Biography
Alessandro Cicognini (15 January 1906 – 9 November 1995) was an Italian composer who is chiefly remembered for his film scores. Born in Pescara, Cicognini graduated with a degree in music composition from the Milan Conservatory in 1927 where he was a pupil of Giulio Cesare Paribeni and Renzo Bossi. In 1933 his opera, Donna Lombarda, inspired by a popular folk ballad, premiered at the Teatro Regio in Turin. 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.
Filmography
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Movies 110
Writer 1
![The Last Judgment](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/64073-the-last-judgment.jpg)
The Last Judgment (1961)
![It Started in Naples](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/64156-it-started-in-naples.jpg)
It Started in Naples (1960)
![A Breath of Scandal](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/67731-a-breath-of-scandal.jpg)
A Breath of Scandal (1960)
![Everyone's in Love](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/366491-everyone-s-in-love.jpg)
Everyone's in Love (1959)
![The Black Orchid](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/36225-the-black-orchid.jpg)
The Black Orchid (1959)
![Bread, Love and Andalucia](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/5066-bread-love-and-andalucia.jpg)
Bread, Love and Andalucia (1958)
![Fast and Sexy](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/56890-fast-and-sexy.jpg)
Fast and Sexy (1958)
![Holiday Island](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/64137-holiday-island.jpg)
Holiday Island (1957)
![Fathers and Sons](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/64273-fathers-and-sons.jpg)
Fathers and Sons (1957)
![Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/41922-toto-peppino-e-i-fuorilegge.jpg)
Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge (1956)
![The Rival](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/138678-la-rivale.jpg)
The Rival (1956)
![The Roof](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/64306-the-roof.jpg)
The Roof (1956)
![Time of Vacation](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/55038-time-of-vacation.jpg)
Time of Vacation (1956)
![Loser Takes All](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/102277-loser-takes-all.jpg)
Loser Takes All (1956)
![The Bigamist](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/64190-the-bigamist.jpg)
The Bigamist (1956)
![What a Woman!](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/67711-what-a-woman.jpg)
What a Woman! (1956)
![Scandal in Sorrento](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/5065-scandal-in-sorrento.jpg)
Scandal in Sorrento (1955)
![Don Camillo's Last Round](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/2555-don-camillo-s-last-round.jpg)
Don Camillo's Last Round (1955)
![Are We Men or Corporals?](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/41899-are-we-men-or-corporals.jpg)
Are We Men or Corporals? (1955)
![Summertime](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/77969-summertime.jpg)
Summertime (1955)
![It Happens in Roma](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/64244-it-happens-in-roma.jpg)
It Happens in Roma (1955)
![Too Bad She's Bad](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/64162-too-bad-she-s-bad.jpg)
Too Bad She's Bad (1954)
![Frisky](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/5064-frisky.jpg)
Frisky (1954)
![The Gold of Naples](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/41898-the-gold-of-naples.jpg)
The Gold of Naples (1954)
![Graziella](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/138416-graziella.jpg)
Graziella (1954)
![Ulysses](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/14616-ulysses.jpg)
Ulysses (1954)
![Crossed Swords](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/86362-crossed-swords.jpg)
Crossed Swords (1954)
![The Anatomy of Love](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/33318-the-anatomy-of-love.jpg)
The Anatomy of Love (1954)
![We, the Women](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/62303-we-the-women.jpg)
We, the Women (1953)
![Indiscretion of an American Wife](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/64111-indiscretion-of-an-american-wife.jpg)
Indiscretion of an American Wife (1953)
![Sunday Heroes](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/65100-sunday-heroes.jpg)
Sunday Heroes (1952)
![La fiammata](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
La fiammata (1952)
![Times Gone By](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/64164-times-gone-by.jpg)
Times Gone By (1952)
![Wanda the Sinner](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/65132-wanda-la-peccatrice.jpg)
Wanda the Sinner (1952)
![Wife for a Night](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/89113-wife-for-a-night.jpg)
Wife for a Night (1952)
![Hello Elephant](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/64127-hello-elephant.jpg)
Hello Elephant (1952)
![Umberto D.](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/64077-umberto-d.jpg)
Umberto D. (1952)
![Cops and Robbers](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/41906-cops-and-robbers.jpg)
Cops and Robbers (1951)
![Position Wanted](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/64120-position-wanted.jpg)
Position Wanted (1951)
![Miracle in Milan](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/64103-miracle-in-milan.jpg)
Miracle in Milan (1951)
![First Communion](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/41264-first-communion.jpg)
First Communion (1950)
![Tomorrow Is Too Late](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/64278-tomorrow-is-too-late.jpg)
Tomorrow Is Too Late (1950)
![Paolo e Francesca](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/138254-paolo-e-francesca.jpg)
Paolo e Francesca (1950)
![Streets of Sorrow](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/237733-streets-of-sorrow.jpg)
Streets of Sorrow (1950)
![The Iron Swordsman](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/137372-il-conte-ugolino.jpg)
The Iron Swordsman (1949)
![The Flame that Never Dies](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/98755-the-flame-that-never-dies.jpg)
The Flame that Never Dies (1949)
![The Earth Cries Out](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/137399-the-earth-cries-out.jpg)
The Earth Cries Out (1949)
![Vento d'Africa](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Vento d'Africa (1949)
![Bicycle Thieves](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/6443-bicycle-thieves.jpg)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
![The Mysterious Rider](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/116324-the-mysterious-rider.jpg)
The Mysterious Rider (1948)
![Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/98737-storm-over-paris.jpg)
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris (1948)
![Les Misérables - Manhunt](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/98712-les-miserables.jpg)
Les Misérables - Manhunt (1948)
![Cronaca nera](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/674002-cronaca-nera.jpg)
Cronaca nera (1947)
![Nel duomo di Milano](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Nel duomo di Milano (1947)
![Shoeshine](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/64292-shoeshine.jpg)
Shoeshine (1946)
![La sua strada](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
La sua strada (1946)
![Two Anonymous Letters](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/136429-two-anonymous-letters.jpg)
Two Anonymous Letters (1945)
![La resa di Titì](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/136688-la-resa-di-titi.jpg)
La resa di Titì (1945)
![No One Comes Back](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/64241-no-one-comes-back.jpg)
No One Comes Back (1945)
![Tristi amori](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/328344-tristi-amori.jpg)
Tristi amori (1943)
![Scorned Flesh](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/598603-scorned-flesh.jpg)
Scorned Flesh (1943)
![Il nostro prossimo](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Il nostro prossimo (1943)
![La maestrina](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/550796-la-maestrina.jpg)
La maestrina (1942)
![Primo amore](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/207463-primo-amore.jpg)
Primo amore (1941)
![The Iron Crown](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/65066-the-iron-crown.jpg)
The Iron Crown (1941)
![Ridi pagliaccio](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/674201-ridi-pagliaccio.jpg)
Ridi pagliaccio (1941)
![Giuliano de' Medici](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/582632-giuliano-de-medici.jpg)
Giuliano de' Medici (1941)
![La nascita di Salomè](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/481744-la-nascita-di-salome.jpg)
La nascita di Salomè (1940)
![A Hundred Thousand Dollars](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/135249-a-hundred-thousand-dollars.jpg)
A Hundred Thousand Dollars (1940)
![The Sinner](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/64252-the-sinner.jpg)
The Sinner (1940)
![An Adventure of Salvator Rosa](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/65088-un-avventura-di-salvator-rosa.jpg)
An Adventure of Salvator Rosa (1939)
![Retroscena](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Retroscena (1939)
![Department Store](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/64084-department-store.jpg)
Department Store (1939)
![Napoli che non muore](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/920898-napoli-che-non-muore.jpg)
Napoli che non muore (1939)
![Le due madri](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Le due madri (1938)
![Il corsaro nero](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/918545-il-corsaro-nero.jpg)
Il corsaro nero (1938)
![Napoli d'altri tempi](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/593840-napoli-d-altri-tempi.jpg)
Napoli d'altri tempi (1938)
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1906-01-15
Deathday1995-11-09 (89 years old)
Birth PlacePescara, Italy
CitizenshipsKingdom of Italy, Italy
Also Known AsA. Cicognini, M° Alessandro Cicognini, Cicognini, Sandro Cicognini
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