Angelo Francesco Lavagnino

Angelo Francesco Lavagnino (22 February 1909 - 21 August 1987) was an Italian composer, he was 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, 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

• Othello (1952)
• Woman of the Red Sea (1953)
• Un americano a Roma (1954)
• Continente perduto (1955)
• The Wanderers (1956)
• Count Max (1957)
• Legend of the Lost (1957)
• The Naked Maja (1958)
• The Wind Cannot Read (1958)
• Passionate Summer (1958)
• The Last Days of Pompeii (1959)
• Nel Segno di Roma (1959)
• Gastone (1960)
• The Warrior Empress (1960)
• Conspiracy of Hearts (1960)
• Messalina (1960)
• Siege of Syracuse (1960)
• Five Branded Women (1960)
• Everybody Go Home (1960)
• Esther and the King (1960)
• The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)
• Gorgo (1961)
• Duel of Champions (1961)
• Goliath and the Vampires (1961)
• The Wonders of Aladdin (1961)
• The Corsican Brothers (1961)
• Pontius Pilate (1962)
• Damon and Pythias (1962)
• Ulysses Against the Son of Hercules (1962)
• The Legion's Last Patrol (1962)
• The Old Testament (1962)
• Samson and the Slave Queen (1963)
• Samson and the Sea Beast (1963)
• Hot Enough for June (1964)
• Hercules, Samson and Ulysses (1964)
• Hercules Against Rome (1964)
• Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon (1964)
• The High Bright Sun (1964)
• Hero of Rome (1964)
• Revolt of the Praetorians (1964)
• Desafío en Río Bravo (1964)
• Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus (1965)
• Legacy of the Incas (1965)
• Seven Hours of Gunfire (1965)
• Johnny West il mancino (1965)
• Doc, Hands of Steel (1965)
• Hands of a Gunfighter (1965)
• Agent 077: Mission Bloody Mary (1965)
• The Tramplers (1965)
• 008: Operation Exterminate (1965)
• Wild, Wild Planet (1965)
• War of the Planets (1966)
• Last Man to Kill (1966)
• Chimes at Midnight (1966)
• Samoa, Queen of the Jungle (1968)
• Trusting Is Good... Shooting Is Better (1968)
• Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! (1968)
• Requiem for a Gringo (1968)
• Battle of the Last Panzer (1969)
• Tarzana, the Wild Girl (1969)
• The Specialist (1969)
• Beatrice Cenci (1969)
• Angeli senza paradiso (1970)
• Zorro in the Court of England (1970)
• Something Creeping in The Dark (1971)
• Daisy Miller (1974)
• The Regent's Wife (1975)

References

Sergio Miceli. "Angelo Francesco Lavagnino", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed February 27, 2008), grovemusic.com (subscription access).

External links

• Angelo Francesco Lavagnino at the Internet Movie Database