Marcello Giombini (24 July 1928 in

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– 12 December 2003 in

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) was an Italian composer, well known for scoring many

Spaghetti Western The spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's filmmaking style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most o ...

s, Italian horror and

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movies, and 1960s peplum films. He is best remembered for his score to the original '' Sabata'' (1969), which starred

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. His son Pierluigi Giombini is also an accomplished musician and composer. Additional biographical information, compositions, filmography, and discography may be found (in Italian) at Marcello Giombini.

Music

Selected filmography

*'' Vulcan, Son of Giove'' (1962) *''

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'' (1962) *'' I sette gladiatori'' (1962) *'' The Seven Tasks of Ali Baba'' (1962) *'' The Magnificent Gladiator'' (1964) *'' James Tont operazione U.N.O.'' (1965) *'' Our Man in Jamaica'' (1965) *''

The Relentless Four ''The Relentless Four'' or ''I quattro inesorabili'' is a 1965 Italy, Italian Spaghetti Western film in Eastmancolor directed by Primo Zeglio. Synopsis A Texas Ranger is framed by the four outlaws he is chasing for a crime he did not commit. Ca ...

'' (1965) *'' For a Few Dollars Less'' (1966) *'' Death Walks in Laredo'' (1966) *'' Ballad of a Gunman'' (1967) *'' Mission Stardust'' (1967) *'' Dead Men Don't Count'' (1968) *'' Garringo'' (1969) *'' Battle of the Commandos'' (1969) *'' Sabata'' (1969) * '' Sartana Kills Them All'' (1970) *'' Return of Sabata'' (1971) *'' Holy Water Joe'' (1971) * '' Un gioco per Eveline'' (1971) *'' Knife of Ice'' (1972) * ''

They Believed He Was No Saint ''They Believed He Was No Saint'' () is a 1972 Spanish western film The Western is a film genre defined by the American Film Institute as films which are "set in the American West that mbodythe spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the n ...

'' (1972) *'' The Flower with the Petals of Steel'' (1973) *'' The Killer Wore Gloves'' (1974) *'' The Eerie Midnight Horror Show'' (1974) *'' Miracles Still Happen'' (1974) *'' The Bloodsucker Leads the Dance'' (1975) *'' Cosmos: War of the Planets'' (1978) *'' War of the Robots'' (1978) *'' Star Odyssey'' (1978) *''

Eyes Behind the Stars ''Eyes Behind the Stars'' () is a 1978 Italian sci-fi film directed by Mario Gariazzo (here credited as Roy Garrett). Cast * Robert Hoffmann: Tony Harris * Nathalie Delon: Monica Stiles * Martin Balsam: Inspector Jim Grant * Sherry Buchanan: ...

'' (1978) *'' Terror Express'' (1979) *'' Escape from Hell'' (1980) *''The Beast in Space'' (1980) *'' Antropophagus'' (1980) *'' Erotic Nights of the Living Dead'' (1980) *''

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'' (1982)

Other

Le tue mani Le tue mani is a 1970 Easter song written by Marcello Giombini. It has become popular in Sweden as Dina händer är fulla av blommor, with 1972 Swedish-language lyrics by . The song is a so-called response song, which is sung between men and wom ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Giombini, Marcello Italian film score composers Italian male film score composers 1928 births 2003 deaths 20th-century Italian musicians 20th-century Italian male musicians