Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla was an Argentine tango composer, film composer, bandoneon player and arranger. His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music. A virtuoso bandoneonist, he regularly performed his own compositions with a variety of ensembles. In 1992, American music critic Stephen Holden described Piazzolla as "the world's foremost composer of tango music".
Known For
Armageddon
(1977)
Music
The Journey
(1992)
Original Music Composer
Henry IV
(1984)
Original Music Composer
Las pirañas
(1967)
Original Music Composer
Full Filmography
Sound
Con los mismos colores
(1949)
Music
Steel racing cars
(1950)
Music
El cielo en las manos
(1950)
Music and Original Music Composer
Stella Maris
(1953)
Music
Sucedió en Buenos Aires
(1954)
Music
The Bitter Stems
(1956)
Original Music Composer
Marta Ferrari
(1956)
Music
A Difficult Widow
(1957)
Original Music Composer
Operación Antartida
(1957)
Music
Violencia en la ciudad
(1957)
Music
Dos basuras
(1958)
Songs
Saturday Night, Cinema
(1960)
Original Music Composer
The Furies
(1960)
Music
El crack
(1960)
Music
Last year of Nacional High School
(1961)
Music
Detrás de la mentira
(1962)
Music
Those who will see God
(1963)
Music
Paula Cautiva
(1963)
Music
El nacimiento de un libro
(1963)
Music
La fin del mundo
(1963)
Music and Music Director
Extraña ternura
(1964)
Original Music Composer
Con gusto a rabia
(1965)
Music
Las locas del conventillo
(1966)
Original Music Composer
Buenos días, Buenos Aires
(1966)
Music
Las pirañas
(1967)
Original Music Composer
The Slowness
(1969)
Original Music Composer
Brief Heaven
(1969)
Music
Kuma-Ching
(1969)
Original Music Composer
Impasse
(1969)
Music
El principio del fin
(1970)
Music
Con alma y vida
(1970)
Music
La ñata contra el vidrio
(1972)
Sound
The Return
(1973)
Music
All Nudity Shall Be Punished
(1973)
Music
Rain over Santiago
(1975)
Original Music Composer
When the City Awakes
(1975)
Original Music Composer
Lumière
(1976)
Original Music Composer
What's Autumn?
(1977)
Music
Armageddon
(1977)
Music
The Intruder
(1980)
Original Music Composer
El infierno tan temido
(1980)
Music
Paris s'en va
(1981)
Original Music Composer
To Return
(1982)
Music
Le Pont du Nord
(1982)
Music
Are We?
(1982)
Music
Neon City
(1982)
Music
Henry IV
(1984)
Original Music Composer
Ein Bett mit Passagieren
(1984)
Music
Cuarteles de invierno
(1984)
Music
Tango
(1985)
Music
Tangos, the Exile of Gardel
(1985)
Original Music Composer and Music
Enligt beslut
(1988)
Music
The South
(1988)
Music and Musician
The Journey
(1992)
Original Music Composer
Ett sommarspel
(1994)
Music
The Color of Love
(1994)
Music
The Lion with the White Beard
(1995)
Music
Quereme así (Piantao)
(1997)
Music
Mind in the Wilderness: Khatia Buniatishvili
(2013)
Music
Los Amantes del Tigre
(2017)
Music
Tres Desinteresados y un Amante
(2017)
Music
María de Buenos Aires
(2019)
Original Music Composer
Acting
El día que me quieras
(1935)
Newspaper's kid
El hombre del sábado
(1947)
El cielo en las manos
(1950)
Prisioneros de una noche
(1962)
Fuelle querido
(1967)
Self
Tango argentino
(1969)
Self
Argentinísima
(1972)
Self
Astor Piazzolla en Shams
(1985)
Self - Bandoneon
Astor Piazzolla in Portrait
(1990)
Self
Quereme así (Piantao)
(1997)
Self
Astor Piazzolla: The Next Tango
(2007)
Self
Astor Piazzolla: tango nuevo
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
Tango under the Stars - Gustavo Dudamel
(2017)
Composer
Tango in Paris: Memories of Astor Piazzolla
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
Piazzolla: The Years of the Shark
(2018)
Self (archive footage)