Armando Trovajoli
Armando Trovajoli (also Trovaioli, 2 September 1917 – 28 February 2013) was an Italian film composer and pianist with over 300 credits as composer and/or conductor, many of them jazz scores for exploitation films of the Commedia all'italiana genre. He collaborated with Vittorio De Sica on a number of projects, including one segment of Boccaccio '70. Trovajoli was also the author of several Italian musicals: among them, Rugantino and Aggiungi un posto a tavola.
Trovajoli was the husband of actress Pier Angeli. He died in Rome at the age of 95 on 28 February 2013.
After graduating from the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome (1948), Trovajoli was entrusted by RAI with the direction of a pop music orchestra, set with 12 violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos, 1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 clarinet, 1 horn, harp, vibraphone, electric guitar, bass, drums and the piano (played by Trovajoli himself). In 1952–53 he collaborated with Piero Piccioni in Eclipse, a weekly musical broadcast in which the orchestra is directed alternately by the two composers, in a style extremely refined and sophisticated, very different from the music of radio orchestras at that time.
Together with Goffredo Petrassi, Trovajoli composed the score of Giuseppe De Santis' Bitter Rice (1949). In 1951, Trovajoli was invited by Dino De Laurentiis to write music for Anna, a film directed by Alberto Lattuada: particularly the song El Negro Zumbón became an international success: inspired by tropical rhythms, is sung in playback and danced by Silvana Mangano, but actually performed by Flo Sandon's. Since then, Trovajoli wrote soundtracks for directors as Dino Risi, Vittorio De Sica, Ettore Scola and others, for a total of over 300 scores.
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Fotos
Filme (209)
Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia
2018 · Music
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
2010 · Self
Life Is a Wonderful Thing
2010 · Music
Marcello, una vita dolce
2006 · Self, Music
People of Rome
2003 · Original Music Composer
La notte di Pasquino
2003 · Original Music Composer
Unfair Competition
2001 · Original Music Composer
Rugantino
1998 · Original Music Composer
The Dinner
1998 · Music
Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember
1997 · Original Music Composer
Giovani e belli
1996 · Music
The Story of a Poor Young Man
1995 · Original Music Composer
Mario, Maria and Mario
1993 · Original Music Composer
Berlin '39
1993 · Original Music Composer
Centro storico
1992 · Original Music Composer
Gangsters
1992 · Original Music Composer
Cinecittà Cinecittà
1992 · Original Music Composer
The Wicked
1991 · Music
The Voyage of Captain Fracassa
1990 · Original Music Composer
Aggiungi un posto a tavola
1990 · Original Music Composer
What Time Is It?
1989 · Original Music Composer
Running Away
1989 · Music
Splendor
1989 · Music
Days of Inspector Ambrosio
1988 · Original Music Composer
Miss Arizona
1988 · Original Music Composer
The Family
1987 · Original Music Composer
A Thorn in the Heart
1986 · Music
Macaroni
1985 · Original Music Composer
Frankenstein 90
1984 · Original Music Composer
Le Bal
1983 · Music Consultant
Dagger Eyes
1983 · Original Music Composer
Sing Sing
1983 · Original Music Composer
Count Tacchia
1982 · Original Music Composer
The Balad of Mamelouk
1982 · Original Music Composer
More Beautiful Than Me You Die
1982 · Original Music Composer
Viuuulentemente mia
1982 · Original Music Composer
Grand Hotel Excelsior
1982 · Original Music Composer
That Night of Varennes
1982 · Original Music Composer
The Paramedic
1982 · Original Music Composer
Passion of Love
1981 · Original Music Composer
Shut Up When You Speak!
1981 · Music
Perché non facciamo l'amore
1981 · Music
Arrivano i bersaglieri
1980 · Original Music Composer
The Terrace
1980 · Original Music Composer
La amante ingenua
1980 · Original Music Composer
Life Is Beautiful
1979 · Original Music Composer
The Swap
1979 · Music
Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot
1979 · Original Music Composer
My Loves
1978 · Original Music Composer
Rugantino
1978 · Music
Aggiungi un posto a tavola
1978 · Original Music Composer
The New Monsters
1977 · Original Music Composer
In the Name of the Pope King
1977 · Original Music Composer
Wifemistress
1977 · Original Music Composer
A Special Day
1977 · Original Music Composer
The Bishop's Bedroom
1977 · Original Music Composer
Keep It To Yourself!
1976 · Original Music Composer
Dimmi che fai tutto per me
1976 · Original Music Composer
Evil Thoughts
1976 · Music
Ugly, Dirty and Bad
1976 · Original Music Composer
La banca di Monate
1976 · Music
Blackmail Chase
1976 · Original Music Composer
Luna di miele in tre
1976 · Original Music Composer
Shadows in an Empty Room
1976 · Original Music Composer
The Career of a Chambermaid
1976 · Original Music Composer
Duck in Orange Sauce
1975 · Original Music Composer
Valentina... The Virgin Wife
1975 · Original Music Composer
We All Loved Each Other So Much
1974 · Original Music Composer
Scent of a Woman
1974 · Original Music Composer
The Way of the Baboons
1974 · Original Music Composer
Di mamma non ce n'è una sola
1974 · Original Music Composer
Love and Gymnastics
1973 · Music
How Funny Can Sex Be?
1973 · Original Music Composer
Rugantino
1973 · Original Music Composer
The Sensual Man
1973 · Original Music Composer
La Tosca
1973 · Original Music Composer
It Was I
1973 · Music
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
1972 · Music
The Italian Connection
1972 · Original Music Composer
The Migratory Bird
1972 · Music
The Valachi Papers
1972 · Original Music Composer
My Name Is Rocco Papaleo
1971 · Original Music Composer
That's How We Women Are
1971 · Original Music Composer
Homo Eroticus
1971 · Music
The Double
1971 · Original Music Composer
No One Will Notice You're Naked
1971 · Original Music Composer
Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte
1971 · Original Music Composer
The Priest's Wife
1970 · Original Music Composer
The Married Priest
1970 · Original Music Composer
May Morning
1970 · Music
A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)
1970 · Original Music Composer
Normal Young Man
1969 · Original Music Composer
Lovemaker
1969 · Original Music Composer
The Conspirators
1969 · Original Music Composer
Police Chief Pepe
1969 · Original Music Composer
Where Are You Going All Naked?
1969 · Original Music Composer
How, When, and with Whom
1969 · Original Music Composer
I See Naked
1969 · Original Music Composer
A Bullet for Rommel
1969 · Music
The Libertine
1968 · Original Music Composer
Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?
1968 · Original Music Composer
Faustina
1968 · Original Music Composer
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
1968 · Original Music Composer
Seven Times Seven
1968 · Original Music Composer
Fuller Report, Base Stockholm
1968 · Original Music Composer
The Prophet
1968 · Original Music Composer
Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare
1968 · Original Music Composer
Acid Delirium of the Senses
1968 · Original Music Composer
Deadly Sweet
1967 · Original Music Composer
Anyone Can Play
1967 · Original Music Composer
Spy Today, Die Tomorrow
1967 · Original Music Composer
Assault on the State Treasure
1967 · Original Music Composer
Don Juan in Sicily
1967 · Original Music Composer
Long Days of Vengeance
1967 · Original Music Composer
Maigret at the Pigalle
1966 · Music
The Devil in Love
1966 · Original Music Composer
The Treasure of San Gennaro
1966 · Original Music Composer
Our Husbands
1966 · Original Music Composer
The Spy Who Loved Flowers
1966 · Original Music Composer
Kill, Baby... Kill!
1966 · Music
The Queens
1966 · Original Music Composer
Adultery Italian Style
1966 · Original Music Composer
Seven Golden Men Strike Again
1966 · Original Music Composer
So This Is God's Country?
1966 · Music
Violence and Love
1965 · Compositor, Original Music Composer
Complexes
1965 · Self (segment "Guglielmo il Dentone") (uncredited), Original Music Composer, Conductor
Casanova '70
1965 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Assassination in Rome
1965 · Original Music Composer
The Dolls
1965 · Original Music Composer
Beautiful Families
1964 · Original Music Composer
Marriage Italian Style
1964 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
My Wife
1964 · Original Music Composer
The Magnificent Cuckold
1964 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Il gaucho
1964 · Original Music Composer
Attack and Retreat
1964 · Original Music Composer
What Ever Happened to Baby Toto?
1964 · Original Music Composer
Let's Talk About Women
1964 · Original Music Composer
Un momento muy largo
1964 · Music
The Thursday
1964 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
High Infidelity
1964 · Original Music Composer
Una storia di notte
1964 · Sound
The Visitor
1963 · Original Music Composer
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1963 · Giorgio Ferrario, Original Music Composer, Music Director
The Monsters
1963 · Original Music Composer
Gli onorevoli
1963 · Original Music Composer
Totò sexy
1963 · Original Music Composer
The Scapegoat
1963 · Music
I terribili sette
1963 · Original Music Composer
In Italia si chiama amore
1963 · Original Music Composer
The Monk of Monza
1963 · Original Music Composer
Toto at Night
1962 · Original Music Composer
Warriors Five
1962 · Original Music Composer
Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino
1962 · Conductor, Original Music Composer
Alone Against Rome
1962 · Original Music Composer
The Four Monks
1962 · Original Music Composer
East Zone, West Zone
1962 · Music
Always on Sunday
1962 · Sound, Original Music Composer
Il mio amico Benito
1962 · Original Music Composer
Boccaccio '70
1962 · Original Music Composer
Planets Around Us
1962 · Original Music Composer
Down with Uncle
1962 · Music
Ten Italians for One German
1961 · Original Music Composer
His Women
1961 · Original Music Composer
Fists, Girls and Sailors
1961 · Conductor, Original Music Composer
Hercules in the Haunted World
1961 · Original Music Composer
Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory
1961 · Music
The Girl of a Thousand Months
1961 · Original Music Composer
The Orderly
1961 · Original Music Composer
The Giant of Metropolis
1961 · Original Music Composer
Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules
1961 · Original Music Composer
Laura nuda
1961 · Music
The Grand Olympics
1961 · Original Music Composer
Ghosts of Rome
1961 · Conductor
Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life
1961 · Original Music Composer
Slave of Rome
1961 · Music
Two Women
1960 · Original Music Composer
Il corazziere
1960 · Original Music Composer
Call 22-22 Lieutenant Sheridan
1960 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Little Girls and High Finance
1960 · Original Music Composer
Questo amore ai confini del mondo
1960 · Music
Il carro armato dell'8 settembre
1960 · Original Music Composer
Le pillole di Ercole
1960 · Music
Atom Age Vampire
1960 · Original Music Composer
I piaceri del sabato notte
1960 · Music
I piaceri dello scapolo
1960 · Conductor, Original Music Composer
A Soldier and a Half
1960 · Original Music Composer
La Dolce Vita
1960 · Music Arranger
A qualcuna piace calvo
1959 · Original Music Composer
The Widower
1959 · Conductor, Original Music Composer
Uncle Was a Vampire
1959 · Original Music Composer, Music Director
La cento chilometri
1959 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Winter Holidays
1959 · Original Music Composer
Poor Millionaires
1959 · Original Music Composer
Camping
1958 · Original Music Composer
Il cocco di mamma
1957 · Original Music Composer
America By Night
1957 · Music
Bravissimo
1955 · Conductor
Le Amiche
1955 · Musician
The Prince with the Red Mask
1955 · Original Music Composer
Caravan of songs
1955 · Conductor
Woman of the River
1954 · Original Music Composer
Two Nights with Cleopatra
1954 · Conductor, Original Music Composer
Of Life and Love
1954 · Conductor, Original Music Composer
A Day in Court
1954 · Original Music Composer
Funniest Show on Earth
1953 · Conductor, Original Music Composer
Era lei che lo voleva!
1953 · Original Music Composer
The Unfaithfuls
1953 · Conductor, Original Music Composer
Girls Marked Danger
1952 · Original Music Composer
Brothers of Italy
1952 · Music
