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{{Infobox musical artist
|name=Stelvio Cipriani
|image=Stelvio Cipriani.jpg
|background = non_performing_personnel
|genre=Film music
|occupation=Composer
|birth_date={{birth date|1937|08|20|df=y}}
|birth_place=Rome, Italy
|death_date={{death date and age|2018|10|1|1937|08|20|df=y}}
|death_place=Rome, Italy
}}Stelvio Cipriani (20 August 1937 – 1 October 2018)[1] was an Italian composer, mostly of motion picture soundtracks.[2]BiographyThough not coming from a musical background, as a child Cipriani was fascinated by his church's organ. His priest gave him his first music lessons and encouraged Cipriani and his family. Cipriani passed his examinations and studied at Santa Cecilia Conservatory from the age of 14, then played on cruise ship bands,[3] that enabled him to meet Dave Brubeck. Upon return to Italy he accompanied Rita Pavone on piano.[4] His first soundtrack was the spaghetti western The Bounty Killer (1966), followed by a well known score for The Stranger Returns (also known as A Man, a Horse, a Gun and Shoot First, Laugh Last) (1967) starring Tony Anthony. Cipriani later composed other spaghetti western scores with Anthony, together with many popular poliziottesco soundtracks. Cipriani became prolific in the Italian film world and was awarded a Nastro d'Argento for Best Score for The Anonymous Venetian (1970). One of Cipriani's most famous scores is from the 1973 film La polizia sta a guardare (The Great Kidnapping). The main theme was recycled by Cipriani in 1977 for the score to Tentacoli, and was brought to the public's attention again in 2007 when it was featured in Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof. Cipriani's scores for the films of the "La Polizia..." series were different arrangements over the same theme. Some of those themes were used in the soundtrack of the couple Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani's first feature Amer. In a 2007 interview, Cipriani said that he had composed music for Pope John Paul II and was currently working with Pope Benedict XVI.[3] In 2014 releases his original composition "Anonimo Veneziano" "To be the one you love" with the voice of International Recording Artist Veronica Vitale. In 2017 takes part in some chapters of the episodic docufilm "Diario Di Bordo, Inside the Outsider" promoted by international recording artist Veronica Vitale. Selected filmography| Year | Film | Directed by | Notes |
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| 1966 | The Bounty Killer | Eugenio Martín | a.k.a. The Ugly Ones | | 1967 | The Stranger Returns | Luigi Vanzi | a.k.a. A Man, a Horse, a Gun | | 1968 | Luana, The Girl Tarzan | Roberto Infascelli | as Bob Raymond | | 1969 | Law Of Violence | Gianni Crea | | The Thirteen Chairs | Nicolas Gessner | a.k.a. Twelve Plus One | | Agguato Sul Bosforo | Luigi Batzella | as Paull' Hamus | | The Laughing Woman | Piero Schivazappa | | War Devils | Bitto Albertini | as Bert Albertini | | 1970 | Edipeon | Lorenzo Artale | | Overrun! | Mario Siciliano | | Whirlpool | José Ramón Larraz | as J.R. Larrath | | Le Mans, Shortcut to Hell | Osvaldo Civirani | as Richard Kean | | Rough Justice | Mario Costa | a.k.a. The Beast | | The Anonymous Venetian | Enrico Maria Salerno | | The Lickerish Quartet | Radley Metzger | | 1971 | Sex Of The Devil | Oscar Brazzi | | Finders Killers | Gianni Crea | | They Call Me Hallelujah | Giuliano Carnimeo | as Anthony Ascott | | The Lonely Violent Beach | Ernesto Gastaldi | a.k.a. Death Company | | Human Cobras | Bitto Albertini | | I Due Della F.1 Alla Corsa Più Pazza, Pazza Del Mondo | Osvaldo Civirani | | The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire | Riccardo Freda | | Twitch of the Death Nerve | Mario Bava | a.k.a. A Bay Of Blood | | Blindman | Ferdinando Baldi | | Death Walks on High Heels | Luciano Ercoli | | The Devil Has Seven Faces | Osvaldo Civirani | | 1972 | To Kill In Silence | Giuseppe Rolando | | Baron Blood | Mario Bava | | Execution Squad | Steno | | The Boldest Job in the West | José Antonio de la Loma | a.k.a. Nevada | | Timanfaya (Amor Prohibido) | José Antonio de la Loma | | Return of Hallelujah | Giuliano Carnimeo | as Anthony Ascott | | The Killer Is on the Phone | Alberto De Martino | | Night Hair Child | James Kelley & Andrea Bianchi | a.k.a. What The Peeper Saw | | Tragic Ceremony | Riccardo Freda | | 1973 | The Countess Died of Laughter | Franz Antel | | Le mataf | Serge Leroy | | The Bloody Hands of the Law | Mario Gariazzo | | The Great Kidnapping | Roberto Infascelli | | 1974 | The Student Connection | Rafael Romero Marchent | | Emergency Squad | Stelvio Massi | | The Sons Of White Fang | Maurizio Pradeaux | | Processo Per Direttissima | Lucio De Caro | | What Have They Done to Your Daughters? | Massimo Dallamano | | The Balloon Vendor | Mario Gariazzo | a.k.a. Last Moments | | Death Will Have Your Eyes | Giovanni d'Eramo | | Rabid Dogs | Mario Bava | | 1975 | Evil Eye | Mario Siciliano | | Killer Cop | Luciano Ercoli | a.k.a. The Police Can't Move | | The Cursed Medallion | Massimo Dallamano | a.k.a. The Night Child | | Mark of the Cop | Stelvio Massi | | The Great Adventure | Gianfranco Baldanello | | The Angels With Bound Hands | Oscar Brazzi | | Due Cuori, Una Cappella | Maurizio Lucidi | | Frankenstein - Italian Style | Armando Crispino | | 1976 | I 4 Del Clan Dal Cuore Di Pietra | Rafael Romero Marchent | | Where's Anna? | Piero Schivazappa | | Blondy | Sergio Gobbi | a.k.a. Vortex | | Colt 38 Special Squad | Massimo Dallamano | | Take All of Me | Luigi Cozzi | | La Padrona E Servita | Mario Lanfranchi | | Mark Strikes Again | Stelvio Massi | | Deported Women of the SS Special Section | Rino Di Silvestro | | Maria R. And The Angels Of Trastevere | Elfriede Gaeng | | The Two Orphans | Leopoldo Savona | | 1977 | Tentacles | Oliver Hellman | as "S.W. Cipriani" | | Stunt Squad | Domenico Paolella | | Highway Racer | Stelvio Massi | | Suor Emanuelle | Giuseppe Vari | | The Marble Faun | Silverio Blasi | | Double Game | Carlo Ausino | | The Perfect Killer | Mario Siciliano | as Marlon Sirko | | Dear Wife | Pasquale Festa Campanile | | 1978 | Last Touch Of Love | Filippo Ottoni | a.k.a. The Day Santa Claus Cried | | Fearless | Stelvio Massi | a.k.a. Magnum Cop | | The Bermuda Triangle | René Cardona Jr. | | Last Angel | Enzo Doria | | The Wild Geese Attack Again | Mario Siciliano | a.k.a. Skin 'Em Alive | | Cave of the Sharks | Tonino Ricci | as Anthony Richmond | | Covert Action | Romolo Guerrieri | | The Bloodstained Shadow | Antonio Bido | | Child Of The Night | Sergio Gobbi | | Papaya, Love Goddess of the Cannibals | Joe D'Amato | | Convoy Busters | Stelvio Massi | | Target | Guido Zurli | | 1979 | The Concorde Affair | Ruggero Deodato | a.k.a. Concorde Affaire '79 | | Tough to Kill | Joe d'Amato | | Encounters in the Deep | Tonino Ricci | as Anthony Richmond | | {{ill>Midnight Blue (1979 film)|lt=Midnight Blue|it|Midnight Blue (film)}} | Raimondo Del Balzo | | Lust | Raniero di Giovanbattista | as Jonas Rainer | | La Supplente Va In Città | Vittorio De Sisti | | Lady Lucifera | José Ramón Larraz | | Hunted City | Stelvio Massi | | The Great Alligator River | Sergio Martino | | Ring Of Darkness | Pier Carpi | as Peter Karp | | 1980 | Orgasmo Nero | Joe D'Amato | | The Rebel | Stelvio Massi | | The Iron Hand of the Mafia | Roberto Girometti | | Speed Driver | Stelvio Massi | | Nightmare City | Umberto Lenzi | | The Garden Of Eden | Yasuzô Masumura | | Desperate Moves | Ovidio G. Assonitis | a.k.a. The Rollerboy | | 1981 | Blue Paradise | Joe D'Amato | as Anna Bergman | | Last Harem | Sergio Garrone | as Willy S. Regan | | Vultures Over The City | Gianni Siragusa | | The Spawning | James Cameron & Ovidio G. Assonitis | as Steve Powder | | Pierino il fichissimo | Alessandro Metz | | 1983 | The House of the Yellow Carpet | Carlo Lizzani | | Un povero ricco | Pasquale Festa Campanile | a.k.a. Rich and Poor | | 1984 | Rush 2 - Final Game | Tonino Ricci | as Anthony Richmond | | 1987 | Rage of Honor | Gordon Hessler | | The Movie | René Cardona Jr. | | 1988 | Night of the Sharks | Tonino Ricci | | Don Bosco | Leandro Castellani | | 1991 | Voices from Beyond | Lucio Fulci | | 1993 | The Anticrime Inspector | Paolo Fondato | | 2001 | Death, Deceit and Destiny Aboard the Orient Express | Mark Roper |
References1. ^{{Cite news|title=Morto Stelvio Cipriani, il compositore di "Anonimo Veneziano"|date=1 October 2018|accessdate=1 October 2018|language=Italian|url=https://www.ilmessaggero.it/spettacoli/musica/stelvio_cipriani_morto_anonimo_veneziano_1_ottobre_2018-4009741.html|publisher=Il Messaggero}}
2. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=980CEFDF1038E23BBC4D52DFBF66838A669EDE The New York Times]
3. ^1 Movie Music Italiano | The Home Of Italian Movie Music {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523044727/http://www.freewebs.com/moviemusicitaliano/maestrointerviews.htm?bcsi_scan_80CA22F9AD71C623=U1ghJDIjvilzqMQWgaM+QwcAAAB6CgML&bcsi_scan_filename=maestrointerviews.htm |date=2011-05-23 }}
4. ^[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006008/bio Stelvio Cipriani - Biography]
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{{Nastro d'Argento Best Score}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Cipriani, Stelvio}} 8 : 1937 births|2018 deaths|Italian film score composers|Male film score composers|Spaghetti Western composers|Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia alumni|Nastro d'Argento winners|Musicians from Rome |