Armando Trovajoli
Armando Trovajoli (also Trovaioli, 2 September 1917 – 28 February 2013) was an Italian film composer and pianist with over 300 credits as composer and/or conductor, many of them jazz scores for exploitation films of the Commedia all'italiana genre. He collaborated with Vittorio De Sica on a number of projects, including one segment of Boccaccio '70. Trovajoli was also the author of several Italian musicals: among them, Rugantino and Aggiungi un posto a tavola. Trovajoli was the husband of actress Pier Angeli. He died in Rome at the age of 95 on 28 February 2013. After graduating from the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome (1948), Trovajoli was entrusted by RAI with the direction of a pop music orchestra, set with 12 violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos, 1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 clarinet, 1 horn, harp, vibraphone, electric guitar, bass, drums and the piano (played by Trovajoli himself). In 1952–53 he collaborated with Piero Piccioni in Eclipse, a weekly musical broadcast in which the orchestra is directed alternately by the two composers, in a style extremely refined and sophisticated, very different from the music of radio orchestras at that time. Together with Goffredo Petrassi, Trovajoli composed the score of Giuseppe De Santis' Bitter Rice (1949). In 1951, Trovajoli was invited by Dino De Laurentiis to write music for Anna, a film directed by Alberto Lattuada: particularly the song El Negro Zumbón became an international success: inspired by tropical rhythms, is sung in playback and danced by Silvana Mangano, but actually performed by Flo Sandon's. Since then, Trovajoli wrote soundtracks for directors as Dino Risi, Vittorio De Sica, Ettore Scola and others, for a total of over 300 scores. Source: Article "Armando Trovajoli" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Anyone Can Play
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Casanova '70
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The Giant of Metropolis
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Shut Up When You Speak!
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The Family
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A Special Day
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The Voyage of Captain Fracassa
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Gli onorevoli
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Always on Sunday
(Sound)
Duck in Orange Sauce
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The Sensual Man
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Marriage Italian Style
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I See Naked
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Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?
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Deadly Sweet
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Caravan of songs
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Funniest Show on Earth
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Marriage Italian Style
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The Monk of Monza
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Bravissimo
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The Monsters
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We All Loved Each Other So Much
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The Widower
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Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino
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A Day in Court
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Two Nights with Cleopatra
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Two Nights with Cleopatra
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Unfair Competition
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Mario, Maria and Mario
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Let's Talk About Women
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Seven Times Seven
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Poor Millionaires
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Il gaucho
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Un militare e mezzo
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The Way of the Baboons
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High Infidelity
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Arrivano i bersaglieri
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His Women
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No One Will Notice You're Naked
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Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte
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Where Are You Going All Naked?
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In Italia si chiama amore
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Gangsters
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The Priest's Wife
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Faustina
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Ten Italians for One German
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La Tosca
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Violence and Love
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Days of Inspector Ambrosio
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Passion of Love
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Maigret at the Pigalle
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My Loves
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May Morning
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Homo Eroticus
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The Career of a Chambermaid
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The Magnificent Cuckold
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The Conspirators
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La cento chilometri
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La cento chilometri
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Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory
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Un momento muy largo
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Ghosts of Rome
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Rugantino
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Call 22-22 Lieutenant Sheridan
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Call 22-22 Lieutenant Sheridan
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Rugantino
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Cinecittà Cinecittà
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Il corazziere
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The Orderly
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The Four Monks
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The Terrace
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Dagger Eyes
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The Treasure of San Gennaro
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The Thursday
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The Thursday
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Complexes
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Complexes
(Conductor)
The Scapegoat
(Music)
I piaceri dello scapolo
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I piaceri dello scapolo
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The Migratory Bird
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Pugni, pupe e marinai
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Pugni, pupe e marinai
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Brothers of Italy
(Music)
Berlin '39
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The Libertine
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Era lei che lo voleva!
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The Italian Connection
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Beautiful Families
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A Thorn in the Heart
(Music)
The Wicked
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Giovani e belli
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The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
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Grand Hotel Excelsior
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Scent of a Woman
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Luna di miele in tre
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Viuuulentemente mia
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Warriors Five
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So This Is God's Country?
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The Spy Who Loved Flowers
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Police Chief Pepe
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Winter Holidays
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Adultery Italian Style
(Original Music Composer)
Il cocco di mamma
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The Unfaithfuls
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Casanova '70
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Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot
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The Visitor
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My Wife
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The Married Priest
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The Prince with the Red Mask
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Atom Age Vampire
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East Zone, West Zone
(Music)
Of Life and Love
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Of Life and Love
(Conductor)
Questo amore ai confini del mondo
(Music)
The Prophet
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La banca di Monate
(Music)
A qualcuna piace calvo
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Ugly, Dirty and Bad
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The Widower
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Lovemaker
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Keep It To Yourself!
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Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare
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Our Husbands
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The Paramedic
(Music)
Dimmi che fai tutto per me
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That's How We Women Are
(Music)
Sing Sing
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The Story of a Poor Young Man
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Rugantino
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Long Days of Vengeance
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Laura nuda
(Music)
Camping
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Assault on the State Treasure
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Girls Marked Danger
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Centro storico
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Don Juan in Sicily
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Il giovane normale
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Blackmail Chase
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America By Night
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My Name Is Rocco Papaleo
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The Dolls
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Two Women
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The New Monsters
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Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino
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Count Tacchia
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Valentina... The Virgin Wife
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Toto at Night
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What Ever Happened to Baby Toto?
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Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life
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La amante ingenua
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Life Is Beautiful
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The Double
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Fuller Report, Base Stockholm
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Acid Delirium of the Senses
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Totò Sexy
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Woman of the River
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The Girl of a Thousand Months
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Il mio amico Benito
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Alone Against Rome
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Uncle Was a Vampire
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Uncle Was a Vampire
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The Unfaithfuls
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The Devil in Love
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The Grand Olympics
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Funniest Show on Earth
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Hercules in the Haunted World
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Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules
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What Time Is It?
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Spy Today, Die Tomorrow
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Amore e ginnastica
(Music)
Perché non facciamo l'amore
(Music)
I terribili sette
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How, When, and with Whom
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La notte di Pasquino
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How Funny Can Sex Be?
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Frankenstein 90
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The Night of Varennes
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In the Name of the Pope King
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The Bishop's Bedroom
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Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
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It Was I
(Music)
Shadows in an Empty Room
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Le Amiche
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Boccaccio '70
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The Balad of Mamelouk
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Una storia di notte
(Sound)
Il carro armato dell'8 settembre
(Original Music Composer)
Little Girls and High Finance
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Le pillole di Ercole
(Music)
The Valachi Papers
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A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)
(Music)
Plus beau que moi tu meurs
(Music)
Evil Thoughts
(Music)
Slave of Rome
(Music)
The Magnificent Cuckold
(Conductor)
Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia
(Music)
The Swap
(Music)
Down with Uncle
(Music)
Kill, Baby... Kill!
(Music)
Attack and Retreat
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Planets Around Us
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Assassination in Rome
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Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
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La Dolce Vita
(Music Arranger)
Wifemistress
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Macaroni
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Splendor
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Running Away
(Music)
Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember
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A Bullet for Rommel
(Music)
I piaceri del sabato notte
(Music)
The Dinner
(Music)
The Queens
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Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
(Music Director)
Life Is a Wonderful Thing
(Music)
Miss Arizona
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Seven Golden Men Strike Again
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Di mamma non ce n'è una sola
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Lives of the Saints
(Music)
La famiglia Benvenuti
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