Armando Trovajoli
Personal Info
Known for
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1917-09-02
Day of Death
2013-02-28 (95 years old)
Place of Birth
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Armando Trovajoli
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.
Acting
(2010)
(2006)
Marcello, una vita dolce
as Self
(1965)
Complexes
as Self (segment "Guglielmo il Dentone") (uncredited)
(1963)
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
as Giorgio Ferrario
Crew
(2018)
(2010)
(2006)
(2003)
La notte di Pasquino
Original Music Composer
(2001)
Unfair Competition
Original Music Composer
(1998)
Rugantino
Original Music Composer
(1998)
The Dinner
Music
(1997)
Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember
Original Music Composer
(1996)
Giovani e belli
Music
(1995)
The Story of a Poor Young Man
Original Music Composer
(1993)
Mario, Maria and Mario
Original Music Composer
(1993)
Berlin '39
Original Music Composer
(1992)
Gangsters
Original Music Composer
(1992)
Cinecittà Cinecittà
Original Music Composer
(1992)
Centro storico
Original Music Composer
(1991)
The Wicked
Music
(1990)
The Voyage of Captain Fracassa
Original Music Composer
(1989)
What Time Is It?
Original Music Composer
(1989)
Splendor
Music
(1989)
Running Away
Music
(1988)
Days of Inspector Ambrosio
Original Music Composer
(1988)
Miss Arizona
Original Music Composer
(1987)
The Family
Original Music Composer
(1986)
A Thorn in the Heart
Music
(1985)
Macaroni
Original Music Composer
(1984)
Frankenstein 90
Original Music Composer
(1983)
Dagger Eyes
Music
(1983)
Sing Sing
Original Music Composer
(1982)
Grand Hotel Excelsior
Original Music Composer
(1982)
Viuuulentemente mia
Original Music Composer
(1982)
The Paramedic
Music
(1982)
Count Tacchia
Original Music Composer
(1982)
The Night of Varennes
Original Music Composer
(1982)
The Balad of Mamelouk
Original Music Composer
(1982)
(1981)
(1981)
Passion of Love
Original Music Composer
(1981)
(1980)
Arrivano i bersaglieri
Original Music Composer
(1980)
The Terrace
Original Music Composer
(1980)
La amante ingenua
Original Music Composer
(1979)
Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot
Original Music Composer
(1979)
Life Is Beautiful
Original Music Composer
(1979)
The Swap
Music
(1978)
My Loves
Original Music Composer
(1978)
Rugantino
Music
(1977)
A Special Day
Original Music Composer
(1977)
The New Monsters
Original Music Composer
(1977)
In the Name of the Pope King
Original Music Composer
(1977)
The Bishop's Bedroom
Original Music Composer
(1977)
Wifemistress
Original Music Composer
(1976)
The Career of a Chambermaid
Original Music Composer
(1976)
Luna di miele in tre
Original Music Composer
(1976)
La banca di Monate
Music
(1976)
Ugly, Dirty and Bad
Original Music Composer
(1976)
Keep It To Yourself!
Original Music Composer
(1976)
Dimmi che fai tutto per me
Original Music Composer
(1976)
Blackmail Chase
Original Music Composer
(1976)
Shadows in an Empty Room
Original Music Composer
(1976)
Evil Thoughts
Music
(1975)
Duck in Orange Sauce
Original Music Composer
(1975)
Valentina... The Virgin Wife
Original Music Composer
(1974)
We All Loved Each Other So Much
Original Music Composer
(1974)
The Way of the Baboons
Original Music Composer
(1974)
Scent of a Woman
Original Music Composer
(1974)
Di mamma non ce n'è una sola
Original Music Composer
(1973)
The Sensual Man
Original Music Composer
(1973)
La Tosca
Original Music Composer
(1973)
Rugantino
Original Music Composer
(1973)
Amore e ginnastica
Music
(1973)
How Funny Can Sex Be?
Original Music Composer
(1973)
It Was I
Music
(1972)
The Migratory Bird
Music
(1972)
The Italian Connection
Original Music Composer
(1972)
(1972)
The Valachi Papers
Original Music Composer
(1971)
No One Will Notice You're Naked
Original Music Composer
(1971)
Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte
Original Music Composer
(1971)
Homo Eroticus
Music
(1971)
(1971)
My Name Is Rocco Papaleo
Original Music Composer
(1971)
The Double
Original Music Composer
(1970)
The Priest's Wife
Original Music Composer
(1970)
May Morning
Music
(1970)
The Married Priest
Original Music Composer
(1970)
(1969)
I See Naked
Original Music Composer
(1969)
Where Are You Going All Naked?
Original Music Composer
(1969)
The Conspirators
Original Music Composer
(1969)
Police Chief Pepe
Original Music Composer
(1969)
Lovemaker
Original Music Composer
(1969)
Il giovane normale
Original Music Composer
(1969)
How, When, and with Whom
Original Music Composer
(1969)
A Bullet for Rommel
Music
(1968)
Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?
Original Music Composer
(1968)
Seven Times Seven
Original Music Composer
(1968)
Faustina
Original Music Composer
(1968)
The Libertine
Original Music Composer
(1968)
The Prophet
Original Music Composer
(1968)
Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare
Original Music Composer
(1968)
Fuller Report, Base Stockholm
Original Music Composer
(1968)
Acid Delirium of the Senses
Original Music Composer
(1968)
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
Original Music Composer
(1967)
Anyone Can Play
Original Music Composer
(1967)
Deadly Sweet
Original Music Composer
(1967)
Long Days of Vengeance
Original Music Composer
(1967)
Assault on the State Treasure
Original Music Composer
(1967)
Don Juan in Sicily
Original Music Composer
(1967)
Spy Today, Die Tomorrow
Original Music Composer
(1966)
(1966)
The Treasure of San Gennaro
Original Music Composer
(1966)
(1966)
The Spy Who Loved Flowers
Original Music Composer
(1966)
Adultery Italian Style
Original Music Composer
(1966)
Our Husbands
Original Music Composer
(1966)
The Devil in Love
Original Music Composer
(1966)
Kill, Baby... Kill!
Music
(1966)
The Queens
Original Music Composer
(1966)
Seven Golden Men Strike Again
Original Music Composer
(1965)
Casanova '70
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1965)
Violence and Love
Compositor
(1965)
Complexes
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1965)
The Dolls
Original Music Composer
(1965)
Assassination in Rome
Original Music Composer
(1964)
Marriage Italian Style
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1964)
Let's Talk About Women
Original Music Composer
(1964)
Il gaucho
Original Music Composer
(1964)
High Infidelity
Original Music Composer
(1964)
The Magnificent Cuckold
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1964)
Un momento muy largo
Music
(1964)
The Thursday
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1964)
Beautiful Families
Original Music Composer
(1964)
My Wife
Original Music Composer
(1964)
What Ever Happened to Baby Toto?
Original Music Composer
(1964)
Una storia di notte
Sound
(1964)
Attack and Retreat
Original Music Composer
(1963)
Gli onorevoli
Original Music Composer
(1963)
The Monk of Monza
Original Music Composer
(1963)
The Monsters
Original Music Composer
(1963)
In Italia si chiama amore
Original Music Composer
(1963)
The Scapegoat
Music
(1963)
The Visitor
Original Music Composer
(1963)
Totò Sexy
Original Music Composer
(1963)
I terribili sette
Original Music Composer
(1963)
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Original Music Composer, Music Director
(1962)
Always on Sunday
Sound
(1962)
Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino
Conductor, Original Music Composer
(1962)
The Four Monks
Original Music Composer
(1962)
Warriors Five
Original Music Composer
(1962)
East Zone, West Zone
Music
(1962)
Il mio amico Benito
Original Music Composer
(1962)
Alone Against Rome
Original Music Composer
(1962)
Toto at Night
Original Music Composer
(1962)
Boccaccio '70
Original Music Composer
(1962)
Down with Uncle
Music
(1962)
Planets Around Us
Original Music Composer
(1961)
The Giant of Metropolis
Original Music Composer
(1961)
His Women
Original Music Composer
(1961)
Ten Italians for One German
Original Music Composer
(1961)
(1961)
Ghosts of Rome
Conductor
(1961)
The Orderly
Original Music Composer
(1961)
Fists, Girls and Sailors
Conductor, Original Music Composer
(1961)
Laura nuda
Music
(1961)
Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life
Original Music Composer
(1961)
The Girl of a Thousand Months
Original Music Composer
(1961)
The Grand Olympics
Original Music Composer
(1961)
Hercules in the Haunted World
Original Music Composer
(1961)
Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules
Original Music Composer
(1961)
Slave of Rome
Music
(1960)
A Soldier and a Half
Original Music Composer
(1960)
Call 22-22 Lieutenant Sheridan
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1960)
Il corazziere
Original Music Composer
(1960)
I piaceri dello scapolo
Conductor, Original Music Composer
(1960)
Atom Age Vampire
Original Music Composer
(1960)
(1960)
Two Women
Original Music Composer
(1960)
Little Girls and High Finance
Original Music Composer
(1960)
Il carro armato dell'8 settembre
Original Music Composer
(1960)
Le pillole di Ercole
Music
(1960)
La Dolce Vita
Music Arranger
(1960)
(1959)
The Widower
Conductor, Original Music Composer
(1959)
Poor Millionaires
Original Music Composer
(1959)
La cento chilometri
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1959)
Winter Holidays
Original Music Composer
(1959)
A qualcuna piace calvo
Original Music Composer
(1959)
Uncle Was a Vampire
Original Music Composer, Music Director
(1958)
Camping
Original Music Composer
(1957)
Il cocco di mamma
Original Music Composer
(1957)
America By Night
Music
(1955)
Caravan of songs
Conductor
(1955)
Bravissimo
Conductor
(1955)
The Prince with the Red Mask
Original Music Composer
(1955)
Le Amiche
Musician
(1954)
A Day in Court
Original Music Composer
(1954)
Two Nights with Cleopatra
Conductor, Original Music Composer
(1954)
Of Life and Love
Conductor, Original Music Composer
(1954)
Woman of the River
Original Music Composer
(1953)
Funniest Show on Earth
Conductor, Original Music Composer
(1953)
Era lei che lo voleva!
Original Music Composer
(1953)
The Unfaithfuls
Conductor, Original Music Composer
(1952)
Brothers of Italy
Music
(1952)
Girls Marked Danger
Original Music Composer