Stelvio Cipriani
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Background information | |
Born | Rome, Italy | 20 August 1937
Died | 1 October 2018 Rome, Italy | (aged 81)
Genres | Film music |
Occupation(s) | Composer |
Stelvio Cipriani (20 August 1937 – 1 October 2018)[1] was an Italian composer, mostly of motion picture soundtracks.[2]
Biography[]
Though not raised with a strong musical upbringing, as a child Cipriani was fascinated by his church's organ. His priest gave Cipriani his first music lessons and encouraged the boy and his family. Cipriani attended the Santa Cecilia Conservatory starting at the age of 14. Around this time, he played in cruise ship bands,[3] enabling him to meet Dave Brubeck. Upon returning to Italy, he began working as piano accompaniment for Rita Pavone.[4]
Cipriani's first soundtrack was for the Spaghetti Western The Bounty Killer (1966). This was followed by his more widely known score for The Stranger Returns (a 1967 film, also known by the alternate titles A Man, a Horse, a Gun and Shoot First, Laugh Last, starring Tony Anthony). Cipriani would go on to compose other Spaghetti Western scores and also began composing poliziottesco soundtracks.
Cipriani became prolific in the Italian film world, eventually garnering a Nastro d'Argento for Best Score award for The Anonymous Venetian (1970). Furthermore, one of Cipriani's most famous scores would come about in 1973, the soundtrack for La polizia sta a guardare (The Great Kidnapping). The main theme was recycled by Cipriani in 1977 for the score to Tentacoli. This track was brought to the public's attention again in 2007 when it was featured in Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof. Some of the themes from La polizia sta a guardare were also used by Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani in the soundtrack for their first feature Amer. Cipriani was also noted for his score of the 1979 film The Concorde Affair.[5]
In a 2007 interview, Cipriani said that he had composed music for Pope John Paul II and was working with Pope Benedict XVI.[3]
In 2014 he released his original composition "Anonimo Veneziano" ("To Be the One You Love") with the voice of International Recording Artist Veronica Vitale.
In 2017 he took part in some chapters of the episodic docufilm "Diario Di Bordo, Inside the Outsider," promoted by international recording artist Veronica Vitale.
Selected filmography[]
Year | Film | Directed by | Notes | Latest CD / Digital Release |
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1966 | The Bounty Killer | Eugenio Martín | a.k.a. The Ugly Ones | GDM / GDM 4155 / 2012 |
1967 | The Stranger Returns | a.k.a. A Man, a Horse, a Gun | GDM / GDM 4154 / 2012 | |
1968 | as Bob Raymond | Beat Records Company / BCM9532 / 2015 | ||
The Silent Stranger | ||||
1969 | GDM / GDM 4311 / 2013 | |||
The Thirteen Chairs | Nicolas Gessner | a.k.a. Twelve Plus One | Digitmovies / CDDM203 / 2012 | |
Luigi Batzella | as Paull' Hamus | GDM / GDM 4323 / 2014 | ||
The Laughing Woman | Piero Schivazappa | also "Femina Ridens" | Digitmovies / CDDM103 / 2008 | |
War Devils | Bitto Albertini | as Bert Albertini | Kronos Records / KRONGOLD017 / 2015 | |
1970 | Digitmovies / CDDM273 / 2015 | |||
Overrun! | Mario Siciliano | GDM / GDM 4118 / 2008 | ||
Whirlpool | José Ramón Larraz | as J.R. Larrath | Digitmovies / CDDM204 / 2012 | |
Le Mans, Shortcut to Hell | Osvaldo Civirani | as Richard Kean | Digitmovies / CDDM221 / 2012 | |
Rough Justice | Mario Costa | a.k.a. The Beast | GDM / GDM 4122 / 2008 | |
The Anonymous Venetian | Enrico Maria Salerno | Digitmovies / DPDM013 / 2013 | ||
The Lickerish Quartet | Radley Metzger | |||
1971 | Quartet Records / QR366 / 2019 | |||
GDM / GDM 4122 / 2008 | ||||
They Call Me Hallelujah | Giuliano Carnimeo | as Anthony Ascott | GDM / GDM 4119 / 2008 | |
Ernesto Gastaldi | a.k.a. Death Company | Digitmovies / CDDM246 / 2013 | ||
Human Cobras | Bitto Albertini | Digitmovies / CDDM224 / 2012 | ||
Osvaldo Civirani | Digitmovies / DGST012 / 2016 | |||
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire | Riccardo Freda | Digitmovies / CDDM069 / 2006 | ||
Twitch of the Death Nerve | Mario Bava | a.k.a. A Bay Of Blood | Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 022 / 2016 | |
Blindman | Ferdinando Baldi | Digitmovies / CDDM044 / 2005 | ||
Death Walks on High Heels | Luciano Ercoli | Digitmovies / CDDM056 / 2006 | ||
The Devil Has Seven Faces | Osvaldo Civirani | Digitmovies / CDDM267 / 2014 | ||
José Ramón Larraz | Dagored / RED226 / 2016 | |||
1972 | Quartet Records / QR189 / 2015 | |||
Baron Blood | Mario Bava | Digitmovies / CDDM046 / 2005 | ||
Execution Squad | Steno | Digitmovies / CDDM150 / 2009 | ||
The Boldest Job in the West | a.k.a. Nevada | GDM / CD CLUB 7114 / 2012 | ||
Quartet Records / MS019 / 2013 | ||||
Return of Hallelujah | Giuliano Carnimeo | as Anthony Ascott | GDM / GDM 4119 / 2008 | |
The Killer Is on the Phone | Alberto De Martino | Digitmovies / CDDM212 / 2012 | ||
Night Hair Child | & Andrea Bianchi | a.k.a. What The Peeper Saw | Digitmovies / CDDM261 / 2014 | |
Master of Love | Brunello Rondi | Digitmovies / DGST 049 / 2021 | ||
Tragic Ceremony | Riccardo Freda | Digitmovies / CDDM204 / 2012 | ||
1973 | Bitto Albertini | Digitmovies / DGST 049 / 2021 | ||
The Countess Died of Laughter | Franz Antel | Digitmovies / DGST 049 / 2021 | ||
Le mataf | Serge Leroy | GDM / GDM 4165 / 2013 | ||
The Bloody Hands of the Law | Mario Gariazzo | Digitmovies / CDDM100 / 2007 | ||
The Great Kidnapping | Cinevox / OSTPK 041 / 2021 | |||
a.k.a. La Notte Dell'Ultimo Giorno | Quartet Records / QR421 / 2020 | |||
1974 | Rafael Romero Marchent | Penta Music / PTM008 / 2018 | ||
Emergency Squad | Stelvio Massi | Digitmovies / CDDM150 / 2009 | ||
GDM / CD CLUB 7120 / 2012 | ||||
Lucio De Caro | Quartet Records / QR421 / 2020 | |||
What Have They Done to Your Daughters? | Massimo Dallamano | Cinevox / OSTPK 041 / 2021 | ||
The Balloon Vendor | Mario Gariazzo | a.k.a. Last Moments | Digitmovies / SPDM007 / 2012 | |
Beat Records Company / DDJ024 / 2013 | ||||
Rabid Dogs | Mario Bava | Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 021 / 2016 | ||
1975 | Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 028 / 2018 | |||
Mario Siciliano | a.k.a. Malocchio / Eroticofollia | Digitmovies / CDDM165 / 2010 | ||
Killer Cop | Luciano Ercoli | a.k.a. The Police Can't Move | Cinevox / OSTPK 041 / 2021 | |
The Cursed Medallion | Massimo Dallamano | a.k.a. The Night Child | Digitmovies / CDDM165 / 2010 | |
Mark of the Cop | Stelvio Massi | Cinevox / CDOSTPK018 / 2016 | ||
Gianfranco Baldanello | GDM / GDM 4165 / 2013 | |||
Beat Records Company / BCM 9568 / 2015 | ||||
Ulli Lommel | Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 026 / 2019 | |||
Maurizio Lucidi | Quartet Records / QRMM009 / 2012 | |||
Frankenstein - Italian Style | Armando Crispino | |||
1976 | Rafael Romero Marchent | Beat Records Company / BCM 9577 / 2016 | ||
Piero Schivazappa | Digitmovies / SPDM014 / 2018 | |||
Blondy | Sergio Gobbi | a.k.a. Vortex | Quartet Records / MS020 / 2013 | |
Colt 38 Special Squad | Massimo Dallamano | Digitmovies / CDDM284 / 2018 | ||
Take All of Me | Luigi Cozzi | Quartet Records / QRSCE017 / 2010 | ||
The Mistress Is Served | Mario Lanfranchi | Beat Records Company / DDJ005 / 2011 | ||
Mark Strikes Again | Stelvio Massi | |||
Deported Women of the SS Special Section | Rino Di Silvestro | |||
Beat Records Company / BCM9575 / 2016 | ||||
The Two Orphans | Leopoldo Savona | |||
1977 | Tentacles | Oliver Hellman | as "S.W. Cipriani" | Digitmovies / CDDM199 / 2011 |
Stunt Squad | Domenico Paolella | |||
Highway Racer | Stelvio Massi | Digitmovies / DGST024 / 2017 | ||
Suor Emanuelle | Giuseppe Vari | |||
The Marble Faun | Silverio Blasi | Digitmovies / SPDM006 / 2012 | ||
Double Game | Carlo Ausino | |||
Mario Siciliano | as Marlon Sirko | Quartet Records / QR218 / 2016 | ||
Dear Wife | Pasquale Festa Campanile | |||
1978 | a.k.a. The Day Santa Claus Cried | Beat Records Company / BCM9534 / 2014 | ||
Fearless | Stelvio Massi | a.k.a. Magnum Cop | Digitmovies / CDDM312 / 2020 | |
The Bermuda Triangle | René Cardona Jr. | Digitmovies / CDDM143 / 2009 | ||
Last Angel | Beat Records / DDJ032 / 2014 | |||
The Wild Geese Attack Again | Mario Siciliano | a.k.a. Skin 'Em Alive | Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 025 / 2018 | |
Bermuda: Cave of the Sharks | Tonino Ricci | as Anthony Richmond | Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 018 / 2016 | |
Covert Action | Romolo Guerrieri | Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 010 / 2011 | ||
The Bloodstained Shadow | Antonio Bido | Digitmovies / CDDM099 / 2007 | ||
Child of the Night | Sergio Gobbi | a.k.a. Enfantasme | Beat Records / DDJ013 / 2011 | |
Papaya, Love Goddess of the Cannibals | Joe D'Amato | Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 006 / 2010 | ||
Convoy Busters | Stelvio Massi | |||
Target | Digitmovies / DGST019 / 2016 | |||
Raimondo Del Balzo | ||||
1979 | The Concorde Affair | Ruggero Deodato | a.k.a. Concorde Affaire '79 | Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 012 / 2014 |
Tough to Kill | Joe d'Amato | Digitmovies / DGST038 / 2019 | ||
Encounters in the Deep | Tonino Ricci | as Anthony Richmond | Digitmovies / CDDM143 / 2009 | |
Raimondo Del Balzo | Digitmovies / DGST023 / 2017 | |||
as Jonas Rainer | Beat Records Company / DDJ021 / 2013 | |||
Vittorio De Sisti | Beat Records / DDJ027 / 2013 | |||
José Ramón Larraz | Quartet Records / QR269 / 2017 | |||
Hunted City | Stelvio Massi | Digitmovies / CDDM306 / 2020 | ||
The Great Alligator River | Sergio Martino | Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 017 / 2015 | ||
Ring of Darkness | Pier Carpi | as Peter Karp | Digitmovies / CDDM052 / 2006 | |
1980 | Joe D'Amato | Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 014 / 2014 | ||
The Rebel | Stelvio Massi | Digitmovies / CDDM228 / 2012 | ||
The Iron Hand of the Mafia | Roberto Girometti | GDM / GDM 4311 / 2013 | ||
Stelvio Massi | Beat Records / DDJ018 / 2012 | |||
Nightmare City | Umberto Lenzi | Digitmovies / CDDM231 / 2013 | ||
Yasuzô Masumura | Quartet Records / QRMM003 / 2011 | |||
Ovidio G. Assonitis | a.k.a. The Rollerboy | Beat Records / DDJ020 / 2012 | ||
1981 | Blue Paradise | Joe D'Amato | as Anna Bergman | Beat Records / DDJ022 / 2012 |
Sergio Garrone | as Willy S. Regan | Quartet Records / QR174 /2015 | ||
Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 023 / 2017 | ||||
Piranha II: The Spawning | James Cameron & Ovidio G. Assonitis | as Steve Powder | Digitmovies / CDDM005 / 2003 | |
Beat Records / DDJ019 / 2012 | ||||
1982 | Pieces | Juan Piquer Simón | Gruppo Sugar / BOS 014 / 2016 | |
1983 | The House of the Yellow Carpet | Carlo Lizzani | ||
Un povero ricco | Pasquale Festa Campanile | a.k.a. Rich and Poor | Digitmovies / CDDM217 / 2012 | |
1984 | Tonino Ricci | as Anthony Richmond | Digitmovies / CDDM285 / 2018 | |
1987 | Rage of Honor | Gordon Hessler | ||
Beaks: The Movie | René Cardona Jr. | |||
1988 | Night of the Sharks | Tonino Ricci | Digitmovies / CDDM189 / 2011 | |
Don Bosco | Verita Note / VQCD-10203 / 2010 | |||
1989 | Universal Music / Digital Only | |||
1991 | Voices from Beyond | Lucio Fulci | Digitmovies / CDDM165 / 2010 | |
Verita Note / VQCD-10184 / 2010 | ||||
1992 | Ovidio G. Assonitis, Robert Barrett | Warner Chappell Music Italiana / 1992 / Digital Only | ||
1993 | Digitmovies / CDDM284 / 2018 | |||
2000 | Death, Deceit and Destiny Aboard the Orient Express | Mark Roper | Kronos Records / KRONCD079 / 2017 | |
2001 | Queen's Messenger | Mark Roper | Kronos Records / KRONCD085 / 2017 | |
Timothy Bond | Kronos Records / KRONCD071 / 2001 | |||
2002 | Warner Chappell Music Italiana / 2002 / Digital Only | |||
2006 | Giovanna Gagliardo | Heristal Entertainment / 2016 / Digital Only |
References[]
- ^ "Morto Stelvio Cipriani, il compositore di "Anonimo Veneziano"" (in Italian). Il Messaggero. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ^ The New York Times
- ^ Jump up to: a b Movie Music Italiano | The Home Of Italian Movie Music Archived 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Stelvio Cipriani - Biography
- ^ Gregory Adams (December 7, 2015). "Stelvio Cipriani's 'Papaya, Love Goddess of the Cannibals' Gets Reissued by One Way Static". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
External links[]
- 1937 births
- 2018 deaths
- Italian film score composers
- Italian male film score composers
- Spaghetti Western composers
- Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia alumni
- Nastro d'Argento winners
- Musicians from Rome
- Deaths from cerebrovascular disease