Enrico Simonetti
Enrico Simonetti (born January 29, 1924 in Alassio , † May 28, 1978 in Rome ) was an Italian pianist and film composer .
Life
Simonetti studied piano and composition at the Accademia Chigiana . After his first live experience in Roman nightclubs with Bruno Martino , he went to Brazil with an acting group in 1948 , where he led his own orchestra, which was counted among the best in the country and where he created the music for almost forty films before moving to Italy returned. There he received and designed with great success his own program Excelsior and took part in numerous music festivals. He was with his orchestra, who also moderated and worked for the radio, in many other formats such as Il signore ha suonato? , Lei non si preoccupi or Aiuto è vacanza in the 1960s alongside Isabella Biagini or in the following decade in L'amico della notte and Non tocchiamo quel tasto negli . Other successful programs were Ornella Vanonis Senza rete or Canzonissima with Loretta Goggi and Alighiero Noschese . Some recordings have been released on LP - some recordings have also been released in Brazil since the 1950s. His most important work is the soundtrack for the television miniseries Gamma from 1975.
In addition, he was active three times as an actor and presented several compositions for films, starting with the western television production Non cantare, spara and until his death after an operation to remove the tumor.
His son Claudio is part of the Goblin group and also works as a soloist as a film composer.
Filmography (selection)
- 1951: O comprador de fazendas
- 1958: Tom Dooley - Hero of the Green Hell (Tumulto de Paixões)
- 1960: Greed for Blood (Macumba Love)
- 1963: I lived like Eva (How I Lived As Eve)
- 1970: Scream of lust in the jungle (Frissons africaines)
- 1973: The godfather's kiss of death (Baciamo le mani)
- 1973: Little Kid and his saucy gang (Kid il monello del West)
- 1974: The girl from Via Condotti (La ragazza di Via Condotti)
- 1975: Students love pretty bunnies (Grazie ... nonna)
- 1976: The sins of the very young girls (Scandalo in famiglia)
- 1978: Ridendo e scherzando
Web links
- Enrico Simonetti in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Enrico Simonetti at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Simonetti, Enrico |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian pianist and film composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alassio |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 28, 1978 |
| Place of death | Rome |