Piero Umiliani (17 July 1926 – 14 February 2001) was an Italian composer of film scores.
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Piero Umiliani | |
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Born | (1926-07-17)17 July 1926 Florence, Kingdom of Italy |
Origin | Italy |
Died | 23 February 2001(2001-02-23) (aged 74)[1] Rome, Italy |
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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, covering 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 later 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]
Umiliani died in Rome in February 2001, at the age of 74.[7]
Year | Film | Directed by | Singles | Latest CD / Digital Release |
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1958 | Big Deal on Madonna Street | |||
1961 | On The Tiger's Back | |||
1963 | Omicron | |||
1964 | 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 | 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 | Blueprint for a Massacre | |||
Argoman the Fantastic Superman | ||||
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 | ||
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" | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | |
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