Nicola Piovani
Nicola Piovani (born 26 May 1946) is an Italian light-classical musician, theater and film score composer. In 1998, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score for Roberto Benigni's film Life Is Beautiful (1997).
After high school, Piovani enrolled at the Sapienza University of Rome, receiving his degree in piano from the Verdi Conservatory in Milan in 1967, and later studied orchestration under the Greek composer Manos Hadjidakis.
In 1971 and 1973 collaborated for the music of two albums of the songwriter Fabrizio De André: Storia di un impiegato and Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo. In 2008, after De André departure, Piovani wrote the music for the film Amore che vieni, amore che vai, inspired by a novel of De André himself, Un destino ridicolo.
Among his more popular works is the score for the Federico Fellini film Intervista, his second of three collaborations with the famous director, the others being Ginger e Fred (Ginger and Fred in English) and La voce della luna (The Voice of the Moon). Years later, he composed a ballet titled Balletto Fellini.
In 2000, his Academy Award-winning score for Life Is Beautiful (La Vita è bella) was further nominated for a Grammy Award in the "Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" category, losing to Randy Newman. In 2005, he was a member of the jury at the 27th Moscow International Film Festival. In light of his recent work with French directors, notably Danièle Thompson, Philippe Lioret, and Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, the French Minister of Culture gave him the title of Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres on 21 May 2008 at the Cannes Film Festival.
To date, Piovani has over 130 film scores to his credit, including films such as Slap the Monster on Page One (1972), The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974), Flavia the Heretic (1974), Le Orme (1975), A Leap in the Dark (1980) The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982), and Kaos (1984). The music for the latter is considered by many as one of the best film scores ever done. However, he is reported to believe that "Too many film scores make a composer a hack, but in the theatre music is above all craftsmanship". Accordingly, he continues to work in musical theatre, and also composes concert and chamber music.
Piovani also composed the first opera Amorosa presenza on a libretto by Aisha Cerami and Nicola Piovani, based on the novel by Vincenzo Cerami and is performed at the Teatro Verdi in Trieste in January 2022.
In 2023, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Soundtrack Academy.
In 2024, Piovani composed the score for Loris Lai's debut feature film, How Kids Roll.
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Fotos
Filme (171)
The Last Fellini
2026
Vittorio De Sica: Staging Life
2026 · Self
Brunello: Der sanfte Visionär
2025 · Sound, Original Music Composer
Cento e oltre. Puccini e noi
2025 · Nicola Piovani
Siamo in un film di Alberto Sordi?
2025 · Self
Manara
2025 · Sè stesso
Vacuumin’ Around
2025 · Music
Natale in casa Cupiello
2024 · Compositor
Accattaroma
2024 · Music
How Kids Roll
2024 · Original Music Composer
Il Labirinto di Creta
2024 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Winter Lemons
2023 · Music
My Paper Dolls
2023 · Original Music Composer
Für Hunde und Italiener verboten
2023 · Original Music Composer
Lord of the Ants
2022 · Original Music Composer
Luigi Proietti detto Gigi
2022 · Self
Ennio Morricone - Der Maestro
2022 · Self
Leonora addio
2022 · Music
Il sangue e la parola - Non la spada ma la parola illumini la via
2022 · Original Music Composer
Amorosa presenza
2022 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
I fratelli De Filippo
2021 · Original Music Composer
Der Sommer mit Anaïs
2021 · Original Music Composer
DeAndré#DeAndré - Storia di un impiegato
2021 · Music
Fellinopolis
2021 · Self - Composer
Il nostro Eduardo
2020 · Music
Auf alles, was uns glücklich macht
2020 · Original Music Composer
Hammamet
2020 · Original Music Composer
Mi chiamo Altan e faccio vignette
2019 · Original Music Composer
Aspromonte: Land of The Forgotten
2019 · Music, Original Music Composer
Il Traditore - Als Kronzeuge gegen die Cosa Nostra
2019 · Original Music Composer
Sinfonia delle Stagioni
2019 · Original Music Composer
Vasco e Viola
2018 · Music
Now and Forever Time to Reclaim Life
2018 · Music
Non è una bufala
2018 · Music
Una festa esagerata
2018 · Original Music Composer
Zuhause ist es am schönsten
2018 · Original Music Composer
Una gita a Roma
2017 · Music
Daydreams
2017 · Music
In arte Nino
2016 · Original Music Composer
Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'
2016 · Music
The Confessions
2016 · Original Music Composer
Nicola Piovani con l'Orchestra Rai
2016 · Original Music Composer
L'amore non perdona
2015 · Original Music Composer
Banana
2015 · Original Music Composer
Hungry Hearts
2015 · Original Music Composer
La trattativa
2014 · Original Music Composer
Benur: Un Gladiatore In Affitto
2013 · Music
Cherry on the Cake
2012 · Original Music Composer
Kochen ist Chefsache
2012 · Original Music Composer
La visita meravigliosa: Viaggio in Italia sulle tracce di Nino Rota
2011
Shooting VS Shooting
2011 · Music
Boris: The Film
2011 · Self
All at Sea
2011 · Music
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
2010 · Self
The Cézanne Affair
2009 · Original Music Composer
The Big Dream
2009 · Original Music Composer
Die Schachspielerin
2009 · Music
Welcome
2009 · Original Music Composer
Affären à la carte
2009 · Original Music Composer
Ballerina
2008 · Original Music Composer
Amore che vieni, amore che vai
2007 · Original Music Composer
Odette Toulemonde
2007 · Original Music Composer
Keine Sorge, mir geht's gut
2006 · Original Music Composer
Ein perfekter Platz
2006 · Original Music Composer
The Mafia is white
2005 · Music
Der Tiger und der Schnee
2005 · Original Music Composer
Viva Zapatero!
2005 · Self (uncredited)
L'ombra cinese
2004 · Original Music Composer
La trappola di Maigret
2004 · Original Music Composer
Die Frau des Leuchtturmwärters
2004 · Original Music Composer
My Magical Friend Sams
2003 · Original Music Composer
Fellini's TV Advertisements
2003 · Original Music Composer
Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio
2002 · Original Music Composer
Il nostro matrimonio è in crisi
2002 · Original Music Composer
The Magic of Fellini
2002 · Self (archive footage)
The Slurb
2001 · Original Music Composer
Das Zimmer meines Sohnes
2001 · Original Music Composer
Viper
2000 · Original Music Composer
La seconda ombra
2000 · Music
La carbonara
2000 · Original Music Composer
Trent'anni di oblio
1999 · Sound
Love in the Mirror
1999 · Original Music Composer
Luckys große Abenteuer
1999 · Original Music Composer
Sweet Idleness
1999 · Original Music Composer
La fame e la sete
1999 · Original Music Composer
No Trains No Planes
1999 · Original Music Composer
Das Leben ist schön
1997 · Original Music Composer
The Man in Grey
1997 · Music
Santo Stefano
1997 · Sound
The Impostor
1997 · Original Music Composer
Freshwater Man
1997 · Original Music Composer
Camere da letto
1997 · Original Music Composer
La mia generazione
1996 · Original Music Composer
Charlotte Sophie Bentinck
1996 · Music
Nemici d'infanzia
1995 · Music
Bad Kid
1995 · Original Music Composer
Ein Sommer am See
1995 · Original Music Composer
The Flying Dutchman
1995 · Music, Original Music Composer
Die Titte und der Mond
1994 · Original Music Composer
Kim Novak Is on the Phone
1994 · Original Music Composer
Liebes Tagebuch
1993 · Original Music Composer
Per amore, solo per amore
1993 · Original Music Composer
Amok
1993 · Original Music Composer
Macho
1993 · Music
Una questione privata
1993 · Original Music Composer
FKK Lebe nackt...
1993 · Original Music Composer
I Don't Want to Talk About It
1993 · Music, Conductor
Jamon, Jamon - Lust auf Fleisch
1992 · Original Music Composer
Utz
1992 · Original Music Composer
The Siege of Venice
1991 · Original Music Composer
Die unanständige Frau
1991 · Music
Out of Life
1991 · Original Music Composer
In nome del popolo sovrano
1990 · Original Music Composer
The Mountain
1990 · Original Music Composer
Traces of an Amorous Life
1990 · Original Music Composer
Nachtsonne
1990 · Original Music Composer
Die Stimme des Mondes
1990 · Original Music Composer
Kein Mann für die Liebe
1990 · Conductor, Original Music Composer
Palombella rossa
1989 · Original Music Composer
Australia
1989 · Original Music Composer
12 Directors for 12 Cities
1989 · Original Music Composer
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
1989 · Original Music Composer
L'appassionata
1989 · Sound
La soule
1989 · Original Music Composer
'o Re
1989 · Original Music Composer
Bologna
1989 · Music Arranger
I 7 Re di Roma
1989 · Music Director
Lenin: The Train
1988 · Music
Disamistade
1988 · Music
I cammelli
1988 · Original Music Composer
Strange Place for an Encounter
1988 · Music
It's Happening Tomorrow
1988 · Original Music Composer
Manifesto
1988 · Original Music Composer
Intervista
1987 · Original Music Composer, Conductor, Music Arranger
The Bride Was Beautiful
1987 · Original Music Composer
Good Morning, Babylon
1987 · Music
Exploits of a Young Don Juan
1986 · Original Music Composer
The Professor
1986 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Let's Hope It's a Girl
1986 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Ginger and Fred
1986 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Mass Is Ended
1985 · Original Music Composer
The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal
1985 · Original Music Composer
Secrets Secrets
1985 · Original Music Composer
Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno
1984 · Original Music Composer
Kaos
1984 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Scorpion
1984 · Music
Blow to the Heart
1982 · Original Music Composer
The Night of the Shooting Stars
1982 · Original Music Composer
The Eyes, the Mouth
1982 · Original Music Composer
The Magic Screen
1982 · Music
The Marquis of Grillo
1981 · Original Music Composer
The Girl with the Red Hair
1981 · Music
The Soup
1981 · Original Music Composer
Vacation in Val Trebbia
1980 · Original Music Composer
A Leap in the Dark
1980 · Original Music Composer
In the Highest Heavens
1977 · Original Music Composer
The Seagull
1977 · Music, Conductor
Sun of the Hyenas
1977 · Original Music Composer
Victory March
1976 · Original Music Composer
La vita in gioco
1975 · Music
Footprints on the Moon
1975 · Original Music Composer
Fit to Be Untied
1975 · Music
Vermisat
1974 · Original Music Composer
Flavia the Heretic
1974 · Original Music Composer
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
1974 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Morel's Invention
1974 · Original Music Composer
Daniele and Maria
1973 · Original Music Composer
Slap the Monster on Page One
1972 · Original Music Composer
N.P. - The Secret
1972 · Original Music Composer
In the Name of the Father
1971 · Original Music Composer
Tin Girl
1970 · Original Music Composer
Serien (13)
Quelli che il cinema
2025 · Self
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
2025 · Original Music Composer
Essere MAXXI
2022 · Self
Adrian
2019 · Music
Best Bits
2017 · Self
El último Papa Rey
2013 · Music
Resurrection
2011 · Original Music Composer
Come quando fuori piove
2000 · Music
Linda e il brigadiere
1997 · Sound
A che punto è la notte
1994 · Original Music Composer
Benito: The Rise and Fall of Mussolini
1994 · Original Music Composer
Lenin... The Train
1988 · Music
The Istambul Train
1980 · Music