Franco Micalizzi
Franco Micalizzi (born 21 December 1939 in Rome) is an Italian composer and conductor, best known for his scores in Poliziotteschi films.
His first success was for the musical score of the Spaghetti Western They Call Me Trinity, in 1970. He had previously collaborated on composing with Roberto Pregadio the famous whistled western score for the 1969 film The Forgotten Pistolero (original: Il Pistolero dell'Ave Maria).[1] His main theme for the 1976 poliziottesco film A Special Cop in Action was used in the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof.[2]
His other scores include The Last Snows of Spring, Beyond the Door and The Last Hunter. He often worked with Umberto Lenzi, scoring his movies Syndicate Sadists, Rome Armed to the Teeth, Violent Naples, The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist, Brothers Till We Die, The Greatest Battle, From Corleone to Brooklyn, Black Demons and Mean Tricks.
In 1984 he founded the group "The Micalizzi Family" with his sons Cristiano and Alessandro.[3]
His piece "The Puzzle" appears in the soundtrack of Curb Your Enthusiasm and a slow tempo excerpt of it, re-arranged for clarinet and bassoon, is often used in the series as the "stare" theme.[4]
Selected filmography[]
Year | Film | Directed by | Notes | Latest CD / Digital Release |
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1970 | Ferdinando Baldi | With Roberto Pregadio | GDM / GDM 4175 / 2014 | |
They Call Me Trinity | Gianfranco Plenizio | Digitmovies / DPDM009 / 2013 | ||
1972 | Panhandle 38 | Digitmovies / CDDM229 / 2012 | ||
The Two Faces of Fear | Tulio Demicheli | Digitmovies / CDDM088 / 2007 | ||
Giorgio Cristallini | Digitmovies / CDDM088 / 2007 | |||
1973 | Storia de fratelli e de cortelli | Mario Amendola | ||
The Last Snows of Spring | Raimondo Del Balzo | Digitmovies / CDDM142 / 2010 | ||
as Al Bradley | Digitmovies / CDDM163 / 2010 | |||
1974 | José Bénazéraf | Fin De Siècle Media / FDS 20 / 2006 | ||
Armando Nannuzzi | Digitmovies / CDDM142 / 2010 | |||
Il figlio della sepolta viva | Luciano Ercoli | as André Colbert | Kronos Records / KRONCD013 /2013 | |
Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno | Luciano Salce | |||
Ante Up | Fin De Siècle Media / FDS21 / 2007 | |||
Young Lucrezia | Luciano Ercoli | Beat Records Company / CDCR 16 / 1994 | ||
Beyond the Door | as Oliver Hellman and Robert Barrett | Digitmovies / CDDM202 / 2011 | ||
Super Stooges vs. the Wonder Women | as Al Bradley | Fin De Siècle Media / FDS19 / 2006 | ||
1975 | White Horses of Summer | Raimondo Del Balzo | Digitmovies / CDDM142 / 2010 | |
Syndicate Sadists | Umberto Lenzi | Digitmovies / CDDM176 / 2010 | ||
Private Lessons | Vittorio De Sisti | GDM Music / Digital Only / 2020 | ||
1976 | Digitmovies / SPDM005 / 2010 | |||
Laure | Emmanuelle Arsan | Digitmovies / CDDM133 / 2009 | ||
The Tough Ones | Umberto Lenzi | Beat Records Company / BCM 9502 / 2011 | ||
Violent Naples | Umberto Lenzi | Beat Records Company / CDCR 79 / 2007 | ||
A Special Cop in Action | Marino Girolami | as Franco Martinelli | Beat Records Company / CDCR 144 / 2020 | |
Giovannino | Paolo Nuzzi | |||
Merciless Man | Mario Lanfranchi | Digitmovies / CDDM308 / 2020 | ||
1977 | The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist | Umberto Lenzi | Beat Records Company / BCM 9503 / 2011 | |
1978 | The Greatest Battle | Umberto Lenzi | as Humphrey Longan | Digitmovies / CDDM181 / 2011 |
Brothers Till We Die | Umberto Lenzi | Digitmovies / CDDM303 / 2020 | ||
1979 | Scusi lei è normale? | Umberto Lenzi | ||
The Visitor | Giulio Paradisi | Digitmovies / CDDM183 / 2011 | ||
From Corleone to Brooklyn | Umberto Lenzi | Digitmovies / CDDM307 / 2020 | ||
1980 | The Last Hunter | Antonio Margheriti | Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 015 / 2013 | |
Bruno Corbucci | Digitmovies / CDDM248 / 2013 | |||
1981 | Il ficcanaso | Bruno Corbucci | ||
1982 | Bruno Corbucci | GDM / GDM 2084 / 2007 | ||
Odd Squad | Enzo Barboni | as E.B. Clucher | ||
1983 | Go for It | Enzo Barboni | as E.B. Clucher | Beat Records Company / CDCR 77 / 2007 |
1984 | Double Trouble | Enzo Barboni | as E.B. Clucher | Beat Records Company / CDCR 81 / 2008 |
1987 | The Curse | David Keith | GDM / GDM 4205 / 2011 | |
1988 | Bruno Corbucci | Beat Records Company / BCM 9518 / 2011 | ||
1991 | Black Demons | Umberto Lenzi | GDM / GDM 4205 / 2011 | |
1992 | Mean Tricks | Umberto Lenzi |
References[]
- ^ Howard Hughes (2004). Once upon a time in the Italian West. I.B. Tauris, 2004. pp. 237–238. ISBN 1-85043-430-1.
- ^ Emanuele P. (7 April 2008). "Focus on: Death Proof - A prova di morte". Retrieved 3 December 2011.
- ^ "Musicisti - Franco Micalizzi". BudTerence.tk. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
- ^ Curb your enthusiasm : music from the TV series. Track 15 "The Puzzle" by Franco Micalizzi. OCLC 70288967.
External links[]
- 1939 births
- Italian film score composers
- Italian male film score composers
- Living people
- Spaghetti Western composers
- Musicians from Rome
- Italian music biography stubs