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.
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How Funny Can Sex Be?
(1973)
Music
La Dolce Vita
(1960)
Music Arranger
Two Women
(1960)
Original Music Composer
The Valachi Papers
(1972)
Original Music Composer
Ugly, Dirty and Bad
(1976)
Original Music Composer
Marriage Italian Style
(1964)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
(1963)
Original Music Composer and Music Director
Boccaccio '70
(1962)
Original Music Composer
Scent of a Woman
(1974)
Original Music Composer
We All Loved Each Other So Much
(1974)
Original Music Composer
A Special Day
(1977)
Original Music Composer
The Paramedic
(1982)
Music
The Night of Varennes
(1982)
Music
A Drama of Jealousy (and Other Things)
(1970)
Music
The Terrace
(1980)
Original Music Composer
The Libertine
(1968)
Original Music Composer
Full Filmography
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Brothers of Italy
(1952)
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Girls Marked Danger
(1952)
Original Music Composer
The Unfaithfuls
(1953)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
Funniest Show on Earth
(1953)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
Era lei che lo voleva!
(1953)
Original Music Composer
Woman of the River
(1954)
Original Music Composer
Of Life and Love
(1954)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
A Day in Court
(1954)
Original Music Composer
Two Nights with Cleopatra
(1954)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
Caravan of songs
(1955)
Conductor
Bravissimo
(1955)
Conductor
Le Amiche
(1955)
Musician
The Prince with the Red Mask
(1955)
Original Music Composer
Il cocco di mamma
(1957)
Original Music Composer
Camping
(1958)
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Winter Holidays
(1959)
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The Widower
(1959)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
Poor Millionaires
(1959)
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La cento chilometri
(1959)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
Uncle Was A Vampire
(1959)
Original Music Composer and Music Director
A qualcuna piace calvo
(1959)
Original Music Composer
Atom Age Vampire
(1960)
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Questo amore ai confini del mondo
(1960)
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Two Women
(1960)
Original Music Composer
Il carro armato dell'8 settembre
(1960)
Original Music Composer
Little Girls and High Finance
(1960)
Original Music Composer
Le pillole di Ercole
(1960)
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La Dolce Vita
(1960)
Music Arranger
I piaceri del sabato notte
(1960)
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Un militare e mezzo
(1960)
Original Music Composer
Call 22-22 Lieutenant Sheridan
(1960)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
Il corazziere
(1960)
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I piaceri dello scapolo
(1960)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
The Giant of Metropolis
(1961)
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His Women
(1961)
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Ten Italians for One German
(1961)
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Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life
(1961)
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The Girl of a Thousand Months
(1961)
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Hercules in the Haunted World
(1961)
Original Music Composer
Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules
(1961)
Original Music Composer
The Grand Olympics
(1961)
Original Music Composer
Slave of Rome
(1961)
Music
Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory
(1961)
Music
Ghosts of Rome
(1961)
Conductor
The Orderly
(1961)
Original Music Composer
Pugni, pupe e marinai
(1961)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
Laura nuda
(1961)
Music
America By Night
(1961)
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Warriors Five
(1962)
Original Music Composer
East Zone, West Zone
(1962)
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Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino
(1962)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
Toto at Night
(1962)
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Il mio amico Benito
(1962)
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Alone Against Rome
(1962)
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Boccaccio '70
(1962)
Original Music Composer
Down with Uncle
(1962)
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Planets Around Us
(1962)
Original Music Composer
Una domenica d'estate
(1962)
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The Four Monks
(1962)
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Gli onorevoli
(1963)
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In Italia si chiama amore
(1963)
Original Music Composer
The Scapegoat
(1963)
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Totò Sexy
(1963)
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I terribili sette
(1963)
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Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
(1963)
Original Music Composer and Music Director
The Monk of Monza
(1963)
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The Monsters
(1963)
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The Visitor
(1963)
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Marriage Italian Style
(1964)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
What Ever Happened to Baby Toto?
(1964)
Original Music Composer
The Magnificent Cuckold
(1964)
Conductor and Original Music Composer
Attack and Retreat
(1964)
Original Music Composer
Un momento muy largo
(1964)
Music
Let's Talk About Women
(1964)
Original Music Composer
Il gaucho
(1964)
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High Infidelity
(1964)
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The Thursday
(1964)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
Beautiful Families
(1964)
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My Wife
(1964)
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Casanova '70
(1965)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
The Dolls
(1965)
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Assassination in Rome
(1965)
Original Music Composer
Complexes
(1965)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
The Devil in Love
(1966)
Original Music Composer
Maigret at the Pigalle
(1966)
Music
So This Is God's Country?
(1966)
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The Spy Who Loved Flowers
(1966)
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Kill, Baby... Kill!
(1966)
Music
The Queens
(1966)
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Seven Golden Men Strike Again
(1966)
Music
The Treasure of San Gennaro
(1966)
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Adultery Italian Style
(1966)
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Our Husbands
(1966)
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Anyone Can Play
(1967)
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Deadly Sweet
(1967)
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Spy Today, Die Tomorrow
(1967)
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Long Days of Vengeance
(1967)
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Assault on the State Treasure
(1967)
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Don Juan in Sicily
(1967)
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Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?
(1968)
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Seven Times Seven
(1968)
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Faustina
(1968)
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Fuller Report, Base Stockholm
(1968)
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Acid Delirium of the Senses
(1968)
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Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
(1968)
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Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare
(1968)
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The Libertine
(1968)
Original Music Composer
The Prophet
(1968)
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I See Naked
(1969)
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Where Are You Going All Naked?
(1969)
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The Conspirators
(1969)
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Lovemaker
(1969)
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A Bullet for Rommel
(1969)
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Police Chief Pepe
(1969)
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Il giovane normale
(1969)
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How, When, and with Whom
(1969)
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The Priest's Wife
(1970)
Original Music Composer
May Morning
(1970)
Music
A Drama of Jealousy (and Other Things)
(1970)
Music
The Married Priest
(1970)
Original Music Composer
No One Will Notice You're Naked
(1971)
Original Music Composer
Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte
(1971)
Original Music Composer
Homo Eroticus
(1971)
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The Double
(1971)
Original Music Composer
That's How We Women Are
(1971)
Music
My Name Is Rocco Papaleo
(1971)
Original Music Composer
The Migratory Bird
(1972)
Music
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
(1972)
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The Valachi Papers
(1972)
Original Music Composer
The Italian Connection
(1972)
Original Music Composer
The Sensuous Sicilian
(1973)
Original Music Composer
How Funny Can Sex Be?
(1973)
Music
La Tosca
(1973)
Original Music Composer
Amore e ginnastica
(1973)
Music
It Was I
(1973)
Music
Rugantino
(1973)
Original Music Composer
Scent of a Woman
(1974)
Original Music Composer
We All Loved Each Other So Much
(1974)
Original Music Composer
The Way of the Baboons
(1974)
Original Music Composer
Duck in Orange Sauce
(1975)
Original Music Composer
Valentina... The Virgin Wife
(1975)
Original Music Composer
La banca di Monate
(1976)
Music
Ugly, Dirty and Bad
(1976)
Original Music Composer
Shadows in an Empty Room
(1976)
Original Music Composer
Evil Thoughts
(1976)
Music
The Career of a Chambermaid
(1976)
Original Music Composer
Luna di miele in tre
(1976)
Original Music Composer
Keep It To Yourself!
(1976)
Original Music Composer
Dimmi che fai tutto per me
(1976)
Original Music Composer
Blackmail Chase
(1976)
Original Music Composer
A Special Day
(1977)
Original Music Composer
The Bishop's Bedroom
(1977)
Music
The New Monsters
(1977)
Original Music Composer
Wifemistress
(1977)
Original Music Composer
In the Name of the Pope King
(1977)
Music
My Loves
(1978)
Original Music Composer
Rugantino
(1978)
Music
Life Is Beautiful
(1979)
Original Music Composer
The Swap
(1979)
Music
Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot
(1979)
Original Music Composer
Arrivano i bersaglieri
(1980)
Original Music Composer
La amante ingenua
(1980)
Original Music Composer
The Terrace
(1980)
Original Music Composer
Shut Up When You Speak!
(1981)
Music
Passion of Love
(1981)
Original Music Composer
Perché non facciamo l'amore
(1981)
Music
The Paramedic
(1982)
Music
Count Tacchia
(1982)
Original Music Composer
Plus beau que moi tu meurs
(1982)
Music
The Night of Varennes
(1982)
Music
Grand Hotel Excelsior
(1982)
Original Music Composer
Viuuulentemente mia
(1982)
Original Music Composer
The Balad of Mamelouk
(1982)
Original Music Composer
Dagger Eyes
(1983)
Music
Sing Sing
(1983)
Original Music Composer
Frankenstein 90
(1984)
Music
Macaroni
(1985)
Original Music Composer
A Thorn in the Heart
(1986)
Music
The Family
(1987)
Original Music Composer
Days of Inspector Ambrosio
(1988)
Original Music Composer
Splendor
(1989)
Music
Running Away
(1989)
Music
What Time Is It?
(1989)
Original Music Composer
The Voyage of Captain Fracassa
(1990)
Original Music Composer
The Wicked
(1991)
Music
Gangsters
(1992)
Original Music Composer
Cinecittà Cinecittà
(1992)
Original Music Composer
Centro storico
(1992)
Original Music Composer
Mario, Maria and Mario
(1993)
Original Music Composer
Berlin '39
(1993)
Original Music Composer
Romanzo di un giovane povero
(1995)
Original Music Composer
Giovani e belli
(1996)
Music
Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember
(1997)
Original Music Composer
The Dinner
(1998)
Music
Rugantino
(1998)
Original Music Composer
Unfair Competition
(2001)
Original Music Composer
Life Is a Wonderful Thing
(2010)
Music
Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia
(2018)
Music
Acting
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
(1963)
Giorgio Ferrario
Complexes
(1965)
Self (segment "Guglielmo il Dentone") (uncredited)
Marcello, una vita dolce
(2006)
Self
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
(2010)
Self
Crew