Known For
Sound
Born
Nov 24, 1941
Place of Birth
Burano, Veneto, Italy
Credits
164 titles
Pino Donaggio
Biography
Giuseppe "Pino" Donaggio (born 24 November 1941) is an Italian musician, singer, and composer of film and television scores. A classically-trained violinist, Donaggio is known for his collaborations with director Brian De Palma, and for his work in both European and American genre cinema. He has won two Italian Golden Globe Awards, and has been nominated for two David di Donatello, four Golden Ciak, two Nastro d'Argento, and a Saturn Award. Born in Burano (an island of Venice), into a family of musicians, Donaggio began studying violin at the age of ten, first at the Benedetto Marcello conservatory in Venice, followed by the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan. At the age of 14, he made his solo debut in a Vivaldi concert for Italian radio, then went on to play for both the I Solisti Veneti and the Solisti di Milano. The discovery of rock and roll during the summer of 1959 ended Donaggio's classical career when he made his singing debut with Paul Anka. He then began to write his own songs and established himself as one of Italy's prominent singer-songwriters. He took part in the Sanremo Festival with "Come sinfonia" (1961) and had a string of successes including "Una casa in cima al mondo". However, his greatest hit was the 1965 hit "Io che non vivo", which sold 80 million records worldwide and was performed most popularly in English as "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" by Dusty Springfield and Elvis Presley. His first film was the British/Italian horror film Don't Look Now. Since then he has composed music for several films, including Dario Argento's Two Evil Eyes, Trauma and Do You Like Hitchcock? He also composed the scores for several horror films including Piranha, Tourist Trap, The Howling, The Black Cat and Seed of Chucky. He works regularly with US director Brian De Palma, scoring De Palma's Carrie, Home Movies, Dressed to Kill, Blow Out, Body Double, Raising Cain and Passion. In 2012 he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Soundtrack Academy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pino Donaggio, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Her Private Hell
Original Music Composer
Ferine
Original Music Composer
Improvvisamente a Natale mi sposo
Original Music Composer
Improvised Christmas
Original Music Composer
Spin Me Round
Original Music Composer
The Old Man in the Rocking Chair
Music
Anemos
Music
The Lady
Music
Moon Landing
Music
Domino
Original Music Composer
Mare di grano
Original Music Composer
My Name Is Thomas
Original Music Composer
Die Welt der Barbaren
Self
Where I've Never Lived
Original Music Composer
Raising Pino
Himself
Der Klang des Tötens
himself
The Great Rage
Original Music Composer
La Strada Dritta
Music
The Hole
Original Music Composer
Madre, aiutami
Music
Patrick
Original Music Composer
Passion
Original Music Composer
One Step from Heaven
Music
The Last Fashion Show
Original Music Composer
Dirty War
Music
Winter in Wartime
Original Music Composer
At a Glance
Music
La vita rubata
Music
Milan – Palermo: The Return
Original Music Composer
Fuga con Marlene
Music
Guido, Who Challenged the Red Brigades
Original Music Composer
Don't Look Now: Death in Venice
Interviewee
Antonio, guerriero di Dio
Original Music Composer
Our Land
Original Music Composer
Concorso di colpa
Original Music Composer
Do You Like Hitchcock?
Original Music Composer
Seed of Chucky
Original Music Composer
Rivoglio i miei figli
Original Music Composer
Pontormo - Un amore eretico
Original Music Composer
Soul Mate
Original Music Composer
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair
Music
Lo zio d'America
Music
Acting 'Carrie'
Music
Visualizing 'Carrie'
Music
The Making of 'Dressed to Kill'
Music
The Order
Original Music Composer
Once Upon a Time in Sicily
Music
Slashing 'Dressed to Kill'
Music
Dressed to Kill: An Appreciation by Keith Gordon
Music
La banda
Music