Piero Umiliani
Piero Umiliani (born July 17, 1926 in Florence , † February 14, 2001 in Rome ) was an Italian film music composer . His best-known song is the hit Mah Nà Mah Nà from 1968, which was first featured in the Italian erotic documentary Sweden - Hell or Paradise? was introduced and then forgotten again. It only became world famous when it was reused in the Muppet Show from 1977 .
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Umiliani started to study law and earned some money arranging and publishing jazz tracks. Supported by Armando Trovajoli , he was able to publish his first album ( Dixieland in Naples ) in 1950 . Thereupon he got (mostly not mentioned) orders for jazzy songs in several films until Mario Monicelli got him the first official credit for I soliti ignoti .
Like many of his colleagues, Umiliani composed mostly film music for exploitation films in the 1960s and 1970s , especially for spaghetti westerns , agent films , Giallo and sex films . Although he never became as famous as his colleagues Ennio Morricone or Riz Ortolani , his style-forming contribution to the development of the typically European jazzy soundtrack of the 60s and 70s should not be underestimated.
In the wake of the retro wave in new American productions, Umiliani's sound was rediscovered, so Life and Love in LA , Kill Bill or Ocean's 12 contain an old song of his.
Piero Umiliani has composed songs or the entire soundtrack for around 150 films .
Filmography (selection)
- 1958: Thieves have a hard time (I soliti ignoti)
- 1962: Boccaccio 70 (Boccaccio 70)
- 1964: Women are to blame for everything (Les plus belles escroqueries du monde)
- 1964: The ride to Alamo (La strada per Fort Alamo)
- 1964: The hour of tough men (Ercole, Sansone, Maciste e Ursus gli invincibili)
- 1966: I due figli di Ringo
- 1966: Five to 12 in Caracas (Inferno a Caracas)
- 1966: lotus flowers for Miss Quon
- 1967: Waiting list for hell (Anonima de asesinos)
- 1967: Fire on Frankie
- 1967: Ric e Gian alla conquista del West
- 1967: The son of Django (Il figlio di Django)
- 1967: The time of the vultures (Il tempo degli avvoltoi)
- 1967: Argoman - The fantastic superman (Come rubare la corona d'Inghilterra)
- 1968: I nipoti di Zorro
- 1968: Sweden - Hell or Paradise? (Svezia, inferno e paradiso)
- 1968: Madame has the longest fingers (La notte è fatta per ... rubare)
- 1969: Blonde bait for the killer
- 1969: Quinto, don't kill (El valor de un cobarde)
- 1970: Django sfida Sartana
- 1970: Three Scoundrels and a Hallelujah (Roy Colt & Winchester Jack)
- 1971: Three Amen for Satan (La vendetta è un piatto che si serve freddo)
- 1971: A meal for Django (W Django!)
- 1971: Mondo perverso - This wonderful and broken world (Questo sporco mondo meraviglioso)
- 1972: The big black guy with the slight bang (La schiava io ce l'ho e tu no)
- 1973: Torture Garden of Sensuality 2 (Baba Yaga)
- 1974: Ten cowboys and one Indian boy (Dieci bianchi uccisi da un piccolo Indiano)
- 1975: The gangster's doll (La pupa del gangster)
- 1976: Naked Eva (Eva nera)
- 1978: Amanda Lear - Follow me (Follie di notte)
- 1979: Lobster for breakfast (Aragosta a colazione)
- 1980: I hate blondes (Odio le bionde)
Web links
- Piero Umiliani in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Who is Piero Umiliani? With a photo of the composer, record sleeves, correspondence with his daughter, etc.
- Piero Umiliani at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Umiliani, Piero |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian film music composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Florence , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 14, 2001 |
| Place of death | Rome , Italy |