Nicola Piovani
Sound
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. Source: Article "Nicola Piovani" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known for
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movieBrunello: The Gracious Visionary
2025
Sound, Original Music Composer
tvIl camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
2025
Original Music Composer
movieAccattaroma
2024
Music
movieIl Labirinto di Creta
2024
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieMy Paper Dolls
2023
Original Music Composer
movieLord of the Ants
2022
Original Music Composer
movieIl sangue e la parola - Non la spada ma la parola illumini la via
2022
Original Music Composer
movieAmorosa presenza
2022
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieI fratelli De Filippo
2021
Original Music Composer
movieAnaïs in Love
2021
Original Music Composer
movieThe Best Years
2020
Original Music Composer
movieHammamet
2020
Original Music Composer
movieMi chiamo Altan e faccio vignette
2019
Original Music Composer
movieThe Traitor
2019
Original Music Composer
tvAdrian
2019
Music
movieSinfonia delle Stagioni
2019
Original Music Composer
movieUna festa esagerata
2018
Original Music Composer
movieThere's No Place Like Home
2018
Original Music Composer
movieDaydreams
2017
Music
movieIn arte Nino
2016
Original Music Composer
movieThe Confessions
2016
Original Music Composer
movieNicola Piovani con l'Orchestra Rai
2016
Original Music Composer
movieL'amore non perdona
2015
Original Music Composer
movieBanana
2015
Original Music Composer
movieHungry Hearts
2015
Original Music Composer
movieLa trattativa
2014
Original Music Composer
movieCherry on the Cake
2012
Original Music Composer
movieLe Chef
2012
Original Music Composer
tvResurrection
2011
Original Music Composer
movieAll at Sea
2011
Music
movieThe Cézanne Affair
2009
Original Music Composer
movieThe Big Dream
2009
Original Music Composer
movieWelcome
2009
Original Music Composer
movieChange of Plans
2009
Original Music Composer
movieBallerina
2008
Original Music Composer
movieAmore che vieni, amore che vai
2007
Original Music Composer
movieOdette Toulemonde
2007
Original Music Composer
movieDon't Worry, I'm Fine
2006
Original Music Composer
movieAvenue Montaigne
2006
Original Music Composer
movieThe Tiger and the Snow
2005
Original Music Composer
movieL'ombra cinese
2004
Original Music Composer
movieLa trappola di Maigret
2004
Original Music Composer
movieThe Light
2004
Original Music Composer
movieMy Magical Friend Sams
2003
Original Music Composer
movieFellini's TV Advertisements
2003
Original Music Composer
moviePinocchio
2002
Original Music Composer
movieIl nostro matrimonio è in crisi
2002
Original Music Composer
movieThe Slurb
2001
Original Music Composer
movieThe Son's Room
2001
Original Music Composer
movieViper
2000
Original Music Composer
movieLa carbonara
2000
Original Music Composer
movieLove in the Mirror
1999
Original Music Composer
movieRunning Free
1999
Original Music Composer
movieSweet Idleness
1999
Original Music Composer
movieLa fame e la sete
1999
Original Music Composer
movieNo Trains No Planes
1999
Original Music Composer
movieLife Is Beautiful
1997
Original Music Composer
movieThe Impostor
1997
Original Music Composer
movieUomo d'acqua dolce
1997
Original Music Composer
movieCamere da letto
1997
Original Music Composer
movieLa mia generazione
1996
Original Music Composer
movieBad Kid
1995
Original Music Composer
movieThe Flying Dutchman
1995
Music, Original Music Composer
tvA che punto è la notte
1994
Original Music Composer
movieThe Tit and the Moon
1994
Original Music Composer
movieKim Novak Is on the Phone
1994
Original Music Composer
tvBenito: The Rise and Fall of Mussolini
1994
Original Music Composer
movieCaro diario
1993
Original Music Composer
moviePer amore, solo per amore
1993
Original Music Composer
movieAmok
1993
Original Music Composer
Una questione privata
1993
Original Music Composer
movieLiving Naked
1993
Original Music Composer
movieI Don't Want to Talk About It
1993
Music, Conductor
movieJamon Jamon
1992
Original Music Composer
movieUtz
1992
Original Music Composer
movieThe Siege of Venice
1991
Original Music Composer
movieOut of Life
1991
Original Music Composer
movieIn nome del popolo sovrano
1990
Original Music Composer
movieThe Mountain
1990
Original Music Composer
movieTraces of an Amorous Life
1990
Original Music Composer
movieNight Sun
1990
Original Music Composer
movieThe Voice of the Moon
1990
Original Music Composer
movieDark Illness
1990
Conductor, Original Music Composer
moviePalombella rossa
1989
Original Music Composer
movieAustralia
1989
Original Music Composer
movie12 Directors for 12 Cities
1989
Original Music Composer
movieLa moglie ingenua e il marito malato
1989
Original Music Composer
movieLa soule
1989
Original Music Composer
movie'o Re
1989
Original Music Composer
Bologna
1989
Music Arranger
movieI 7 Re di Roma
1989
Music Director
movieDisamistade
1988
Music
movieI cammelli
1988
Original Music Composer
movieIt's Happening Tomorrow
1988
Original Music Composer
movieManifesto
1988
Original Music Composer
movieIntervista
1987
Music Arranger, Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieThe Bride Was Beautiful
1987
Original Music Composer
movieExploits of a Young Don Juan
1986
Original Music Composer
movieThe Professor
1986
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieLet's Hope It's a Girl
1986
Conductor, Original Music Composer
movieGinger and Fred
1986
Conductor, Original Music Composer
movieThe Mass Is Ended
1985
Original Music Composer
movieThe 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal
1985
Original Music Composer
movieSecrets Secrets
1985
Original Music Composer
movieBertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno
1984
Original Music Composer
movieKaos
1984
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieBlow to the Heart
1982
Original Music Composer
movieThe Night of the Shooting Stars
1982
Original Music Composer
movieThe Eyes, the Mouth
1982
Original Music Composer
movieThe Marquis of Grillo
1981
Original Music Composer
movieThe Soup
1981
Original Music Composer
movieVacation in Val Trebbia
1980
Original Music Composer
movieA Leap in the Dark
1980
Original Music Composer
movieIn the Highest Heavens
1977
Original Music Composer
movieThe Seagull
1977
Conductor, Music
movieSun of the Hyenas
1977
Original Music Composer
movieVictory March
1976
Original Music Composer
movieFootprints on the Moon
1975
Original Music Composer
movieVermisat
1974
Original Music Composer
movieFlavia the Heretic
1974
Original Music Composer
movieThe Perfume of the Lady in Black
1974
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieMorel's Invention
1974
Original Music Composer
Daniele and Maria
1973
Original Music Composer
movieSlap the Monster on Page One
1972
Original Music Composer
movieN.P. - The Secret
1972
Original Music Composer
movieIn the Name of the Father
1971
Original Music Composer
movieTin Girl
1970
Original Music Composer
Acting18
movieCento e oltre. Puccini e noi
2025
Nicola Piovani
movieManara
2025
Sè stesso
movieEnnio
2022
Self
movieFellinopolis
2021
Self - Composer
tvWarhorses
2017
Self
movieThe Magic of Fellini
2002
Self (archive footage)
Crew1
movieNatale in casa Cupiello
2024
Compositor