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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Manodopera (colonna sonora originale del film)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Ala Bianca Group srl on Oct 20, 2023
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In quintetto
Film Soundtracks - Released by La voce della luna on May 13, 2011
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Assolo (Colonna sonora originale del film)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Ala Bianca Records on Dec 13, 2018
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The Best of Nicola Piovani
Film Soundtracks - Released by Cinema Hotel Studios on Dec 21, 2022
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Una festa esagerata (Colonna sonora originale del film)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Medusa on Mar 23, 2018
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La notte di San Lorenzo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Creazioni Artistiche Musicali C.A.M. S.r.l. on Jan 29, 2016
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I fratelli De Filippo (Deluxe)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Cinevox Record on Feb 4, 2022
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Gli Anni Più Belli (Colonna Sonora Originale)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Lotus Production on Feb 25, 2020
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A casa tutti bene (Colonna sonora originale)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Lotus Production on Mar 16, 2018
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Caro diario (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Emergency Music Italy Srl on Oct 13, 2023
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Il Marchese del Grillo (Original Soundtrack from "Il Marchese del Grillo")
Miscellaneous - Released by Cinevox Record on Jan 1, 2008
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Nicola Piovani Collection
Film Soundtracks - Released by Bacci Bros. Records on Mar 30, 2017
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Nicola Piovani Music
Film Soundtracks - Released by Bacci Bros Records on Feb 11, 2017
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Il male oscuro (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Emergency Music Italy Srl on Oct 13, 2023
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Ginger e Fred (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by EMI Music Publishing Italia Srl on Apr 24, 2014
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Intervista (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Creazioni Artistiche Musicali on Jan 1, 1987
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Running Free (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Varese Sarabande on Jan 1, 2000
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Comme un chef (Bande originale du film)
International Pop - Released by Gaumont on Mar 7, 2012
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Leonora addio (Colonna sonora originale del film)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Ala Bianca Records on Feb 17, 2022
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Le mie ragazze di carta (Colonna sonora originale del film)
Miscellaneous - Released by Cinevox Record on Jul 13, 2023
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