Armando Trovajoli

Armando Trovajoli

  • Birthday: 1917-09-02
  • Deathday: 2013-02-28
  • Place of birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy
  • Also know as: Francis Berman

Biography

Armando Trovajoli (also Trovaioli, 2 September 1917 – 28 February 2013) was an Italian film composer and pianist with over 300 credits as composer and/or conductor, many of them jazz scores for exploitation films of the Commedia all'italiana genre. He collaborated with Vittorio De Sica on a number of projects, including one segment of Boccaccio '70. Trovajoli was also the author of several Italian musicals: among them, Rugantino and Aggiungi un posto a tavola. Trovajoli was the husband of actress Pier Angeli. He died in Rome at the age of 95 on 28 February 2013. After graduating from the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome (1948), Trovajoli was entrusted by RAI with the direction of a pop music orchestra, set with 12 violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos, 1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 clarinet, 1 horn, harp, vibraphone, electric guitar, bass, drums and the piano (played by Trovajoli himself). In 1952–53 he collaborated with Piero Piccioni in Eclipse, a weekly musical broadcast in which the orchestra is directed alternately by the two composers, in a style extremely refined and sophisticated, very different from the music of radio orchestras at that time. Together with Goffredo Petrassi, Trovajoli composed the score of Giuseppe De Santis' Bitter Rice (1949). In 1951, Trovajoli was invited by Dino De Laurentiis to write music for Anna, a film directed by Alberto Lattuada: particularly the song El Negro Zumbón became an international success: inspired by tropical rhythms, is sung in playback and danced by Silvana Mangano, but actually performed by Flo Sandon's. Since then, Trovajoli wrote soundtracks for directors as Dino Risi, Vittorio De Sica, Ettore Scola and others, for a total of over 300 scores. Source: Article "Armando Trovajoli" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

1963

As Giorgio Ferrario

Complexes

1965

As Self (segment "Guglielmo il Dentone") (uncredited)

Production

La violenza e l'amore

1965

As Compositor

Frankenstein 90

1984

As Music

Anyone Can Play

1967

As Original Music Composer

Casanova 70

1965

As Original Music Composer

The Giant of Metropolis

1961

As Original Music Composer

The Family

1987

As Original Music Composer

A Special Day

1977

As Original Music Composer

The Voyage of Captain Fracassa

1990

As Original Music Composer

Duck in Orange Sauce

1975

As Original Music Composer

Gli onorevoli

1963

As Original Music Composer

The Sensuous Sicilian

1973

As Original Music Composer

Marriage Italian Style

1964

As Original Music Composer

I See Naked

1969

As Original Music Composer

Deadly Sweet

1967

As Original Music Composer

Unfair Competition

2001

As Original Music Composer

Mario, Maria and Mario

1993

As Original Music Composer

Seven Times Seven

1968

As Original Music Composer

How Funny Can Sex Be?

1973

As Music

His Women

1961

As Original Music Composer

No One Will Notice You're Naked

1971

As Original Music Composer

The Priest's Wife

1970

As Original Music Composer

In Italia si chiama amore

1963

As Original Music Composer

Gangsters

1992

As Original Music Composer

The Devil in Love

1966

As Original Music Composer

Arrivano i bersaglieri

1980

As Original Music Composer

Where Are You Going All Naked?

1969

As Original Music Composer

Faustina

1968

As Original Music Composer

Ten Italians for One German

1961

As Original Music Composer

Days of Inspector Ambrosio

1988

As Original Music Composer

La Tosca

1973

As Original Music Composer

Passion of Love

1981

As Original Music Composer

May Morning

1970

As Music

My Loves

1978

As Original Music Composer

Homo Eroticus

1971

As Music

The Conspirators

1969

As Original Music Composer

The Scapegoat

1963

As Music

Dagger Eyes

1983

As Music

Brothers of Italy

1952

As Music

The Migratory Bird

1972

As Music

The Bishop's Bedroom

1977

As Music

Warriors Five

1962

As Original Music Composer

The Spy Who Loved Flowers

1966

As Original Music Composer

East Zone, West Zone

1962

As Music

Atom Age Vampire

1960

As Original Music Composer

La banca di Monate

1976

As Music

Ugly, Dirty and Bad

1976

As Original Music Composer

Lovemaker

1969

As Original Music Composer

The Paramedic

1982

As Music

Rugantino

1978

As Music

The New Monsters

1977

As Original Music Composer

The Dolls

1965

As Original Music Composer

Two Women

1960

As Original Music Composer

Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino

1962

As Original Music Composer

Count Tacchia

1982

As Original Music Composer

Valentina... The Virgin Wife

1975

As Original Music Composer

Toto at Night

1962

As Original Music Composer

What Ever Happened to Baby Toto?

1964

As Original Music Composer

Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life

1961

As Original Music Composer

La amante ingenua

1980

As Original Music Composer

Life Is Beautiful

1979

As Original Music Composer

The Double

1971

As Original Music Composer

Fuller Report, Base Stockholm

1968

As Original Music Composer

Acid Delirium of the Senses

1968

As Original Music Composer

Totò Sexy

1963

As Original Music Composer

Woman of the River

1954

As Original Music Composer

The Girl of a Thousand Months

1961

As Original Music Composer

Il mio amico Benito

1962

As Original Music Composer

Alone Against Rome

1962

As Original Music Composer

The Unfaithfuls

1953

As Original Music Composer

Hercules in the Haunted World

1961

As Original Music Composer

Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules

1961

As Original Music Composer

The Grand Olympics

1961

As Original Music Composer

Funniest Show on Earth

1953

As Original Music Composer

Spy Today, Die Tomorrow

1967

As Original Music Composer

Amore e ginnastica

1973

As Music

I terribili sette

1963

As Original Music Composer

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

1963

As Original Music Composer

It Was I

1973

As Music

Shadows in an Empty Room

1976

As Original Music Composer

Boccaccio '70

1962

As Original Music Composer

Il carro armato dell'8 settembre

1960

As Original Music Composer

Little Girls and High Finance

1960

As Original Music Composer

The Valachi Papers

1972

As Original Music Composer

Le pillole di Ercole

1960

As Music

Evil Thoughts

1976

As Music

Slave of Rome

1961

As Music

The Magnificent Cuckold

1964

As Conductor

The Swap

1979

As Music

Down with Uncle

1962

As Music

Kill, Baby... Kill!

1966

As Music

The Night of Varennes

1982

As Music

Attack and Retreat

1964

As Original Music Composer

Planets Around Us

1962

As Original Music Composer

Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses

1968

As Original Music Composer

La Dolce Vita

1960

As Music Arranger

Assassination in Rome

1965

As Original Music Composer

Wifemistress

1977

As Original Music Composer

Macaroni

1985

As Original Music Composer

Splendor

1989

As Music

Running Away

1989

As Music

Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember

1997

As Original Music Composer

A Bullet for Rommel

1969

As Music

The Dinner

1998

As Music

The Queens

1966

As Original Music Composer

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

1963

As Music Director

Una domenica d'estate

1962

As Sound

Un momento muy largo

1964

As Music

Giovani e belli

1996

As Music

A Thorn in the Heart

1986

As Music

The Wicked

1991

As Music

Scent of a Woman

1974

As Original Music Composer

Winter Holidays

1959

As Original Music Composer

The Unfaithfuls

1953

As Conductor

Casanova 70

1965

As Conductor

Of Life and Love

1954

As Original Music Composer

Of Life and Love

1954

As Conductor

The Widower

1959

As Original Music Composer

We All Loved Each Other So Much

1974

As Original Music Composer

Caravan of songs

1955

As Conductor

Marriage Italian Style

1964

As Conductor

The Monk of Monza

1963

As Original Music Composer

Bravissimo

1955

As Conductor

The Monsters

1963

As Original Music Composer

The Widower

1959

As Conductor

A Day in Court

1954

As Original Music Composer

Two Nights with Cleopatra

1954

As Original Music Composer

Two Nights with Cleopatra

1954

As Conductor

Funniest Show on Earth

1953

As Conductor

Let's Talk About Women

1964

As Original Music Composer

Poor Millionaires

1959

As Original Music Composer

Il gaucho

1964

As Original Music Composer

Un militare e mezzo

1960

As Original Music Composer

High Infidelity

1964

As Original Music Composer

The Magnificent Cuckold

1964

As Original Music Composer

The Career of a Chambermaid

1976

As Original Music Composer

La cento chilometri

1959

As Original Music Composer

La cento chilometri

1959

As Conductor

Ghosts of Rome

1961

As Conductor

Rugantino

1973

As Original Music Composer

Call 22-22 Lieutenant Sheridan

1960

As Original Music Composer

Rugantino

1998

As Original Music Composer

Cinecittà Cinecittà

1992

As Original Music Composer

Il corazziere

1960

As Original Music Composer

The Orderly

1961

As Original Music Composer

The Four Monks

1962

As Original Music Composer

The Terrace

1980

As Original Music Composer

Complexes

1965

As Original Music Composer

Complexes

1965

As Conductor

The Treasure of San Gennaro

1966

As Original Music Composer

The Thursday

1964

As Original Music Composer

The Thursday

1964

As Conductor

I piaceri dello scapolo

1960

As Original Music Composer

I piaceri dello scapolo

1960

As Conductor

Pugni, pupe e marinai

1961

As Original Music Composer

Pugni, pupe e marinai

1961

As Conductor

Era lei che lo voleva!

1953

As Original Music Composer

Beautiful Families

1964

As Original Music Composer

Grand Hotel Excelsior

1982

As Original Music Composer

Luna di miele in tre

1976

As Original Music Composer

Viuuulentemente mia

1982

As Original Music Composer

Police Chief Pepe

1969

As Original Music Composer

Il cocco di mamma

1957

As Original Music Composer

Adultery Italian Style

1966

As Original Music Composer

Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot

1979

As Original Music Composer

The Visitor

1963

As Original Music Composer

My Wife

1964

As Original Music Composer

Keep It To Yourself!

1976

As Original Music Composer

Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare

1968

As Original Music Composer

Our Husbands

1966

As Original Music Composer

Dimmi che fai tutto per me

1976

As Original Music Composer

Sing Sing

1983

As Original Music Composer

Romanzo di un giovane povero

1995

As Original Music Composer

Laura nuda

1961

As Music

Long Days of Vengeance

1967

As Original Music Composer

Girls Marked Danger

1952

As Original Music Composer

Camping

1958

As Original Music Composer

Assault on the State Treasure

1967

As Original Music Composer

Il giovane normale

1969

As Original Music Composer

Don Juan in Sicily

1967

As Original Music Composer

Blackmail Chase

1976

As Original Music Composer

America By Night

1961

As Music

My Name Is Rocco Papaleo

1971

As Original Music Composer

Uncle Was A Vampire

1959

As Original Music Composer

Uncle Was A Vampire

1959

As Music Director

What Time Is It?

1989

As Original Music Composer

How, When, and with Whom

1969

As Original Music Composer

Le Amiche

1955

As Musician

The Balad of Mamelouk

1982

As Original Music Composer

The Way of the Baboons

1974

As Original Music Composer

Berlin '39

1993

As Original Music Composer

The Libertine

1968

As Original Music Composer

The Italian Connection

1972

As Original Music Composer

The Married Priest

1970

As Original Music Composer

The Prince with the Red Mask

1955

As Original Music Composer

The Prophet

1968

As Original Music Composer

A qualcuna piace calvo

1959

As Original Music Composer

Centro storico

1992

As Original Music Composer

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