Franco Micalizzi

{{Short description|Italian composer and conductor}} '''Franco Micalizzi''' (born 21 December 1939 in Rome) is an Italian composer and conductor, best known for his scores in [[Poliziotteschi]] films.

His first success was for the musical score of the [[Spaghetti Western]] ''[[They Call Me Trinity]]'', in 1970. He had previously collaborated on composing with [[Roberto Pregadio]] the famous whistled western score for the 1969 film ''[[The Forgotten Pistolero]]'' (original: ''Il Pistolero dell'Ave Maria'').<ref>{{cite book|last=Howard Hughes|title=Once upon a time in the Italian West|year=2004|publisher=I.B. Tauris, 2004|isbn=1-85043-430-1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781850434306/page/237 237–238]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781850434306/page/237}}</ref> His main theme for the 1976 poliziottesco film ''[[A Special Cop in Action]]'' was used in [[Death Proof (soundtrack)|the soundtrack]] of [[Quentin Tarantino]]'s ''[[Death Proof]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Emanuele P.|title=Focus on: Death Proof - A prova di morte|url=http://www.pianosequenza.net/public/post/focus-on-death-proof---a-prova-di-morte-205.asp|accessdate=3 December 2011|date=7 April 2008}}</ref>

His other scores include ''[[The Last Snows of Spring]]'', ''[[Beyond the Door (1974 film)|Beyond the Door]]'' and ''[[The Last Hunter]]''. He often worked with [[Umberto Lenzi]], scoring his movies ''[[Syndicate Sadists]]'', ''[[Rome Armed to the Teeth]]'', ''[[Napoli violenta|Violent Naples]]'', ''[[The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist]]'', ''[[Brothers Till We Die]]'', ''[[The Greatest Battle]]'', ''[[From Corleone to Brooklyn]]'', ''[[Dèmoni 3|Black Demons]]'' and ''[[Mean Tricks]]''.

In 1984 he founded the group "The Micalizzi Family" with his sons Cristiano and Alessandro.<ref>{{cite web|title=Musicisti - Franco Micalizzi|url=http://www.budterence.tk/francomicalizzi.php|publisher=BudTerence.tk|accessdate=3 December 2011}}</ref>

His piece "The Puzzle" appears in the soundtrack of ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm#Eyeball to eyeball|Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'' and a slow tempo excerpt of it, rearranged for clarinet and bassoon, is often used in the series as the "stare" theme.<ref>{{cite book |title=Curb your enthusiasm : music from the TV series. Track 15 "The Puzzle" by Franco Micalizzi |oclc = 70288967}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="width: 33px;" | Year ! style="width: 350px;" | Film ! style="width: 250px;" | Directed by ! style="width: 225px;" | Notes ! style="width: 275px;" | Latest CD / Digital Release |- | rowspan="1" | 1968 | ''[[The Sun Belongs To Everyone]]'' | [[Domenico Paolella]] | | GDM / Digital / 2020 |- | rowspan="1" | 1969 | ''[[Macabre]]'' | [[Javier Setó]] | | |- | rowspan="2" | 1970 | ''[[Il Pistolero Dell'Ave Maria]]'' | [[Ferdinando Baldi]] | With Roberto Pregadio | GDM / GDM 4175 / 2014 |- | ''[[They Call Me Trinity]]'' | [[Gianfranco Plenizio]] | | Digitmovies / DPDM009 / 2013 |- | rowspan="3" | 1972 | ''[[Panhandle 38]]'' | [[Antonio Secchi]] | | Digitmovies / CDDM229 / 2012 |- | ''[[The Two Faces of Fear]]'' | [[Tulio Demicheli]] | | Digitmovies / CDDM088 / 2007 |- | ''[[You're Jinxed, Friend You've Met Sacramento]]'' | [[Giorgio Cristallini]] | | Digitmovies / CDDM088 / 2007 |- | rowspan="3" | 1973 | ''[[Storia de fratelli e de cortelli]]'' | [[Mario Amendola]] | | |- | ''[[The Last Snows of Spring]]'' | [[Raimondo Del Balzo]] | | Digitmovies / CDDM327 / 2024 |- | ''[[Karate Amazones]]'' | [[Alfonso Brescia]] | as Al Bradley | Digitmovies / CDDM163 / 2010 |- | rowspan="9" | 1974 | ''[[Perverse Adolescence]]'' | [[José Bénazéraf]] | | Fin De Siècle Media / FDS 20 / 2006 |- | ''[[The tree with pink leaves]]'' | [[Armando Nannuzzi]] | | Digitmovies / CDDM327 / 2024 |- | ''[[Il figlio della sepolta viva]]'' | [[Luciano Ercoli]] | as André Colbert | Kronos Records / KRONCD013 /2013 |- | ''[[Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno]]'' | [[Luciano Salce]] | | GDM / Digital / 2023 |- | ''[[Ante Up (film)|Ante Up]]'' | [[Germán Lorente]] | | Fin De Siècle Media / FDS21 / 2007 |- | ''[[Young Lucrezia]]'' | [[Luciano Ercoli]] | | Beat Records Company / CDCR 16 / 1994 |- | ''[[Beyond the Door (1974 film)|Beyond the Door]]'' | [[Ovidio Assonitis and Roberto D'Ettore Piazzolli]] | as Oliver Hellman and Robert Barrett | Digitmovies / CDDM202 / 2011 |- |''[[Hold-Up (1974 film)|Hold-Up]]'' | [[Germán Lorente]] | | Fin De Siècle Media – FDS21 |- | ''[[Super Stooges vs. the Wonder Women]]'' | [[Alfonso Brescia]] | as Al Bradley | Fin De Siècle Media / FDS19 / 2006 |- | rowspan="3" | 1975 | ''[[White Horses of Summer]]'' | [[Raimondo Del Balzo]] | | Digitmovies / CDDM327 / 2024 |- | ''[[Syndicate Sadists]]'' | [[Umberto Lenzi]] | | Digitmovies / CDDM176 / 2010 |- | ''[[Private Lessons (1975 film)|Private Lessons]]'' | [[Vittorio De Sisti]] | | GDM Music / Digital Only / 2020 |- | rowspan="7" | 1976 | ''[[Albert And The Black Man]]'' | [[Dino B. Partesano]] | | Digitmovies / SPDM005 / 2010 |- | ''[[Laure (film)|Laure]]'' | [[Emmanuelle Arsan]] | | Digitmovies / CDDM133 / 2009 |- | ''[[The Tough Ones (1976 film)|The Tough Ones]]'' | [[Umberto Lenzi]] | | Beat Records Company / BCM 9502 / 2011 |- | ''[[Napoli violenta|Violent Naples]]'' | [[Umberto Lenzi]] | | Beat Records Company / CDCR 79 / 2007 |- | ''[[A Special Cop in Action]]'' | [[Marino Girolami]] | as Franco Martinelli | Beat Records Company / CDCR 144 / 2020 |- | ''[[Giovannino (film)|Giovannino]]'' | [[Paolo Nuzzi]] | | |- | ''[[Merciless Man]]'' | [[Mario Lanfranchi]] | | Digitmovies / CDDM308 / 2020 |- | rowspan="1" | 1977 | ''[[The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist]]'' | [[Umberto Lenzi]] | | Beat Records Company / BCM 9503 / 2011 |- | rowspan="2" | 1978 | ''[[The Greatest Battle]]'' | [[Umberto Lenzi]] | as Humphrey Longan | Digitmovies / CDDM181 / 2011 |- | ''[[Brothers Till We Die]]'' | [[Umberto Lenzi]] | | Digitmovies / CDDM303 / 2020 |- | rowspan="3" | 1979 | ''[[Scusi lei è normale?]]'' | [[Umberto Lenzi]] | | GDM / Digital /2020 |- | ''[[The Visitor (1979 film)|The Visitor]]'' | [[Giulio Paradisi]] | | Quartet Records / QR516 / 2023 |- | ''[[From Corleone to Brooklyn]]'' | [[Umberto Lenzi]] | | Digitmovies / CDDM307 / 2020 |- | rowspan="2" | 1980 | ''[[The Last Hunter]]'' | [[Antonio Margheriti]] | | Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 015 / 2013 |- | ''[[Crime At Porta Romana]]'' | [[Bruno Corbucci]] | | Digitmovies / CDDM248 / 2013 |- | rowspan="1" | 1981 | ''[[Il ficcanaso]]'' | [[Bruno Corbucci]] | | |- | rowspan="2" | 1982 | ''[[Crime on the Highway]]'' | [[Bruno Corbucci]] | | GDM / GDM 2084 / 2007 |- | ''[[Odd Squad (film)|Odd Squad]]'' | [[Enzo Barboni]] | as E.B. Clucher | CAM / Digital / 2025 |- | rowspan="1" | 1983 | ''[[Go for It (1983 film)|Go for It]]'' | [[Enzo Barboni]] | as E.B. Clucher | Beat Records Company / CDCR 77 / 2007 |- | rowspan="1" | 1984 | ''[[Double Trouble (1984 film)|Double Trouble]]'' | [[Enzo Barboni]] | as E.B. Clucher | Beat Records Company / CDCR 81 / 2008 |- | rowspan="1" | 1987 | ''[[The Curse (1987 film)|The Curse]]'' | [[David L. Keith|David Keith]] | | GDM / GDM 4205 / 2011 |- | rowspan="1" | 1988 | ''[[Rimini Rimini - A Year Later]]'' | [[Bruno Corbucci]] | | Beat Records Company / BCM 9518 / 2011 |- | rowspan="1" | 1991 | ''[[Dèmoni 3|Black Demons]]'' | [[Umberto Lenzi]] | | GDM / GDM 4205 / 2011 |- | rowspan="1" | 1992 | ''[[Mean Tricks]]'' | [[Umberto Lenzi]] | | |- |}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{IMDb name|0006200}} * [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Franco+Micalizzi Franco Micalizzi] at [[Discogs]] * [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Micalizzi+Family%2C+The The Micalizzi family] at [[Discogs]]

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