Pino Donaggio

Born in Burano (an island of Venice), into a family of musicians, Donaggio began studying violin at the age of ten, first at the Benedetto Marcello conservatory{{cite web|url=http://www.conseve.it/indexI.html |title=Benedetto Marcello Conservatory |publisher=Conseve.it |access-date=13 May 2012}} in Venice, followed by the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory{{cite web|url=http://www.consmilano.it/ |title=Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory |publisher=Consmilano.it |access-date=13 May 2012}} in Milan. At the age of 14, he made his solo debut in a Vivaldi concert for Italian radio, then went on to play for both the I Solisti Veneti and the Solisti di Milano.{{cite web|url=http://www.solistiaquilani.it/ |title=Solisti di Milano |publisher=Solistiaquilani.it |access-date=13 May 2012}} The discovery of rock and roll during the summer of 1959 ended Donaggio's classical career when he made his singing debut with Paul Anka. He then began to write his own songs and established himself as one of Italy's prominent singer-songwriters. He took part in the Sanremo Festival with "Come sinfonia" (1961) and had a string of successes including "Una casa in cima al mondo".

However, his greatest hit was the 1965 hit "Io che non vivo",{{cite web|url=http://www.zafara.org/pinodonaggio/entrada/index.htm |title=Music of "Io che non-vivo" song |publisher=Zafara.org |access-date=13 May 2012}} which sold 80 million records worldwide and was performed most popularly in English as "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" by Dusty Springfield and Elvis Presley.[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006043/bio Pino Donaggio – Biography]

His first film was the British/Italian horror film Don't Look Now.{{cite web|title=Ordeal By Innocence – Pino Donaggio|url=http://www.kritzerland.com/ordeal.htm|access-date=1 April 2018}} Since then he has composed music for several films, including Dario Argento's Two Evil Eyes, Trauma and Do You Like Hitchcock? He also composed the scores for several horror films including Piranha, Tourist Trap, The Howling, The Black Cat and Seed of Chucky. He works regularly with US director Brian De Palma, scoring De Palma's Carrie, Home Movies, Dressed to Kill, Blow Out, Body Double, Raising Cain and Passion.

In 2012 he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Soundtrack Academy.

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• Strada senza uscita (1986)
• The Fifth Missile (1986)
• Tabloid Crime (1987)
• Ocean (1989)
• Non aprite all'uomo nero (1990)
• I misteri della giungla nera (1991)
• Pray for Ricki Forster (1991)
• La stella del parco (1991)
• Scoop (1992)
• Colpo di coda (1993)
• Missione d'amore (1993)
• Cliffs of the Death (1993)
• L'ispettore Sarti – Un poliziotto, una città (1993–94)
• Ho un segreto con papà (1994)
• Inka Connection (1995)
• Californian Quartet (1995)
• Die Straßen von Berlin (1995–96)
• {{ill|Nach uns die Sintflut (film)|de|3=Nach uns die Sintflut (1996)|lt=Nach uns die Sintflut}} (1996)
• New York Crossing (1996)
• Die Stunden vor dem Morgengrauen (1997)
• Racket (1997)
• Inquietudine (1997)
• Rescuers: Stories of Courage (1998)
• Il tesoro di Damasco (1998)
• Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna (1998–99)
• Avvocati (1998–99)
• Only A Dead Man Is A Good Man (1999)
• Angels' Sin (1999)
• Commesse (1999–2002)
• Don Matteo (2000–14)
• Sospetti (2000–04)
• Lo zio d'America (2002–06)
• Un caso di coscienza (2003–06)
• Provaci ancora prof (2005–07)
• La moglie cinese (2006)
• Il segreto di Arianna (2007)
• Fuga con Marlene (2007)
• La vita rubata (2008)
• Fidati di me (2008–09)
• Ho sposato uno sbirro (2008–10)
• L'uomo che cavalcava nel buio (2009)
• Sisi (2009)
• La donna che ritorna (2011)
• Dove la trovi una come me? (2011)
• Rossella (2011–12)
• Un passo dal cielo (2011–12)
• Cesare Mori – Il prefetto di ferro (2012)
• Madre, aiutami (2013–14)
• La strada dritta (2014)
• Il sistema (2016)

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20141129191851/http://www.epdlp.com/compbso.php?id=490 Pino Donaggio in Epdlp] (Spanish)

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