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Nicola Piovani
Composer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn May 26, 1946 (79 years)
Nicola Piovani (born 26 May 1946) is an Italian light-classical musician, theater and film score composer. In 1998, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score for Roberto Benigni's film Life Is Beautiful (1997).
After high school, Piovani enrolled at the Sapienza University of Rome, receiving his degree in piano from the Verdi Conservatory in Milan in 1967, and later studied orchestration under the Greek composer Manos Hadjidakis.
In 1971 and 1973 collaborated for the music of two albums of the songwriter Fabrizio De André: Storia di un impiegato and Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo. In 2008, after De André departure, Piovani wrote the music for the film Amore che vieni, amore che vai, inspired by a novel of De André himself, Un destino ridicolo.
Among his more popular works is the score for the Federico Fellini film Intervista, his second of three collaborations with the famous director, the others being Ginger e Fred (Ginger and Fred in English) and La voce della luna (The Voice of the Moon). Years later, he composed a ballet titled Balletto Fellini.
In 2000, his Academy Award-winning score for Life Is Beautiful (La Vita è bella) was further nominated for a Grammy Award in the "Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" category, losing to Randy Newman. In 2005, he was a member of the jury at the 27th Moscow International Film Festival. In light of his recent work with French directors, notably Danièle Thompson, Philippe Lioret, and Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, the French Minister of Culture gave him the title of Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres on 21 May 2008 at the Cannes Film Festival.
To date, Piovani has over 130 film scores to his credit, including films such as Slap the Monster on Page One (1972), The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974), Flavia the Heretic (1974), Le Orme (1975), A Leap in the Dark (1980) The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982), and Kaos (1984). The music for the latter is considered by many as one of the best film scores ever done. However, he is reported to believe that "Too many film scores make a composer a hack, but in the theatre music is above all craftsmanship". Accordingly, he continues to work in musical theatre, and also composes concert and chamber music.
Piovani also composed the first opera Amorosa presenza on a libretto by Aisha Cerami and Nicola Piovani, based on the novel by Vincenzo Cerami and is performed at the Teatro Verdi in Trieste in January 2022.
In 2023, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Soundtrack Academy.
In 2024, Piovani composed the score for Loris Lai's debut feature film, How Kids Roll.
Source: Article "Nicola Piovani" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
After high school, Piovani enrolled at the Sapienza University of Rome, receiving his degree in piano from the Verdi Conservatory in Milan in 1967, and later studied orchestration under the Greek composer Manos Hadjidakis.
In 1971 and 1973 collaborated for the music of two albums of the songwriter Fabrizio De André: Storia di un impiegato and Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo. In 2008, after De André departure, Piovani wrote the music for the film Amore che vieni, amore che vai, inspired by a novel of De André himself, Un destino ridicolo.
Among his more popular works is the score for the Federico Fellini film Intervista, his second of three collaborations with the famous director, the others being Ginger e Fred (Ginger and Fred in English) and La voce della luna (The Voice of the Moon). Years later, he composed a ballet titled Balletto Fellini.
In 2000, his Academy Award-winning score for Life Is Beautiful (La Vita è bella) was further nominated for a Grammy Award in the "Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" category, losing to Randy Newman. In 2005, he was a member of the jury at the 27th Moscow International Film Festival. In light of his recent work with French directors, notably Danièle Thompson, Philippe Lioret, and Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, the French Minister of Culture gave him the title of Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres on 21 May 2008 at the Cannes Film Festival.
To date, Piovani has over 130 film scores to his credit, including films such as Slap the Monster on Page One (1972), The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974), Flavia the Heretic (1974), Le Orme (1975), A Leap in the Dark (1980) The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982), and Kaos (1984). The music for the latter is considered by many as one of the best film scores ever done. However, he is reported to believe that "Too many film scores make a composer a hack, but in the theatre music is above all craftsmanship". Accordingly, he continues to work in musical theatre, and also composes concert and chamber music.
Piovani also composed the first opera Amorosa presenza on a libretto by Aisha Cerami and Nicola Piovani, based on the novel by Vincenzo Cerami and is performed at the Teatro Verdi in Trieste in January 2022.
In 2023, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Soundtrack Academy.
In 2024, Piovani composed the score for Loris Lai's debut feature film, How Kids Roll.
Source: Article "Nicola Piovani" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Nicola Piovani Filmography
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| 2019 | Adrian (TV Series) |
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| 2013 | L'ultimo Papa Re (TV Series) |
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| 1988 | Lenin: The Train (TV Series) |
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| 2021 | Luigi Proietti detto Gigi · as Self |
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| 2020 | Fellinopolis · as Self - Composer |
| 2020 | Fellini of the Spirits · as Self |
| 2017 | Cavalli di battaglia (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Boris - Il film · as Self |
| 2003 | Che tempo che fa (TV Series) · as Self |
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| 2002 | The Magic of Fellini · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1999 | The 71st Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1981 | Sweet Dreams · as Piano Player |
| 2025 | Brunello: The Gracious Visionary · as Composer |
| 2025 | Brunello - Il visionario garbato · as Sound |
| 2025 | Il camorrista - La serie (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2024 | The Children's Train · as Composer |
| 2024 | How Kids Roll · as Composer |
| 2023 | My Paper Dolls · as Original Music Composer |
| 2022 | Lord of the Ants · as Original Music Composer |
| 2021 | I fratelli De Filippo · as Original Music Composer |
| 2021 | Anaïs in Love · as Original Music Composer |
| 2020 | The Best Years · as Original Music Composer |
| 2020 | Hammamet · as Original Music Composer |
| 2019 | The Traitor · as Original Music Composer |
| 2018 | Una festa esagerata · as Original Music Composer |
| 2018 | There's No Place Like Home · as Original Music Composer |
| 2016 | In arte Nino · as Original Music Composer |
| 2016 | The Confessions · as Original Music Composer |
| 2016 | Solo · as Composer |
| 2015 | La passione e l'utopia · as Composer |
| 2015 | Odnazhdy · as Composer |
| 2015 | L'amour ne pardonne pas · as Original Music Composer |
| 2015 | Banana · as Original Music Composer |
| 2014 | Hungry Hearts · as Original Music Composer |
| 2014 | The State-Mafia Pact · as Composer |
| 2013 | Mamarosh · as Composer |
| 2012 | Cherry on the Cake · as Original Music Composer |
| 2012 | Sams im Glück · as Composer |
| 2012 | The Chef · as Original Music Composer |
| 2012 | Monicelli: La versione di Mario · as Composer |
| 2011 | The Conquest · as Composer |
| 2010 | My House Is Full of Mirrors · as Composer |
| 2009 | The Cézanne Affair · as Original Music Composer |
| 2009 | Bets & Wedding Dresses · as Composer |
| 2009 | Welcome · as Original Music Composer |
| 2009 | Le code a changé · as Original Music Composer |
| 2007 | Her Name Is Sabine · as Composer |
| 2007 | Amore che vieni, amore che vai · as Original Music Composer |
| 2006 | Odette Toulemonde · as Original Music Composer |
| 2006 | Don't Worry, I'm Fine · as Original Music Composer |
| 2006 | The Robber Hotzenplotz · as Composer |
| 2006 | Orchestra Seats · as Original Music Composer |
| 2005 | The Tiger and the Snow · as Original Music Composer |
| 2004 | The Light · as Original Music Composer |
| 2004 | Luisa Sanfelice · as Composer |
| 2003 | Sams in Gefahr · as Original Music Composer |
| 2003 | The Undesirables · as Composer |
| 2002 | Pinocchio · as Original Music Composer |
| 2002 | Nowhere · as Composer |
| 2002 | Il nostro matrimonio è in crisi · as Original Music Composer |
| 2001 | Resurrection · as Composer |
| 2001 | In Love and War · as Composer |
| 2001 | The Slurb · as Original Music Composer |
| 2001 | The Son's Room · as Original Music Composer |
| 2000 | Viper · as Original Music Composer |
| 2000 | La carbonara · as Original Music Composer |
| 1999 | Running Free · as Original Music Composer |
| 1999 | Love in the Mirror · as Original Music Composer |
| 1999 | No Trains No Planes · as Composer |
| 1999 | La fame e la sete · as Original Music Composer |
| 1998 | Dolce far niente · as Composer |
| 1998 | You Laugh · as Composer |
| 1998 | Acts of Justice · as Composer |
| 1997 | Life Is Beautiful · as Original Music Composer |
| 1997 | The Impostor · as Original Music Composer |
| 1997 | Linda e il brigadiere (TV Series) · as Sound |
| 1997 | Camere da letto · as Original Music Composer |
| 1997 | Uomo d'acqua dolce · as Original Music Composer |
| 1996 | Más allá del jardín · as Composer |
| 1996 | La mia generazione · as Original Music Composer |
| 1995 | Bad Boy · as Original Music Composer |
| 1994 | A che punto è la notte (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1994 | A che punto è la notte · as Composer |
| 1994 | The Tit and the Moon · as Original Music Composer |
| 1993 | Amico mio (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1993 | Dear Diary · as Original Music Composer |
| 1993 | Amok · as Original Music Composer |
| 1993 | Benito: The Rise and Fall of Mussolini (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1993 | Living Naked · as Original Music Composer |
| 1993 | Fiorile · as Composer |
| 1992 | Jamón, Jamón · as Original Music Composer |
| 1992 | Close Friends · as Composer |
| 1992 | Utz · as Original Music Composer |
| 1991 | Out of Life · as Original Music Composer |
| 1991 | The Indecent Woman · as Composer |
| 1990 | In nome del popolo sovrano · as Original Music Composer |
| 1990 | Der Berg · as Original Music Composer |
| 1990 | Tracce di vita amorosa · as Original Music Composer |
| 1990 | Night Sun · as Original Music Composer |
| 1990 | Dark Illness · as Conductor |
| 1990 | The Voice of the Moon · as Original Music Composer |
| 1989 | 12 Directors for 12 Cities · as Original Music Composer |
| 1989 | La Soule · as Original Music Composer |
| 1989 | 'O re · as Original Music Composer |
| 1989 | I 7 Re di Roma · as Music Director |
| 1988 | Manifesto · as Original Music Composer |
| 1988 | I cammelli · as Original Music Composer |
| 1988 | Chiari di luna · as Composer |
| 1988 | Strana la vita · as Composer |
| 1988 | It's Happening Tomorrow · as Original Music Composer |
| 1987 | Intervista · as Original Music Composer |
| 1986 | What Every Frenchwoman Wants · as Original Music Composer |
| 1986 | Il camorrista · as Original Music Composer |
| 1986 | Speriamo che sia femmina · as Original Music Composer |
| 1986 | Ginger & Fred · as Conductor |
| 1985 | The Mass Is Ended · as Original Music Composer |
| 1985 | The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal · as Original Music Composer |
| 1985 | Segreti segreti · as Original Music Composer |
| 1984 | Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cascacenno · as Original Music Composer |
| 1984 | Kaos · as Original Music Composer |
| 1984 | De schorpioen · as Composer |
| 1983 | The Trail · as Composer |
| 1982 | Colpire al cuore · as Original Music Composer |
| 1982 | The Night of the Shooting Stars · as Original Music Composer |
| 1982 | The Eyes, the Mouth · as Original Music Composer |
| 1981 | Il marchese del Grillo · as Original Music Composer |
| 1981 | The Girl with the Red Hair · as Composer |
| 1981 | Il minestrone · as Original Music Composer |
| 1980 | Vacation in Val Trebbia · as Original Music Composer |
| 1980 | A Leap in the Dark · as Original Music Composer |
| 1977 | Sun of the Hyenas · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | In the Highest of Skies · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | Victory March · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | Footprints on the Moon · as Original Music Composer |
| 1974 | Flavia, the Heretic · as Original Music Composer |
| 1974 | The Perfume of the Lady in Black · as Original Music Composer |
| 1972 | Slap the Monster on Page One · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | In the Name of the Father · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | N.P. · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | La ragazza di latta · as Original Music Composer |