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Italian composer
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino (22 February 1909 – 21 August 1987) was an Italian
composer , born in
Genoa . He is best known for scoring many films, including
Legend of the Lost ,
Conspiracy of Hearts ,
Gorgo ,
The Legion's Last Patrol ,
The Naked Maja ,
Daisy Miller , and two directed by
Orson Welles ,
Othello and
Chimes at Midnight . He also scored several
peplums and
Spaghetti Westerns .
Lavagnino won the
Nastro d'Argento award for
Best Score twice, for
Continente perduto (1954) and Vertigine bianca (1956).
Selected filmography
References
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, Il difficile mestiere del compositore cinematografico. Scritti, conferenze, interviste (1950-1984) , a cura di Alessandro Cecchi, Roma, NeoClassica, 2022.
Sergio Miceli. "Angelo Francesco Lavagnino",
Grove Music Online , ed. L. Macy (accessed February 27, 2008),
grovemusic.com
Archived 2008-05-16 at the
Wayback Machine (subscription access).
External links
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