Claudio Mattone (born 28 February 1943) is an Italian composer, lyricist and music producer. Born in

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, Mattone approached music at young age, as a

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. After leaving the university he moved to Rome, where he debuted in 1968 as a singer-songwriter with the song "E' sera", that premiered without any success at Cantagiro '68. Focusing on composition, between late sixties and early eighties he successfully teamed with the lyricist

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and signed several hits, contributing to launch the careers of

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and

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; also working as music producer and as lyricist of his songs, in nineties Mattone launched the careers of

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and Syria, that respectively won the 1994 and 1995 editions of the

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in the "giovani" category. In 1990 Mattone won a

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and a

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for the soundtrack of the 1989 film '' Scugnizzi''. His earlier scores had included ' (1974), ''

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'' (1984), ''Il mistero di Bellavista'' (1985) and ''

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'' (1985). From 2000s his principal occupation is the theater, as author and producer of musicals.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mattone, Claudio 1943 births Italian male singer-songwriters Living people David di Donatello winners Nastro d'Argento winners Ciak d'oro winners Italian music publishers (people) Italian film score composers Italian male film score composers People from the Province of Caserta Italian jazz pianists Italian male pianists 21st-century pianists 21st-century Italian male singers Male jazz musicians