Nicola Piovani

Age: N/A | From: Rome, Italy

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145

Movie
Involvement

Person Details

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Aliases: Nikola Piovani

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Rome, Italy

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Movie Involvements: 145

TV Involvements: 8

Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Average

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2023	Self	Siamo in un film di Alberto Sordi? 2023-02-23 Movie
2022	Self	Luigi Proietti detto Gigi 2022-03-03 Movie
	Self	Ennio 2022-02-17 Movie
2021	Self - Composer	Fellinopolis 2021-06-10 Movie
2017	Self	Cavalli di battaglia 2017-01-14 TV Show
2011	N/A	La visita meravigliosa: Viaggio in Italia sulle tracce di Nino Rota 2011-07-17 Movie
	Self	Boris: The Film 2011-04-01 Movie
2010	Self	Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore 2010-09-01 Movie
2002	Self (archive footage)	The Magic of Fellini 2002-01-27 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2024	Music	Finché notte non ci separi 2024-08-29 Movie
	Music	Accattaroma 2024-05-09 Movie
2023	Music	I limoni d'inverno 2023-11-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	My Paper Dolls 2023-07-13 Movie
	Music	No Dogs or Italians Allowed 2023-01-25 Movie
2022	Original Music Composer	Lord of the Ants 2022-09-08 Movie
	Music	Leonora addio 2022-02-17 Movie
2021	Original Music Composer	I Fratelli De Filippo 2021-12-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Anaïs in Love 2021-09-15 Movie
	Music	DeAndré#DeAndré - Storia di un impiegato 2021-09-01 Movie
2020	Music	Il nostro Eduardo 2020-12-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Best Years 2020-02-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Hammamet 2020-01-09 Movie
2019	Music	Aspromonte: Land of The Forgotten 2019-11-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Traitor 2019-05-23 Movie
	Music	Adrian 2019-01-21 TV Show
2018	Music	Now and Forever Time to Reclaim Life 2018-10-04 Movie
	Music	Non è una bufala 2018-06-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Una festa esagerata 2018-03-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	There's No Place Like Home 2018-02-14 Movie
2017	Music	Una gita a Roma 2017-05-04 Movie
	Music	Daydreams 2017-02-15 Movie
2016	Original Music Composer	In arte Nino 2016-12-07 Movie
	Music	Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre' 2016-11-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Confessions 2016-04-21 Movie
2015	Original Music Composer	L'amore non perdona 2015-03-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Banana 2015-01-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Hungry Hearts 2015-01-15 Movie
2013	Music	L'ultimo Papa Re 2013-04-08 TV Show
2012	Original Music Composer	Cherry on the Cake 2012-04-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Le Chef 2012-03-07 Movie
2011	Music	Shooting VS Shooting 2011-04-07 Movie
	Music	All at Sea 2011-03-11 Movie
2009	Original Music Composer	The Cézanne Affair 2009-12-03 Movie
	Music	The Big Dream 2009-11-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Welcome 2009-03-11 Movie
2007	Original Music Composer	Amore che vieni, amore che vai 2007-11-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Odette Toulemonde 2007-02-07 Movie
2006	Original Music Composer	Don't Worry, I'm Fine 2006-09-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Avenue Montaigne 2006-02-15 Movie
2005	Music	The Mafia is white 2005-11-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Tiger and the Snow 2005-10-14 Movie
2004	Original Music Composer	L'ombra cinese 2004-11-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	La trappola di Maigret 2004-11-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Light 2004-11-03 Movie
2003	Original Music Composer	Sams in Gefahr 2003-12-10 Movie
2002	Original Music Composer	Pinocchio 2002-10-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Il nostro matrimonio è in crisi 2002-02-22 Movie
2001	Original Music Composer	The Slurb 2001-10-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Son's Room 2001-03-09 Movie
2000	Music	Come quando fuori piove 2000-10-29 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Viper 2000-05-11 Movie
	Music	La seconda ombra 2000-04-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	La carbonara 2000-02-11 Movie
1999	Sound	Trent'anni di oblio 1999-11-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Running Free 1999-11-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	La fame e la sete 1999-03-19 Movie
1997	Original Music Composer	Life Is Beautiful 1997-12-20 Movie
	Music	The Man in Grey 1997-11-24 Movie
	Sound	Santo Stefano 1997-08-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Impostor 1997-05-22 Movie
	Sound	Linda e il brigadiere 1997-04-06 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Uomo d'acqua dolce 1997-02-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Camere da letto 1997-01-01 Movie
1996	Original Music Composer	La mia generazione 1996-09-27 Movie
1995	Music	Nemici d'infanzia 1995-11-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Bad Kid 1995-09-14 Movie
	Music	A Month by the Lake 1995-09-11 Movie
	Music	The Flying Dutchman 1995-05-11 Movie
1994	Original Music Composer	A che punto è la notte 1994-12-14 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	A che punto è la notte 1994-04-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Tit and the Moon 1994-03-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Kim Novak Is on the Phone 1994-02-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Benito: The Rise and Fall of Mussolini 1994-02-01 TV Show
1993	Music	Per amore, solo per amore 1993-10-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Caro diario 1993-10-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Amok 1993-10-09 Movie
	Music	Golden Balls 1993-09-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Una questione privata 1993-07-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Living Naked 1993-05-26 Movie
	Music	I Don't Want to Talk About It 1993-05-20 Movie
	Conductor	I Don't Want to Talk About It 1993-05-20 Movie
1992	Original Music Composer	Jamon Jamon 1992-09-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Utz 1992-03-15 Movie
1991	Music	The Siege of Venice 1991-11-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Out of Life 1991-05-15 Movie
1990	Music	In nome del popolo sovrano 1990-12-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Mountain 1990-11-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Traces of an Amorous Life 1990-09-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Night Sun 1990-05-15 Movie
	Music	Lenin: The Train 1990-04-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Voice of the Moon 1990-03-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Dark Illness 1990-02-22 Movie
	Conductor	Dark Illness 1990-02-22 Movie
1989	Music	Palombella Rossa 1989-09-15 Movie
	Music	Australia 1989-09-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	12 Directors for 12 Cities 1989-05-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	La moglie ingenua e il marito malato 1989-04-17 Movie
	Sound	L'appassionata 1989-04-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	'o Re 1989-01-27 Movie
	Music Director	I 7 Re di Roma 1989-01-01 Movie
	Music Arranger	Bologna 1989-01-01 Movie
1988	Music	Lenin... The Train 1988-11-30 TV Show
	Music	Disamistade 1988-09-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	I cammelli 1988-09-19 Movie
	Music	Strange Place for an Encounter 1988-05-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	It's Happening Tomorrow 1988-05-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Manifesto 1988-01-27 Movie
1987	Original Music Composer	Intervista 1987-09-28 Movie
	Music Arranger	Intervista 1987-09-28 Movie
	Conductor	Intervista 1987-09-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Bride Was Beautiful 1987-08-13 Movie
	Music	Good Morning, Babylon 1987-05-13 Movie
1986	Original Music Composer	The Professor 1986-09-12 Movie
	Conductor	The Professor 1986-09-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Let's Hope It's a Girl 1986-02-06 Movie
	Conductor	Let's Hope It's a Girl 1986-02-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Ginger and Fred 1986-01-13 Movie
	Conductor	Ginger and Fred 1986-01-13 Movie
1985	Original Music Composer	The Mass Is Ended 1985-11-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal 1985-08-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Secrets Secrets 1985-03-15 Movie
1984	Original Music Composer	Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno 1984-12-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Kaos 1984-11-23 Movie
	Conductor	Kaos 1984-11-23 Movie
1982	Original Music Composer	The Night of the Shooting Stars 1982-09-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Eyes, the Mouth 1982-09-10 Movie
1981	Original Music Composer	The Marquis of Grillo 1981-12-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Soup 1981-02-20 Movie
1980	Music	The Istambul Train 1980-03-25 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Leap Into the Void 1980-02-14 Movie
1977	Music	In the Highest of Skies 1977-09-23 Movie
	Conductor	The Seagull 1977-07-02 Movie
	Music	The Seagull 1977-07-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Sun of the Hyenas 1977-05-17 Movie
1976	Original Music Composer	Victory March 1976-03-12 Movie
1975	Music	La vita in gioco 1975-09-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Footprints on the Moon 1975-02-01 Movie
	Music	Fit to Be Untied 1975-01-13 Movie
1974	Original Music Composer	Vermisat 1974-10-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Flavia the Heretic 1974-06-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Perfume of the Lady in Black 1974-03-29 Movie
	Conductor	The Perfume of the Lady in Black 1974-03-29 Movie
	Music	Morel's Invention 1974-01-01 Movie
1973	Music	Daniele and Maria 1973-02-16 Movie
1972	Original Music Composer	Slap the Monster on Page One 1972-10-19 Movie
1971	Original Music Composer	In the Name of the Father 1971-10-12 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv