Piero Umiliani | |
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 Umiliani at his recording studio | |
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| Born | 17 July 1926 Florence, Kingdom of Italy |
| Origin | Italy |
| Died | 14 February 2001 (aged 74)[1] Rome, Italy |
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Piero Umiliani (17 July 1926 – 14 February 2001) was an Italian composer of film scores.
Biography
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
| Year | Film | Directed by | Singles | Latest CD / Digital Release |
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| 1958 | Big Deal on Madonna Street | |||
| 1960 | The Traffic Policeman | Luigi Zampa | Digitmovies / DGST010 / 2015 | |
| 1961 | On The Tiger's Back | |||
| 1963 | Omicron | |||
| 1964 | Intrigue in Los Angeles | Romano Ferrara | Beat Records / BCM 9514 / 2012 | |
| Samson and His Mighty Challenge | ||||
| 1965 | La Celestina P... R... | |||
| Sons of the Leopard | Sergio Corbucci | |||
| Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell | ||||
| The Dreamer | ||||
| Agente X 1-7 operazione Oceano | Tanio Boccia | Beat Records / BCM 9525 / 2013 | ||
| Operation Poker | Osvaldo Civirani | Beat Records / CDCR 116 / 2012 | ||
| 1966 | Man on the Spying Trapeze | Juan de Orduña | Beat Records / CDCR 122 / 2013 | |
| Agent 3S3, Massacre in the Sun | ||||
| Target Goldseven | ||||
| Ring Around the World | ||||
| Due mafiosi contro Al Capone | ||||
| Requiem for a Secret Agent | Sergio Sollima | GDM / CD CLUB 7004 / 2001 | ||
| Blockhead | ||||
| War Italian Style | ||||
| Nero | Giovanni Vento | CAM / Digital / 2022 | ||
| 1967 | The bridge of Asia | Corrado Sofia | CAM / Digital / 2021 | |
| Blueprint for a Massacre | ||||
| Argoman the Fantastic Superman | ||||
| Italians and Industry | Romolo Marcellini | Kronos Records / KRONGOLD048 / 2023 | ||
| Lotus Flowers for Miss Quon | ||||
| Son of Django | GDM / GDM 4124 / 2009 | |||
| Last of the Badmen | ||||
| I barbieri di Sicilia | ||||
| 1968 | Il marchio di Kriminal | Beat Records / CDCR 107 / 2013 | ||
| Two Eyes To Kill | Renato Borraccetti | CAM / Digital / 2023 | ||
| Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine | Sergio Pastore | Beat Records / BCM 9510 / 2012 | ||
| Sweden: Heaven and Hell | Luigi Scattini | Digibeat / DGBT001 / 2014 | ||
| 1969 | Orgasmo | Umberto Lenzi | Quartet Records / QR482 / 2022 | |
| The Archangel | Giorgio Capitani | Rambling Records / RBCP-2949 / 2015 | ||
| Gangster's Law | Siro Marcellini | "Crepuscolo Sul Mare" | ||
| Witchcraft '70 | Luigi Scattini | Easy Tempo / ET 903 CD / 1997 | ||
| Death Knocks Twice | Harald Philipp | Cinevox / CD MDF 344 / 2001 | ||
| 1970 | Five Dolls for an August Moon | Mario Bava | Cinevox / BX MDF 149: Cinque Bambole (Versione Coro) / Ti Risveglierai Con Me (Versione Film) | Cinevox / CD MDF 636 / 2009 |
| A Quiet Place to Kill | Umberto Lenzi | Quartet Records / QR482 / 2022 | ||
| Don Franco e Don Ciccio nell'anno della contestazione | Marino Girolami | |||
| Roy Colt and Winchester Jack | Mario Bava | Cinevox / CD MDF 331 / 2000 | ||
| Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Fifth Floor Neighbour | Ramón Fernández | Quartet Records / QR511 / 2023 | ||
| 1971 | Paesaggi | Library Music | Four Flies Records / FLIES52CD / 2022 | |
| Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold | Pasquale Squitieri | |||
| To-Day's Sound | Library Music | Beat Records / DDJ05S / 2014 | ||
| 1972 | History and Prehistory | Kronos Records / KRONGOLD042 / 2022 | ||
| Il Mondo Dei Romani | Beat Records / DDJ06S / 2014 | |||
| Sex of Their Bodies | Luigi Scattini | |||
| 1973 | La Ragazza Fuoristrada | Luigi Scattini | Schema / SCEB922CD / 2015 | |
| Baba Yaga | Corrado Farina | Four Flies Records / FLIES 45-06: Open Space (4:16) / Slogan (4:10) | ||
| The Slave | Giorgio Capitani | Beat Records / CDCR 143 / 2020 | ||
| 1974 | La governante | Giovanni Grimaldi | ||
| The Body | Luigi Scattini | Schema / SCEB923CD / 2015 | ||
| Blood River | Gianfranco Baldanello | Cometa Edizioni Musicali / CMT 10010 / 2010 | ||
| Il domestico | Luigi Filippo D'Amico | |||
| 1975 | Sex Pot | Giorgio Capitani | ||
| Paesi Balcani | Library Music | CAM / Digital / 2022 | ||
| The School Teacher | Nando Cicero | Digitmovies / CDDM282 / 2016 | ||
| 1976 | Eva Nera | Joe D'Amato | ||
| 1977 | Twilight of Love | Luigi Scattini | ||
| Pane, burro e marmellata | Giorgio Capitani | |||
| 1978 | Blue Nude | Luigi Scattini | Beat Records / DDJ035 / 2014 | |
| 1979 | Lobster for Breakfast | Giorgio Capitani | Kronos Records / KRONCD003 / 2010 | |
| 1980 | I Hate Blondes | Giorgio Capitani | ||
| 1981 | There Is a Ghost in My Bed | Luigi Scattini | Beat Records / DDJ14DLX / 2017 | |
| Teste di quoio | Giorgio Capitani | Beat Records / CDPS16 / 2019 | ||
| Quando la coppia scoppia | Giorgio Capitani | Beat Records / DDJ050 / 2019 | ||
| 1982 | Vai avanti tu che mi vien da ridere | Giorgio Capitani | Beat Records / DDJ14DLX / 2017 | |
References
- 1 2 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
- Piero Umiliani at IMDb
- Piero Umiliani discography at Discogs
- Official Website