Bruno Nicolai
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Background information | |
Born | 26 May 1926 Rome, Italy |
Died | 16 August 1991(1991-08-16) (aged 65) Rome, Italy |
Genres | Film score |
Occupation(s) | Film composer |
Bruno Nicolai (20 May 1926 – 16 August 1991) was an Italian film music composer, orchestra director, conductor, pianist and musical editor, most active in the 1960s through the 1980s.[1]
While studying piano and composition at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome, he befriended Ennio Morricone and formed a long working relationship, with Nicolai eventually conducting for and co-scoring films with Morricone. Morricone noted in an interview discussing the Dollars Trilogy, "I chose a great musician and friend to be my conductor: Bruno Nicolai, who conducted almost every score of mine from that point on until 1974."[2] Nicolai also scored a number of giallo exploitation films and wrote many scores for director Jesús Franco.
His work was featured in the Quentin Tarantino films Kill Bill: Volume 2[1] and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Selected filmography
Year | Film | Directed by | Notes | Latest CD / Digital Release |
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1964 | Romeo and Juliet | Riccardo Freda | ||
Mondo Inferno | Antonio Margheriti | with Marco Vicario | Beat Records / BCM9587 / 2019 | |
Vita Di Michelangelo | Silverio Blasi | Kronos Records / KRONGOLD007 / 2014 | ||
1965 | $100,000 for Ringo | Alberto De Martino | GDM / CD CLUB 7009 / 2002 | |
1966 | K.O. va e uccidi | Carlo Ferrero | Saimel Bandas Sonoras / 3998920 / 2011 | |
The Spy with Ten Faces | Alberto De Martino | Quartet Records / QR337 / 2018 | ||
Kiss Kiss...Bang Bang | Duccio Tessari | Quartet Records / QR337 / 2018 | ||
Django Shoots First | Alberto De Martino | GDM / GDM 4149 / 2012 | ||
Special Mission Lady Chaplin | Alberto De Martino | Digitmovies / CDDM082 / 2007 | ||
The Christmas That Almost Wasn't | Rossano Brazzi | Digitmovies / CDDM047 / 2006 | ||
El Cisco | Sergio Bergonzelli | Digitmovies / CDDM073 / 2006 | ||
1967 | Day of Violence | Alfonso Brescia | GDM / CD CLUB 7016 / 2003 | |
Lucky, the Inscrutable | Jesús Franco | Quartet Records / QR337 / 2018 | ||
Dirty Heroes | Alberto De Martino | Beat Records / CDCR 86 / 2009 | ||
1968 | Gentleman Killer | Giorgio Stegani | as George Finley | Digitmovies / CDDM036 / 2005 |
Run, Man, Run | Sergio Sollima | Digitmovies / CDDM095 / 2007 | ||
Roma come Chicago | Alberto de Martino | a.k.a. Bandits in Rome | Quartet Records / QR441 / 2021 | |
Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankhamen | Ruggero Deodato | as Roger Rockefeller | Digitmovies / CDDM079 / 2007 | |
The Last Mercenary | Mel Welles | as Dieter Müller | Beat Records / CDCR 32 / 1996 | |
1969 | 99 Women | Jesús Franco | Digitmovies / CDDM034 / 2005 | |
Marquis de Sade: Justine | Jesús Franco | Digitmovies / CDDM268 / 2014 | ||
Desert Assault | Mino Loy | Digitmovies / CDDM049 / 2006 | ||
Carnal Circuit | Alberto De Martino | a.k.a. Femmine Insaziabili | Quartet Records / QR463 / 2021 | |
Flashback | Raffaele Andreassi | |||
Geminus | Luciano Emmer | Edipan / PANCD2506 / 2014 | ||
Zenabel | Ruggero Deodato | Saimel Bandas Sonoras / 3997610 / 2006 | ||
Love Birds - Una strana voglia d'amare [it] | Mario Caiano | GDM / GDM 4106 / 2007 | ||
1970 | Eugenie… The Story of Her Journey into Perversion | Jesús Franco | Digitmovies / CDDM030 / 2005 | |
Land Raiders | Nathan Juran | Digitmovies / CDDM190 / 2011 | ||
Nightmares Come At Night | Jesús Franco | Digitmovies / CDDM117 / 2008 | ||
Arizona Colt Returns | Sergio Martino | Saimel Bandas Sonoras / 3998010 / 2007 | ||
The Bloody Judge | Jesús Franco | Lucertola Media / LMCD 011 / 1998 | ||
Count Dracula | Jesús Franco | Digitmovies / CDDM319 / 2022 | ||
Adiós, Sabata | Gianfranco Parolini | Quartet Records / QR198 / 2015 | ||
Have a Good Funeral, My Friend... Sartana Will Pay | Giuliano Carnimeo | as Anthony Ascott | Beat Records / CDCR 39 / 2005 | |
Apocalypse Joe | Leopoldo Savona | Beat Records / CDCR 45 / 1998 | ||
Cloud of Dust... Cry of Death... Sartana Is Coming | Giuliano Carnimeo | Saimel Bandas Sonoras / 3997910 / 2007 | ||
1971 | Christ from the ocean | Ramon Fernández | Digitmovies / CDDM159 / 2010 | |
And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave | Juan Bosch | as John Wood | Saimel Bandas Sonoras / 3998010 / 2007 | |
The Case of the Scorpion's Tail | Sergio Martino | Digitmovies / CDDM028 / 2004 | ||
The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave | Emilio Miraglia | Digitmovies / CDDM040 / 2005 | ||
Dead Men Ride | Aldo Florio | GDM / GDM 4150 / 2012 | ||
Civilta Del Mediterraneo | Kronos Records / KRONGOLD039 / 2021 | |||
1972 | When Women Lost Their Tails | Pasquale Festa Campanile | Digitmovies / DGST025 / 2017 | |
All the Colors of the Dark | Sergio Martino | Digitmovies / CDDM019 / 2004 | ||
His Name Was Holy Ghost | Giuliano Carnimeo | as Anthony Ascott | Beat Records / CDCR 127 / 2014 | |
The French Sex Murders | Ferdinando Merighi | |||
God in Heaven... Arizona on Earth | Juan Bosch | as John Wood | ||
A Virgin Among the Living Dead | Jesús Franco | GDM / GDM 4150 / 2012 | ||
Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key | Sergio Martino | Digitmovies / CDDM016 / 2004 | ||
The Case of the Bloody Iris | Giuliano Carnimeo | Digitmovies / CDDM013 / 2004 | ||
My Horse, My Gun, Your Widow | Juan Bosch | as John Wood | ||
The Red Queen Kills Seven Times | Emilio Miraglia | Cam Sugar / CS009RSD / 2022 | ||
Ubalda, All Naked and Warm | Mariano Laurenti | Digitmovies / CDDM055 / 2006 | ||
1973 | The Big Family | Tonino Ricci | Edipan / PAN CD 2504 / 1997 | |
A Full Day's Work | Jean-Louis Trintignant | GDM / GDM 2019 / 2019 | ||
Man Called Invincible | Giuliano Carnimeo | Beat Records / CDCR 117 / 2012 | ||
Forbidden to Know | Nadine Trintignant | Digitmovies / CDDM132 / 2009 | ||
The Bloody Vultures of Alaska | Harald Reinl | |||
Eleonora [it] | Silverio Blasi | Edipan / PAN CD 2507 / 2014 | ||
My Name Is Shanghai Joe | Mario Caiano | GDM / GDM 4174 / 2014 | ||
1974 | And Then There Were None | Peter Collinson | Digitmovies / CDDM320 / 2023 | |
1975 | Eyeball | Umberto Lenzi | Digitmovies / CDDM097 / 2007 | |
Manhunt in the City | Umberto Lenzi | Digitmovies / CDDM100 / 2007 | ||
1977 | Don Giovanni In Sicilia | Guglielmo Morandi | Kronos Records / KRONGOLD012 / 2015 | |
1979 | Caligula | Tinto Brass | as Paul Clemente | Cimmerian Records / CRCD023 / 2017 |
1982 | Cammina, cammina | Ermanno Olmi |
References
- ^ a b "Bruno Nicolai Filmography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08.
- ^ De Rosa, Alessandro (2019). Ennio Morricone: In His Own Words. Oxford University Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-19-068103-6.
External links
- Bruno Nicolai at IMDb
- Bruno Nicolai tribute site
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