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.
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Filmography
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Movies 215
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TV Shows 2
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Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia (2018)
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo (2010)
Life Is a Wonderful Thing (2010)
Marcello, una vita dolce (2006)
Lives of the Saints (2004)
People of Rome (2003)
La notte di Pasquino (2003)
Unfair Competition (2001)
Rugantino (1998)
The Dinner (1998)
Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember (1997)
Giovani e belli (1996)
Romanzo di un giovane povero (1995)
Mario, Maria and Mario (1993)
Berlin '39 (1993)
Centro storico (1992)
Cinecittà Cinecittà (1992)
Gangsters (1992)
The Wicked (1991)
The Voyage of Captain Fracassa (1990)
What Time Is It? (1989)
Running Away (1989)
Splendor (1989)
Days of Inspector Ambrosio (1988)
The Family (1987)
A Thorn in the Heart (1986)
Macaroni (1985)
Frankenstein 90 (1984)
Dagger Eyes (1983)
Sing Sing (1983)
Count Tacchia (1982)
The Balad of Mamelouk (1982)
Plus beau que moi tu meurs (1982)
Viuuulentemente mia (1982)
Grand Hotel Excelsior (1982)
The Night of Varennes (1982)
The Paramedic (1982)
Passion of Love (1981)
Shut Up When You Speak! (1981)
Perché non facciamo l'amore (1981)
Arrivano i bersaglieri (1980)
The Terrace (1980)
La amante ingenua (1980)
Life Is Beautiful (1979)
The Swap (1979)
Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot (1979)
My Loves (1978)
Rugantino (1978)
The Fifth Commandment (1978)
Aggiungi un posto a tavola (1978)
The New Monsters (1977)
In the Name of the Pope King (1977)
Wifemistress (1977)
A Special Day (1977)
Il marito in collegio (1977)
The Bishop's Bedroom (1977)
Keep It To Yourself! (1976)
Dimmi che fai tutto per me (1976)
Evil Thoughts (1976)
La prima notte di nozze (1976)
Ugly, Dirty and Bad (1976)
La banca di Monate (1976)
Blackmail Chase (1976)
Luna di miele in tre (1976)
Shadows in an Empty Room (1976)
The Career of a Chambermaid (1976)
Duck in Orange Sauce (1975)
Valentina... The Virgin Wife (1975)
We All Loved Each Other So Much (1974)
Scent of a Woman (1974)
The Way of the Baboons (1974)
Di mamma non ce n'è una sola (1974)
Amore e ginnastica (1973)
How Funny Can Sex Be? (1973)
Rugantino (1973)
La Tosca (1973)
It Was I (1973)
The Sensuous Sicilian (1973)
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life (1972)
The Italian Connection (1972)
The Migratory Bird (1972)
The Valachi Papers (1972)
My Name Is Rocco Papaleo (1971)
That's How We Women Are (1971)
Homo Eroticus (1971)
No One Will Notice You're Naked (1971)
Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte (1971)
The Double (1971)
The Priest's Wife (1970)
The Married Priest (1970)
May Morning (1970)
A Drama of Jealousy (and Other Things) (1970)
Quella chiara notte d'ottobre (1970)
Il giovane normale (1969)
Lovemaker (1969)
The Conspirators (1969)
Police Chief Pepe (1969)
Where Are You Going All Naked? (1969)
How, When, and with Whom (1969)
I See Naked (1969)
A Bullet for Rommel (1969)
The Libertine (1968)
Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968)
Faustina (1968)
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses (1968)
Seven Times Seven (1968)
La famiglia Benvenuti (1968)
Fuller Report, Base Stockholm (1968)
The Prophet (1968)
Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare (1968)
Acid Delirium of the Senses (1968)
Deadly Sweet (1967)
Anyone Can Play (1967)
Spy Today, Die Tomorrow (1967)
Assault on the State Treasure (1967)
Don Juan in Sicily (1967)
Long Days of Vengeance (1967)
Maigret at the Pigalle (1966)
The Devil in Love (1966)
The Treasure of San Gennaro (1966)
Our Husbands (1966)
The Spy Who Loved Flowers (1966)
Kill, Baby... Kill! (1966)
The Queens (1966)
Adultery Italian Style (1966)
Seven Golden Men Strike Again (1966)
So This Is God's Country? (1966)
Seven Golden Men (1965)
La violenza e l'amore (1965)
Complexes (1965)
Casanova 70 (1965)
Assassination in Rome (1965)
The Dolls (1965)
Beautiful Families (1964)
Marriage Italian Style (1964)
My Wife (1964)
The Magnificent Cuckold (1964)
Italian Engagement (1964)
Il gaucho (1964)
Attack and Retreat (1964)
What Ever Happened to Baby Toto? (1964)
Let's Talk About Women (1964)
Un momento muy largo (1964)
The Thursday (1964)
High Infidelity (1964)
The Visitor (1963)
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)
The Monsters (1963)
Gli onorevoli (1963)
Totò Sexy (1963)
The Scapegoat (1963)
I terribili sette (1963)
In Italia si chiama amore (1963)
The Monk of Monza (1963)
Toto at Night (1962)
Warriors Five (1962)
Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino (1962)
Alone Against Rome (1962)
The Four Monks (1962)
East Zone, West Zone (1962)
Una domenica d'estate (1962)
Il mio amico Benito (1962)
Boccaccio '70 (1962)
Planets Around Us (1962)
Down with Uncle (1962)
Ten Italians for One German (1961)
His Women (1961)
Pugni, pupe e marinai (1961)
Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)
Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory (1961)
The Girl of a Thousand Months (1961)
The Orderly (1961)
America By Night (1961)
The Giant of Metropolis (1961)
Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules (1961)
Laura nuda (1961)
The Grand Olympics (1961)
Ghosts of Rome (1961)
Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life (1961)
Slave of Rome (1961)
The Magic World of Topo Gigio (1961)
Two Women (1960)
Il corazziere (1960)
Call 22-22 Lieutenant Sheridan (1960)
Little Girls and High Finance (1960)
Questo amore ai confini del mondo (1960)
Il carro armato dell'8 settembre (1960)
Le pillole di Ercole (1960)
Atom Age Vampire (1960)
I piaceri del sabato notte (1960)
I piaceri dello scapolo (1960)
Tu che ne dici? (1960)
Un militare e mezzo (1960)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
A qualcuna piace calvo (1959)
The Widower (1959)
Uncle Was A Vampire (1959)
La cento chilometri (1959)
Winter Holidays (1959)
Poor Millionaires (1959)
Camping (1958)
Il Novelliere - Il salotto di Oscar Wilde (1958)
Il cocco di mamma (1957)
Bravissimo (1955)
Le Amiche (1955)
The Prince with the Red Mask (1955)
Caravan of songs (1955)
Woman of the River (1954)
Two Nights with Cleopatra (1954)
Of Life and Love (1954)
A Day in Court (1954)
Funniest Show on Earth (1953)
Era lei che lo voleva! (1953)
The Unfaithfuls (1953)
Girls Marked Danger (1952)
Gli undici moschettieri (1952)
Brothers of Italy (1952)
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GenderMale
Birthday1917-09-02
Deathday2013-02-28 (95 years old)
Birth PlaceRome, Italy
RelationshipsPier Angeli (1962-02-14 - 1969-01-01)
CitizenshipsKingdom of Italy, Italy
Also Known AsFrancis Berman, Armando Torovaioli, Armando Tovaioli, Armando Trovadoli, A. Trovaioli, Armando Trovaioli, R. Vatro, Roman Vatro, Armando Trovajoli, A. Trovajoli
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
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