Franco Micalizzi (born 21 December 1939 in Rome) is an Italian composer and conductor, best known for his scores in Poliziotteschi films.
His first success was for the musical score of the Spaghetti Western They Call Me Trinity, in 1970. He had previously collaborated on composing with Roberto Pregadio the famous whistled western score for the 1969 film The Forgotten Pistolero (original: Il Pistolero dell'Ave Maria).[1] His main theme for the 1976 poliziottesco film A Special Cop in Action was used in the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof.[2]
His other scores include The Last Snows of Spring, Beyond the Door and The Last Hunter. He often worked with Umberto Lenzi, scoring his movies Syndicate Sadists, Rome Armed to the Teeth, Violent Naples, The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist, Brothers Till We Die, The Greatest Battle, From Corleone to Brooklyn, Black Demons and Mean Tricks.
In 1984 he founded the group "The Micalizzi Family" with his sons Cristiano and Alessandro.[3]
His piece "The Puzzle" appears in the soundtrack of Curb Your Enthusiasm and a slow tempo excerpt of it, rearranged for clarinet and bassoon, is often used in the series as the "stare" theme.[4]
Selected filmography
edit| Year | Film | Directed by | Notes | Latest CD / Digital Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | The Sun Belongs To Everyone | Domenico Paolella | GDM / Digital / 2020 | |
| 1969 | Macabre | Javier Setó | ||
| 1970 | Il Pistolero Dell'Ave Maria | Ferdinando Baldi | With Roberto Pregadio | GDM / GDM 4175 / 2014 |
| They Call Me Trinity | Gianfranco Plenizio | Digitmovies / DPDM009 / 2013 | ||
| 1972 | Panhandle 38 | Antonio Secchi | Digitmovies / CDDM229 / 2012 | |
| The Two Faces of Fear | Tulio Demicheli | Digitmovies / CDDM088 / 2007 | ||
| You're Jinxed, Friend You've Met Sacramento | Giorgio Cristallini | Digitmovies / CDDM088 / 2007 | ||
| 1973 | Storia de fratelli e de cortelli | Mario Amendola | ||
| The Last Snows of Spring | Raimondo Del Balzo | Digitmovies / CDDM327 / 2024 | ||
| Karate Amazones | Alfons Brescia | as Al Bradley | Digitmovies / CDDM163 / 2010 | |
| 1974 | Perverse Adolescence | José Bénazéraf | Fin De Siècle Media / FDS 20 / 2006 | |
| The tree with pink leaves | Armando Nannuzzi | Digitmovies / CDDM327 / 2024 | ||
| Il figlio della sepolta viva | Luciano Ercoli | as André Colbert | Kronos Records / KRONCD013 /2013 | |
| Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno | Luciano Salce | GDM / Digital / 2023 | ||
| Ante Up | Germán Lorente | Fin De Siècle Media / FDS21 / 2007 | ||
| Young Lucrezia | Luciano Ercoli | Beat Records Company / CDCR 16 / 1994 | ||
| Beyond the Door | Ovidio Assonitis and Roberto D'Ettore Piazzolli | as Oliver Hellman and Robert Barrett | Digitmovies / CDDM202 / 2011 | |
| Hold-Up | Germán Lorente | Fin De Siècle Media – FDS21 | ||
| Super Stooges vs. the Wonder Women | Alfons Brescia | as Al Bradley | Fin De Siècle Media / FDS19 / 2006 | |
| 1975 | White Horses of Summer | Raimondo Del Balzo | Digitmovies / CDDM327 / 2024 | |
| Syndicate Sadists | Umberto Lenzi | Digitmovies / CDDM176 / 2010 | ||
| Private Lessons | Vittorio De Sisti | GDM Music / Digital Only / 2020 | ||
| 1976 | Albert And The Black Man | Dino B. Partesano | Digitmovies / SPDM005 / 2010 | |
| Laure | Emmanuelle Arsan | Digitmovies / CDDM133 / 2009 | ||
| The Tough Ones | Umberto Lenzi | Beat Records Company / BCM 9502 / 2011 | ||
| Violent Naples | Umberto Lenzi | Beat Records Company / CDCR 79 / 2007 | ||
| A Special Cop in Action | Marino Girolami | as Franco Martinelli | Beat Records Company / CDCR 144 / 2020 | |
| Giovannino | Paolo Nuzzi | |||
| Merciless Man | Mario Lanfranchi | Digitmovies / CDDM308 / 2020 | ||
| 1977 | The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist | Umberto Lenzi | Beat Records Company / BCM 9503 / 2011 | |
| 1978 | The Greatest Battle | Umberto Lenzi | as Humphrey Longan | Digitmovies / CDDM181 / 2011 |
| Brothers Till We Die | Umberto Lenzi | Digitmovies / CDDM303 / 2020 | ||
| 1979 | Scusi lei è normale? | Umberto Lenzi | ||
| The Visitor | Giulio Paradisi | Quartet Records / QR516 / 2023 | ||
| From Corleone to Brooklyn | Umberto Lenzi | Digitmovies / CDDM307 / 2020 | ||
| 1980 | The Last Hunter | Antonio Margheriti | Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 015 / 2013 | |
| Crime At Porta Romana | Bruno Corbucci | Digitmovies / CDDM248 / 2013 | ||
| 1981 | Il ficcanaso | Bruno Corbucci | ||
| 1982 | Crime on the Highway | Bruno Corbucci | GDM / GDM 2084 / 2007 | |
| Odd Squad | Enzo Barboni | as E.B. Clucher | ||
| 1983 | Go for It | Enzo Barboni | as E.B. Clucher | Beat Records Company / CDCR 77 / 2007 |
| 1984 | Double Trouble | Enzo Barboni | as E.B. Clucher | Beat Records Company / CDCR 81 / 2008 |
| 1987 | The Curse | David Keith | GDM / GDM 4205 / 2011 | |
| 1988 | Rimini Rimini - A Year Later | Bruno Corbucci | Beat Records Company / BCM 9518 / 2011 | |
| 1991 | Black Demons | Umberto Lenzi | GDM / GDM 4205 / 2011 | |
| 1992 | Mean Tricks | Umberto Lenzi |
References
edit- ^ Howard Hughes (2004). Once upon a time in the Italian West. I.B. Tauris, 2004. pp. 237–238. ISBN 1-85043-430-1.
- ^ Emanuele P. (7 April 2008). "Focus on: Death Proof - A prova di morte". Retrieved 3 December 2011.
- ^ "Musicisti - Franco Micalizzi". BudTerence.tk. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
- ^ Curb your enthusiasm : music from the TV series. Track 15 "The Puzzle" by Franco Micalizzi. OCLC 70288967.
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