- Stelvio Cipriani
Stelvio Cipriani born
20 August 1937 inRome is an Italian composer, notably for motion picturesoundtrack s.Though not coming from a musical background, as a child Cipriani was fascinated by his church's organ. His priest gave him his first music lessons and encouraged Cipriani and his family. Cipriani passed his examinations and studied at
Santa Cecilia Conservatory from the age of 14, then played oncruise ship bands, [ [http://www.freewebs.com/moviemusicitaliano/maestrointerviews.htm?bcsi_scan_80CA22F9AD71C623=U1ghJDIjvilzqMQWgaM+QwcAAAB6CgML&bcsi_scan_filename=maestrointerviews.htm Movie Music Italiano | The Home Of Italian Movie Music ] ] that enabled him to meetDave Brubeck . Upon return to Italy he accompaniedRita Pavone onpiano . [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006008/bio Stelvio Cipriani - Biography ] ]His first soundtrack was the
spaghetti western "El Precio de un Hombre"/"The Bounty Killer" (1966) followed by a well known score for "Un Uomo, uno caballo, una pistola"/"The Stranger Returns"/"Shoot First Laugh Last" (1967) starringTony Anthony (actor); Cipriani later composed other spaghetti western scores with Anthony.Cipriani became prolific in the Italian film world and was awarded a
Nastro d'Argento Best Score for "The Anonymous Venetian (film) " (1970).In a 2007 interview, Cipriani said that he had composed music for Pope
John Paul II and was currently working withPope Benedict XVI . [ [http://www.freewebs.com/moviemusicitaliano/maestrointerviews.htm?bcsi_scan_80CA22F9AD71C623=U1ghJDIjvilzqMQWgaM+QwcAAAB6CgML&bcsi_scan_filename=maestrointerviews.htm Movie Music Italiano | The Home Of Italian Movie Music ] ]One of Cipriani's tracks from the film "La polizia sta a guardare" featured in
Quentin Tarantino 's "Death Proof ".References
External links
Cipriani at IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006008/bio
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