Luis Bacalov

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Luis Bacalov, 2014
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Django (with Rocky Roberts )
  DE 76 02/01/2013 (3 weeks)

Luis Enríquez Bacalov (born August 30, 1933 in Buenos Aires ; † November 15, 2017 in Rome ) was an Oscar- winning Argentine pianist and composer, who was best known as a film composer .

Career

Bacalov's career began in Italy, where he, like Ennio Morricone, was under contract with RCA Records . He became friends with Morricone ever since. He composed for musicians such as Gianni Morandi , Dino and Rita Pavone , among others . In the early 1960s he began working as an arranger and composer for films, including for Die Nackte with Horst Buchholz and Bette Davis . For Pasolini's The First Gospel of Matthew , he was nominated for an Oscar in 1967 (alongside Elmer Bernstein, among others ), but lost to Ken Thorne . During the 1960s and 1970s Bacalov wrote the music for numerous spaghetti westerns , in addition to Django with Franco Nero in the title role, among others, The Grand Duel with Lee Van Cleef , and the title song for the Bud-Spencer -Westernkomödie The thickness in Mexico . For the film Kill Amigo with Klaus Kinski he wrote the complete film music, but the producers preferred to use the better-known name Morricones for promotional reasons. During the 1980s, Bacalov mainly worked for television productions. In 1996 he made a comeback when he won the Oscar for best film music for Der Postmann , after Morricone had previously turned down the offer. In 2003 Quentin Tarantino used two spaghetti westerns by Bacalov for his two parts of Kill Bill , and in 2012 the theme song by Django for his homage to the western genre, Django Unchained .

Bacalov also wrote classical pieces for choirs and orchestra, including the Misa Tango , which was premiered in Rome in 1999 with Plácido Domingo as tenor . Bacalov worked as a pianist or orchestra conductor from 1962 a. a. also with Luigi Zito , Gato Barbieri ( Desbandes , 1974) and with Giovanni Tommaso ( Third Step / Goodbye 900 , 1998, among others with Enrico Rava , Flavio Boltro , Paolo Fresu , Joe Lovano , Pietro Tonolo , Aldo Romano ). In 2001 he recorded the album Tango and Around (CAM Jazz) with Giovanni Tommaso, Daniel Bacalov (percussion) and Ulises Passarella (bandoneon) .

Filmography (selection)

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  1. ↑ Chart discography Germany
  2. ↑ Morto Luis Bacalov al San Filippo Neri, premio Oscar per "Il postino" in: Corriere della Sera from November 15, 2017
  3. ↑ 88 notes pour piano solo , Jean-Pierre Thiollet , Neva Editions, 2015, p 249. ISBN 978-2-3505-5192-0
  4. ↑ "I was and still am a close friend of Morricone"
  5. ↑ "Because I want Ennio Morricone's name in the film because he is known for the spaghetti westerns"
  6. ^ "They asked Morricone first, but he refused, too busy."
  7. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 18, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Bacalov, Luis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bacalov, Luis Enríquez (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine film composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires , Argentina
DATE OF DEATH 15th November 2017
Place of death Rome , Italy