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Nicola Piovani
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Nicola Piovani was born in Rome in 1946. In 1967 he took his piano diploma at the conservatory in Milan and studied orchestration with the Greek composer Manos Hadjidakis. Since 1968 he has written music for more than 190 films, as well as for theatre, opera and the concert hall. He worked with the Taviani brothers, among other things on Kaos (1984). For the last three films of Federico Fellini, Ginger e Fred, Intervista and La voce della luna, he took the place of Nino Rota. For Nanni Moretti he wrote, among others, La stanza del figlio (2001). For Roberto Benigni's La vita è bella (1997) he received an Oscar for best original score. In 2008 he became a Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Listening
Ginger E Fred - Preludio · Nicola Piovani, 1986
La Stanza Del Figlio · Nicola Piovani, 2001
Il Treno Dei Bambini - Korovev · Nicola Piovani, 2024
Discography
Studio albums
- 1972Daniele e Maria (soundtrack)
- 1974Flavia la monaca musulmana (soundtrack)
- 1974La vita in gioco (soundtrack)
- 1976Marcia trionfale (soundtrack)
- 1978Soleil des hyenes = Hyenas' Sun (soundtrack)
- 1979April Orchestra Vol. 33
- 1980Salto nel vuoto (soundtrack)
- 1981Het meisje met het rode haar (soundtrack)
- 1983La Trace (soundtrack)
- 1984Kaos (soundtrack)
- 1986Ginger e Fred (soundtrack)
- 1986Il camorrista (soundtrack)
- 1987Federico Fellini’s Intervista (soundtrack)
- 1987Good Morning Babylone (soundtrack)
- 1988Lenin... The Train (soundtrack)
- 1989'O Re (soundtrack)
- 1989I 7 Re Di Roma (soundtrack)
- 1990Il sole anche di notte (soundtrack)
- 1990La voce della luna (soundtrack)
- 1991In Nome Del Popolo Sovrano (soundtrack)
- 1992Jamon Jamon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
- 1993Amok / Le Amiche Del Cuore (soundtrack)
- 1993Caro diario (soundtrack)
- 1993Di questo non si parla (soundtrack)
- 1993Jamon Jamon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
- 1994Canti di scena (soundtrack)
- 1994Retratos Ibéricos (Crónica musical de "La teta y la luna", "Huevos de oro", "Jamón jamón") (soundtrack)
- 1995De Vliegende Hollander (soundtrack)
- 1996Nel nome del Padre / Il treno per Istanbul (soundtrack)
- 1997La vita è bella (soundtrack)
- 2000De eso no se habla (soundtrack)
- 2000Running Free (soundtrack)
- 2001Das Sams (soundtrack)
- 2001La stanza del figlio (soundtrack)
- 2002Nowhere (soundtrack)
- 2002Pinocchio (soundtrack)
- 2003La Musique De Concerto Fotogramma
- 2004L’Équipier (soundtrack)
- 2005Concha bonita - commedia fantastica in musica (soundtrack)
- 2005La tigre e la neve (soundtrack)
- 2005Maigret (soundtrack)
- 2005Matilde (soundtrack)
- 2006Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas (soundtrack)
- 2007Odette Toulemonde (soundtrack)
- 2008Il Marchese del Grillo (soundtrack)
- 2009Le code a changé
- 2009Welcome (soundtrack)
- 2011La Conquête (soundtrack)
- 2011Viaggi di Ulisse (soundtrack)
- 2012Ciliegine (soundtrack)
- 2012Comme un chef (soundtrack)
- 2014La notte di San Lorenzo (soundtrack)
- 2014Nel nome del padre (soundtrack)
- 2014The Perfume of the Lady in Black (soundtrack)
- 2015Hungry Hearts (soundtrack)
- 2018Assolo (soundtrack)
- 2018Una festa esagerata (soundtrack)
- 2020Dolce far niente / Le ambizioni sbagliate / Gli occhi, la bocca (soundtrack)
- 2020Gli anni più belli (soundtrack)
- 2021I frattelli De Filippo (soundtrack)
- 2022Leonora addio (soundtrack)
- 2023Manodopera (soundtrack)
- 2024Il Treno dei Bambini (soundtrack)
- 2026Brunello, the Gracious Visionary (soundtrack)
- 2026Il minestrone (soundtrack)
- 2026N.P. Il segreto (soundtrack)
- 2026Vespucci: Il viaggio più lungo (soundtrack)
Other work
- 1972Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina
- 1987Intervista
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