Giovanni Fusco (10 October 1906, Sant'Agata dei Goti, Benevento – 31 May 1968,

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) was an Italian composer, pianist and conductor, who has written numerous film scores since 1936, including those of

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Hiroshima mon amour ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (, lit. , ), is a 1959 romantic drama film directed by French director Alain Resnais and written by French author Marguerite Duras. Resnais' first feature-length work, it was a co-production between France and Japan, an ...

'' (1959) and '' La guerre est finie'' (1966), as well as those of most of the 1948-1964 films directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, from '' N.U.'' (''Nettezza Urbana'') to '' Il deserto rosso'', except for ''

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'' (soundtrack by

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) and some of his early short films. Two of his soundtracks, those of Antonioni's ''

Cronaca di un amore ''Story of a Love Affair'' ( it, Cronaca di un amore) is a 1950 Italian drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring Massimo Girotti and Lucia Bosè. Despite some neorealist background, the film was not fully compliant with the contem ...

'' and ''

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'', won Silver Ribbon for the best film score from Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists in 1951 and 1961, respectively. His brother

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was also a composer. His daughter was the operatic soprano Cecilia Fusco.

Selected filmography

* '' The Countess of Parma'' (1936) * ''

Joe the Red ''Joe the Red'' (Italian: ''Joe il rosso'') is a 1936 Italian comedy crime film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Armando Falconi, Luisa Garella and Ada Dondini.Apra p.99 The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone M ...

'' (1936) * '' Doctor Antonio'' (1937) * ''

The Sin of Rogelia Sanchez ''The Sin of Rogelia Sanchez'' (Italian:''Il peccato di Rogelia Sanchez'') is a 1940 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Borghesio and Roberto de Ribón and starring Germaine Montero, Juan de Landa and Rafael Rivelles.Balma p.128 It was made at ...

'' (1940) * '' Two on a Vacation'' (1940) * '' Two Hearts'' (1943) * '' The Models of Margutta'' (1946) * '' Hand of Death'' (1949) * ''

Mistress of the Mountains ''Mistress of the Mountains'' (Italian: ''Gente così'') is a 1950 Italian drama film directed by Fernando Cerchio and starring Vivi Gioi, Adriano Rimoldi and Camillo Pilotto. Plot In a small town in upper Lombardy near the Swiss border, smuggl ...

'' (1950) *''

'' (1950) * '' The Mistress of Treves'' (1952) * ''

Orphan of the Ghetto ''Orphan of the Ghetto'' (Italian: ''L'orfana del ghetto'') is a 1954 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Carlo Campogalliani. It is based on a novel of the same name by Carolina Invernizio.Goble p.238 Cast * Franca Marzi * Luise ...

'' (1954) * ''

The Angel of the Alps ''The Angel of the Alps'' ( it, L'angelo delle Alpi) is a 1957 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Luisella Boni, Alberto Farnese and Gino Sinimberghi.Goble p. 238 The film's art direction was by ...

'' (1957) * '' The Mysteries of Paris'' (1957) *'' Slave Women of Corinth'' (1958) *''

L'Avventura ''L'Avventura'' ( en, "The Adventure") is a 1960 Italian drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Developed from a story by Antonioni with co-writers Elio Bartolini and Tonino Guerra, the film is about the disappearance of a young woman ...

'' (1960) *'' The Cossacks'' (1960) *''

The Pharaohs' Woman ''The Pharaohs' Woman'' ( it, La donna dei faraoni) is a 1960 Italian historical drama film directed by Victor Tourjansky and starring John Drew Barrymore. The film is set in Ancient Egypt during the 31st century BCE (shortly after the unific ...

'' (1960) *''

Cleopatra's Daughter ''Cleopatra's Daughter'' ( it, Il sepolcro dei re) is a 1960 historical drama film set in Egypt during the reign of the pharaoh Khufu Khufu or Cheops was an ancient Egyptian monarch who was the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, in the ...

'' (1960) *''

L'Eclisse ''L'Eclisse'' ( en, "The Eclipse") is a 1962 Italian romance film written and directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring Alain Delon and Monica Vitti. Filmed on location in Rome and Verona, the story follows a young woman (Vitti) who pursues ...

'' (1962) *'' Invasion 1700'' (1962) *'' The Avenger'' (1962) *'' Sandokan the Great'' (1963) *''

Pirates of Malaysia ''The Pirates of Malaysia'' is a 1964 swashbuckler directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring Steve Reeves as Sandokan the pirate. This film was a sequel to Reeve's 1963 film '' Sandokan the Great'', also directed by Lenzi. Malaysian rebel, Sandokan, ...

'' (1964) *'' Red Desert'' (1964) *'' The War Is Over'' (1966) *'' Garter Colt'' (1968) *'' Run, Psycho, Run'' (1968) *''

The Sex of Angels ''The Sex of Angels'' is a 1968 film directed by Ugo Liberatore. Plot Three bored wealthy young women seek new excitement and decide to take a cruiser on a weekend trip to the Dalmatian coast to experiment with LSD Lysergic acid diethylami ...

'' (1968) *'' A Black Veil for Lisa'' (1968) *'' Love and Anger'' (1969) *'' The Confession'' (1970)

External links

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Web site dedicated to Giovanni Fusco
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fusco, Giovanni Italian film score composers Italian male film score composers 1906 births 1968 deaths People from the Province of Benevento Nastro d'Argento winners 20th-century Italian composers 20th-century Italian male musicians