Aldo Piga

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Aldo Piga (1928–1994) was an Italian-American composer who worked mainly in New York.

Aldo Piga's work was mainly produced in the 1950s and 1960s in Italy. He started as a song composer and later approached the movie soundtrack field. His participation in the pop music Italian market counts with two participations in the famous contest of Sanremo, one of which was overshadowed in the year of the famous Modugno's song "Volare". He recorded about one hundred film soundtracks. His activity as a composer was strongly influenced by classical music and bebop jazz roots of his early years in the New York music scene. After a promising career as a music writer, he decided to start working as a film producer in the late 1960s. This change led to an end in both his careers as a writer and producer. In the 1990s Piga left Italy to retire in New York where he spent his last days until 1994.

Filmography[]

As composer[]

1950s[]

• (1959)
• Gli avventurieri dei tropici (1959)

(Seven in the Sun) (USA)

• (1959)

1960s[]

• L'amante del vampiro (1960)

(The Vampire and the Ballerina) (USA)

(The Vampire's Lover) (USA)

• (1961)
• (1961)
• (1961)

(Captain Tempest) (English)

(La Spada della vendetta) (Italy)

• (1961)

(Umberto Biancamano) (Italy)

• (1961)

(The Roar of the Bolidi) (English)

• (1962)
• Il trionfo di Robin Hood (1962)

(The Triumph of Robin Hood) (USA)

• (1962)
• (1962)

(No Man's Land) (USA)

• (1962)
• (1962)
• Strage dei vampiri, La (1962)

(Curse of the Blood Ghouls) (USA)

• (1962)
• L'ultima preda del vampiro (1962)

(Curse of the Vampire) (USA)

(The Playgirls and the Vampire) (USA)

• Lo sparviero dei Caraibi (1963)

(Caribbean Hawk) (USA)

• (1963)

(Flag of Death) (UK)

(The Saracens) (USA)

• (1963)

(Sword of Zorro) (USA)

(Tres espadas del Zorro, Las) (Spain)

• (1964)

(Ape Man of the Jungle) (USA)

• (1964)
• (1964)

(Sword of Rebellion) (USA)

• Il mostro dell'opera (1964)

(The Vampire of the Opera)

• (1964)

(Italian Sexy Show)

• (1964)
• (1964)

(Zorikan the Barbarian) (USA)

• Le notti della violenza (1965)

(Night of Violence) (USA)

• Cinque tombe per un medium (1965)

(Terror-Creatures from the Grave)

• Fango sulla metropoli (1965)

(I criminali della metropoli) (Italy)

• A... come assassino (1966)
• (1966)

(Three Swords for Rome) (English)

• Rembrandt 7 antwortet nicht... (1966)

(Italy)

(Z-7, operación Rembrandt) (Spain)

(Z7 Operation Rembrandt) (USA)

• (1968)

As producer[]

• Rembrandt 7 antwortet nicht... (1966) (uncredited producer)

(Italy)

Z-7, operación Rembrandt (Spain)

Z7 Operation Rembrandt (USA)