Roberto Pregadio (6 December 1928 – 15 November 2010) was an Italian composer, conductor and TV-personality. Born in

Catania Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by ...

and graduated in piano at the San Pietro a Majella Conservatory in Naples, in 1960 Pregadio became a pianist in the RAI Light Music Orchestra.Enzo Giannelli. "Pregadio, Roberto". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. p. 1388. From the second half of the sixties, for about fifteen years, he composed and directed about fifty musical scores. In the 1980s he founded a jazz ensamble, the Sestetto Swing di Roma. As composer he was probably best known for the whistled musical score for the 1969

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'' The Forgotten Pistolero'', that he composed with

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and that was later used in several episodes of '' The Ren & Stimpy Show''. In Italy he was also well known as the partner of

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, from 1968 to 1997, and later of Gerry Scotti until 2007, in the radio and TV show ''La corrida''.

Selected filmography

Orchestra RAI diretta dal Maestro Roberto Pregadio

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Kriminal ''Kriminal'' is an Italian comics series featuring an eponymous fictional character, created in 1964 by Magnus and Max Bunker, the authors of '' Alan Ford'', '' Maxmagnus'' and ''Satanik''. Characters Kriminal is an English master thief, Anthon ...

'' (1966) * '' Our Men in Bagdad'' (1966) * ''

The Glass Sphinx ''The Glass Sphinx'' ( it, La sfinge d'oro) is an Italian-American 1967 adventure film directed by Luigi Scattini.The Last Killer ''The Last Killer'' (Italian: ''L'ultimo killer'', also known as ''Django the Last Killer'') is a 1967 Spaghetti Western movie starring George Eastman and Anthony Ghidra. Plot Ramon's father has a small farm and, like all the other poor farmers ...

'' (1967) * ''

A Hole in the Forehead ''A Hole in the Forehead'' ( it, Un buco in fronte, also known as ''A Hole Between the Eyes'') is a 1968 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Giuseppe Vari. Cast * Dragomir Bojanić as Billy Blood (credited as ''Anthony Ghidra'') * Ro ...

'' (1968) * '' Ciccio Forgives, I Don't'' (1968) * '' King of Kong Island'' (1968) * ''

Brutti di notte The Bruttians (alternative spelling, Brettii) ( la, Bruttii) were an ancient Italic people. They inhabited the southern extremity of Italy, from the frontiers of Lucania to the Sicilian Straits and the promontory of Leucopetra. This roughly corresp ...

'' (1968) * '' Satanik'' (1968) * '' The Forgotten Pistolero'' (1969) * ''

Franco, Ciccio e il pirata Barbanera ''Franco, Ciccio e il pirata Barbanera'' (''Franco, Ciccio and Blackbeard the Pirate'') is a 1969 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Amendola starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. Is a parody of the 1883 adventure novel ''Treasure Island'' ...

'' (1969) * ''

Paths of War ''Paths of War'' ( it, Franco e Ciccio sul sentiero di guerra) is a 1970 Italian western-comedy film directed by Aldo Grimaldi starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. Plot summary In 1858 in Italy, in Sicily, Franco and Ciccio defend the Bo ...

'' (1970) * '' Erika'' (1971) * ''

Smile Before Death ''Smile Before Death'' ( it, Il sorriso della iena/ translation: ''Smile of the Hyena'') is a 1972 Italian giallo film written and directed by Silvio Amadio, and starring Rosalba Neri. Plot Marco, a bankrupt nobleman, is unhappily married to the ...

'' (1972) * '' Death Carries a Cane'' (1973) * '' Catene'' (1974) * '' La minorenne'' (1974) * '' So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious...'' (1975) * '' That Malicious Age'' (1975) * ''

SS Experiment Camp ''SS Experiment Camp'' (also known as ''SS Experiment Love Camp''; original release title: ''Lager SSadis Kastrat Kommandantur'') is a 1976 Nazi exploitation film directed by Sergio Garrone. The plot concerns non-consensual sexual experimenting w ...

'' (1976) * '' Il medico... la studentessa'' (1976) * ''

Seagulls Fly Low ''Seagulls Fly Low'' ( it, I gabbiani volano basso) is a 1977 Italian crime film written and directed by Giorgio Cristallini and starring Maurizio Merli, Nathalie Delon and Mel Ferrer. It was shot between Rome, Civitavecchia and Ponza. Plot Cas ...

'' (1978) * ''

The Last House on the Beach ''The Last House on the Beach'' (Italian: ''La settima donna'', also known as ''Terror'' and ''The Seventh Woman'') is a 1978 Italian rape and revenge-thriller film directed by Franco Prosperi. The American title refers to Wes Craven's ''The Last ...

'' (1978) * ''

Mondo Cannibale ''Mondo Cannibale'' (English: ''Cannibal World'' ; also known as ''The Cannibals'', ''Die Blonde Göttin'', ''White Cannibal Queen'', ''A Woman for the Cannibals'' and ''Barbarian Goddess'') is a 1980 Spanish-Italian cannibal exploitation film ...

'' (1980)

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