Renzo Rossellini (composer)
Renzo Rossellini (2 February 1908 – 13 May 1982) was an Italian composer, best known for his film scores.
Born in Rome, he was brother of director Roberto Rossellini and father of producer Franco Rossellini. He died in Monte Carlo.
He composed the scores of his brother's films, and others such as The Children Are Watching Us and Il segno di Venere.
He also wrote several ballets, oratorios, cantatas, four operas—La Guerra (1956), Il vortice (1958), Uno sguardo dal ponte (1961), L'Annonce faite à Marie (1970)—, symphonies, chamber music, and songs.
Selected filmography
- The Ancestor (1936)
- Under the Southern Cross (1938)
- Princess Tarakanova (1938)
- The White Ship (1941)
- A Pilot Returns (1942)
- Luisa Sanfelice (1942)
- Giarabub (1942)
- Noi Vivi (1942)
- Addio Kira (1942)
- Knights of the Desert (1942)
- A Garibaldian in the Convent (1942)
- The Two Orphans (1942)
- The Man with a Cross (1943)
- Maria Malibran (1943)
- The Tyrant of Padua (1946)
- Before Him All Rome Trembled (1946)
- The Brothers Karamazov (1947)
- Fatal Symphony (1947)
- L'Amore (1948)
- Love and Blood (1951)
- Shadows Over Naples (1951)
- Without a Flag (1951)
- Messalina (1951)
- A Woman Has Killed (1952)
- The Machine to Kill Bad People (1952)
- Milady and the Musketeers (1952)
- We're Dancing on the Rainbow (1952)
- For You I Have Sinned (1953)
- House of Ricordi (1954)
- The Lovers of Manon Lescaut (1954)
- Orient Express (1954)
Awards
- Nastro d'Argento: Best Score for Paisà (1946) and for I fratelli Karamazoff (1947).
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