Pino Donaggio

Known for SoundBorn 1941-11-24 (age 84)Burano, Veneto, Italy

Giuseppe "Pino" Donaggio (born 24 November 1941) is an Italian musician, singer, and composer of film and television scores. A classically-trained violinist, Donaggio is known for his collaborations with director Brian De Palma, and for his work in both European and American genre cinema. He has won two Italian Golden Globe Awards, and has been nominated for two David di Donatello, four Golden Ciak, two Nastro d'Argento, and a Saturn Award. Born in Burano (an island of Venice), into a family of musicians, Donaggio began studying violin at the age of ten, first at the Benedetto Marcello conservatory in Venice, followed by the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan. At the age of 14, he made his solo debut in a Vivaldi concert for Italian radio, then went on to play for both the I Solisti Veneti and the Solisti di Milano. The discovery of rock and roll during the summer of 1959 ended Donaggio's classical career when he made his singing debut with Paul Anka. He then began to write his own songs and established himself as one of Italy's prominent singer-songwriters. He took part in the Sanremo Festival with "Come sinfonia" (1961) and had a string of successes including "Una casa in cima al mondo". However, his greatest hit was the 1965 hit "Io che non vivo", which sold 80 million records worldwide and was performed most popularly in English as "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" by Dusty Springfield and Elvis Presley. His first film was the British/Italian horror film Don't Look Now. Since then he has composed music for several films, including Dario Argento's Two Evil Eyes, Trauma and Do You Like Hitchcock? He also composed the scores for several horror films including Piranha, Tourist Trap, The Howling, The Black Cat and Seed of Chucky. He works regularly with US director Brian De Palma, scoring De Palma's Carrie, Home Movies, Dressed to Kill, Blow Out, Body Double, Raising Cain and Passion. In 2012 he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Soundtrack Academy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pino Donaggio, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Before the Sunset

Il tesoro di Damasco

Jiboa

Canzoni a tempo di Twist

Rivoglio i miei figli

Piovuto dal cielo

Sulla spiaggia e di là dal molo

Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna

Colpo di coda

Lo zio d'America

Die Stunden vor Morgengrauen

Unknown Soldier

Power and Lovers

La Strada Dritta

Where Are You? I’m Here

Nothing Left to Do But Cry

Guido, Who Challenged The Red Brigades

Dressed to Kill: An Appreciation by Keith Gordon

Acting 'Carrie'

Antonio, guerriero di Dio

The Game Bag

Segreto di Stato

Blow Out

Giovanni Falcone

Carrie

The Making of 'Dressed to Kill'

Moon Landing

Dario Argento: Master of Horror

La terza luna

Racket

Il giorno del giudizio

Mission of Love

Arcane Sorcerer

Street of Mirrors

Dressed to Kill

Smiling Maniacs

Winter in Wartime

Slashing 'Dressed to Kill'

Un eroe borghese

Don't Look Now

Nach uns die Sintflut

Body Double

Don't Look Now: Death in Venice

Our Land

High Frequency

Pontormo - Un amore eretico

Once Upon a Time in Sicily

Visualizing 'Carrie'