Vince Tempera (born 18 September 1946) is an Italian musician, composer, arranger, record producer and conductor.
Born in
Milan
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as Vincenzo Tempera, he graduated in piano and composition at the Conservatory, then he started his musical activity collaborating with several
beat
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groups such as
I Giganti
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In the 1960s, they had a number of hits including ''Una ragazza in due'', an Italian version of Mister Murray's ''Down Comes the Rain''. They are renowned for having released one of the earliest ...
and
La Nuova Era.
He was later a member of the
avant-garde
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musical project The Pleasure Machine and of the
progressive group Il Volo.
In late 1970s he achieved a large commercial success as a composer of cartoon's opening songs.
He was conductor in many editions of the
Sanremo Music Festival
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and in one edition of the
Eurovision Song Contest
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(for Malta in 1975).
He contributed several film scores including the
Lucio Fulci
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films ''
Four of the Apocalypse
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Plot
Set in the year 1873, professiona ...
'' (1975), ''
Dracula in the Provinces
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'' (1975), ''
Sette note in nero
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'' (1977), ''
Silver Saddle'' (1978), ''
Manaos'' (1979), ''
The House of Clocks'' (1989) and ''
The Sweet House of Horrors'' (1989). The main theme from ''Sette note in nero'' was later included in
the soundtrack of
Quentin Tarantino
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's ''
Kill Bill: Volume 1''. His collaborations include, among others,
Zucchero Fornaciari
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,
Lucio Battisti
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Battisti released 18 studio albums ...
,
Francesco Guccini
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,
Antonello Venditti
Antonio "Antonello" Venditti (born 8 March 1949) is an Italian singer-songwriter and pianist who became famous in the 1970s for the social themes of his songs.
Biography
Antonello Venditti was born in Rome, the son of Vincenzino Italo Venditti f ...
,
Mina,
Nomadi Nomadi (or I Nomadi, meaning "Nomads") is an Italian band formed in 1963 and still present on the music scene.
Career
Origins
In 1961, Beppe Carletti and Leonardo Manfredini formed the group I Monelli (‘Urchins’).
In 1962, Carletti met Franco ...
and
Angelo Branduardi
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Biography
Branduardi wa ...
.
In the 1970s Tempera also recorded under the pseudonym Andrè Carr.
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References
External links
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Vince Temperaat
Discogs
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1946 births
Italian film score composers
Italian male film score composers
Musicians from Milan
Italian male conductors (music)
Italian music arrangers
Italian record producers
Eurovision Song Contest conductors
Living people
Italian male pianists
21st-century Italian conductors (music)
21st-century Italian male musicians
21st-century pianists