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Armando Trovajoli

Armando Trovajoli

Known for SoundBorn 1917-09-02Died 2013-02-28Rome, Lazio, Italy
Armando Trovajoli (also Trovaioli, 2 September 1917 – 28 February 2013) was an Italian film composer and pianist with over 300 credits as composer and/or conductor, many of them jazz scores for exploitation films of the Commedia all'italiana genre. He collaborated with Vittorio De Sica on a number of projects, including one segment of Boccaccio '70. Trovajoli was also the author of several Italian musicals: among them, Rugantino and Aggiungi un posto a tavola. Trovajoli was the husband of actress Pier Angeli. He died in Rome at the age of 95 on 28 February 2013. After graduating from the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome (1948), Trovajoli was entrusted by RAI with the direction of a pop music orchestra, set with 12 violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos, 1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 clarinet, 1 horn, harp, vibraphone, electric guitar, bass, drums and the piano (played by Trovajoli himself). In 1952–53 he collaborated with Piero Piccioni in Eclipse, a weekly musical broadcast in which the orchestra is directed alternately by the two composers, in a style extremely refined and sophisticated, very different from the music of radio orchestras at that time. Together with Goffredo Petrassi, Trovajoli composed the score of Giuseppe De Santis' Bitter Rice (1949). In 1951, Trovajoli was invited by Dino De Laurentiis to write music for Anna, a film directed by Alberto Lattuada: particularly the song El Negro Zumbón became an international success: inspired by tropical rhythms, is sung in playback and danced by Silvana Mangano, but actually performed by Flo Sandon's. Since then, Trovajoli wrote soundtracks for directors as Dino Risi, Vittorio De Sica, Ettore Scola and others, for a total of over 300 scores. Source: Article "Armando Trovajoli" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.Read more

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Always on Sunday10.0
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Blackmail Chase9.0
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I terribili sette9.0
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Questo amore ai confini del mondo9.0
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The Prince with the Red Mask9.0
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I piaceri dello scapolo8.5
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Cinecittà Cinecittà8.0
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A Special Day8.1
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How, When, and with Whom8.0
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Rugantino7.9
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Rugantino

1978 · Movie

La Famiglia Benvenuti8.0
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La Dolce Vita8.0
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East Zone, West Zone8.0
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The Orderly8.0
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Berlin '397.7
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Camping8.0
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Caravan of songs8.0
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Assault on the State Treasure7.8
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The Wicked7.5
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The Wicked

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Two Women7.8
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Two Women

1960 · Movie

Aggiungi un posto a tavola7.6
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1978 · Movie

The Family7.5
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Marriage Italian Style7.7
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What Time Is It?7.4
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Little Girls and High Finance7.7
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1960 · Movie

Ugly, Dirty and Bad7.5
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1976 · Movie

The Conspirators7.6
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Scent of a Woman7.4
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Down With Uncle7.5
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1962 · Movie

Call 22-22 Lieutenant Sheridan7.5
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The Treasure of San Gennaro7.4
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1966 · Movie

Running Away7.2
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1989 · Movie

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow7.4
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1963 · Movie

Unfair Competition7.0
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2001 · Movie

The Widower7.4
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The Visitor7.4
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The Monsters7.4
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1963 · Movie

The Terrace7.2
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La Tosca7.2
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La Tosca

1973 · Movie