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Name
  
Alessandro Cicognini

Role
  
Film music composer

Siblings
  
Olga Cicognini


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Died
  
November 9, 1995, Rome, Italy

Albums
  
Indiscretion of an American Wife / The Black Orchid

Bicycle thieves 1948 soundtrack music by alessandro cicognini


Alessandro Cicognini (25 January 1906 in Pescara – 9 November 1995 in Rome) was an Italian film music composer.

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Born in Pescara, Cicognini was classically trained at the Milan Conservatory. In 1933 he composed an opera, Donna lombarda, inspired by a popular folk ballad. From then, with the exceptions of Messa a 5 voci and Saul, he focused his activities on composing musical scores for over 100 films, often collaborating with filmmakers Vittorio de Sica and Alessandro Blasetti. Much of his film music makes use of small ensembles and unusual instrumentation, rather than the lush orchestral scores common to film music of the mid-20th century. His style has been described as late-romantic, and was characterized by immediacy and catchiness. In 1965 he retired from film composition and became a teacher; one of his soundtracks, to the 1953 film Stazione Termini, was reused in What's Eating Gilbert Grape in 1993.

Cicognini died in Rome on 9 November 1995 at the age of 89.

Alessandro cicognini the black orchid prologue soundtrack


Soundtracks

  • What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) (from "Stazione Termini (1953)")
  • Don Camillo in Moscow (1965)
  • The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)
  • The Last Judgement (1961)
  • Don Camillo: Monsignor (1961)
  • A Breath of Scandal (1960)
  • It Started in Naples (1960)
  • Pan, amor y... Andalucía (1959)
  • The Black Orchid (1958)
  • Anna di Brooklyn (1958)
  • È arrivata la parigina (1958)
  • Vacanze a Ischia (1957)
  • Padri e figli (1957)
  • Il Tetto (1956)
  • Bigamo, Il (1956)
  • La Fortuna di essere donna (1956)
  • La Banda degli onesti (1956)
  • La Finestra sul Luna Park (1956)
  • Loser Takes All (1956)
  • Tempo di villeggiatura (1956)
  • Totò, Peppino e i... fuorilegge (1956)
  • Pane, amore e... (1955)
  • Don Camillo e l'onoravele Peppone (1955)
  • Summertime (1955)
  • Ultimi cinque minuti, Gli (1955)
  • L'Arte di arrangiarsi, L' (1955)
  • Siamo uomini o caporali (1955)
  • Ulysses (1954)
  • Peccato che sia una canaglia (1954)
  • L'Oro di Napoli (1954)
  • Pane, amore e gelosia (1954)
  • Tempi nostri (1954)
  • Graziella (1954)
  • Pane, amore e fantasia (1953)
  • Siamo donne (1953)
  • The Return of Don Camillo (1953)
  • Stazione Termini (1953)
  • Eroi della domenica, Gli (1953)
  • Wanda la peccatrice (1952)
  • Two Cents Worth of Hope (1952)
  • Il Piccolo mondo di Don Camillo (1952)
  • Buongiorno, elefante! (1952)
  • Umberto D. (1952)
  • Altri tempi (1952)
  • Moglie per una notte (1952)
  • Il Segreto delle tre punte (1952)
  • Stormbound (1951)
  • Guardie e ladri (1951)
  • Sette nani alla riscossa, I (1951)
  • Cameriera bella presenza offresi... (1951)
  • Miracolo a Milano (1951)
  • Prima comunione (1950)
  • Cavalcade of Heroes (1950)
  • Domani è troppo tardi (1950)
  • Il Ladro di Venezia (1950)
  • Ring Around the Clock (1950)
  • The Flame That Will Not Die (1949)
  • Il Grido della terra (1949)
  • Il Conte Ugolino (1949)
  • Ho sognato il paradiso (1949)
  • Paolo e Francesca (1949)
  • Flying Squadron (1949)
  • Lo Sparviero del Nilo (1949)
  • Ladri di biciclette (1948)
  • Il Cavaliere misterioso (1948)
  • I Miserabili (1948)
  • Il Cavaliere del sogno (1947)
  • Last Love (1947)
  • Il Duomo di Milano (1947)
  • Crime News (1947)
  • Avventure di Pinocchio, Le (1947)
  • Sciuscià (1946)
  • Sua strada, La (1946)
  • Sconosciuto di San Marino, Lo (1946)
  • Due lettere anonime (1945)
  • Resa di Titì, La (1945)
  • Nessuno torna indietro (1945)
  • Sad Loves (1943)
  • Statua vivente, La (1943)
  • Nostro prossimo, Il (1943)
  • Quattro passi fra le nuvole (1942)
  • Pastor Angelicus (1942)
  • Quarta pagina (1942)
  • La Maestrina (1942)
  • First Love (1941)
  • La corona di ferro (1941)
  • Ridi pagliaccio! (1941)
  • Giuliano de' Medici (1941)
  • Senza cielo (1940)
  • Don Pasquale (1940)
  • Una Romantica avventura (1940)
  • The Sinner (1940)
  • Oltre l'amore (1940)
  • Eternal Melodies (1940)
  • La Nascita di Salomè (1940)
  • Centomila dollari (1940)
  • Un'aAvventura di Salvator Rosa (1939)
  • Retroscena (1939)
  • Documento, Il (1939)
  • Cavalleria rusticana (1939)
  • Moglie in pericolo, Una (1939)
  • Department Store (1939)
  • Castles in the Air (1939)
  • Naples Will Never Die (1939)
  • Ettore Fieramosca (1938)
  • Naples of Olden Times (1938)
  • Departure (1938)
  • The Two Mothers (1938)
  • The Black Corsair (1937)
  • I Due misantropi (1937) (not mentioned in the title)
  • The Two Sergeants (1936) (not mentioned in the title)
  • References

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