Known For
Sound
Born
Sep 02, 1917
Died
Feb 28, 2013
Place of Birth
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Credits
211 titles
Armando Trovajoli
Biography
Armando Trovajoli (also Trovaioli, 2 September 1917 – 28 February 2013) was an Italian film composer and pianist with over 300 credits as composer and/or conductor, many of them jazz scores for exploitation films of the Commedia all'italiana genre. He collaborated with Vittorio De Sica on a number of projects, including one segment of Boccaccio '70. Trovajoli was also the author of several Italian musicals: among them, Rugantino and Aggiungi un posto a tavola. Trovajoli was the husband of actress Pier Angeli. He died in Rome at the age of 95 on 28 February 2013. After graduating from the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome (1948), Trovajoli was entrusted by RAI with the direction of a pop music orchestra, set with 12 violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos, 1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 clarinet, 1 horn, harp, vibraphone, electric guitar, bass, drums and the piano (played by Trovajoli himself). In 1952–53 he collaborated with Piero Piccioni in Eclipse, a weekly musical broadcast in which the orchestra is directed alternately by the two composers, in a style extremely refined and sophisticated, very different from the music of radio orchestras at that time. Together with Goffredo Petrassi, Trovajoli composed the score of Giuseppe De Santis' Bitter Rice (1949). In 1951, Trovajoli was invited by Dino De Laurentiis to write music for Anna, a film directed by Alberto Lattuada: particularly the song El Negro Zumbón became an international success: inspired by tropical rhythms, is sung in playback and danced by Silvana Mangano, but actually performed by Flo Sandon's. Since then, Trovajoli wrote soundtracks for directors as Dino Risi, Vittorio De Sica, Ettore Scola and others, for a total of over 300 scores. Source: Article "Armando Trovajoli" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Filmography
Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia
Music
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
Self
Life Is a Wonderful Thing
Music
Marcello, una vita dolce
Self
Lives of the Saints
Music
People of Rome
Original Music Composer
La notte di Pasquino
Original Music Composer
Unfair Competition
Original Music Composer
Rugantino
Original Music Composer
The Dinner
Music
Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember
Original Music Composer
Giovani e belli
Music
The Story of a Poor Young Man
Original Music Composer
Mario, Maria and Mario
Original Music Composer
Berlin '39
Original Music Composer
Centro storico
Original Music Composer
Gangsters
Original Music Composer
Cinecittà Cinecittà
Original Music Composer
The Wicked
Music
The Voyage of Captain Fracassa
Original Music Composer
Aggiungi un posto a tavola
Original Music Composer
What Time Is It?
Original Music Composer
Running Away
Music
Splendor
Music
Days of Inspector Ambrosio
Original Music Composer
Miss Arizona
Original Music Composer
The Family
Original Music Composer
A Thorn in the Heart
Music
Macaroni
Original Music Composer
Frankenstein 90
Original Music Composer
Le Bal
Music Consultant
Dagger Eyes
Music
Sing Sing
Original Music Composer
Count Tacchia
Original Music Composer
The Balad of Mamelouk
Original Music Composer
More Beautiful Than Me You Die
Original Music Composer
Viuuulentemente mia
Original Music Composer
Grand Hotel Excelsior
Original Music Composer
That Night of Varennes
Original Music Composer
The Paramedic
Original Music Composer
Passion of Love
Original Music Composer
Shut Up When You Speak!
Music
Perché non facciamo l'amore
Music
Arrivano i bersaglieri
Original Music Composer
The Terrace
Original Music Composer
La amante ingenua
Original Music Composer
Life Is Beautiful
Original Music Composer
The Swap
Music
Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot
Original Music Composer
My Loves
Original Music Composer