Piero Umiliani
Umiliani at his recording studio
Born (1926-07-17 ) 17 July 1926Florence , Kingdom of Italy Origin Italy Died 14 February 2001(2001-02-14) (aged 74)[ 1] Rome , Italy Genres Occupations
Musical artist
Piero Umiliani (17 July 1926 – 14 February 2001) was an Italian composer of film scores .
Biography
29 August 1981: Rimini Meeting . Concert in Rimini of the Rai Orchestra directed by Master Piero Umiliani. 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 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 The Muppets , who covered the song several times; starting on episode 0014 of Sesame Street The Ed Sullivan Show The Muppet Show 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 Sex Pot War Italian Style 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] 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
Library Music
References
^ 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 , 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 .
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