- Carlo Rustichelli
Carlo Rustichelli (
24 december 1916 -November 13 2004 ) was an Italian filmcomposer whose career span went from the 1940s to about 1990. He was very prolific, and his output included about 250 film compositions, as well as arrangements for other films and music for television.Life
He was born in Carpi,
Emilia-Romagna to a family of music lovers."Prolific and versatile father of Italian cinema"] He gained a diploma in piano at theBologna conservatory and then went to Rome where he studied composition at theSanta Cecilia Academy .He had a wife (Evi), a son (Paolo who is also a composer) and a daughter (Alida).
Career
He met
Fellini in postwar Rome, and it was probably through him that he metPietro Germi for whom he composed his first major film score for "Gioventù perduta" (Lost Yuth), and with whom he was most associated. He composed music for many Germi films in the 1940s, 50s and 60s.He was best known for the Academy Award-winning
soundtrack to "Divorce, Italian Style ", another Germi film.In 1972 he was commissioned by
Billy Wilder to compose the music for "Avanti!" which starredJack Lemmon and was filmed in Italy.External links
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Notes
References
*"Prolific and versatile father of Italian cinema music: Carlo Rustichelli, Film composer, 1916-2004", "
The Sydney Morning Herald ", Weekend edition, December 4-5, 2004, p. 60
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