Carlo Savina
| Carlo Savina | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 2, 1919 Turin, Piedmont, Italy |
| Died | June 23, 2002 (aged 82) Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Other names | Herbert Buckman, Charles Hanger, James Munshin |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Known for | Amarcord, The Godfather, The Bear |
Carlo Savina (August 2, 1919 - June 23, 2002) was an Italian composer and conductor who composed, arranged, and conducted music for films-and is especially remembered for being the music director of films such as The Godfather (1972), Amarcord (1973), and The Bear (1988).
Savina worked with many of the notable film score composers of the 20th century including: Ennio Morricone, Armando Trovajoli, Nino Rota, Mario Nascimbene, Stanley Myers, Stephen Sondheim, Philippe Sarde, and Miklos Rozsa.[1] His work ranged from composing music for frequent spaghetti westerns[2] such as Johnny Oro to being the musical director and conductor in Federico Fellini's Orchestra Rehearsal.[3]
In 1985 he won the David di Donatello Best Music award for the film score of Pizza Connection.[4]
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[edit] Biography
Carlo Savina came from a musical family—his father was the first clarinet for the orchestra of Italian public radio broadcaster EIAR. Carlo learned the violin as a child and went on to graduate from the Conservatory of Music Giuseppe Verdi in Turin where he studied piano, violin, composition, and conducting.[5] In 1945 he began composing music for radio. Early in his career he was awarded a prize by the Accademia Musicale Chigiana. He started his own orchestra and soon was famous. In 1950 he began composing and arranging music for film. For the next thirty years he composed, arranged, and conducted music for over 200 films and became one of the most prolific,[6] and perhaps underrated, screen and television composers of the 20th century.
[edit] Selected filmography
- 1988 The Bear
- 1985 Pizza Connection
- 1982 Hunters of the Golden Cobra
- 1981 Comin' at Ya!
- 1979 Orchestra Rehearsal
- 1978 The Perfect Crime
- 1978 Suggestionata
- 1975 Savage Man Savage Beast
- 1974 The Killer Reserved Nine Seats
- 1974 Lisa and the Devil
- 1974 The Stranger and the Gunfighter
- 1973 Amarcord
- 1973 Love and Anarchy
- 1972 The Godfather
- 1972 Lisa and the Devil
- 1972 Fellini's Roma
- 1972 Naked Girl Killed in the Park
- 1971 Eye of the Spider
- 1970 The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
- 1970 And God Said to Cain
- 1968 A Long Ride from Hell
- 1967 Johnny Oro
- 1967 The Taming of the Shrew
- 1967 Massacre in the Black Forest
- 1966 Somewhere Beyond Love
- 1965 Latin Lovers
- 1965 Secret Agent Fireball
- 1965 Bullet in the Flesh
- 1965 Här kommer bärsärkarna
- 1965 Veneri al sole
- 1964 Red Desert
- 1962 War Gods of Babylon
- 1962 Eva
- 1961 A Difficult Life
- 1960 Space Men (uncredited)
- 1960 It Started in Naples
- 1955 Girls of Today
- 1954 Totò cerca pace
[edit] References
- ^ Carlo Savina, Ritratto di un Autore
- ^ Spaghetti Westerns, Vol. 3 Soundtrack CD
- ^ Cadrage: An analysis of Orchestra Rehearsal, 1979
- ^ Pizza Connection Awards at IMDb
- ^ Reuben Musiker & Naomi Musiker, Conductors and composers of popular orchestral music: a biographical and discographical sourcebook, Page 240
- ^ Carlo Savina Filmography at Fandango
