Angelo Francesco Lavagnino

Angelo Francesco Lavagnino ( born February 22, 1909 in Genoa, Liguria, † August 21, 1987 in Gavi, Piedmont ) was an Italian film composer.

Life

After training in classical disciplines at the Milan Conservatory, and a diploma in violin and composition Lavagnino first worked at symphonies, fairs, orchestral works and opera Mala Fonte.

At the end of the 1940s he began to work on documentaries and created with the integration of typical musical characteristics of the countries described in his musical concept something by then new. With his work on Orson Welles' Othello he achieved early fame in the movie beyond Italy; with work for Henry Hathaway, Robert Rossen and again Welles he became a household name in Hollywood.

Until the early 1970s, worked as Lavagnino to 200 movies; while he used early on the technical possibilities of his time to edit sounds and arrangements. With the advent of a new compositional style, as Ennio Morricone him, Bruno Nicolai and others wont, Lavagnino finished his work for feature films.

Prices

The Nastro d' Argento for Best Original Music he won twice, for The Lost Continent (Continente perduto, 1954) and The white win ( Vertigine bianca, 1956).

Filmography (selection)

Source

• Ulrich P. Bruckner: For a few more corpses. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf 2006, p. 521-523