Manuel De Sica (24 February 1949 – 5 December 2014) was an Italian composer. Born in

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, the son of

Vittorio De Sica Vittorio De Sica ( , ; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the Italian neorealism, neorealist movement. Four of the films he directed won Academy Awards: ''Shoeshine (film), Sciuscià ...

and

María Mercader María de la Asunción Mercader Forcada (; 6 March 1918 – 26 January 2011) was a Spanish film actress who appeared in some forty films between 1923 and 1992. Julian Gorkin wrote that her cousin was born Montserrat in the family of Carid ...

, De Sica enrolled at the

Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia 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 ...

, in which he studied with

Bruno Maderna Bruno Maderna (21 April 1920 – 13 November 1973) was an Italian conductor and composer. Life Maderna was born Bruno Grossato in Venice but later decided to take the name of his mother, Caterina Carolina Maderna.Interview with Maderna‘s th ...

. He debuted as a composer for his father's film '' A Place for Lovers'' (1968). In 1993, De Sica won the

Nastro d'Argento for Best Score The ''Nastro d'Argento'' (Silver Ribbon) is a film award assigned each year, since 1946, by ''Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'' ("Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists"), the association of Italian film critic ...

for Carlo Verdone's ''

Al lupo, al lupo ''Al lupo al lupo'' (''Wolf! Wolf!'') is a 1992 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Verdone. The film won two Nastro d'Argento awards, for best script and best score. Plot Gregorio, his brother Vanni and their sister Livia have progressively ...

''. In 1996 he won the

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for Carlo Lizzani's ''

Celluloide ''Celluloide'' is a 1996 Italian historical drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani from a screenplay by Furio Scarpelli, Ugo Pirro and Lizzani, based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Pirro. It stars Giancarlo Giannini, Massimo Ghini, Anna Fa ...

''. In 2005 he was honored with the title of

Commendatore of the Italian Republic The Order of Merit of the Italian Republic ( it, Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana) is the senior Italian order of merit. It was established in 1951 by the second President of the Italian Republic, Luigi Einaudi. The highest-ranking ...

. De Sica died of a heart attack on 5 December 2014 at the age of 65, in Rome.

Selected filmography

* '' The Garden of the Finzi-Continis'' (1970) * '' Gang War'' (1971) * '' The Crimes of the Black Cat'' (1972) * '' Gang War in Naples'' (1972) * '' Lo chiameremo Andrea'' (1972) * '' A Brief Vacation'' (1973) * '' The Voyage'' (1974) * '' Cagliostro'' (1975) * ''

Quel movimento che mi piace tanto ''Quel movimento che mi piace tanto'' (''That movement which I love so much'') is a 1976 Italian ''commedia sexy all'italiana'' written and directed by Franco Rossetti. It marked the film debut, both as actor and as assistant director, of Carlo V ...

'' (1976) * ''

La madama ''Sexycop'' ( it, La Madama) 1976 Italian crime comedy film directed by Duccio Tessari. It is based on the novel with the same name written by Massimo Felisatti and Fabio Pittorru. Plot Cast *Christian De Sica as Vito Militiello *Caro ...

'' (1976) * '' The Twist'' (1976) * '' La portiera nuda'' (1976) * '' Canne mozze'' (1977) * '' Dear Father'' (1979) * '' I'm Photogenic'' (1980) * '' Sunday Lovers'' (1980) * ''

I'm Going to Live by Myself ''I'm Going to Live by Myself'' ( it, Vado a vivere da solo) is a 1982 Italian comedy film. It marked the feature film debut of Marco Risi. The film achieved a "cult" status and generated a 2008 sequel, '' Torno a vivere da solo''. Plot Milan, ...

'' (1982) * '' A Boy and a Girl'' (1983) * '' Cuori nella tormenta'' (1984) * '' Lui è peggio di me'' (1984) * ''

Vacanze in America ''Vacanze in America'' (''Holidays in America'') is a 1984 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina. Plot summary Summer. In a high school in Rome, Don Buro, priest and religion teacher, leads a class of young people in a school holiday in ...

'' (1984) * ''

Love at First Sight Love at first sight is a personal experience as well as a common trope in literature: a person or character feels an instant, extreme, and ultimately long-lasting romantic attraction for a stranger upon first seeing that stranger. Described by p ...

'' (1985) * ''

Soldati - 365 all'alba ''Soldati - 365 all'alba'' (i.e. "Soldiers 365 Days Before Discharge") is a 1987 Italian drama film directed by Marco Risi. The film, which deals with the military service seen as a traumatic experience, marked the switch of Risi from low-wattage ...

'' (1987) * '' Il commissario Lo Gatto'' (1987) * '' Taste of Life'' (1988) * '' The Icicle Thief'' (1989) * '' Count Max'' (1991) * '' To Want to Fly'' (1991) * '' Cemetery Man'' (1994) * '' Vacanze di Natale '95'' (1995) * ''

A spasso nel tempo ''A spasso nel tempo'' () is a 1996 Italian science fiction adventure comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina. The film is included in the Italian sub-genre of '' cinepanettoni''. According to Adam O'Leary, ''A spasso nel tempo'' and its sequel are ...

'' (1996) * '' Nuda proprietà vendesi'' (1997) * '' Love Is Not Perfect'' (2012)

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* * * * 1949 births 2014 deaths Italian film score composers Italian male film score composers Musicians from Rome David di Donatello winners Nastro d'Argento winners 20th-century Italian musicians Italian people of Spanish descent 20th-century Italian male musicians {{Italy-composer-stub