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'''Piero Umiliani''' (17 July 1926 – 14 February 2001) was an [[Italian people|Italian]] [[composer]] of [[film score]]s, and is most famous for his [[song]] "[[Mah Nà Mah Nà]]" and orchestra score "Arrivano I Marines". |
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| name = Piero Umiliani |
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| image = Piero Umiliani ritratto nel suo studio.jpg |
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|7|17|df=yes}} |
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| birth_place = [[Florence]], [[Kingdom of Italy]] |
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|2|14|1926|7|17|df=yes}}<ref name=Lucas2>{{cite book |last=Lucas |first=Tim |author-link=Tim Lucas|title=Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark |publisher=Video Watchdog |year=2007 |pages=821–2 |isbn=978-0-9633756-1-2}}</ref> |
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| death_place = [[Rome]], Italy |
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| origin = Italy |
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| genre = {{hlist|[[Film music]]|classical}} |
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| occupation = {{hlist|Composer|[[orchestrator]]|conductor|musician}} |
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'''Piero Umiliani''' (17 July 1926 – 14 February 2001) was an [[Italian people|Italian]] [[composer]] of [[film score]]s. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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[[File:Meeting 1981.jpg|thumb|left|29 August 1981: [[Rimini Meeting]]. Concert in Rimini of the Rai Orchestra directed by Master Piero Umiliani.]] |
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Umiliani was born in [[Florence]], [[Tuscany]]. Like many of his Italian colleagues at that time, he composed the scores for many [[exploitation film]]s in the 1960s and 1970s, covering genres such as [[spaghetti western]], [[Eurospy]], [[Giallo]], and soft sex films. |
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Umiliani was born in [[Florence]], [[Tuscany]]. Like many of his Italian colleagues at that time, he composed the scores for many [[exploitation film]]s in the 1960s and 1970s, in genres such as [[Spaghetti Western]]s, [[Eurospy film|Eurospy]], [[Giallo]], and [[softcore pornography|softcore sex films]]. |
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His composition "[[Mah Nà Mah Nà]]" (1968) was originally used in ''[[Sweden: Heaven and Hell]]'', a 1968 [[Mondo film|Mondo]] documentary about [[Sweden]]. It was a minor charting single (spending 6 weeks on the [[Hot 100|Billboard chart]] and peaking at #55, and reaching #22 in [[RPM (magazine)|Canada]]), popularized by ''[[The Red Skelton Show]]'', first airing in October 1969, and [[The Muppets]], who [[cover version|covered]] the song several times; starting on episode 0014 of ''[[Sesame Street]]'' on 27 November 1969, then ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' three days later, and again on the syndicated series ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' in 1977. The track was also a [[hit record|hit]] in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], reaching number 8 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in May 1977.<ref>{{cite book|first=David| last=Roberts| year=2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition=19th| publisher=Guinness World Records Limited| location= London, England| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page=575}}</ref> |
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Although not as widely regarded as, for example, [[Ennio Morricone]] or [[Riz Ortolani]], he helped form the style of the typical European 1960s and 1970s [[jazz]] influenced [[film soundtrack]]. His "Crepuscolo Sul Mare" was later used in ''[[Ocean's Twelve]]''. |
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Umiliani's other scores included ''[[Son of Django]]'', ''[[Orgasmo]]'', ''[[Gangster's Law]]'',<ref>{{Citation|title=Piero Umiliani: La legge dei gangsters - Music Streaming - Listen on Deezer|date=January 1969 |url=https://www.deezer.com/us/album/437694|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-18}}</ref> ''[[Death Knocks Twice]]'', ''[[Five Dolls for an August Moon]]'',<ref name="Lucas2" /> ''[[Baba Yaga (film)|Baba Yaga]]'', ''[[La schiava io ce l'ho e tu no|The Slave]]'' and ''[[Sex Pot (1975 film)|Sex Pot]]''. His orchestra score "Arrivano I Marines" for ''[[War Italian Style]]'', a 1966 comedy about two [[United States Marine Corps|USMC]] soldiers in Italy, is used in the [[Armored Trooper Votoms]] series as "March of the Red Shoulders". |
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"[[Mah Nà Mah Nà]]" (1968) was originally used in ''[[Sweden: Heaven and Hell]]'', a 1968 [[Mondo film|Mondo]] documentary about [[Sweden]], but was popularized by [[The Muppets]], who [[cover version|covered]] the song several times; starting on episode 0014 of ''[[Sesame Street]]'' on November 27, 1969, then ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' three days later, and again on the syndicated series ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' in 1977. The track was also a [[hit record|hit]] in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], reaching number 8 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in May 1977.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book |
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| last= Roberts |
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| year= 2006 |
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| title= British Hit Singles & Albums |
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| edition= 19th |
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| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited |
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| location= London |
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| isbn= 1-904994-10-5 |
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| page= 575}}</ref> |
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His composition "Crepuscolo Sul Mare" was used in ''[[Ocean's Twelve]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ocean's Twelve (2004) Soundtracks|website=[[IMDb]]|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0349903/soundtrack|access-date=2019-08-05}}</ref> More recently, his composition ''Echi Della Natura'' featured on the soundtrack of [[Ashim Ahluwalia]]’s 2012 film ''[[Miss Lovely]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spectacularoptical.ca/2014/06/bollywood-underground-an-interview-with-miss-lovely-director-ashim-ahluwalia/|title=MISS LOVELY's Ashim Ahluwalia talks 'Bollywood Underground' « Spectacular Optical}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.umiliani.eu/from_1983_to.html|title=From 1983 to...|website=www.umiliani.eu}}</ref> |
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Umiliani's other scores included ''[[Son of Django]]'', ''[[Orgasmo]]'', ''[[Death Knocks Twice]]'', ''[[Five Dolls for an August Moon]]'' , ''[[Baba Yaga (film)|Baba Yaga]]'', ''[[La schiava io ce l'ho e tu no|The Slave]]'' and ''[[Sex Pot (1975 film)|Sex Pot]]''. His orchestra score "Arrivano I Marines" for ''[[War Italian Style]]'', a 1966 comedy about two [[USMC]] soldiers in Italy, is used in the [[Armored Trooper Votoms]] series as "March of the Red Shoulders". |
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Outside of his film score work, Umiliani formed the rock band [[Braen's Machine]] with [[Alessandro Alessandroni]].<ref name="Underground">{{Cite web |last=Jurek |first=Thom |title=Braen's Machine - Underground Album Reviews, Songs & More |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/underground-mw0002672120 |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=[[AllMusic]] |language=en}}</ref> |
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Umiliani died in [[Rome]] in February 2001, at the age of 74. |
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Umiliani died in [[Rome]] in February 2001, at the age of 74.<ref>{{cite book |last=M. Lentz iii |first=Harris |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHnGCwAAQBAJ&dq=piero%20umiliani%20death&pg=PA298 |title= Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2001: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture |chapter=Umiliani, Piero |date=24 October 2008 |page=209 |publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers |isbn=978-0786412785 |access-date=2019-08-05 }}</ref> |
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==Selected filmography== |
==Selected filmography== |
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*''[[Big Deal on Madonna Street]]'' (1958) |
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*''[[Omicron (film)|Omicron]]'' (1963) |
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*''[[Samson and His Mighty Challenge]]'' (1964) |
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*''[[I figli del leopardo]]'' (1965) |
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*''[[The Dreamer (1965 film)|The Dreamer]]'' (1965) |
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*''[[La Celestina P... R...]]'' (1965) |
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| rowspan="1" | 1958 |
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*''[[Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell]]'' (1965) |
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| ''[[Big Deal on Madonna Street]]'' |
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* ''[[Target Goldseven]]'' (1966) |
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*''[[Ring Around the World]]'' (1966) |
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*''[[Due mafiosi contro Al Capone]]'' (1966) |
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| rowspan="1" | 1960 |
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*''[[Blockhead (film)|Blockhead]]'' (1966) |
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| ''[[The Traffic Policeman]]'' |
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| [[Luigi Zampa]] |
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| A1: Titoli Di Testa / A2: Il Vigile |
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*''[[Argoman the Fantastic Superman]]'' (1967) |
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*''[[Il tempo degli avvoltoi|Last of the Badmen]]'' (1967) |
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| rowspan="2" | 1961 |
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*''[[I barbieri di Sicilia]]'' (1967) |
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| ''[[On The Tiger's Back]]'' |
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* ''[[Blueprint for a Massacre]]'' (1967) |
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*''[[Sweden: Heaven and Hell]]'' (1968) |
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*''[[Orgasmo]]'' (1969) |
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| ''[[Creole Venus]]'' |
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| [[Lorenzo Ricciardi]] |
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*''[[Death Knocks Twice]]'' (1969) |
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*''[[The Archangel]]'' (1969) |
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*''[[Five Dolls for an August Moon]]'' (1970) |
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| rowspan="2" | 1962 |
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*''[[Don Franco e Don Ciccio nell'anno della contestazione]]'' (1970) |
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| ''[[Getting Away with It the Italian Way]]'' |
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*''[[Roy Colt and Winchester Jack]]'' (1970) |
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| [[Lucio Fulci]] |
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*''[[Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold]]'' (1971) |
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*''[[Baba Yaga (film)|Baba Yaga]]'' (1973) |
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*''[[La schiava io ce l'ho e tu no|The Slave]]'' (1973) |
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| ''[[Smog (1962 film)]]'' |
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| [[Franco Rossi (director)|Franco Rossi]] |
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*''[[The Body (1974 film)|The Body]]'' (1974) |
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*''[[La governante]]'' (1974) |
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*''[[Il domestico]]'' (1974) |
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| rowspan="1" | 1963 |
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*''[[Sex Pot (1975 film)|Sex Pot]]'' (1975) |
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| ''[[Omicron (film)|Omicron]]'' |
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| [[Ugo Gregoretti]] |
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*''[[Twilight of Love]]'' (1977) |
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| Omicron (Titoli Di Testa) |
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*''[[Pane, burro e marmellata]]'' (1977) |
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*''[[Lobster for Breakfast]]'' (1979) |
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| rowspan="2" | 1964 |
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*''[[I Hate Blondes]]'' (1980) |
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| ''[[Intrigue in Los Angeles]]'' |
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| [[Romano Ferrara]] |
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*''[[Quando la coppia scoppia]]'' (1981) |
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| rowspan="9" | 1965 |
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| ''[[La Celestina P... R...]]'' |
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| ''[[Sons of the Leopard]]'' |
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| [[Sergio Corbucci]] |
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| ''[[Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell]]'' |
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| ''[[The Reckless]]'' |
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| [[Giuliano Montaldo]] |
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| ''[[Two Mafiosi Against Goldfinger]]'' |
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| [[Giorgio Simonelli]] |
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| ''[[The Dreamer (1965 film)|The Dreamer]]'' |
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| ''[[Agente X 1-7 operazione Oceano]]'' |
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| [[Tanio Boccia]] |
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| ''[[Lady Morgan's Vengeance]]'' |
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| [[Massimo Pupillo]] |
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| ''[[Operation Poker]]'' |
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| [[Osvaldo Civirani]] |
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| rowspan="9" | 1966 |
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| ''[[Man on the Spying Trapeze]]'' |
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| [[Juan de Orduña]] |
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| ''[[Agent 3S3, Massacre in the Sun]]'' |
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| ''[[Target Goldseven]]'' |
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| ''[[Ring Around the World]]'' |
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| ''[[Due mafiosi contro Al Capone]]'' |
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| ''[[Requiem for a Secret Agent]]'' |
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| [[Sergio Sollima]] |
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| ''[[Blockhead (film)|Blockhead]]'' |
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| ''[[War Italian Style]]'' |
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| [[Luigi Scattini]] |
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| Arrivano I Marines |
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| ''[[Nero (1966 film)|Nero]]'' |
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| [[Giovanni Vento]] |
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| rowspan="8" | 1967 |
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| ''[[The bridge of Asia]]'' |
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| [[Corrado Sofia]] |
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| ''[[Blueprint for a Massacre]]'' |
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| ''[[Argoman the Fantastic Superman]]'' |
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| ''[[Italians and Industry]]'' |
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| [[Romolo Marcellini]] |
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| ''[[Lotus Flowers for Miss Quon]]'' |
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| ''[[Son of Django]]'' |
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| ''[[Il tempo degli avvoltoi|Last of the Badmen]]'' |
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| ''[[I barbieri di Sicilia]]'' |
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| rowspan="4" | 1968 |
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| ''[[Il marchio di Kriminal]]'' |
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| ''[[Two Eyes To Kill]]'' |
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| [[Renato Borraccetti]] |
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| ''[[Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine]]'' |
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| [[Sergio Pastore]] |
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| ''[[Sweden: Heaven and Hell]]'' |
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| [[Luigi Scattini]] |
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| rowspan="5" | 1969 |
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| ''[[Orgasmo]]'' |
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| [[Umberto Lenzi]] |
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| Fate Had Planned It So |
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| ''[[The Archangel]]'' |
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| [[Giorgio Capitani]] |
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| ''[[Gangster's Law]]'' |
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| [[Siro Marcellini]] |
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| Crepuscolo Sul Mare |
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| ''[[Witchcraft '70]]'' |
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| [[Luigi Scattini]] |
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| ''[[Death Knocks Twice]]'' |
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| [[Harald Philipp]] |
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| rowspan="6" | 1970 |
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| ''[[Le Isole Dell'Amore]]'' |
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| [[Pino de Martino]] |
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| ''[[Five Dolls for an August Moon]]'' |
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| [[Mario Bava]] |
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| Cinevox / BX MDF 149: Cinque Bambole (Versione Coro) / Ti Risveglierai Con Me (Versione Film) |
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| ''[[A Quiet Place to Kill]]'' |
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| [[Umberto Lenzi]] |
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| ''[[Don Franco e Don Ciccio nell'anno della contestazione]]'' |
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| [[Marino Girolami]] |
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| ''[[Roy Colt and Winchester Jack]]'' |
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| [[Mario Bava]] |
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| ''[[Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Fifth Floor Neighbour]]'' |
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| [[Ramón Fernández]] |
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| rowspan="1" | 1971 |
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| ''[[Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold]]'' |
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| [[Pasquale Squitieri]] |
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| rowspan="3" | 1972 |
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| ''[[History and Prehistory]]'' |
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| ''[[Il Mondo Dei Romani]]'' |
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| ''[[Sex of Their Bodies]]'' |
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| [[Luigi Scattini]] |
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| rowspan="3" | 1973 |
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| ''[[La Ragazza Fuoristrada]]'' |
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| [[Luigi Scattini]] |
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| ''[[Baba Yaga (film)|Baba Yaga]]'' |
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| [[Corrado Farina]] |
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| ''[[My Darling Slave|The Slave]]'' |
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| [[Giorgio Capitani]] |
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| rowspan="4" | 1974 |
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| ''[[La governante]]'' |
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| [[Giovanni Grimaldi]] |
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| ''[[The Body (1974 film)|The Body]]'' |
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| [[Luigi Scattini]] |
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| ''[[Blood River]]'' |
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| [[Gianfranco Baldanello]] |
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| ''[[Il domestico]]'' |
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| [[Luigi Filippo D'Amico]] |
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| rowspan="3" | 1975 |
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| ''[[Il fidanzamento]]'' |
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| [[Giovanni Grimaldi]] |
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| ''[[Sex Pot (1975 film)|Sex Pot]]'' |
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| [[Giorgio Capitani]] |
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| ''[[The School Teacher]]'' |
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| [[Nando Cicero]] |
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| rowspan="1" | 1976 |
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| ''[[Black Cobra Woman|Eva Nera]]'' |
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| [[Joe D'Amato]] |
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| rowspan="2" | 1977 |
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| ''[[Twilight of Love]]'' |
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| [[Luigi Scattini]] |
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| ''[[Pane, burro e marmellata]]'' |
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| [[Giorgio Capitani]] |
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| rowspan="1" | 1978 |
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| ''[[Blue Nude (film)|Blue Nude]]'' |
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| [[Luigi Scattini]] |
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| rowspan="1" | 1979 |
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| ''[[Lobster for Breakfast]]'' |
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| [[Giorgio Capitani]] |
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| rowspan="1" | 1980 |
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| ''[[I Hate Blondes]]'' |
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| [[Giorgio Capitani]] |
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| rowspan="3" | 1981 |
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| ''[[There Is a Ghost in My Bed]]'' |
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| [[Luigi Scattini]] |
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| ''[[Teste di quoio]]'' |
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| [[Giorgio Capitani]] |
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| ''[[Quando la coppia scoppia]]'' |
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| [[Giorgio Capitani]] |
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| rowspan="1" | 1982 |
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| ''[[Vai avanti tu che mi vien da ridere]]'' |
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| [[Giorgio Capitani]] |
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==Library Music== |
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| rowspan="3" | 1971 |
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| ''[[Paesaggi]]'' |
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| ''[[Synthi Time]]'' |
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| ''[[Underground (Piero Umiliani album)|Underground]]'' |
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| rowspan="1" | 1972 |
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| ''[[Percussioni ed effetti speciali]]'' |
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| Echi della natura |
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| rowspan="2" | 1973 |
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| ''[[Temi ritmici e dinamici]]'' |
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| ''[[To-Day's Sound]]'' |
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| Open Space (4:16) / Slogan (4:10) |
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| rowspan="3" | 1974 |
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| ''[[Mondo inquieto]]'' |
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| ''[[Musica classica per l'uomo d'oggi]]'' |
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| ''[[Nuove arie romantiche]]'' |
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| rowspan="1" | 1975 |
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| ''[[Paesi Balcani]]'' |
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| rowspan="2" | 1978 |
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| ''[[Discomusic]]'' |
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| ''[[Motivi allegri e distensivi]]'' |
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| rowspan="3" | 1979 |
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| ''[[Film concerto]]'' |
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| ''[[Panorama italiano]]'' |
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| ''[[Tensione]]'' |
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| rowspan="1" | 1981 |
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| ''[[Album di viaggio]]'' |
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Born | Florence, Kingdom of Italy | 17 July 1926
Origin | Italy |
Died | 14 February 2001[1] Rome, Italy | (aged 74)
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Piero Umiliani (17 July 1926 – 14 February 2001) was an Italian composer of film scores.
Biography
[edit]Umiliani was born in Florence, Tuscany. Like many of his Italian colleagues at that time, he composed the scores for many exploitation films in the 1960s and 1970s, in genres such as Spaghetti Westerns, Eurospy, Giallo, and softcore sex films.
His composition "Mah Nà Mah Nà" (1968) was originally used in Sweden: Heaven and Hell, a 1968 Mondo documentary about Sweden. It was a minor charting single (spending 6 weeks on the Billboard chart and peaking at #55, and reaching #22 in Canada), popularized by The Red Skelton Show, first airing in October 1969, and The Muppets, who covered the song several times; starting on episode 0014 of Sesame Street on 27 November 1969, then The Ed Sullivan Show three days later, and again on the syndicated series The Muppet Show in 1977. The track was also a hit in the UK, reaching number 8 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1977.[2]
Umiliani's other scores included Son of Django, Orgasmo, Gangster's Law,[3] Death Knocks Twice, Five Dolls for an August Moon,[1] Baba Yaga, The Slave and Sex Pot. His orchestra score "Arrivano I Marines" for War Italian Style, a 1966 comedy about two USMC soldiers in Italy, is used in the Armored Trooper Votoms series as "March of the Red Shoulders".
His composition "Crepuscolo Sul Mare" was used in Ocean's Twelve.[4] More recently, his composition Echi Della Natura featured on the soundtrack of Ashim Ahluwalia’s 2012 film Miss Lovely.[5][6]
Outside of his film score work, Umiliani formed the rock band Braen's Machine with Alessandro Alessandroni.[7]
Umiliani died in Rome in February 2001, at the age of 74.[8]
Selected filmography
[edit]Library Music
[edit]Year | Album | Singles |
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1971 | Paesaggi | |
Synthi Time | ||
Underground | ||
1972 | Percussioni ed effetti speciali | Echi della natura |
1973 | Temi ritmici e dinamici | |
To-Day's Sound | Open Space (4:16) / Slogan (4:10) | |
1974 | Mondo inquieto | |
Musica classica per l'uomo d'oggi | ||
Nuove arie romantiche | ||
1975 | Paesi Balcani | |
1978 | Discomusic | |
Motivi allegri e distensivi | ||
1979 | Film concerto | |
Panorama italiano | ||
Tensione | ||
1981 | Album di viaggio | |
1983 | Suspence elettronica |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Lucas, Tim (2007). Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark. Video Watchdog. pp. 821–2. ISBN 978-0-9633756-1-2.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London, England: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 575. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Piero Umiliani: La legge dei gangsters - Music Streaming - Listen on Deezer, January 1969, retrieved 18 February 2020
- ^ "Ocean's Twelve (2004) Soundtracks". IMDb. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ "MISS LOVELY's Ashim Ahluwalia talks 'Bollywood Underground' « Spectacular Optical".
- ^ "From 1983 to..." www.umiliani.eu.
- ^ Jurek, Thom. "Braen's Machine - Underground Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ M. Lentz iii, Harris (24 October 2008). "Umiliani, Piero". Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2001: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 209. ISBN 978-0786412785. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
External links
[edit]- Piero Umiliani at IMDb
- Piero Umiliani discography at Discogs
- Official Website