Pino Donaggio
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Born 1941-11-24
Burano, Veneto, Italy
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Giuseppe "Pino" Donaggio (born 24 November 1941) is an Italian musician, singer, and composer of film and television scores. A classically-trained violinist, Donaggio is known for his collaborations with director Brian De Palma, and for his work in both European and American genre cinema. He has won two Italian Golden Globe Awards, and has been nominated for two David di Donatello, four Golden Ciak, two Nastro d'Argento, and a Saturn Award.
Born in Burano (an island of Venice), into a family of musicians, Donaggio began studying violin at the age of ten, first at the Benedetto Marcello conservatory in Venice, followed by the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan. At the age of 14, he made his solo debut in a Vivaldi concert for Italian radio, then went on to play for both the I Solisti Veneti and the Solisti di Milano. The discovery of rock and roll during the summer of 1959 ended Donaggio's classical career when he made his singing debut with Paul Anka. He then began to write his own songs and established himself as one of Italy's prominent singer-songwriters. He took part in the Sanremo Festival with "Come sinfonia" (1961) and had a string of successes including "Una casa in cima al mondo".
However, his greatest hit was the 1965 hit "Io che non vivo", which sold 80 million records worldwide and was performed most popularly in English as "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" by Dusty Springfield and Elvis Presley.
His first film was the British/Italian horror film Don't Look Now. Since then he has composed music for several films, including Dario Argento's Two Evil Eyes, Trauma and Do You Like Hitchcock? He also composed the scores for several horror films including Piranha, Tourist Trap, The Howling, The Black Cat and Seed of Chucky. He works regularly with US director Brian De Palma, scoring De Palma's Carrie, Home Movies, Dressed to Kill, Blow Out, Body Double, Raising Cain and Passion.
In 2012 he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Soundtrack Academy.
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Her Private Hell
Blow Out
Seed of Chucky
Carrie
All Ladies Do It
Cheeky
One Step from Heaven
Body Double
Dressed to Kill
The Howling
Don't Look Now
The Order
Raising Cain
Piranha
Frivolous Lola
The Barbarians
Passion
Spin Me Round
Troublemakers
Appointment with Death
Two Evil Eyes
Déjà Vu
Trauma
Domino
Lo zio d'America
Tourist Trap
Hercules
Winter in Wartime
Ferine
Ordeal by Innocence
Never Talk to Strangers
Gor
The Adventures of Hercules
Don Camillo
Kansas
Visualizing 'Carrie'
Skin Deep
Savage Dawn
Crawlspace
The Berlin Affair
The Fan
Sahara Heat
Up at the Villa
The Sect
Dancers
Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna
Home Movies
Palermo – Milan One Way
Tex
Meridian
Nothing Left to Do But Cry
China 9, Liberty 37
Colpo di coda
Phantom of Death
Outlaw of Gor
Hotel Colonial
Ritual of Love
Un eroe borghese
Rivoglio i miei figli
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