Nicola Piovani
Italian film composer Nicola Piovani vaulted to international renown via his Academy Award-winning score for the 1998 feature La Vita è Bella, better known to North American audiences as Roberto Benigni's Life Is Beautiful. Born May 26, 1946, in Rome, Piovani received his degree in piano from Milan's Verdi Conservatory, and later studied orchestration under Greek composer Manos Hadjidakis before making his cinematic debut with 1969's N.P. Il Segreto. Not only did Piovani earn his first widespread notice for his contributions to Marco Bellocchio's 1970 effort Nel Nome del Padre, but the project inaugurated an ongoing creative collaboration with the director that included the pictures Salto Nel Vuoto and Matti da Slegare. The composer was also a favorite of the brothers Taviani (La Notte di San Lorenzo), Mario Monicelli (Speriamo Che Sia Femmina), Nanni Moretti (Caro Diario), and the renowned Federico Fellini, a partnership that included the global hits Intervista and Ginger e Fred. Despite his growing renown, rumors circulated that Piovani was in fact little more than an alias for Italian film maestro Ennio Morricone, a misconception Piovani often chooses to exploit during his public appearances. Such gossip largely subsided when 1998's Holocaust fantasy La Vita è Bella earned the composer his first Oscar, although he lost out on a Grammy Award to composer Randy Newman. Piovani also won the Ciak d'Oro in 2001 for his work on Moretti's La Stanza del Figlio.
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Fiorile (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Emergency Music Italy Srl on 15 Oct 2023
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Nowhere (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by EMI Music Publishing Italia Srl on 22 Sep 2016
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Dolce Far Niente (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Creazioni Artistiche Musicali C.A.M. S.r.l. on 21 May 2012
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I fratelli De Filippo (Colonna sonora originale del film)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Cinevox Record on 13 Dec 2021
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Hungry hearts
Pop - Released by Emergency Music Italy Srl on 4 Mar 2020
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Nel nome del Padre (Colonna sonora originale)
Film Soundtracks - Released by EMI General Music srl on 17 Apr 2014
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Ginger e Fred - Nel pancione della TV - Single
Film Soundtracks - Released by EMI Music Publishing Italia Srl on 1 Jul 2016
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De Eso No Se Abla (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Emergency Music Italy Srl on 15 Oct 2023
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Tu ridi (Original Motion Pictures Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Emergency Music Italy Srl on 13 Oct 2023
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Ginger e Fred - Single
Film Soundtracks - Released by EMI Music Publishing Italia Srl on 24 Jul 2014
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Banana (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Emergency Music Italy Srl on 6 Oct 2023
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Nel nome del padre - Single
Film Soundtracks - Released by EMI General Music srl on 1 Jul 2016
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Il grande sogno (colonna sonora del film)
Film Soundtracks - Released by RTI on 1 Jan 2009
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