Pippo Caruso
Pippo Caruso | |
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Born | Belpasso, Italy | 22 December 1935
Died | 28 May 2018 Fara in Sabina, Italy | (aged 82)
Known for | Composer, conductor and music arranger |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Musics |
Giuseppe Caruso (22 December 1935 – 28 May 2018), best known as Pippo Caruso, was an Italian composer, conductor and music arranger.
Biography[]
Born in Belpasso, Catania, Caruso linked his professional success to the television presenter Pippo Baudo, who had been his university fellow and that Caruso regularly flanked as conductor in his TV programs starting from Canzonissima 1973.[1] Caruso composed several successful songs, including Mita Medici's "A ruota libera" and Lorella Cuccarini/Alessandra Martines' "L'amore è",[1] and, starting from sixties, Caruso also signed several film soundtracks, such as Kill Johnny Ringo and Maladolescenza.[2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Aldo Grasso. Enciclopedia della televisione (terza edizione). Garzanti Editore.
- ^ Ermanno Comuzio. Musicisti per lo schermo: dizionario ragionato dei compositori cinematografici. Ente dello spettacolo, 2004.
External links[]
- Pippo Caruso at IMDb
- Pippo Caruso at Discogs
Categories:
- 1935 births
- 2018 deaths
- Italian film score composers
- Italian male film score composers
- Musicians from the Province of Catania
- Italian conductors (music)
- Italian male conductors (music)
- Italian composer stubs