Bruno Nicolai

Bruno Nicolai (Rome, May 20, 1926 - Rome, August 16 1991) was an Italian film music composer, orchestra director, and musical editor most active in the 1960s through the 1980s. While studying piano and composition at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome, he befriended Ennio Morricone and formed a long working relationship, with Nicolai eventually conducting for and co-scoring films with Morricone. Nicolai also scored a number of giallo exploitation films and wrote a large number of score for director Jess Franco.

Notable films

*"Giulietta e Romeo" directed by Riccardo Freda (1964)
*"I giorni della violenza", Alfonso Brescia (1964)
*"The Christmas That Almost Wasn't", 'Natale che quasi non fu' (1966)
*"The Mercenary", Sergio Corbucci (1968)
*"Run, Man, Run", Sergio Sollima (1968)
*"99 Women", Jesús Franco (1968)
*"Justine and Juliette", Jesús Franco (1968)
*"Philosophy in the Boudoir", Jesús Franco (1969)
*"The Red Tent", Mikhail Kalatozov (1969)
*"Arizona si scatenò... e li fece fuori tutti", Sergio Martino (1970)
*"Count Dracula, " Jesús Franco (1970)
*"Compañeros", Sergio Corbucci (conductor, 1970)
*"Adiós, Sabata" (1971)
*"La coda dello scorpione", Sergio Martino (1971)
*"Tutti i colori del buio", Sergio Martino (1972)
*"La nuit des Étoiles Filantes", Jesús Franco (1972)
*"Your Vice Is a Closed Room and Only I Have the Key", Sergio Martino (1972)
*"My Name Is Shanghai Joe", Mario Caiano (1972)
*"Ten Little Indians", Peter Collinson (1974)
*"Caligula", Tinto Brass (1979)
*"Cammina, cammina", Ermanno Olmi (1982)
*"La vigna di uve nere", Sandro Bolchi (1984)

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006214/ Nicolai imdb listing]
* [http://brunonicolai.homestead.com/nicolai.html Bruno Nicolai tribute site]