Teo Usuelli ( 13 December 1920 – 13 April 2009) was an Italian composer. Born in

Reggio Emilia Reggio nell'Emilia ( egl, Rèz; la, Regium Lepidi), usually referred to as Reggio Emilia, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, and known until 1861 as Reggio di Lombardia, is a city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has abou ...

in 1920, he studied music at the

Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory The Milan Conservatory (''Conservatorio di Milano'') is a college of music in Milan, Italy. History The conservatory was established by a royal decree of 1807 in Milan, capital of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy. It opened the following ye ...

in Milan, where he was graduated in choral music and composition. During the Second World War, he had fought with the

Italian partisans The Italian resistance movement (the ''Resistenza italiana'' and ''la Resistenza'') is an umbrella term for the Italian resistance groups who fought the occupying forces of Nazi Germany and the fascist collaborationists of the Italian Soci ...

, then he moved to Rome, where he began his career as composer. He is probably best known for the main theme of the 1972

giallo film In Italian cinema, ''Giallo'' (; plural ''gialli'', from ''giallo'', Italian for yellow) is a genre of mystery fiction and thrillers that often contains slasher, crime fiction, psychological thriller, psychological horror, sexploitation, and, l ...

Amuck! ''Amuck!'' ( it, Alla ricerca del piacere, lit=In Pursuit of Pleasure) is an Italian '' giallo'' film written and directed by Silvio Amadio. Plot Greta, a beautiful blonde American, is hired as the new secretary to Richard Stuart, a famous nov ...

'', "Piacere Sequence", that was later used in '' The Big Lebowski'', in the TV-series '' Spaced'' and in the documentary film ''

How to Draw a Bunny ''How to Draw a Bunny: A Ray Johnson Portrait'', is a 2002 American documentary film about the Detroit-born pop, collage and performance artist Ray Johnson. Summary Filmmakers John Walter and Andrew L. Moore delve into the mysterious life and d ...

''. He frequently worked with director Marco Ferreri on films such as '' The Conjugal Bed'' (1963), ''

The Ape Woman ''The Ape Woman'' ( it, La donna scimmia, french: Le Mari de la femme à barbe) is a 1964 Italian-French drama film directed by Marco Ferreri. It was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. The film was inspired by the real-life story of ...

'' (1964), '' Controsesso'' (1964), ''

The Man, the Woman and the Money ''Kiss the Other Sheik'' ( it, Oggi, domani, dopodomani, also known as ''The Man, the Woman and the Money'') is a 1965 Italian comedy film in three segments, directed by Eduardo De Filippo, Marco Ferreri, and Luciano Salce. It stars Marcello Ma ...

'' (1965), '' The Man with the Balloons'' (1965), '' Dillinger Is Dead'' (1969), ''

The Seed of Man ''Il seme dell'uomo'' (''The Seed of Man'') is a 1969 French-Italian film directed by Marco Ferreri Marco Ferreri (11 May 1928 – 9 May 1997) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor, who began his career in the 1950s directing ...

'' (1969), and '' L'udienza'' (1972). His other film scores include ''

I grandi condottieri ''Gideon and Samson'': ''Great Leaders of the Bible'' (or ''I grandi condottieri'') is a 1965 Italian historical film directed by Marcello Baldi and Francisco Pérez-Dolz. Consisting of two segments, the first half tells the story of Gideon, whi ...

'' (1965), '' Agente S 03: Operazione Atlantide'' (1965), '' The Seventh Floor'' (1967), ''

Strogoff ''Strogoff'' (French: ''Michel Strogoff, le courier du tsar;'' Italian: ''Michele Strogoff, corriere dello zar;'' German: ''Der Kurier des Zaren'') is a European adventure film directed in 1970 by Eriprando Visconti. It was an international co-pro ...

'' (1970), '' Il prato macchiato di rosso'' (1973), and ''

Il solco di pesca ''Il solco di pesca'' (translates in English to "The Furrow of the Peach" although often mis-translated as "Groove Fishing" or "Fishing Hole" due to the word "pesca" ("peach" in Italian) is "fishing" in Spanish)) is a 1976 Italian erotic-drama fil ...

'' (1976).

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Teo Usuelli
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