Bruno Nicolai (20 May 1926 – 16 August 1991) was an Italian film music
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and Defi ...
, orchestra director and musical editor most active in the 1960s through the 1980s.
While studying piano and composition at the
Santa Cecilia Conservatory
The Conservatorio di Musica Santa Cecilia is a state conservatory in Rome.
History
The institution has its roots dated back to the Congregazione de' musici di Roma named after Saint Cecilia in 1565 (now Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia). Sinc ...
in Rome, he befriended
Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone (; 10 November 19286 July 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpeter who wrote music in a wide range of styles. With more than 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as more than 100 classica ...
and formed a long working relationship, with Nicolai eventually conducting for and co-scoring films with Morricone. Nicolai also scored a number of
giallo
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exploitation films and wrote many scores for director
Jesús Franco
Jesús Franco Manera (12 May 1930 – 2 April 2013) was a Spanish filmmaker, composer, and actor, known as a prolific director of low-budget exploitation film, exploitation and B-movies. In a career spanning from 1959 to 2013, he wrote, directe ...
.
His work was featured in the
Quentin Tarantino
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films ''
Kill Bill: Volume 2''
[ and '']Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
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''.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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Bruno Nicolai tribute site
1926 births
1991 deaths
Italian film score composers
Italian male film score composers
Spaghetti Western composers
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia alumni
Musicians from Rome
20th-century Italian composers
20th-century Italian male musicians
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