Aldo Piga (1928–1994) was an Italian-American

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who worked mainly in

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. Aldo Piga's work was mainly produced in the 1950s and 1960s in

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. He started as a song composer and later approached the

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field. His participation in the

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Italian market counts with two participations in the famous contest of

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, one of which was overshadowed in the year of the famous

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's song " Volare". He recorded about one hundred film soundtracks. His activity as a composer was strongly influenced by

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and

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jazz roots of his early years in the New York music scene. After a promising career as a music writer, he decided to start working as a

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in the late 1960s. This change led to an end in both his careers as a writer and producer. In the 1990s Piga left Italy to retire in New York where he spent his last days until 1994.

Filmography

As composer

1950s

* I mafiosi (1959) * Gli avventurieri dei tropici (1959) :(Seven in the Sun) (USA) * Due selvaggi a corte (1959)

1960s

* L'amante del vampiro (1960) :(The Vampire and the Ballerina) (USA) :(The Vampire's Lover) (USA) *

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(1961) * La grande vallata (1961) *

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(1961) :(Captain Tempest) (English) :(La Spada della vendetta) (Italy) * La Corona di fuoco (1961) :(Umberto Biancamano) (Italy) * L'urlo dei bolidi (1961) :(The Roar of the Bolidi) (English) * La notte dell'innominato (1962) *

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(1962) :(The Triumph of Robin Hood) (USA) *

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(1962) *

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(1962) :(No Man's Land) (USA) *

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(1962) * Il segno del vendicatore (1962) * Strage dei vampiri, La (1962) :(Curse of the Blood Ghouls) (USA) *

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(1962) * L'ultima preda del vampiro (1962) :(Curse of the Vampire) (USA) :(The Playgirls and the Vampire) (USA) *

Lo sparviero dei Caraibi ''Hawk of the Caribbean'' ( it, Lo sparviero dei Caraibi), also known as ''Caribbean Hawk'', is a 1962 Italian pirate film written and directed by Piero Regnoli and starring Johnny Desmond and Yvonne Monlaur. Plot Cast * Johnny Desmond a ...

(1963) :(Caribbean Hawk) (USA) * Il pirata del diavolo (1963) :(Flag of Death) (UK) :(The Saracens) (USA) * Le tre spade di Zorro (1963) :(Sword of Zorro) (USA) :(Tres espadas del Zorro, Las) (Spain) * Tarzak contro gli uomini leopardo (1964) :(Ape Man of the Jungle) (USA) *

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(1964) * Il ribelle di Castelmonte (1964) :(Sword of Rebellion) (USA) * Il mostro dell'opera (1964) :(The Vampire of the Opera) * Italia di notte n. 1 (1964) :(Italian Sexy Show) * Michelino Cucchiarella (1964) * Zorikan lo sterminatore (1964) :(Zorikan the Barbarian) (USA) : I tre centurioni *''

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'' (1964) * Le notti della violenza (1965) :(Night of Violence) (USA) * Cinque tombe per un medium (1965) :(Terror-Creatures from the Grave) * Fango sulla metropoli (1965) :(I criminali della metropoli) (Italy) * A... come assassino (1966) * I tre centurioni (1966) :(Three Swords for Rome) (English) * Rembrandt 7 antwortet nicht... (1966) : Mark Donen agente Zeta 7 (Italy) :(Z-7, operación Rembrandt) (Spain) :(Z7 Operation Rembrandt) (USA) * Assassino senza volto (1968)

As producer

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'' (1964) * Rembrandt 7 antwortet nicht... (1966) (uncredited producer) : Mark Donen agente Zeta 7 (Italy) : Z-7, operación Rembrandt (Spain) :

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(USA) {{DEFAULTSORT:Piga, Aldo 1994 deaths Italian male composers 1928 births 20th-century Italian composers 20th-century Italian male musicians