Carlo Rustichelli (24 December 1916 – 13 November 2004) was an Italian

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whose career spanned the 1940s to about 1990. His prolific output included about 250 film compositions, as well as arrangements for other films, and music for television.

Life

Born in Carpi,

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to a family of music lovers,"Prolific and versatile father of Italian cinema" he gained a diploma in piano at the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different na ...

, going on to Rome where he studied composition at the

Santa Cecilia Academy The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia ( en, National Academy of St Cecilia) is one of the oldest musical institutions in the world, founded by the papal bull ''Ratione congruit'', issued by Sixtus V in 1585, which invoked two saints pro ...

. He had a wife (Evi), a son ( Paolo, also a composer), and a daughter ( Alida).

Career

He met

Fellini Federico Fellini (; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter known for his distinctive style, which blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. He is recognized as one of the greatest and most i ...

in post-war Rome, and probably through him met

Pietro Germi Pietro Germi (; 14 September 1914 – 5 December 1974) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor, noted for his development of the neorealist and commedia all'Italiana genres. His 1961 film '' Divorce Italian Style'' earned him a ...

, for whom he composed his first major film score for ''Gioventù perduta'' (''

Lost Youth ''Lost Youth'' ( it, Gioventù perduta) is a 1948 Italian-language drama film directed by Pietro Germi. The style of the film is close to the Italian neorealism film movement. It was remade in 1953 as the British film ''Black 13''. Two im ...

''), and with whom he was most associated. He composed music for many Germi films in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. In 1972 he was commissioned by

Billy Wilder Billy Wilder (; ; born Samuel Wilder; June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian-American filmmaker. His career in Hollywood spanned five decades, and he is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Classic Holly ...

to compose the music for ''

Avanti! ''Avanti!'' is a 1972 American/Italian international co-production comedy film produced and directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills. The screenplay by Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond is based on Samuel A. Taylor's play, ...

''.

Selected filmography

*''

The Lion of Amalfi ''The Lion of Amalfi'' (Italian: ''Il Leone di Amalfi'') is a 1950 Italian historical adventure film directed by Pietro Francisci and starring Vittorio Gassman, Milly Vitale and Carlo Ninchi. After making his 1949 biopic ''Anthony of Padua'', Fra ...

'' (''Il Leone di Amalfi'') - 1950 * '' The Crossroads'' (1951) * ''

Lorenzaccio ''Lorenzaccio'' is a French play of the Romantic period written by Alfred de Musset in 1834, set in 16th-century Florence, and depicting Lorenzino de' Medici, who killed Florence's tyrant, Alessandro de' Medici, his cousin. Having engaged in deba ...

'' (1951) *'' The Blind Woman of Sorrento'' (''La cieca di Sorrento'') - 1952 *''

The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo ''The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo'' ( it, Il brigante di Tacca del Lupo) is a 1952 Italian historical drama film directed by Pietro Germi. Plot In 1863 a company of Bersaglieri commanded by Captain Giordani, as part of the repression of banditry, ...

'' (''Il brigante di Tacca del Lupo'') - 1952 *'' Prisoner in the Tower of Fire'' (''La prigioniera della torre di fuoco'') - 1953 *'' Captain Phantom'' (''Capitan Fantasma'') - 1953 *''

Mid-Century Loves ''Mid-Century Loves'' ( it, Amori di mezzo secolo) is a 1954 Italian anthology historical melodrama film consisting of five segments directed by Glauco Pellegrini, Pietro Germi, Mario Chiari, Roberto Rossellini and Antonio Pietrangeli. Plot ...

'' (''Amori di mezzo secolo'') - 1954 * ''

Laugh! Laugh! Laugh! ''Laugh! Laugh! Laugh!'' (Italian: ''Ridere! Ridere! Ridere!'') is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Edoardo Anton and starring Tino Scotti, Ugo Tognazzi and Carlo Dapporto. The film's sets were designed by the art director Beni Montresor. ...

'' (1954) * '' Cardinal Lambertini'' (1954) * ''

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'' (1954) * ''

Desperate Farewell ''Desperate Farewell'' ( it, Disperato addio) is a 1955 Italian melodrama film directed by Lionello De Felice and starring Massimo Girotti, Lise Bourdin and Andrea Checchi.Goble p.302 It is a medical drama based on a novel by Andrea Majocchi. ...

'' (1955) * '' The Two Friends'' (1955) * ''

Rommel's Treasure ''Rommel's Treasure'' (Italian: ''Il tesoro di Rommel'') is a 1955 Italian-American drama film directed by Romolo Marcellini and starring Dawn Addams, Paul Hubschmid and Isa Miranda.Parish p.276 In post-war Cairo a variety of different people seek ...

'' (1955) *'' They Stole a Tram'' (''Hanno rubato un tram'') - 1956 *'' The Railroad Man'' (''Il Ferroviere'') - 1956 *'' Fathers and Sons'' (''Padri e figli'') - 1957 *'' A Man of Straw'' (''L'uomo di paglia'') - 1958 *''

The Day the Sky Exploded ''The Day the Sky Exploded'' ( it, La morte viene dallo spazio, lit=Death Comes From Space), released in the United Kingdom as ''Death Comes From Outer Space'', is a 1958 science fiction film. It is known as the first Italian science fiction film ...

'' (''La morte viene dallo spazio'') - 1958 * '' The Facts of Murder'' - 1959 *''

You're on Your Own ''Arrangiatevi!'', internationally released as ''You're on Your Own'', is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Mauro Bolognini. In 2008 the film was selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved. Plot summary Peppino and his ...

'' (''Arrangiatevi!'') - 1959 *''

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'' (''Annibale'') - 1959 *''

The Giants of Thessaly ''The Giants of Thessaly'' ( it, I giganti della Tessaglia (Gli Argonauti), french: Le Géant de Thessalie, released in the UK as ''Jason and the Golden Fleece'') is a 1960 Italian-French adventure-fantasy film directed by Riccardo Freda. It is ...

'' (''I giganti della Tessaglia'') - 1960 *'' Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete'' (''Teseo contro il Minotauro'') - 1960 *''

Some Like It Cold ''Some Like It Cold'' ( it, A noi piace freddo...!, also known as ''We Like It Cold'') is a 1960 Italian war-comedy film directed by Steno. Cast * Ugo Tognazzi: Ugo Bevilacqua * Raimondo Vianello: Count Raimondo * Yvonne Furneaux: Rosal ...

'' (''A noi piace freddo...!'') - 1960 *'' Long Night in 1943'' (''La lunga notte del '43'') - 1960 *''

Love in Rome ''Un amore a Roma'' (internationally released as ''Love in Rome'') is a 1960 Italian romantic drama film directed by Dino Risi.Paolo D'Agostini, ''Dino Risi'', Editrice Il castoro, 1995 Plot Marcello (Baldwin), a young writer, loves Anna (Demonge ...

'' (''Un amore a Roma'') - 1960 *''

Divorce Italian Style ''Divorce Italian Style'' ( it, Divorzio all'italiana) is a 1961 Italian dark comedy film directed by Pietro Germi. The screenplay is by Germi, Ennio De Concini, Alfredo Giannetti, and Agenore Incrocci, based on Giovanni Arpino's novel '' Un de ...

'' (''Divorzio all'italiana'') - 1961 *'' The Thief of Baghdad'' - 1961 *''Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile'' (''Nefertiti, reina del Nilo'') - 1961 *'' The Four Days of Naples'' (''Le Quattro giornate di Napoli'') - 1962 *''

La commare secca ''La commare secca'' (literally "The skinny gossip", English title ''The Grim Reaper'') is the 1962 Italian film written and directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, based on a short story by Pier Paolo Pasolini. It was Bertolucci's directorial debut at ...

'' - 1962 *'' Ro.Go.Pa.G.'' - 1963 *''

The Whip and the Body ''The Whip and the Body'' ( it, La frusta e il corpo) is a 1963 gothic horror film directed by Mario Bava under the alias "John M. Old". The film is about Kurt Menliff (Christopher Lee) who is ostracized by his father for his relationship with a ...

'' (''La frusta e il corpo'') - 1963 *'' The Lion of St. Mark'' (''Il Leone di San Marco'') - 1963 *''

Hercules vs. Moloch ''Hercules vs. Moloch'' ( it, Ercole contro Moloch, french: Hercule contre Moloch, also released as Conquest of Mycenae) is a 1963 Italian/French international co-production peplum film written and directed by Giorgio Ferroni and starring Gordon ...

'' - 1963 *''

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'' - 1963 * '' Coriolanus: Hero without a Country'' (''Coriolano: eroe senza patria'') - 1963 *''

The Organizer ''The Organizer'' ( it, I compagni"''I compagni''" literally translates into "''The Comrades''.") is a 1963 Italian-French-Yugoslavian-produced drama film written by Mario Monicelli and Age & Scarpelli, and directed by Mario Monicelli. Set in Tu ...

'' (''I compagni'') - 1963 *'' Seduced and Abandoned'' (''Sedotta e abbandonata'') - 1964 *'' Giants of Rome'' (''I giganti di Roma'') - 1964 *'' Terror of the Steppes'' (''I predoni della steppa'') - 1964) * ''

Desert Raiders ''Desert Raiders'' (Italian: ''Il dominatore del deserto'') is a 1964 Italian adventure film directed by Tanio Boccia and starring Kirk Morris, Rosalba Neri and Hélène Chanel. It was one of a large number of peplum films made during the era. ...

'' (''Il dominatore del deserto'') (1964) *''

Samson vs. the Giant King ''Samson vs. the Giant King'' ( it, Maciste alla corte dello zar, also known as ''Giant of the Lost Tomb'' and ''Atlas Against the Czar'') is a 1964 Italian fantasy-peplum film directed by Amerigo Anton. The czar Nicolas sends a secret mission ...

'' (''Maciste alla corte dello zar'') - 1964 * '' The Betrothed'' (''I promessi sposi)'') - 1964 *''

Blood and Black Lace ''Blood and Black Lace'' ( it, 6 donne per l'assassino, lit=6 Women for the Murderer) is a 1964 ''giallo'' film directed by Mario Bava and starring Eva Bartok and Cameron Mitchell. The story concerns the brutal murders of a Roman fashion house ...

'' (''Sei donne per l'assassino'') - 1964 *''

Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West ''Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West '' (''Buffalo Bill, l'eroe del far west'') is a 1964 Italian Spaghetti Western directed by Mario Costa. Story Buffalo Bill is sent west by President Ulysses S. Grant to settle an Indian uprising started by ...

'' (''Buffalo Bill, l'eroe del far west'') - 1964 *''

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'' (''I lunghi capelli della morte'') - 1964 * ''

Sandokan to the Rescue ''Sandokan to the Rescue'' (Italian: ''Sandokan alla riscossa'') is a 1907 adventure novel by the Italian writer Emilio Salgari. It is the seventh in his series featuring the nineteenth century Malayan pirate Sandokan. It is also known by the alt ...

'' (1964) * ''

Sandokan Against the Leopard of Sarawak ''Sandokan Against the Leopard of Sarawak'' (Italian: ''Sandokan contro il leopardo di Sarawak'') is a 1964 historical adventure film directed by Luigi Capuano and starring Ray Danton, Franca Bettoia and Guy Madison.Goble p.939 It was made as a c ...

'' (1964) * ''

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'' (1965) * '' Ringo's Big Night'' (''La grande notte di Ringo'') - 1966 * '' The Birds, the Bees and the Italians'' (''Signore & Signori'') - 1966 * '' Me, Me, Me... and the Others'' (''Io, io, io... e gli altri'') - 1966 *''

Seasons of Our Love ''Seasons of Our Love'' ( it, Le stagioni del nostro amore) is a 1966 Italian drama film directed by Florestano Vancini. It was entered into the 16th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast *Enrico Maria Salerno ... Vittorio Borghi *Anouk Aim� ...

'' (''Le stagioni del nostro amore'') - 1966 *'' L'armata Brancaleone'' - 1966 * ''

No Diamonds for Ursula ''No Diamonds for Ursula'' (Italian: ''I diamanti che nessuno voleva rubare'') is a 1967 Italian crime film directed by Gino Mangini and starring Jeanne Valérie, Salvo Randone and Dana Andrews.McKay p.191 Cast * Jeanne Valérie as Ursula * ...

'' (1967) * ''

Golden Chameleon ''Golden Chameleon'' (Italian: ''Colpo doppio del camaleonte d'oro'') is a 1967 Italian comedy crime film directed by Giorgio Stegani and starring Mark Damon, Luisa Baratto and Magda Konopka.Lancia & Melelli p.117 Cast * Mark Damon as Vittorio ...

'' (1967) * '' Kill, Baby, Kill'' (''Operazione paura'') - 1966 * '' Kill or Be Killed'' (''Uccidi o muori'') - 1966 *'' God Forgives... I Don't!'' (''Dio perdona... io no!'') - 1967 *''

One Dollar Too Many ''One Dollar Too Many'' ( it, I tre che sconvolsero il West ado, vedo e sparolit=The three who shook the West go, I see and I shoot}) is a 1968 Spaghetti Western feature film directed by Enzo G. Castellari and starring Antonio Sabàto, John ...

'' (''I tre che sconvolsero il West'') - 1968 *''

Train for Durango ''Train for Durango'' ( it, Un treno per Durango) is a 1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chose ...

'' (''Un treno per Durango'') - 1968 *'' A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die'' (''Un minuto per pregare, un istante per morire'') - 1968 *''

The Ruthless Four ''The Ruthless Four'' ( it, Ognuno per sé, lit=Everyone for Himself) is a 1968 Western film directed by Giorgio Capitani and starring Van Heflin. Cast * Van Heflin as Sam Cooper * Gilbert Roland as Mason * Klaus Kinski as Brent the Blonde * G ...

'' (''Ognuno per sé'') - 1968 *'' Seven Men and One Brain'' - 1968 *''

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'' (''I quattro dell'Ave Maria'') - 1968 *''

Satyricon The ''Satyricon'', ''Satyricon'' ''liber'' (''The Book of Satyrlike Adventures''), or ''Satyrica'', is a Latin work of fiction believed to have been written by Gaius Petronius, though the manuscript tradition identifies the author as Titus Petr ...

'' - 1969 *'' The Battle of El Alamein'' (''La battaglia di El Alamein'') - 1969 *'' Blow Hot, Blow Cold'' (''Violenza al sole'') - 1969 *'' Boot Hill'' (''La collina degli stivali'') - 1969 *'' Mafia Connection'' (''E venne il giorno dei limoni neri'') - 1970 *''

Brancaleone at the Crusades ''Brancaleone at the Crusades'' ( it, Brancaleone alle Crociate) is an Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli and released in 1970, the sequel to ''L'armata Brancaleone''. Plot The film starts where ''L'armata Brancaleone'' has ended. B ...

'' (''Brancaleone alle Crociate'') - 1970 *''

A Pocketful of Chestnuts ''A Pocketful of Chestnuts'' it, Le castagne sono buone) is a 1970 Italian comedy film directed by Pietro Germi. Plot Luigi Vivarelli is a television director, a cynical and unrepentant womanizer. One day he meets Carla Lotito, an architecture ...

'' (''Le castagne sono buone'') - 1970 * ''

A Sword for Brando ''A Sword for Brando'' (Italian: ''Una spada per Brando'') is a 1970 Italian adventure film directed by Alfio Caltabiano and starring Riccardo Salvino, Karin Schubert and Tano Cimarosa.Curti p.25 Cast * Riccardo Salvino as Robin Hood * Karin Sc ...

'' (''Una spada per Brando'') (1970) *''

Bubù ''Bubù'' (also known as ''Bubu'') is a 1971 Italian historical drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini. The film is a transposition, set in Milan and Turin, of the novel ''Bubu de Montparnasse'' by Charles-Louis Philippe. Cast * Massimo Ranie ...

'' - 1971 *'' In the Name of the Italian People'' (''In nome del popolo italiano'') - 1971 *'' Sergeant Klems'' - 1971 *''

The Call of the Wild ''The Call of the Wild'' is a short adventure novel by Jack London, published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named ...

'' - 1972 *''

Alfredo, Alfredo ''Alfredo, Alfredo'' is a 1972 Italian award-winning comedy film co-written and directed by Pietro Germi. Plot The film, told mostly in flashback, tells the story of a timid bank clerk (Dustin Hoffman) living in Ascoli Piceno (Italian town ...

'' - 1972 *''

We Want the Colonels ''We Want the Colonels'' ( it, Vogliamo i colonnelli) is a 1973 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli. It was entered in the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. It is a satire of the attempted far-right Borghese Coup. Cast * Ugo Tognazzi as G ...

'' (''Vogliamo i colonnelli'') - 1973 *'' Dirty Weekend'' (''Mordi e fuggi'') - 1973 *'' Gang War in Milan'' (''Milano rovente'') - 1973 *'' The Black Hand'' (''La mano nera'') - 1973 *''

Little Funny Guy ''L'emigrante'', internationally released as ''Little Funny Guy'', is a 1973 Italian comedy film directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile. Plot At the end of 1900s Saturnino Cavallo leaves his family to emigrate to America, in search of fortune, bu ...

'' (''L'emigrante'') - 1973 *'' White Fang'' (''Zanna Bianca'') - 1973 *''

Challenge to White Fang ''The Return of White Fang'' ( it, Il ritorno di Zanna Bianca) is a 1974 Northern film. A sequel to '' White Fang'', it was directed, as was its predecessor, by Lucio Fulci, as part of a trend of films inspired by '' Call of the Wild'' (1972), wh ...

'' (''Il ritorno di Zanna Bianca'') - 1974 *'' White Fang to the Rescue'' (''Zanna Bianca alla riscossa'') - 1974 *'' Salvo D'Acquisto'' - 1974 *''

Somewhere Beyond Love ''Somewhere Beyond Love'' ( it, Delitto d'amore) is a 1974 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Comencini. It was entered into the 1974 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Grand Prix of the Belgian Film Critics Association. Cast * Giuliano Gemma - ...

'' (''Delitto d'amore'') - 1974 *'' City Under Siege'' (''Un uomo, una città'') - 1974 *'' Cormack of the Mounties'' (''Giubbe rosse'') - 1975 *'' Il gatto mammone'' - 1975 * '' My Friends'' (''Amici miei)'') - 1975 * '' A Woman at Her Window'' (''Une femme à sa fenêtre'') - 1976 *'' Le Gang'' - 1977 * ''

Man in a Hurry ''Man in a Hurry'' (french: L'Homme pressé, it, L'ultimo giorno d'amore, released in UK as ''The Hurried Man'') is a 1977 French-Italian drama film directed by Édouard Molinaro and starring Alain Delon and Mireille Darc. It is based on the nov ...

'' (''L'Homme pressé'') - 1977 * '' Safari Rally'' (''6000 km di paura'') - 1978 * '' Assassination on the Tiber'' (''Assassinio sul Tevere'') - 1979 *''

Forest of Love ''Bosco d'amore'' (internationally released as ''Forest of Love'') is a 1981 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Bevilacqua. It is loosely based on a novel of Giovanni Boccaccio. It entered the competition at the 38th Venice International Film ...

'' (''Bosco d'amore'') - 1981 *''

All My Friends Part 2 ''All My Friends Part 2'' ( it, Amici miei Atto II) is a 1982 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli. It is the sequel to ''Amici miei'' of 1975. The movie features Paolo Stoppa in one of his last roles. The last chapter of this saga ...

'' (''Amici miei Atto II'') - 1982 *''

Heads I Win, Tails You Lose ''Heads I Win, Tails You Lose'' ( it, Testa o Croce, also known as ''Heads or Tails'') is a 1982 Italian comedy film written and directed by Nanni Loy. The film consists in two back-to-back stories that deals with two " taboo" themes, the celib ...

'' (''Testa o croce'') - 1982 *''

Blade Master ''Blade Master'' is a scrolling hack and slash arcade game released by Irem in 1991. Two selectable heroes, Roy and Arnold, try to save their land from hordes of monsters. There are items to break and power-ups to collect, typical of this genre ...

'' (''Ator 2 - L'invincibile Orion'') - 1984 * '' Woman of Wonders'' (''La donna delle meraviglie'') - 1985

Notes

References

*"Prolific and versatile father of Italian cinema music: Carlo Rustichelli, Film composer, 1916-2004", ''

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'', Weekend edition, December 4–5, 2004, p. 60

External links

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