umbria, Italy.
16. Bruno Nicolai
Music_department | Romeo and Juliet
Bruno Nicolai was born on May 26, 1926 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a composer, known for Romeo and Juliet (1968), Django (1966) and Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019). He died on August 16, 1991 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
17. Bruno Zambrini
Soundtrack | The American
Bruno Zambrini was born on April 5, 1935 in Francavilla al Mare, Abruzzo, Italy. He is a composer, known for The American (2010), Notte prima degli esami (2006) and Ex (2009).
18. Carlo Innocenzi
Composer | Giulio Cesare contro i pirati
An all-round composer of songs, film scores and television shows, Carlo Innocenzi was born in Monteleone di Spoleto in 1899. He married his lyricist Marcella Rivi (who wrote the words for many of his hit songs including "Il Primo Amore", "Prigoniero di un Sogno", "Addio Sogni di Gloria", "Bocca ...
19. Carlo Rustichelli
Composer | L'uomo di paglia
Carlo Rustichelli was born on December 24, 1916 in Carpi, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was a composer, known for Man of Straw (1958), L'armata Brancaleone (1966) and The Facts of Murder (1959). He was married to Elvira Zecchino. He died on November 13, 2004 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
20. Carlo Savina
Soundtrack | The Brothers Bloom
Carlo Savina was born on August 2, 1919 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. He was a composer and actor, known for The Brothers Bloom (2008), Sixteen Candles (1984) and The Tenant (1976). He died on June 23, 2002 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
21. Carlos Pes
Soundtrack | About Time
Carlos Pes was born on March 3, 1927 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. He was a composer and actor, known for About Time (2013), 21 (2008) and Ocean's Twelve (2004). He died on December 24, 1999 in Bellagio, Italy.
22. Cesare A. Bixio
Soundtrack | Raging Bull
Cesare A. Bixio was born on October 11, 1896 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He was a composer and actor, known for Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990) and Rounders (1998). He died on March 5, 1978 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
23. Claudio Gizzi
Soundtrack | Flesh for Frankenstein
Claudio Gizzi (Rome, 16 of may of 1946) is a Italian musician and film composer famous for the score of Andy Warlhol's Frankestein (aka Flesh for Frankestein) and Andy Warlhol's Dracula (aka Blood for Dracula), both movies directed by Paul Morrissey. Also, Gizzi is long run musician, who ...
24. Claudio Tallino
Composer | Killer, adios
Claudio Tallino is known for Killer Goodbye (1968), Càlamo (1976) and Vicino al fiume (2004).
25. Coriolano Gori
Composer | Kindar, l'invulnerabile
Coriolano Gori was born on March 7, 1927 in Cervia, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was a composer, known for Kindar the Invulnerable (1965), Massacre Time (1966) and Karzan, il favoloso uomo della jungla (1972). He died on December 1, 1982 in Terracina, Lazio, Italy.
26. Daniele Paris
Composer | Il portiere di notte
Daniele Paris is known for The Night Porter (1974), Milarepa (1974) and Together (1956).
27. Daniele Patucchi
Composer | Warrior of the Lost World
Daniele Patucchi was born in 1945 in Turin, Italy. He was a composer, known for Warrior of the Lost World (1983), Il sorriso del ragno (1971) and Jugando con la muerte (1982). He died on July 27, 2015 in Rome, Italy.
28. Dario Marianelli
Composer | Atonement
Dario Marianelli was born in Pisa and studied piano and composition in Florence and London. After a year as a postgraduate composer at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, he spent 3 years at the National Film and Television School, from which he graduated in 1997. Dario's film scores include '...
29. Detto Mariano
Composer | Il burbero
Detto Mariano was born on July 27, 1937 in Monte Urano, Marche, Italy. He was a composer and actor, known for Il burbero (1986), Avanti! (1972) and The Tough and the Mighty (1969). He died on March 25, 2020 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
30. Ennio Morricone
Composer | The Hateful Eight
A classmate of director Sergio Leone with whom he would form one of the great director/composer partnerships (right up there with Eisenstein & Prokofiev, Hitchcock & Herrmann, Fellini & Rota), Ennio Morricone studied at Rome's Santa Cecilia Conservatory, where he specialized in trumpet. His first ...
31. Enrico Pellegrini
Sound_department | 2047: Sights of Death
Enrico Pellegrini is known for 2047: Sights of Death (2014), Medici (2016) and Taranta on the road (2017).
32. Enrico Pieranunzi
Music_department | Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
Enrico Pieranunzi is known for Cinema Paradiso (1988), Pieces (1982) and Young, Violent, Dangerous (1976).
33. Enrico Simonetti
Soundtrack | Step Up
Enrico Simonetti was born on January 29, 1924 in Alassio, Liguria, Italy. He was a composer and actor, known for Step Up (2006), Macumba Love (1960) and Il circolo Pickwick (1968). He died on May 28, 1978 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
34. Fabio Frizzi
Soundtrack | Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Fabio Frizzi was born on July 2, 1951 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He is a composer and actor, known for Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Zombie (1979) and Saint Frankenstein (2015).
35. Fiamma Maglione
Actress | Cannibal ferox
Fiamma Maglione was an actress and composer, known for Cannibal Ferox (1981), Concorde Affaire '79 (1979) and The Tough Ones (1976). She was married to Mino Loy. She died in January 2003.
36. Fiorenzo Carpi
Composer | Voltati Eugenio
Fiorenzo Carpi was born on October 19, 1918 in Milan, Italy. He was a composer, known for Voltati Eugenio (1980), Notte italiana (1987) and Il prete bello (1989). He died on May 21, 1997 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
37. Francesco De Masi
Soundtrack | Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood
Born in Rome, he studied composition at the Neapolitan Conservatory "S. Pietro a Majella" under the direction of M° Achille Longo then proceeded to study orchestra direction at the Chigiana Academy in Siena with Paul Van Kempen and Franco Ferrara. He also graduated in horn, after having studied ...
38. Franco Bixio
Soundtrack | Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Franco Bixio is known for Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Desert of Fire (1971) and Silver Saddle (1978).
39. Franco Campanino
Composer | Iguana
Franco Campanino is known for Iguana (1988), Killer contro killers (1985) and The Sword of the Barbarians (1982).
40. Franco De Gemini
Soundtrack | C'era una volta il West
Franco De Gemini was born on September 10, 1928 in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was a composer, known for Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), Lone Wolf McQuade (1983) and Cinema Insomnia with Mr. Lobo (2001). He died on July 20, 2013 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
41. Franco Mannino
Composer | L'innocente
Franco Mannino was born on April 25, 1924 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He was a composer, known for The Innocent (1976), Conversation Piece (1974) and Beat the Devil (1953). He was married to Uberta Visconti di Modrone. He died on February 1, 2005 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
42. Franco Micalizzi
Soundtrack | Death Proof
Franco Micalizzi was born on December 21, 1939 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is a composer, known for Death Proof (2007), Grindhouse (2007) and Django Unchained (2012).
43. Franco Potenza
Composer | Afrika
Franco Potenza was born on January 23, 1922 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a composer and actor, known for Afrika (1973), Anche l'inferno trema (1958) and The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965). He died on September 6, 2011 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
44. Fred Bongusto
Composer | La cicala
Fred Bongusto was born on April 6, 1935 in Campobasso, Molise, Italy. He was a composer and actor, known for The Cricket (1980), Oh, Serafina! (1976) and Malicious (1973). He was married to Gabriella Palazzoli. He died on November 8, 2019 in Rome, Italy.
45. Gianfranco Plenizio
Soundtrack | 21
Gianfranco Plenizio was born on January 10, 1941 in Sedegliano, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He was a composer, known for 21 (2008), Joy (2015) and Hotel Rwanda (2004). He died on February 7, 2017 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
46. Gianfranco Reverberi
Soundtrack | Kick-Ass
Gianfranco Reverberi was born on December 12, 1934 in Genoa, Liguria, Italy. He was a composer, known for Kick-Ass (2010), Boyhood (2014) and The Big Short (2015). He died on January 8, 2024 in Genoa, Liguria, Italy.
47. Gian Piero Reverberi
Soundtrack | Kick-Ass
Gian Piero Reverberi was born on July 29, 1939 in Genoa, Italy. He is a composer and writer, known for Kick-Ass (2010), Boyhood (2014) and Horrible Bosses (2011). He has been married to Laura Giordano since 1963.
48. Giacomo Dell'Orso
Music_department | Zombi Holocaust
Giacomo Dell'Orso was born on December 2, 1931 in Ofena, L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy. He is a composer, known for Zombie Holocaust (1980). He is married to Edda Dell'Orso.
49. Gianni Ferrio
Soundtrack | Inglourious Basterds
Gianni Ferrio was born on November 16, 1924 in Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. He was a composer, known for Inglourious Basterds (2009), Look Who's Back (2015) and The Adventurers (1970). He was married to Alba Arnova. He died on October 21, 2013 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
50. Gianni Marchetti
Composer | Caccia ai violenti
Gianni Marchetti was born on September 7, 1933 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a composer, known for King of Africa (1968), The Killer Likes Candy (1968) and Colpo di stato (1969). He died on April 10, 2012 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
51. Gino Marinuzzi Jr.
Composer | Terrore nello spazio
Gino Marinuzzi Jr. was born on April 7, 1920 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer, known for Planet of the Vampires (1965), Matchless (1967) and Kommissar X - Drei gelbe Katzen (1966). He died on November 8, 1996 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
52. Gino Peguri
Music_department | Nostalghia
Gino Peguri is known for Nostalghia (1983), Blackie the Pirate (1971) and Mister Zehn Prozent - Miezen und Moneten (1968).
53. Gioacchino Angelo
Composer | Il vendicatore mascherato
Gioacchino Angelo is known for Il vendicatore mascherato (1963), La vispa Teresa (1943) and Agguato sul mare (1955).
54. Giorgio Gaslini
Composer | Profondo rosso
Giorgio Gaslini was born on October 22, 1929 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He was a composer, known for Deep Red (1975), Love (2015) and La Notte (1961). He was married to Simona Caucia. He died on July 29, 2014 in Borgo Val di Taro, Italy.
55. Giorgio Moroder
Soundtrack | Top Gun
Giorgio Moroder was born on April 26, 1940 in Urtijëi, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. He is a composer and actor, known for Top Gun (1986), Flashdance (1983) and Over the Top (1987).
56. Giovanna Marini
Composer | Storia d'amore
Giovanna Marini was born on January 19, 1937 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is a composer and actress, known for Storia d'amore (1986), Il sospetto (1975) and Cronache del terzo millennio (1996).
57. Giovanni Fusco
Composer | L'avventura
Giovanni Fusco was born on October 10, 1906 in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Campania, Italy. He was a composer and director, known for L'Avventura (1960), Story of a Love Affair (1950) and Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959). He died on May 31, 1968 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
58. Giovanni Venosta
Composer | Pane e tulipani
Giovanni Venosta was born on October 8, 1961 in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He is a composer, known for Bread and Tulips (2000), Un'anima divisa in due (1993) and Brucio nel vento (2002).
59. Giuliano Sorgini
Soundtrack | Las leyes de la frontera
Giuliano Sorgini is known for The Laws of the Border (2021), Running with Scissors (2006) and The Craft: Legacy (2020).
60. Pippo Caruso
Composer | Le evase - Storie di sesso e di violenze
Pippo Caruso was born on December 22, 1935 in Belpasso, Sicily, Italy. He was a composer and actor, known for Escape from Women's Prison (1978), Il maestro di violino (1976) and I due toreri (1964). He died on May 28, 2018 in Passo Corese, Rieti, Lazio, Italy.
61. Guido De Angelis
Soundtrack | Il mondo di Yor
Guido De Angelis was born on December 22, 1944 in Rocca di Papa, Lazio, Italy. He is a composer and producer, known for Yor: The Hunter from the Future (1983), Death Proof (2007) and All the Way Boys (1972).
62. Luciano Michelini
Music_department | L'isola degli uomini pesce
Luciano Michelini was born in 1945 in Italy. He is a composer, known for The Island of the Fishmen (1979), The Suspicious Death of a Minor (1975) and The Cheaters (1975).
63. Luciano Simoncini
Composer | Colpo grosso... grossissimo... anzi probabile
Luciano Simoncini is known for Colpo grosso... grossissimo... anzi probabile (1972).
64. Ludovico Einaudi
Soundtrack | Nomadland
Ludovico Einaudi was born on November 23, 1955 in Turin, Italy. He is a composer and actor, known for Nomadland (2020), The Father (2020) and This Is England (2006).
65. Marcello Gigante
Composer | Un alibi per morire
Marcello Gigante is known for Un alibi per morire (1962), Wanted Johnny Texas (1967) and The Electric Chair (1969).
66. Marcello Giombini
Composer | A 001: operazione Giamaica
Marcello Giombini was born on July 24, 1928 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a composer, known for Our Man in Jamaica (1965) and Mission Stardust (1967). He died on December 12, 2003 in Italy.
67. Mario Bertolazzi
Composer | Il baco da seta
Mario Bertolazzi was born on October 10, 1918 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He is a composer, known for Il baco da seta (1974), Non son degno di te (1965) and Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why? (1972).
68. Mario Molino
Composer | Gli angeli del 2000
Mario Molino is known for The Angels from 2000 (1969), Las alegres chicas de 'El Molino' (1977) and Like Rabid Dogs (1976).
69. Mario Nascimbene
Soundtrack | The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Mario Nascimbene was born on November 28, 1913 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He was a composer and actor, known for The French Dispatch (2021), Matchstick Men (2003) and Violent Summer (1959). He was married to Mara Caterina Ripari and Tamara Adrian. He died on January 6, 2002 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
70. Maurizio De Angelis
Soundtrack | Il mondo di Yor
Maurizio De Angelis was born on February 22, 1947 in Rocca di Papa, Lazio, Italy. He is a composer and producer, known for Yor: The Hunter from the Future (1983), Death Proof (2007) and All the Way Boys (1972).
71. Nando De Luca
Composer | Ricco
Nando De Luca is known for The Mean Machine (1973), Gli assassini sono nostri ospiti (1974) and Metti... che ti rompo il muso (1973).
72. Nico Fidenco
Soundtrack | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Prolific singer, songwriter and composer Nico Fidenco was born in Rome as Domenico Colarossi on January 24, 1933. Signed to RCA in Rome in 1960, he had his first major hit as a singer with Legata ad un granello di sabbia. This became the first single to sell over a million copies in Italy. Soon ...
73. Nino Oliviero
Soundtrack | Nine
Nino Oliviero was born on February 13, 1918 in Naples, Campania, Italy. Nino was a composer, known for Nine (2009), A Dog's Life (1962) and Radhapura - Endstation der Verdammten (1968). Nino died on March 1, 1980 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
74. Nino Rota
Composer | The Godfather
Born in Milan in 1911 into a family of musicians, Nino Rota was first a student of Orefice and Pizzetti. Then, still a child, he moved to Rome where he completed his studies at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in 1929 with Alfredo Casella. In the meantime, he had become an 'enfant prodige', famous...
75. Nora Orlandi
Soundtrack | Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Nora Orlandi was born on June 28, 1933 in Voghera, Lombardy, Italy. She is a composer and actress, known for Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), Double Face (1969) and The Sweet Body of Deborah (1968).
76. Paolo Vasile
Composer | Il giorno del Cobra
Paolo Vasile was born in 1953 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is a composer and production manager, known for Il giorno del Cobra (1980), Double Murder (1977) and Fantasma en el Oeste (1978).
77. Peppino De Luca
Soundtrack | 21
Peppino De Luca was born on January 5, 1936 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a composer, known for 21 (2008), Ocean's Twelve (2004) and The Girl with a Pistol (1968). He died on September 6, 1974 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
78. Peppino Gagliardi
Soundtrack | The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Italian cantautore, a smooth, romantic balladeer, primarily in his native 'nnapuletano' dialect. Gagliardi was born in the Vasto district of Naples and became immensely popular throughout Italy in the 1960s and 70s. A gifted musician from childhood, influenced by both French and American ...
79. Piero Piccioni
Soundtrack | The Big Lebowski
Piero Piccioni was born in Turin (Italy) on the 6th December 1921. Son of a pure Turinese mother (her maiden name was Marengo), and from here the pseudonym Piero Morgan, which he adopted until 1957. He had played on the radio with his historic Big Band "013" in 1938, to then return, after the ...
80. Piero Umiliani
Soundtrack | The Spectacular Now
Piero Umiliani was born on July 17, 1926 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. He was a composer, known for The Spectacular Now (2013), Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) and The Muppets (2011). He died on February 14, 2001 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
81. Pino Donaggio
Composer | Dressed to Kill
Born in Burano (Venice) in 1941, Pino Donaggio studied violin at the Conservatory of Venice and Milan.
After a period of adolescent performer of classical music with the Solisti Veneti and the Soloists of Milan, in 1959 he began to devote himself to the pop music that soon led to international ...
82. Pino Marchese
Soundtrack | Parole de flic
Pino Marchese is known for Parole de flic (1985), Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort (1988) and Les loups entre eux (1985).
83. Renato Serio
Composer | L'uomo puma
Renato Serio is known for The Pumaman (1980), Jugando con la muerte (1982) and Savana: Violenza carnale (1979).
84. Renzo Rossellini
Composer | Roma città aperta
Renzo Rossellini was born on February 2, 1908 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a composer and actor, known for Rome, Open City (1945), Paisan (1946) and I fratelli Karamazoff (1947). He died on May 13, 1982 in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
85. Riz Ortolani
Composer | I giorni dell'ira
Riz Ortolani was born on March 25, 1926 in Pesaro, Marche, Italy. He was a composer and actor, known for Day of Anger (1967), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) and Festa di laurea (1985). He was married to Katina Ranieri. He died on January 23, 2014 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
86. Robby Poitevin
Soundtrack | Er ist wieder da
Robby Poitevin is known for Look Who's Back (2015), The Love Witch (2016) and Operation White Shark (1966).
87. Roberto Donati
Soundtrack | Roma a mano armata
Roberto Donati is known for The Tough Ones (1976), Apache Woman (1976) and Cannibal Ferox (1981).
88. Roberto Nicolosi
Composer | Caltiki il mostro immortale
One of only two composers to start out as a dentist (the other being English-born Wilfred Josephs) Roberto Nicolosi was born in Genoa in 1914. As well as gaining a degree in medicine, he also won a diploma in composition at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Music in Milan. After several years in ...
89. Roberto Pregadio
Music_department | Il gioco delle spie
Roberto Pregadio was born on December 6, 1928 in Aci Sant'Antonio, Catania, Sicily, Italy. He was a composer, known for Our Men in Bagdad (1966), Kong Island (1968) and Three Golden Serpents (1969). He died on November 15, 2010 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
90. Romolo Grano
Composer | Nero Wolfe
Romolo Grano is known for Nero Wolfe (1969), The Collector (1997) and Arcana (1972).
91. Sante Maria Romitelli
Composer | Isabella, duchessa dei diavoli
Sante Maria Romitelli was a composer, known for Isabella, Duchess of the Devils (1969), This Time I'll Make You Rich (1974) and Sotto a chi tocca! (1972). Sante Maria died on October 30, 2004 in Perugia, Umbria, Italy.
92. Stefano Liberati
Composer | Sedici anni
Stefano Liberati is known for Sixteen (1973), Lover of the Monster (1974) and The Hand That Feeds the Dead (1974).
93. Stefano Torossi
Soundtrack | Friends with Kids
Stefano Torossi was born on January 6, 1938 in Rome, Italy. He is a composer and actor, known for Friends with Kids (2011), Italiani! È severamente proibito servirsi della toilette durante le fermate (1969) and Deadly Inheritance (1968).
94. Stelvio Cipriani
Soundtrack | Never Let Me Go
He studied piano and harmony at Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome. In 1957 he started playing light music, being the pianist of important singers such as Rita Pavone. In USA he studied jazz with Dave Brubeck. In 1966 he was called by Cam to compose his first soundtrack: The Bounty Killer, a film ...
95. Teo Usuelli
Soundtrack | The Big Lebowski
He completed his studies in Milan. After having received his diploma in Humanities, he attended the Faculty of Pure Mathematics at the State University for four years with good results. He specialized in music and choir song in 1944, and graduated in Composition from the Conservatory "G. Verdi" of ...
96. Ubaldo Continiello
Composer | Lola Colt
Ubaldo Continiello was born on May 4, 1941 in Monteverde, Campania, Italy. He was a composer, known for Black Tigress (1967), Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man (1976) and Play Motel (1979). He died on January 20, 2014 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
97. Ugo Calise
Soundtrack | Pane e cioccolata
Ugo Calise was born on May 6, 1921 in Oratino, Abruzzi e Molise, Italy [now Oratino, Molise, Italy]. He was an actor and composer, known for Bread and Chocolate (1974), Una vergine per un bastardo (1966) and Kryptonite! (2011). He died on August 6, 1994 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
98. Vince Tempera
Soundtrack | Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Vince Tempera was born on September 18, 1946 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He is a composer, known for Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Silver Saddle (1978) and Day of Violence (1977).
99. Vittorio Gelmetti
Composer | Sotto il segno dello scorpione
Vittorio Gelmetti was born on April 25, 1926 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He was a composer, known for Under the Sign of Scorpio (1969), Red Desert (1964) and Attraction (1969). He died on February 4, 1992 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
100. Walter Rizzati
Composer | 1990: I guerrieri del Bronx
Walter Rizzati is known for 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982), The Secret of the Incas' Empire (1987) and Our Men in Bagdad (1966).
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