Piero Piccioni (December 6, 1921 – July 23, 2004) was an Italian film score composer and lawyer.
A pianist, organist, conductor, composer, he was also the prolific author of more than 300 film soundtracks. He was influenced in the use of jazz by 20th century classical composers and American films. Piero Piccioni came into contact with the movie world in Rome during the fifties, when he was a practicing lawyer securing movie rights for Italian producers such as Titanus and De Laurentiis. Many directors sought Piero Piccioni to score the soundtracks for their films: Francesco Rosi, Mario Monicelli, Alberto Lattuada, Luigi Comencini, Luchino Visconti, Antonio Pietrangeli, Bernardo Bertolucci, Roberto Rossellini, Vittorio De Sica, Lina Wertmuller, Tinto Brass, Dino Risi, and others.
His film scores include Il bell'Antonio, Contempt, The 10th Victim, More Than a Miracle, The Deserter, The Light at the Edge of the World, Puppet on a Chain, Lucky Luciano, Camille 2000, The Nun and the Devil, Swept Away, Christ Stopped at Eboli, Fighting Back, and many Alberto Sordi movies. He is credited with over 300 soundtracks and compositions for radio, television, ballets and orchestra.
Piccioni won many prestigious prizes including the David di Donatello Award for the movie Swept Away (1975), Nastro d’argento Award for the movie Salvatore Giuliano by Francesco Rosi (1963), Prix International Lumière 1991, Anna Magnani Award 1975 and Vittorio De Sica Award 1979.
Known For
Appassionata
(1974)
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The 10th Victim
(1965)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
Totò diabolicus
(1962)
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Swept Away
(1974)
Original Music Composer
The Seduction of Mimi
(1972)
Original Music Composer
Lucky Luciano
(1973)
Original Music Composer
The Witches
(1967)
Original Music Composer, Music Director, and Musician
I Knew Her Well
(1965)
Original Music Composer
Illustrious Corpses
(1976)
Original Music Composer
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
(1987)
Original Music Composer
Hands over the City
(1963)
Original Music Composer
Christ Stopped at Eboli
(1979)
Original Music Composer, Conductor, and Orchestrator
Be Sick… It's Free
(1968)
Original Music Composer
More Than a Miracle
(1967)
Original Music Composer
The Stranger
(1967)
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Many Wars Ago
(1970)
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Full Filmography
Sound
The World Condemns Them
(1953)
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The Boarder
(1954)
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Yalis, la vergine del Roncador
(1955)
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Poor Girl, Pretty Girl
(1957)
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Guendalina
(1957)
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La donna che venne dal mare
(1957)
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Tempest
(1958)
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Love on the Riviera
(1958)
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Angel in a Taxi
(1958)
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March's Child
(1958)
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The Swindlers
(1959)
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The Big Night
(1959)
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Adventure in Capri
(1959)
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I ragazzi dei Parioli
(1959)
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Vacations in Majorca
(1959)
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The Overtaxed
(1959)
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Adua and Her Friends
(1960)
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The Hunchback
(1960)
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Handsome Antonio
(1960)
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From a Roman Balcony
(1960)
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Le svedesi
(1960)
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Run with the Devil
(1960)
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World by Night
(1960)
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L'impiegato
(1960)
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Sweet Deceptions
(1960)
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Unexpected
(1961)
Music
The Assassin
(1961)
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Destination Fury
(1961)
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The Lovemakers
(1961)
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Gioventù di notte
(1961)
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World by Night No. 2
(1961)
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The Two Marshals
(1961)
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Duel of the Titans
(1961)
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Careless
(1962)
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Conquered City
(1962)
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La Commare Secca
(1962)
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Salvatore Giuliano
(1962)
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Lo smemorato di Collegno
(1962)
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Eruption
(1962)
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Violent Life
(1962)
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Totò diabolicus
(1962)
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Dark Soul
(1962)
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Roaring Years
(1962)
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Mafioso
(1962)
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The Slave
(1962)
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A Sentimental Attempt
(1963)
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The Terrorist
(1963)
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The Attic
(1963)
Music
The Shortest Day
(1963)
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Who Works Is Lost
(1963)
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The Girl from Parma
(1963)
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Hands over the City
(1963)
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To Bed or Not to Bed
(1963)
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The Boom
(1963)
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Minnesota Clay
(1964)
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It's a Hard Life
(1964)
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The Flying Saucer
(1964)
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Three for a Robbery
(1964)
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The Demon
(1964)
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Three Nights of Love
(1964)
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The Escape
(1964)
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Woman Is a Wonderful Thing
(1964)
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The 10th Victim
(1965)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
I Knew Her Well
(1965)
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Once Upon a Tractor
(1965)
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Rope Around the Neck
(1965)
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The Moment of Truth
(1965)
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The Three Faces
(1965)
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From the Orient with Fury
(1965)
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Il provino
(1965)
Music
Smoke Over London
(1966)
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M.M.M. 83
(1966)
Music
Our Husbands
(1966)
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Pardon, Are You for or Against?
(1966)
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Every Man Is My Enemy
(1967)
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The Stranger
(1967)
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An Italian in America
(1967)
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Matchless
(1967)
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More Than a Miracle
(1967)
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The Witches
(1967)
Original Music Composer, Music Director, and Musician
I Married You for Fun
(1967)
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If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death
(1968)
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La moglie giapponese
(1968)
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Bora Bora
(1968)
Music
OSS 117 Murder for Sale
(1968)
Music
Be Sick… It's Free
(1968)
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The Young Tigers
(1968)
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I Do Not Forgive... I Kill!
(1968)
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Caprice Italian Style
(1968)
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Kenner
(1968)
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Gatling Gun
(1968)
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Playgirl 70
(1969)
Music
The Slave
(1969)
Music
The Others
(1969)
Music
Naked England
(1969)
Music
Youth March
(1969)
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Medicine Italian Style
(1969)
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Camille 2000
(1969)
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Temptation
(1969)
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The Ten Wonders of Love
(1969)
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Addio Alexandra
(1969)
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Oh, Grandmother's Dead
(1969)
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Help Me, My Love
(1969)
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So Long Gulliver
(1970)
Music
Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!
(1970)
Music
Red Hot Shot
(1970)
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L'Italia vista dal cielo: Sicilia
(1970)
Original Music Composer and Music Director
The Couples
(1970)
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Il presidente del Borgorosso Football Club
(1970)
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Let's Have a Riot
(1970)
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The Deserter
(1970)
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Puppet on a Chain
(1970)
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Many Wars Ago
(1970)
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Marta
(1971)
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Devil's Ransom
(1971)
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The Light at the Edge of the World
(1971)
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Two Males for Alexa
(1971)
Music
L'Italia vista dal cielo: Toscana
(1971)
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The Masked Thief
(1971)
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In the Eye of the Hurricane
(1971)
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First Surrender
(1971)
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A Girl in Australia
(1971)
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Night of the Scorpion
(1972)
Music
Seven Murders for Scotland Yard
(1972)
Music
The Monk
(1972)
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Watch Out Gringo! Sabata Will Return
(1972)
Music
The Mattei Affair
(1972)
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The Seduction of Mimi
(1972)
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The Scopone Game
(1972)
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Six Bounty Killers for a Massacre
(1973)
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My Brother Anastasia
(1973)
Music
The Lonely Woman
(1973)
Music
The Nun and the Devil
(1973)
Music
A Way of Being a Woman
(1973)
Music
Story of a Cloistered Nun
(1973)
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L'Italia vista dal cielo: Liguria
(1973)
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Colt in the Hand of the Devil
(1973)
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The Executioner of God
(1973)
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Stardust
(1973)
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Lucky Luciano
(1973)
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While There's War There's Hope
(1974)
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All Screwed Up
(1974)
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The Kiss of Death
(1974)
Music
God Under the Skin
(1974)
Music
Appassionata
(1974)
Original Music Composer
Swept Away
(1974)
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Kidnap
(1974)
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L'Italia vista dal cielo: Lazio
(1975)
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Fratello mare
(1975)
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Heart of a Dog
(1976)
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Chi dice donna, dice donna
(1976)
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A Common Sense of Modesty
(1976)
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Illustrious Corpses
(1976)
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Strange Occasion
(1976)
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Crazy Desires of a Murderer
(1977)
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This Is the Night
(1977)
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The Witness
(1978)
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Professor Kranz tedesco di Germania
(1978)
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Where Are You Going on Holiday?
(1978)
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Christ Stopped at Eboli
(1979)
Original Music Composer, Conductor, and Orchestrator
Riavanti… Marsch!
(1979)
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The Swap
(1979)
Music
Hypochondriac
(1979)
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Catherine and I
(1980)
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The Precarious Bank Teller
(1980)
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Pierino medico della SAUB
(1981)
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Three Brothers
(1981)
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Fighting Back
(1982)
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Journey with Papa
(1982)
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I Know That You Know That I Know
(1982)
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Il tassinaro
(1983)
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Islam: Faith and Nations
(1983)
Music
All for the Moral Majority!
(1984)
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I Am an ESP
(1985)
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A Child Called Jesus
(1987)
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold
(1987)
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A Taxi Driver in New York
(1987)
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12 Directors for 12 Cities
(1989)
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The Miser
(1990)
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Comprarsi la vita
(1990)
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Assolto per aver commesso il fatto
(1992)
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Neapolitan Diary
(1992)
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Ci sarà un giorno (Il giovane Pertini)
(1993)
Music
Nestore, l'ultima corsa
(1994)
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Incontri proibiti
(1998)
Original Music Composer
Acting