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Piero Piccioni
Composer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born December 6, 1921Died July 23, 2004 (82 years)
Piero Piccioni (December 6, 1921 – July 23, 2004) was an Italian film score composer and lawyer.
A pianist, organist, conductor, composer, he was also the prolific author of more than 300 film soundtracks. He was influenced in the use of jazz by 20th century classical composers and American films. Piero Piccioni came into contact with the movie world in Rome during the fifties, when he was a practicing lawyer securing movie rights for Italian producers such as Titanus and De Laurentiis. Many directors sought Piero Piccioni to score the soundtracks for their films: Francesco Rosi, Mario Monicelli, Alberto Lattuada, Luigi Comencini, Luchino Visconti, Antonio Pietrangeli, Bernardo Bertolucci, Roberto Rossellini, Vittorio De Sica, Lina Wertmuller, Tinto Brass, Dino Risi, and others.
His film scores include Il bell'Antonio, Contempt, The 10th Victim, More Than a Miracle, The Deserter, The Light at the Edge of the World, Puppet on a Chain, Lucky Luciano, Camille 2000, The Nun and the Devil, Swept Away, Christ Stopped at Eboli, Fighting Back, and many Alberto Sordi movies. He is credited with over 300 soundtracks and compositions for radio, television, ballets and orchestra.
Piccioni won many prestigious prizes including the David di Donatello Award for the movie Swept Away (1975), Nastro d’argento Award for the movie Salvatore Giuliano by Francesco Rosi (1963), Prix International Lumière 1991, Anna Magnani Award 1975 and Vittorio De Sica Award 1979.
A pianist, organist, conductor, composer, he was also the prolific author of more than 300 film soundtracks. He was influenced in the use of jazz by 20th century classical composers and American films. Piero Piccioni came into contact with the movie world in Rome during the fifties, when he was a practicing lawyer securing movie rights for Italian producers such as Titanus and De Laurentiis. Many directors sought Piero Piccioni to score the soundtracks for their films: Francesco Rosi, Mario Monicelli, Alberto Lattuada, Luigi Comencini, Luchino Visconti, Antonio Pietrangeli, Bernardo Bertolucci, Roberto Rossellini, Vittorio De Sica, Lina Wertmuller, Tinto Brass, Dino Risi, and others.
His film scores include Il bell'Antonio, Contempt, The 10th Victim, More Than a Miracle, The Deserter, The Light at the Edge of the World, Puppet on a Chain, Lucky Luciano, Camille 2000, The Nun and the Devil, Swept Away, Christ Stopped at Eboli, Fighting Back, and many Alberto Sordi movies. He is credited with over 300 soundtracks and compositions for radio, television, ballets and orchestra.
Piccioni won many prestigious prizes including the David di Donatello Award for the movie Swept Away (1975), Nastro d’argento Award for the movie Salvatore Giuliano by Francesco Rosi (1963), Prix International Lumière 1991, Anna Magnani Award 1975 and Vittorio De Sica Award 1979.
Piero Piccioni Filmography
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| 1981 | Don Luigi Sturzo (TV Series) |
| 1979 | |
| 1974 | Anna Karenina (TV Series) |
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| 1965 | La figlia del capitano (TV Series) |
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| 1992 | Bad Girls · as Cast |
| 1998 | Incontri proibiti · as Original Music Composer |
| 1994 | Nestore l'ultima corsa · as Original Music Composer |
| 1992 | Neapolitan Diary · as Original Music Composer |
| 1992 | Assolto per aver commesso il fatto · as Original Music Composer |
| 1990 | L'avaro · as Original Music Composer |
| 1990 | Un bambino di nome Gesù · as Original Music Composer |
| 1989 | 12 Directors for 12 Cities · as Original Music Composer |
| 1987 | Un tassinaro a New York · as Original Music Composer |
| 1987 | Chronicle of a Death Foretold · as Original Music Composer |
| 1985 | I Am an ESP · as Original Music Composer |
| 1985 | Quo Vadis? (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1984 | Tutti dentro · as Original Music Composer |
| 1983 | Il tassinaro · as Original Music Composer |
| 1982 | In viaggio con papà · as Original Music Composer |
| 1982 | Lo so che tu sai che io so · as Original Music Composer |
| 1982 | Fighting Back · as Original Music Composer |
| 1981 | Pierino medico della SAUB · as Original Music Composer |
| 1981 | The Devil's Game (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1981 | Three Brothers · as Original Music Composer |
| 1980 | Io e Caterina · as Original Music Composer |
| 1980 | The Precarious Bank Teller · as Original Music Composer |
| 1979 | Hypochondriac · as Original Music Composer |
| 1979 | Riavanti... Marsch! · as Original Music Composer |
| 1979 | Christ Stopped at Eboli · as Conductor |
| 1978 | Where Are You Going on Holiday? · as Original Music Composer |
| 1978 | The Witness · as Original Music Composer |
| 1978 | Professor Kranz tedesco di Germania · as Original Music Composer |
| 1977 | Crazy Desires of a Murderer · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | Strange Occasion · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | Il comune senso del pudore · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | Illustrious Corpses · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | Dog's Heart · as Original Music Composer |
| 1974 | While There's War There's Hope · as Original Music Composer |
| 1974 | Swept Away · as Original Music Composer |
| 1974 | Kidnap · as Original Music Composer |
| 1974 | Appassionata · as Original Music Composer |
| 1974 | All Screwed Up · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | Polvere di stelle · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | Story of a Cloistered Nun · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | Lucky Luciano · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | The Executioner of God · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | Colt in the Hand of the Devil · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | Six Bounty Killers for a Massacre · as Original Music Composer |
| 1972 | Le moine · as Original Music Composer |
| 1972 | The Scopone Game · as Original Music Composer |
| 1972 | The Great Fire (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1972 | The Seduction of Mimi · as Original Music Composer |
| 1972 | The Mattei Affair · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | A Girl in Australia · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | Puppet on a Chain · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | The Light at the Edge of the World · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | The Masked Thief · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | Marta · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | Devil's Ransom · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | In the Eye of the Hurricane · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | The Couples · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | The Devil's Backbone · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | Il presidente del Borgorosso Football Club · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | Many Wars Ago · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | Red Hot Shot · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | Let's Have a Riot · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | Il Prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli primario della Clinica Villa Celeste convenzionata con le mutue · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | I fratelli Karamazov (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | Addio Alexandra · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | Oh, Grandmother's Dead · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | Help Me, My Love · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | Camille 2000 · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | Le 10 meraviglie dell'amore · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | Gatling Gun · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | Be Sick... It's Free · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | I Do Not Forgive... I Kill! · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | Caprice Italian Style · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | I giovani tigri · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | Kenner · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | An Italian in America · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | More Than a Miracle · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | The Stranger · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | Ti ho sposato per allegria · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | The Witches · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | Matchless · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | Every Man Is My Enemy · as Original Music Composer |
| 1966 | Scusi, lei è favorevole o contrario? · as Original Music Composer |
| 1966 | After the Fox · as Original Music Composer |
| 1966 | I nostri mariti · as Original Music Composer |
| 1966 | Fumo di Londra · as Original Music Composer |
| 1965 | The 10th Victim · as Conductor |
| 1965 | I Knew Her Well · as Original Music Composer |
| 1965 | From the Orient with Fury · as Original Music Composer |
| 1965 | The Moment of Truth · as Original Music Composer |
| 1965 | La fuga · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | Woman Is a Wonderful Thing · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | The Flying Saucer · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | Minnesota Clay · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | 3 notti d'amore · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | Tre per una rapina · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | It's a Hard Life · as Original Music Composer |
| 1963 | Chi lavora è perduto (In capo al mondo) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1963 | Hands Over the City · as Original Music Composer |
| 1963 | Contempt · as Composer |
| 1963 | The Terrorist · as Original Music Composer |
| 1963 | La parmigiana · as Original Music Composer |
| 1963 | The Boom · as Original Music Composer |
| 1963 | Il demonio · as Original Music Composer |
| 1963 | To Bed or Not to Bed · as Original Music Composer |
| 1963 | The Shortest Day · as Original Music Composer |
| 1962 | Mafioso · as Original Music Composer |
| 1962 | Lo smemorato di Collegno · as Conductor |
| 1962 | Anima nera · as Original Music Composer |
| 1962 | The Grim Reaper · as Original Music Composer |
| 1962 | The Slave · as Original Music Composer |
| 1962 | Roaring Years · as Conductor |
| 1962 | Totò diabolicus · as Original Music Composer |
| 1962 | Violent Life · as Original Music Composer |
| 1962 | Eruption · as Original Music Composer |
| 1962 | Careless · as Original Music Composer |
| 1962 | Salvatore Giuliano · as Original Music Composer |
| 1961 | The Two Marshals · as Original Music Composer |
| 1961 | Duel of the Titans · as Original Music Composer |
| 1961 | World by Night No. 2 · as Original Music Composer |
| 1961 | Destination Fury · as Original Music Composer |
| 1961 | La viaccia · as Original Music Composer |
| 1961 | Gioventù di notte · as Original Music Composer |
| 1961 | The Assassin · as Original Music Composer |
| 1960 | The Hunchback of Rome · as Original Music Composer |
| 1960 | From a Roman Balcony · as Original Music Composer |
| 1960 | Sweet Deceptions · as Original Music Composer |
| 1960 | Adua and Her Friends · as Original Music Composer |
| 1960 | Via Margutta · as Original Music Composer |
| 1960 | World by Night · as Original Music Composer |
| 1960 | Bell' Antonio · as Original Music Composer |
| 1960 | L'impiegato · as Original Music Composer |
| 1959 | Brevi amori a Palma di Majorca · as Original Music Composer |
| 1959 | The Big Night · as Original Music Composer |
| 1959 | The Swindlers · as Original Music Composer |
| 1959 | The Overtaxed · as Original Music Composer |
| 1959 | Avventura a Capri · as Original Music Composer |
| 1959 | I ragazzi dei Parioli · as Original Music Composer |
| 1958 | Tempest · as Original Music Composer |
| 1958 | Love on the Riviera · as Original Music Composer |
| 1958 | Angel in a Taxi · as Original Music Composer |
| 1958 | March's Child · as Original Music Composer |
| 1957 | Poor Girl, Pretty Girl · as Original Music Composer |
| 1957 | La donna che venne dal mare · as Original Music Composer |
| 1957 | Guendalina · as Original Music Composer |
| 1954 | Riviera · as Original Music Composer |
| 1953 | The World Condemns Them · as Original Music Composer |