Marcello Giombini (24 July 1928 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 film-making style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most ...

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

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Vulcan, Son of Giove ''Vulcan, Son of Giove'' (''Vulcano, figlio di Giove'') is a 1962 Italian fantasy-adventure film directed and co-written by Emimmo Salvi in his directorial debut. At the time of his death in 1989 he was preparing a film on ''Zeus''. The film is ...

'' (1962) *''

March on Rome The March on Rome ( it, Marcia su Roma) was an organized mass demonstration and a coup d'état in October 1922 which resulted in Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party (PNF) ascending to power in the Kingdom of Italy. In late October 1922, F ...

'' (1962) *''

I sette gladiatori ''Gladiators 7'' is a 1962 film directed by Pedro Lazaga. The film has several elements from Akira Kurosawa's film '' The Seven Samurai''. Plot A Greek gladiator seeks revenge for the murder of his father and finds his lover captured by an evil ...

'' (1962) *''

The Seven Tasks of Ali Baba ''The Seven Tasks of Ali Baba'' (Italian: ''Le 7 fatiche di Alì Babà'') is a 1962 Italian adventure film directed by Emimmo Salvi and featuring Bella Cortez Bella Cortez (born Alicia Paneque, also known as Bella Cortese) is a Cuban actress a ...

'' (1962) *'' The Magnificent Gladiator'' (1964) *''

James Tont operazione U.N.O. ''James Tont operazione U.N.O.'' or ''Operation Goldsinger'' is a 1965 French and Italian international co-production Eurospy film spoof based on James Bond's '' Goldfinger''. Co-written and co-directed by Bruno Corbucci and Giovanni Grimaldi, th ...

'' (1965) *''

Our Man in Jamaica ''Our Man in Jamaica''/''Operation Jamaica'' ( it, A 001, operazione Giamaica) is a 1965 Italian Spanish German international co-production Eurospy adventure film directed by an uncredited Mel Welles. It was credited to for reasons of European fu ...

'' (1965) *'' The Relentless Four'' (1965) *'' For a Few Dollars Less'' (1966) *'' Death Walks in Laredo'' (1966) *''

Ballad of a Gunman ''Ballad of a Gunman'', also known as ''Pistoleros'' and ''Ringo, Pray to Your God and Die'' ( it, Ballata per un pistolero) is a 1967 Italian Spaghetti Western directed by Alfio Caltabiano and starring Antony Ghidra. Plot The criminal brother ...

'' (1967) *''

Mission Stardust ''Mission Stardust'' ( it, ...4...3...2...1...Morte) is a 1967 science fiction film based on the early novels of the popular German ''Perry Rhodan'' series by K.H. Scheer and Walter Ernsting. Plot In a quest to find a source of radioactive mater ...

'' (1967) *'' Garringo'' (1969) *''

Battle of the Commandos ''Battle of the Commandos'' (also known as ''Legion of the Damned'') is a European Macaroni-War film directed in 1969 by Umberto Lenzi. The movie was a co-production between Italy (where it was released as ''La legione dei dannati''), West Germany ...

'' (1969) *'' Sabata'' (1969) * '' Sartana Kills Them All'' (1970) *''

Return of Sabata ''Return of Sabata'' ( it, È tornato Sabata ... hai chiuso un'altra volta, lit=Sabata is back ... you're finished again) is a 1971 Spaghetti Western film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. The third film in '' The Sabata Trilogy'', it features the ...

'' (1971) *''

Holy Water Joe ''Holy Water Joe'' ( it, Acquasanta Joe) is a 1971 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Mario Gariazzo. Plot In the immediate aftermath of the American Civil War (1861-1865), Jeff Donovan's outlaw gang, disguised as soldiers of both the Con ...

'' (1971) * '' Un gioco per Eveline'' (1971) *'' Knife of Ice'' (1972) * '' They Believed He Was No Saint'' (1972) *''

The Flower with the Petals of Steel ''The Flower with the Petals of Steel'' ( it, Il fiore dai petali d'acciaio, also known as ''The Flower with the Deadly Sting'') is a 1973 Italian giallo film directed by Gianfranco Piccioli, starring Gianni Garko. Plot A wealthy physician acc ...

'' (1973) *'' The Killer Wore Gloves'' (1974) *'' The Eerie Midnight Horror Show'' (1974) *''

Miracles Still Happen ''Miracles Still Happen'' ( it, I miracoli accadono ancora) is a 1974 Italian film directed by Giuseppe Maria Scotese. It features the story of Juliane Diller, the sole survivor of 92 passengers and crew, in the 24 December 1971 crash of LANSA F ...

'' (1974) *''

The Bloodsucker Leads the Dance ''The Bloodsucker Leads the Dance'' ( it, La sanguisuga conduce la danza) is a 1975 Italian film directed by Alfredo Rizzo. Plot In Ireland in 1902, Count Marnak invites a troupe of actors to perform at his island castle. He is stunned by how ...

'' (1975) *'' Cosmos: War of the Planets'' (1978) *'' War of the Robots'' (1978) *'' Star Odyssey'' (1978) *'' Eyes Behind the Stars'' (1978) *'' Terror Express'' (1979) *'' Escape from Hell'' (1980) *''The Beast in Space'' (1980) *'' Antropophagus'' (1980) *'' Erotic Nights of the Living Dead'' (1980) *''

Panic Panic is a sudden sensation of fear, which is so strong as to dominate or prevent reason and logical thinking, replacing it with overwhelming feelings of anxiety and frantic agitation consistent with an animalistic fight-or-flight reac ...

'' (1982)

Other

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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