Biography
Amedeo Tommasi (1 December 1935 – 13 April 2021) was an Italian pianist and composer. He specialized in the composition of music for films. Tommasi started his career as a trombonist for a jazz band in Bologna. He gained notoriety in Italy for his performances on the radio show La coppa di jazz in 1960. The following year, he performed in the Sanremo Music Festival and received the First Prize at the Festival Bled in Slovenia. In the years following, he made recordings with Chet Baker, Bobby Jaspar, René Thomas, Buddy Collette, Conte Candoli, and Jacques Pelzer. In the early 1970s, he began composing music for films. In the film The Legend of 1900, he composed each of the recordings and also had a cameo appearance as a pianist. He also appeared in the 2010 documentary Pupi Avati, ieri oggi domani, directed by Claudio Costa.
Amedeo Tommasi died in Rome on 13 April 2021 at the age of 85.
Filmography
all 17
Movies 16
TV Shows 1
Il signor Diavolo (2019)
Un nero per casa (1998)
Italy at War: 1940-1942 Battles (1983)
Off Season (1980)
Cinema!!! (1979)
The Stars in the Ditch (1979)
Von Buttiglione Sturmtruppenführer (1977)
All Deceased... Except the Dead (1977)
The House with Laughing Windows (1976)
Le seminariste (1976)
House of Pleasure for Women (1976)
The Baron's Mazurka (1975)
Quella provincia maliziosa (1975)
They Have Changed Their Face (1971)
Thomas (1970)
Blood Relations (1970)
This Man Can't Die (1968)
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1935-12-01
Deathday2021-04-13 (85 years old)
Birth PlaceTrieste, Italy
CitizenshipsItaly
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