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Armando Trovajoli
Composer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born September 2, 1917Died February 28, 2013 (95 years)
Armando Trovajoli (also Trovaioli, 2 September 1917 – 28 February 2013) was an Italian film composer and pianist with over 300 credits as composer and/or conductor, many of them jazz scores for exploitation films of the Commedia all'italiana genre. He collaborated with Vittorio De Sica on a number of projects, including one segment of Boccaccio '70. Trovajoli was also the author of several Italian musicals: among them, Rugantino and Aggiungi un posto a tavola.
Trovajoli was the husband of actress Pier Angeli. He died in Rome at the age of 95 on 28 February 2013.
After graduating from the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome (1948), Trovajoli was entrusted by RAI with the direction of a pop music orchestra, set with 12 violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos, 1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 clarinet, 1 horn, harp, vibraphone, electric guitar, bass, drums and the piano (played by Trovajoli himself). In 1952–53 he collaborated with Piero Piccioni in Eclipse, a weekly musical broadcast in which the orchestra is directed alternately by the two composers, in a style extremely refined and sophisticated, very different from the music of radio orchestras at that time.
Together with Goffredo Petrassi, Trovajoli composed the score of Giuseppe De Santis' Bitter Rice (1949). In 1951, Trovajoli was invited by Dino De Laurentiis to write music for Anna, a film directed by Alberto Lattuada: particularly the song El Negro Zumbón became an international success: inspired by tropical rhythms, is sung in playback and danced by Silvana Mangano, but actually performed by Flo Sandon's. Since then, Trovajoli wrote soundtracks for directors as Dino Risi, Vittorio De Sica, Ettore Scola and others, for a total of over 300 scores.
Source: Article "Armando Trovajoli" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Trovajoli was the husband of actress Pier Angeli. He died in Rome at the age of 95 on 28 February 2013.
After graduating from the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome (1948), Trovajoli was entrusted by RAI with the direction of a pop music orchestra, set with 12 violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos, 1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 clarinet, 1 horn, harp, vibraphone, electric guitar, bass, drums and the piano (played by Trovajoli himself). In 1952–53 he collaborated with Piero Piccioni in Eclipse, a weekly musical broadcast in which the orchestra is directed alternately by the two composers, in a style extremely refined and sophisticated, very different from the music of radio orchestras at that time.
Together with Goffredo Petrassi, Trovajoli composed the score of Giuseppe De Santis' Bitter Rice (1949). In 1951, Trovajoli was invited by Dino De Laurentiis to write music for Anna, a film directed by Alberto Lattuada: particularly the song El Negro Zumbón became an international success: inspired by tropical rhythms, is sung in playback and danced by Silvana Mangano, but actually performed by Flo Sandon's. Since then, Trovajoli wrote soundtracks for directors as Dino Risi, Vittorio De Sica, Ettore Scola and others, for a total of over 300 scores.
Source: Article "Armando Trovajoli" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Armando Trovajoli Filmography
| 2010 | |
| 2006 | |
| 2004 | Lives of the Saints · as Composer |
| 2004 | Lives of the Saints (TV Series) |
| 2003 | People of Rome · as Original Music Composer |
| 2001 | Unfair Competition · as Original Music Composer |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember · as Original Music Composer |
| 1996 | |
| 1995 | The Story of a Poor Young Man · as Original Music Composer |
| 1993 | Berlin '39 · as Original Music Composer |
| 1993 | Mario, Maria e Mario · as Original Music Composer |
| 1991 | |
| 1990 | The Voyage of Captain Fracassa · as Original Music Composer |
| 1989 | What Time Is It? · as Original Music Composer |
| 1989 | |
| 1989 | |
| 1988 | Days of Inspector Ambrosio · as Original Music Composer |
| 1988 | Miss Arizona · as Original Music Composer |
| 1987 | Little Roma (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1987 | The Family · as Original Music Composer |
| 1986 | |
| 1985 | Macaroni · as Original Music Composer |
| 1984 | Frankenstein 90 · as Original Music Composer |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | Sing Sing · as Original Music Composer |
| 1982 | Count Tacchia · as Original Music Composer |
| 1982 | Plus beau que moi, tu meurs · as Original Music Composer |
| 1982 | Viuuulentemente mia · as Original Music Composer |
| 1982 | Grand Hotel Excelsior · as Original Music Composer |
| 1982 | That Night in Varennes · as Original Music Composer |
| 1982 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1981 | Passion of Love · as Original Music Composer |
| 1980 | Arrivano i bersaglieri · as Original Music Composer |
| 1980 | La terrazza · as Original Music Composer |
| 1980 | La amante ingenua · as Original Music Composer |
| 1979 | Life Is Beautiful · as Original Music Composer |
| 1979 | Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot · as Original Music Composer |
| 1979 | |
| 1978 | Amori miei · as Original Music Composer |
| 1978 | |
| 1978 | The Fifth Commandment · as Composer |
| 1978 | Aggiungi un posto a tavola · as Composer |
| 1977 | Viva Italia! · as Original Music Composer |
| 1977 | In the Name of the Pope King · as Original Music Composer |
| 1977 | Ligabue (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1977 | Wifemistress · as Original Music Composer |
| 1977 | A Special Day · as Original Music Composer |
| 1977 | Il marito in collegio · as Composer |
| 1977 | La stanza del vescovo · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | Basta che non si sappia in giro!.. · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | |
| 1976 | Ugly, Dirty and Bad · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | Dimmi che fai tutto per me · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | As of Tomorrow · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | |
| 1976 | Luna di miele in tre · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | Shadows in an Empty Room · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | The Career of a Chambermaid · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | Duck in Orange Sauce · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | Valentina ...The Virgin Wife · as Original Music Composer |
| 1974 | We All Loved Each Other So Much · as Original Music Composer |
| 1974 | Scent of a Woman · as Original Music Composer |
| 1974 | Affair · as Composer |
| 1974 | La via dei babbuini · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | How Funny Can Sex Be? · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | Rugantino · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | The Sensual Man · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | La Tosca · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | The Italian Connection · as Original Music Composer |
| 1972 | The Valachi Papers · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | My Name Is Rocco Papaleo · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | The Double · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | No One Will Notice You're Naked · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | The Priest's Wife · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | Il prete sposato · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | |
| 1970 | |
| 1969 | Il giovane normale · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | The Conspirators · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | Police Chief Pepe · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | Dove vai tutta nuda? · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | Come, quando, perché · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | Vedo nudo · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | |
| 1969 | Seven Times Seven · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | The Libertine · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | Faustina · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | Benvenutis family (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | Rapporto Fuller, base Stoccolma · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | The Prophet · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | Acid Delirium of the Senses · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | Operazione San Pietro · as Composer |
| 1967 | I Am What I Am · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | Anyone Can Play · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | Spy Today, Die Tomorrow · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | Don Juan in Sicily · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | Long Days of Vengeance · as Original Music Composer |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | The Devil in Love · as Original Music Composer |
| 1966 | The Treasure of San Gennaro · as Original Music Composer |
| 1966 | The Queens · as Original Music Composer |
| 1966 | I nostri mariti · as Original Music Composer |
| 1966 | The Spy Who Loved Flowers · as Original Music Composer |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | Adulterio all'italiana · as Original Music Composer |
| 1966 | Il grande colpo dei 7 uomini d'oro · as Original Music Composer |
| 1965 | 7 uomini d'oro · as Composer |
| 1965 | I complessi · as Original Music Composer |
| 1965 | Casanova 70 · as Original Music Composer |
| 1965 | Assassination in Rome · as Original Music Composer |
| 1965 | The Dolls · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | Beautiful Families · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | Marriage Italian Style · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | My Wife · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | The Magnificent Cuckold · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | Il gaucho · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | Italiano brava gente · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | What Ever Happened to Baby Toto? · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | In Italia si chiama amore · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | Let's Talk About Women · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | The Thursday · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | High Infidelity · as Original Music Composer |
| 1963 | The Visit · as Original Music Composer |
| 1963 | Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow · as Original Music Composer |
| 1963 | Taboos of the World · as Composer |
| 1963 | The Monsters · as Original Music Composer |
| 1963 | Gli onorevoli · as Original Music Composer |
| 1963 | The Four Monks · as Original Music Composer |
| 1963 | Totosexy · as Original Music Composer |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | Il monaco di Monza · as Original Music Composer |
| 1962 | Totò di notte n. 1 · as Original Music Composer |
| 1962 | Warriors Five · as Original Music Composer |
| 1962 | Alone Against Rome · as Original Music Composer |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Il mio amico Benito · as Original Music Composer |
| 1962 | Toto vs. Maciste · as Composer |
| 1962 | Boccaccio '70 · as Original Music Composer |
| 1962 | Planets Around Us · as Original Music Composer |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Dieci italiani per un tedesco (Via Rasella) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1961 | Il mantenuto · as Original Music Composer |
| 1961 | Pugni, pupe e marinai · as Original Music Composer |
| 1961 | Hercules in the Haunted World · as Original Music Composer |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | The Orderly · as Original Music Composer |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | The Giant of Metropolis · as Original Music Composer |
| 1961 | Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules · as Original Music Composer |
| 1961 | Hercules and the Captive Women · as Composer |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita · as Original Music Composer |
| 1961 | The Grand Olympics · as Original Music Composer |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | The Magic World of Topo Gigio · as Composer |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Little Girls and High Finance · as Original Music Composer |
| 1960 | Atom Age Vampire · as Original Music Composer |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Un militare e mezzo · as Original Music Composer |
| 1960 | A qualcuna piace calvo · as Original Music Composer |
| 1959 | Uncle Was a Vampire · as Original Music Composer |
| 1959 | Le notti dei Teddy Boys · as Composer |
| 1959 | Vacanze d'inverno · as Original Music Composer |
| 1959 | Poor Millionaires · as Original Music Composer |
| 1958 | Camping · as Original Music Composer |
| 1957 | Mamma's Boy · as Original Music Composer |
| 1955 | Eighteen Year Olds · as Composer |
| 1955 | Il principe dalla maschera rossa · as Original Music Composer |
| 1954 | The River Girl · as Original Music Composer |
| 1954 | Of Life and Love · as Original Music Composer |
| 1954 | A Day in Court · as Original Music Composer |
| 1953 | Era lei che lo voleva! · as Original Music Composer |
| 1952 | La tratta delle bianche · as Original Music Composer |
| 1963 | Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow · as Giorgio Ferrario |
| 2021 | Uno, nessuno, cento Nino · as Self |
| 2010 | |
| 2009 | Vittorio D. · as Self |
| 2006 | Marcello, una vita dolce · as Self |
| 1965 | I complessi · as Self (segment "guglielmo Il Dentone") (uncredited) |
| 1961 | Pugni, pupe e marinai · as Self |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV Series) · as Self - Jazz Pianist |
| 1983 | Le Bal · as Music Consultant |
| 1962 | Toto and Peppino Divided in Berlin · as Conductor |
| 1961 | Ghosts of Rome · as Conductor |
| 1960 | I piaceri dello scapolo · as Conductor |
| 1960 | La Dolce Vita · as Music Arranger |
| 1959 | The Widower · as Conductor |
| 1955 | Bravissimo · as Conductor |
| 1955 | Le Amiche · as Musician |
| 1954 | Two Nights with Cleopatra · as Conductor |
| 1953 | Funniest Show on Earth · as Conductor |
| 1953 | The Unfaithfuls · as Conductor |