Franco Pisano

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Franco Pisano (born December 10, 1922 in Cagliari , † January 6, 1977 in Rome ) was an Italian composer .

life and career

Like his brother Berto , with whom he went to Turin, Pisano had worked as a composer for around twenty films since the early 1960s. He had previously played in several jazz groups, including the Asternovas . In 1965 and 1968 he worked as a conductor at the Sanremo Festival and was musical director for numerous television shows throughout the decade and the early 1970s.

In 1970 and 1971 he, who had previously written for artists such as Miranda Martino , Giorgio Faber , Fabrizio Ferretti and Domenico Modugno , achieved several well-known songs, almost all of which he composed for Raffaella Carrà .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1961: Rocco e le sorelle
  • 1962: Due contro tutti
  • 1963: Divorzio alla siciliana
  • 1964: Curse of the erotic (Le conseguenze)
  • 1965: Touching prohibited (Scandali nudi)
  • 1965: The four vultures of the Sierra Nevada (I quattro inesorabili)
  • 1965: Agent Pik As - Orient time bomb (Asso di picche operazione controspionaggio)
  • 1966: Tre notti violente
  • 1966: The red phantom strikes (Superargo contro Diabolikus)
  • 1967: Django kills quietly (Bill il taciturno)
  • 1967: Quando dico che ti amo
  • 1967: Arrriva Dorellik
  • 1967: An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (Destino: Estambul 68)
  • 1967: Goldface (Goldface, il fantastico superman)
  • 1968: Il cenerentolo (TV movie)
  • 1970: Signore e signora (TV series)
  • 1970: Basta guardarla
  • 1977: La vergine, il toro e il capricorno

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franco Pisano in: Catalog of Copyright Entries , Library of Congress. Copyright Office, United States Government Printing Office, 1953, p. 220
personal data
SURNAME Pisano, Franco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Cagliari
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 1977
Place of death Rome