Aldo Piga

Maestro Aldo Piga was a music composer from 1928 to 1994 in New York, USA.

Aldo Piga's work was mainly produced in the 50's and 60's in Italy. He started as a song composer and later approached the movie soundtrack field. His participation in the pop music Italian market counts with two participations in the famous contest of Sanremo, one of which was overshadowed in the year of the famous Modugno's Volare song. In the movies soundtrack he recorded about one hundred films. His activity as a composer was strongly influenced by classical music and jazz be bop roots of his early years in the music scene of the Big Apple. After a promising career as a music writer, he decided to start working as a film producer in the late 60's. This change lead to an end in both his careers as a writer and producer. In the 90's Piga left Italy to retire in New York where he spent his last days until 1994.

Filmography as Composer

1960s

*Assassino senza volto (1968)
*Criminali della metropoli, I (1967)
*A... come assassino (1966)
*Tre centurioni, I (1966):(Three Swords for Rome) (English)
*Rembrandt 7 antwortet nicht... (1966):Mark Donen agente Zeta 7 (Italy):(Z-7, operación Rembrandt) (Spain):(Z7 Operation Rembrandt) (USA)
*Notti della violenza, Le (1965):(Night of Violence) (USA)
*Cinque tombe per un medium (1965):(Terror-Creatures from the Grave)
*Fango sulla metropoli (1965):(Criminali della metropoli, I) (Italy)
*Tarzak contro gli uomini leopardo (1964):(Ape Man of the Jungle) (USA)
*Amore facile (1964)
*Ribelle di Castelmonte, Il (1964):(Sword of Rebellion) (USA)
*Mostro dell'opera, Il (1964):(The Vampire of the Opera)
*Italia di notte n. 1 (1964):(Italian Sexy Show)
*Michelino Cucchiarella (1964)
*Zorikan lo sterminatore (1964):(Zorikan the Barbarian) (USA)
*Sparviero dei Caraibi, Lo (1963):(Caribbean Hawk) (USA)
*Pirata del diavolo, Il (1963):(Flag of Death) (UK):(The Saracens) (USA)
*Tre spade di Zorro, Le (1963):(Sword of Zorro) (USA):(Tres espadas del Zorro, Las) (Spain)
*Notte dell'innominato, La (1962)
*Trionfo di Robin Hood, I (1962):(The Triumph of Robin Hood) (USA)
*Due leggi, Le (1962)
*Branco di vigliacchi, Un (1962):(No Man's Land) (USA)
*Letto di sabbia (1962)
*Segno del vendicatore, Il (1962)
*Strage dei vampiri, La (1962):(Curse of the Blood Ghouls) (USA)
*Tempo di credere (1962)
*Ultima preda del vampiro, L' (1962):(Curse of the Vampire) (USA):(The Playgirls and the Vampire) (USA)
*Capitani di ventura (1961)
*Grande vallata, La (1961)
*Capitaine tempête(1961):(Captain Tempest) (English):(Spada della vendetta, La) (Italy)
*Corona di fuoco, La (1961):(Umberto Biancamano) (Italy)
*Urlo dei bolidi, L' (1961):(The Roar of the Bolidi) (English)
*Amante del vampiro, L' (1960):(The Vampire and the Ballerina) (USA):(The Vampire's Lover) (USA)

1950s

*Mafiosi, I (1959)
*Avventurieri dei tropici, Gli (1959):(Seven in the Sun) (USA)
*Due selvaggi a corte (1959)

Producer:

*Rembrandt 7 antwortet nicht... (1966) (uncredited producer):Mark Donen agente Zeta 7 (Italy):Z-7, operación Rembrandt (Spain):Z7 Operation Rembrandt (USA)