Biography
Carlo Savina (2 August 1919 - 23 June 2002) was an Italian composer and conductor who composed, arranged, and conducted music for films-and is especially remembered for being the music director of films such as The Godfather (1972), Amarcord (1973), and The Bear (1988). Savina worked with many of the notable film score composers of the 20th century including: Ennio Morricone, Armando Trovajoli, Nino Rota, Mario Nascimbene, Stanley Myers, Stephen Sondheim, Philippe Sarde, and Miklos Rozsa. His work ranged from composing music for frequent Spaghetti Westerns such as Johnny Oro to being the musical director and conductor in Federico Fellini's Orchestra Rehearsal. In 1985 he won the David di Donatello Best Music award for the film score of Pizza Connection. Carlo Savina came from a musical family—his father was the first clarinet for the orchestra of Italian public radio broadcaster EIAR. Carlo learned the violin as a child and went on to graduate from the Conservatory of Music Giuseppe Verdi in Turin where he studied piano, violin, composition, and conducting. In 1945 he began composing music for radio. Early in his career he was awarded a prize by the Accademia Musicale Chigiana. He started his own orchestra and soon was famous. In 1950 he began composing and arranging music for film. For the next thirty years he composed, arranged, and conducted music for over 200 films and became one of the most prolific, and perhaps underrated, screen and television composers of the 20th century. Source: Article "Carlo Savina" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Sound 200
1990s
- 1994
In morte di Federico Fellini
Music
- 1990
Feu sur le candidat
Original Music Composer
Tides of War
Original Music Composer, Conductor
1980s
- 1988
Down There in the Jungle
Music
- 1985
Pizza Connection
Original Music Composer
- 1984
The Future Is Woman
Original Music Composer
- 1982
Tiger Joe
Original Music Composer
- 1981
Comin' at Ya!
Music
1970s
- 1979
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
Music
Orchestra Rehearsal
Conductor, Music Consultant
- 1978
The Perfect Crime
Original Music Composer
Emanuelle - A Woman from a Hot Country
Original Music Composer
Suggestionata
Music
- 1977
Caligula's Hot Nights
Original Music Composer
Il signor Ministro li pretese tutti e subito
Music
- 1976
Fellini's Casanova
Conductor
Dear Michele
Conductor
Ragazzo di borgata
Music
- 1975
Intimate Relations
Original Music Composer
Savage Man Savage Beast
Music
A Virgin in the Family
Music
Reflections in Black
Original Music Composer
A Diary of a Murderess
Original Music Composer
La bolognese
Original Music Composer
The House of Exorcism
Music
L'ingenua
Original Music Composer
Heat in the Suburbs
Original Music Composer
- 1974
Carnality
Music
La profanazione
Music
The Killer Reserved Nine Seats
Original Music Composer
The Castro's Abbess
Original Music Composer
Manone il ladrone
Music
- 1973
Racconti romani di una ex-novizia
Original Music Composer
Mr. Hercules Against Karate
Original Music Composer
The Legend of Blood Castle
Original Music Composer
Fra' Tazio da Velletri
Original Music Composer
Donne e magia con satanasso in compagnia
Music
Heart
Music
Ingrid on the Road
Original Music Composer
- 1972
An Animal Called Man
Music
Sentence of God
Original Music Composer
Trinity and Sartana Are Coming
Original Music Composer
Siege of Terror
Original Music Composer
1001 Nights of Pleasure
Music
- 1971
Eye of the Spider
Music
The Night of the Damned
Original Music Composer
Conquest
Music
School of Erotic Enjoyment
Music
The Feast of Satan
Music
The Last Traitor
Music
Nights and Loves of Don Juan
Original Music Composer
The Great Swindle
Original Music Composer
Stress
Music
- 1970
Belle d'amore
Original Music Composer
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Conductor
Shadow of Illusion
Original Music Composer
Mr. Superinvisible
Original Music Composer
Your Sweet Body to Kill
Conductor, Original Music Composer
The Particular Love
Music
1960s
- 1969
The Two Kennedys
Music
Simón Bolívar
Original Music Composer
A Pest to Everyone
Music
Fangs of the Living Dead
Original Music Composer
Heads or Tails
Original Music Composer
The Unnaturals
Music
- 1968
The Two Magnificent Fresconi
Music
I Love You
Original Music Composer
Between God, The Devil and a Winchester
Original Music Composer
Franco, Ciccio and the Cheerful Widows
Original Music Composer
Caprice Italian Style
Original Music Composer
A Long Ride from Hell
Original Music Composer
Gun Shy Piluk
Original Music Composer
Death Knows No Time
Music
- 1967
Two R-R-Ringos from Texas
Original Music Composer
Die Easy in Ghentar
Original Music Composer
You Only Die Once
Original Music Composer
Dynamite Joe
Original Music Composer
Vietnam guerra senza fronte
Sound
- 1966
A Few Dollars for Django
Original Music Composer
Suicide Mission to Singapore
Original Music Composer
Fury in Marrakesh
Original Music Composer
Delitto d'amore
Sound, Music
Killers Are Challenged
Original Music Composer
In the Shadow of the Eagles
Music
Mutiny at Fort Sharpe
Original Music Composer
- 1965
Latin Lovers
Original Music Composer
Two Vikings
Original Music Composer
- 1964
Seven from Thebes
Music
Bullet in the Flesh
Original Music Composer
Venus in the Sun
Music
Seduced and Duped
Conductor
These Mad, Mad Women
Original Music Composer
Amore mio
Original Music Composer
Le tardone
Original Music Composer
Cleopazza
Sound
- 1963
The Tyrant of Castile
Original Music Composer
Hercules, Samson & Ulysses
Conductor
Hercules Against the Mongols
Original Music Composer
Crazy Sea
Conductor
Siamo tutti pomicioni
Original Music Composer
Le motorizzate
Original Music Composer
Zorro in the Court of Spain
Original Music Composer
Dal sabato al lunedì
Conductor
Saladin
Conductor
La donna degli altri è sempre più bella
Original Music Composer
La vita provvisoria
Original Music Composer
Revenge of the Black Knight
Music
- 1962
Gli italiani e le donne
Original Music Composer
War Gods of Babylon
Original Music Composer
Carmen di Trastevere
Conductor
The Rebel Gladiators
Original Music Composer
The Fury of Achilles
Original Music Composer
Twist, lolite e vitelloni
Original Music Composer
Samson Against the Sheik
Original Music Composer
Disorder
Conductor
I Love, You Love
Original Music Composer
- 1961
Dying as Hierarchs
Original Music Composer
The Corsican Brothers
Conductor
A Difficult Life
Original Music Composer
Le magnifiche 7
Original Music Composer
Black City
Music
Sword of the Conqueror
Conductor
Goliath and the Vampires
Conductor
Bellezze sulla spiaggia
Original Music Composer
The Policeman on Horseback
Conductor
Scandali al mare
Original Music Composer
La ragazza sotto il lenzuolo
Music
- 1960
Ferragosto in Bikini
Original Music Composer
Che femmina!! E... che dollari!
Original Music Composer
Caccia al marito
Original Music Composer
The Cossacks
Conductor
I baccanali di Tiberio
Original Music Composer
1950s
- 1959
The Magistrate
Conductor
The Moralist
Original Music Composer
The Head of a Tyrant
Original Music Composer
European Nights
Original Music Composer
- 1958
Tuppe tuppe, Marescià!
Original Music Composer
Toto and Marcellino
Conductor
The Mine
Conductor
- 1957
Goddess Of Love
Conductor
Te stò aspettanno
Music
Marisa
Conductor
- 1956
The Awakening
Conductor
The Violent Patriot
Conductor
- 1955
Il coraggio
Conductor, Original Music Composer
A Hero of Our Times
Conductor
- 1954
Totò Seeks Peace
Conductor, Original Music Composer
- 1951
Mamma mia, che impressione!
Conductor
1940s
- 1948
Che tempi!
Conductor
Other crew 2
1970s
- 1971
And His Name Was Holy Ghost
Compositor
1960s
- 1968
Wrote 1
1970s
- 1972
Gunmen and the Holy Ghost
Screenplay
Camera 1
1970s
- 1972
Poppea: A Prostitute in Service of the Emperor
Director of Photography