Marcello Giombini (24 July 1928 in

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– 12 December 2003 in

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) was an Italian composer, well known for scoring many

Spaghetti Western The Spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's film-making style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most o ...

s, Italian horror and

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movies, and 1960s peplum films. He is best remembered for his score to the original '' Sabata'' (1969), which starred

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. His son

Pierluigi Giombini Pierluigi Giombini (born 11 December 1956 in Rome) is an Italian songwriter and record producer. He was born in a family of musicians: his father Marcello Giombini was a composer of secular music and film music as well as being interested in e ...

is also an accomplished musician and composer. Additional biographical information, compositions, filmography, and discography may be found (in Italian) at

Marcello Giombini Marcello Giombini (24 July 1928 in Rome, Italy – 12 December 2003 in Assisi, Italy) was an Italian composer, well known for scoring many Spaghetti Westerns, Italian horror and giallo movies, and 1960s peplum films. He is best remembered for ...

Music

Selected filmography

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Vulcan, Son of Giove ''Vulcan, Son of Giove'' (''Vulcano, figlio di Giove'') is a 1962 Italian fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by ...

'' (1962) *''

March on Rome The March on Rome ( it, Marcia su Roma) was an organized mass demonstration and a coup d'état in October 1922 which resulted in Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party (PNF) ascending to power in the Kingdom of Italy. In late October 1922, Fa ...

'' (1962) *'' I sette gladiatori'' (1962) *''

The Seven Tasks of Ali Baba ''The Seven Tasks of Ali Baba'' (Italian: ''Le 7 fatiche di Alì Babà'') is a 1962 Italian adventure film directed by Emimmo Salvi and featuring Bella Cortez, Salvatore Furnari and Iloosh Khoshabe Ilush Khoshabe (1932–2012) was an Iranian bo ...

'' (1962) *''

The Magnificent Gladiator ''The Magnificent Gladiator'' ( it, Il magnifico gladiatore) is a 1964 Italian sword-and-sandal film written and directed by Alfonso Brescia. Plot Attalus (or anachronistically "Hercules" in the English version) is captured by Roman soldiers on ...

'' (1964) *'' James Tont operazione U.N.O.'' (1965) *''

Our Man in Jamaica ''Our Man in Jamaica''/''Operation Jamaica'' ( it, A 001, operazione Giamaica) is a 1965 Italian Spanish German international co-production Eurospy adventure film directed by an uncredited Mel Welles. It was credited to for reasons of European fun ...

'' (1965) *'' The Relentless Four'' (1965) *''

For a Few Dollars Less ''For a Few Dollars Less'' ( it, Per qualche dollaro in meno) is a 1966 Italian comedy film, a parody of Sergio Leone's '' For a Few Dollars More'' (the second film of his Dollars Trilogy), directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Lando Buzzanca ...

'' (1966) *'' Death Walks in Laredo'' (1966) *''

Ballad of a Gunman ''Ballad of a Gunman'', also known as ''Pistoleros'' and ''Ringo, Pray to Your God and Die'' ( it, Ballata per un pistolero) is a 1967 Italian Spaghetti Western directed by Alfio Caltabiano and starring Antony Ghidra. Plot The criminal brothe ...

'' (1967) *''

Mission Stardust ''Mission Stardust'' ( it, ...4...3...2...1...Morte) is a 1967 science fiction film based on the early novels of the popular German ''Perry Rhodan'' series by K.H. Scheer and Walter Ernsting. Plot In a quest to find a source of radioactive materi ...

'' (1967) *'' Garringo'' (1969) *''

Battle of the Commandos ''Battle of the Commandos'' (also known as ''Legion of the Damned'') is a European Macaroni-War film directed in 1969 by Umberto Lenzi. The movie was a co-production between Italy (where it was released as ''La legione dei dannati''), West Germany ...

'' (1969) *'' Sabata'' (1969) * ''

Sartana Kills Them All ''Sartana Kills Them All'' ( es, Un par de asesinos) is a 1970 Spanish crime comedy western film directed by Rafael Romero Marchent, written by Mario Alabiso and Santiago Moncada and starring Gianni Garko Gianni Garko (born Giovanni Garcovich; ...

'' (1970) *''

Return of Sabata ''Return of Sabata'' ( it, È tornato Sabata ... hai chiuso un'altra volta, lit=Sabata is back ... you're finished again) is a 1971 Spaghetti Western film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. The third film in ''The Sabata Trilogy'', it features the ...

'' (1971) *''

Holy Water Joe ''Holy Water Joe'' ( it, Acquasanta Joe) is a 1971 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Mario Gariazzo. Plot In the immediate aftermath of the American Civil War (1861-1865), Jeff Donovan's outlaw gang, disguised as soldiers of both the C ...

'' (1971) * ''

Un gioco per Eveline ''Un gioco per Eveline'' () is a 1971 Italian film directed by Marcello Avallone. Production Director Marcello Avallone described his original desire for the film to make a film related to "the Fantastic, I wrote a 'noir', a genre we rarely did in ...

'' (1971) *'' Knife of Ice'' (1972) * ''

They Believed He Was No Saint ''They Believed He Was No Saint'' ( es, La caza del oro) is a 1972 Spanish western film directed by Juan Bosch and starring Anthony Steffen, Daniel Martín and Tania Alvarado. It is scored by Marcello Giombini, and written by Renato Izzo. Ca ...

'' (1972) *'' The Flower with the Petals of Steel'' (1973) *'' The Killer Wore Gloves'' (1974) *''

The Eerie Midnight Horror Show ''The Eerie Midnight Horror Show'' ( it, L'Ossessa/ The Exorcism; also known as ''Enter the Devil'', ''The Sexorcist'' and ''The Devil Obsession'') is a 1974 Italian horror film ''Exorcist'' clone directed by Mario Gariazzo, and starring Stella ...

'' (1974) *''

Miracles Still Happen ''Miracles Still Happen'' ( it, I miracoli accadono ancora) is a 1974 Italian film directed by Giuseppe Maria Scotese. It features the story of Juliane Diller, the sole survivor of 92 passengers and crew, in the 24 December 1971 crash of LANSA ...

'' (1974) *''

The Bloodsucker Leads the Dance ''The Bloodsucker Leads the Dance'' ( it, La sanguisuga conduce la danza) is a 1975 Italian film directed by Alfredo Rizzo. Plot In Ireland in 1902, Count Marnak invites a troupe of actors to perform at his island castle. He is stunned by how ...

'' (1975) *'' Cosmos: War of the Planets'' (1978) *'' War of the Robots'' (1978) *''

Star Odyssey ''Star Odyssey'' (Italian: ''Sette uomini d'oro nello spazio'' / ''Seven Gold Men in Space'') is a 1979 Italian film directed by Alfonso Brescia. The film is also known as ''Space Odyssey'', ''Metallica'' and ''Captive Planet'' in other video ma ...

'' (1978) *'' Eyes Behind the Stars'' (1978) *''

Terror Express ''Terror Express'' ( it, La ragazza del vagone letto, lit. "The girl in the sleeping car") is a 1979 Italian crime film directed by Ferdinando Baldi and starring Silvia Dionisio. The screenplay was written by George Eastman.Palmerini, Luca M.; ...

'' (1979) *'' Escape from Hell'' (1980) *''The Beast in Space'' (1980) *''

Antropophagus ''Antropophagus'' (also known as ''Anthropophagus: The Beast'', ''The Savage Island'', and ''The Grim Reaper'') is a 1980 Italian horror film directed by Joe D'Amato and co-written by D'Amato and George Eastman, who starred in the film as a cann ...

'' (1980) *''

Erotic Nights of the Living Dead ''Erotic Nights of the Living Dead'' ( it, Le notti erotiche dei morti viventi) is a 1980 Italian erotic horror film directed and written and directed by Joe D'Amato. It has received mixed to negative reviews. It was filmed in and around Santo Do ...

'' (1980) *''

Panic Panic is a sudden sensation of fear, which is so strong as to dominate or prevent reason and logical thinking, replacing it with overwhelming feelings of anxiety and frantic agitation consistent with an animalistic fight-or-flight reactio ...

'' (1982)

Other

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Giombini, Marcello Italian film score composers Italian male film score composers 1928 births 2003 deaths 20th-century Italian musicians 20th-century Italian male musicians