Renzo Rossellini (2 February 1908 – 13 May 1982) was an Italian composer, best known for his

film scores A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to ...

. Born in

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, he was brother of director

Roberto Rossellini Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini (8 May 1906 – 3 June 1977) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer. He was one of the most prominent directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing to the movement with films such a ...

and father of producer Franco Rossellini. He died in

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. He composed the scores of his brother's films, and others such as '' The Children Are Watching Us'' and '' Il segno di Venere''. He also wrote several ballets, oratorios, cantatas, four

operas Opera is a form of Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a li ...

—''La Guerra'' (1956), ''Il vortice'' (1958), '' Uno sguardo dal ponte'' (1961), ''L'Annonce faite à Marie'' (1970)—, symphonies, chamber music, and songs.

Selected filmography

* '' The Ancestor'' (1936) * '' Under the Southern Cross'' (1938) * '' Princess Tarakanova'' (1938) * '' The Boarders at Saint-Cyr'' (1939) * '' The White Ship'' (1941) * ''

A Pilot Returns ''A Pilot Returns'' () is a 1942 Italian war film directed by Roberto Rossellini and starring Massimo Girotti, Michela Belmonte and Piero Lulli. The film forms part of Rossellini's "Fascist trilogy" along with '' The White Ship'' (1941) and '' The ...

'' (1942) * ''

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'' (1942) * ''

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'' (1942) * ''

Noi Vivi ''We the Living'' is a two-part 1942 Italian romantic war drama film, based on Ayn Rand's 1936 novel of the same name. It was originally released as two films, ''Noi vivi'' (literally "We the living") and ''Addio Kira'' ("Goodbye Kira"). It was ...

'' (1942) * ''

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'' (1942) * '' Knights of the Desert'' (1942) * ''

A Garibaldian in the Convent ''A Garibaldian in the Convent'' (Italian: ''Un garibaldino al convento'') is a 1942 Italian historical comedy drama romantic film directed by Vittorio De Sica and starring Leonardo Cortese, María Mercader and Carla Del Poggio. It is consider ...

'' (1942) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1942) * '' The Man with a Cross'' (1943) * ''

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'' (1943) * '' The Tyrant of Padua'' (1946) * ''

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'' (1946) * '' Before Him All Rome Trembled'' (1946) * ''

The Brothers Karamazov ''The Brothers Karamazov'' ( rus, Братья Карамазовы, Brat'ya Karamazovy, ˈbratʲjə kərɐˈmazəvɨ), also translated as ''The Karamazov Brothers'', is the last novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. Dostoevsky spent nearly ...

'' (1947) * '' Fatal Symphony'' (1947) * '' The Other'' (1947) * '' L'Amore'' (1948) * '' Love and Blood'' (1951) * '' Shadows Over Naples'' (1951) * '' Rome-Paris-Rome'' (1951) * ''

Without a Flag ''Without a Flag'' () is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Lionello De Felice and starring Massimo Serato, Paolo Stoppa and Walter Rilla. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo ...

'' (1951) * ''

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'' (1951) * ''

Europe '51 ''Europe '51'' (), also known as ''The Greatest Love'', is a 1952 Italian neorealist film directed by Roberto Rossellini, starring Ingrid Bergman and Alexander Knox. The film follows an industrialist's wife who, after the death of her young son ...

'' (1951) * '' A Woman Has Killed'' (1952) * ''

Repentance Repentance is reviewing one's actions and feeling contrition or regret for past or present wrongdoings, which is accompanied by commitment to and actual actions that show and prove a change for the better. In modern times, it is generally seen ...

'' (1952) * '' I'm the Hero'' (1952) * '' The Machine to Kill Bad People'' (1952) * '' Milady and the Musketeers'' (1952) * '' We're Dancing on the Rainbow'' (1952) * '' The Man From Cairo'' (1953) * '' For You I Have Sinned'' (1953) * ''

House of Ricordi ''House of Ricordi'' () is a 1954 French-Italian historical film, historical biographical melodrama film based on the early history of the Italian music publishing house Casa Ricordi. It is directed by Carmine Gallone and stars Märta Torén, Mar ...

'' (1954) * ''

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'' (1954) * '' The Lovers of Manon Lescaut'' (1954) * ''

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'' (1954) * ''

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'' (1959)

Awards

Nastro d'Argento The (plural: ''Nastri d'Argento''; English: Silver Ribbon) is an Italian film award, held since 1946 by the ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'' (Italian National Union of Film Journalists). Awards are given annually in ...

: Best Score for ''

Paisà ''Paisan'' () is a 1946 Italian neorealist war drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini. In six independent episodes, it tells of the Liberation of Italy by the Allied forces during the late stage of World War II. The film premiered at the Ve ...

'' (1946) and for ''I fratelli Karamazoff'' (1947).

External links

* 1908 births 1982 deaths Composers from Rome 20th-century Italian classical composers 20th-century male composers Italian film score composers Italian male film score composers Italian opera composers Italian male opera composers Nastro d'Argento winners 20th-century Italian male musicians Renzo {{Italy-composer-stub