Stelvio Cipriani
{{short description|Italian composer}}
{{Infobox musical artist
|name=Stelvio Cipriani
(Viostel)
|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),{{Cite news|title=Morto Stelvio Cipriani, il compositore di "Anonimo Veneziano"|date=1 October 2018|access-date=1 October 2018|language=it|url=https://www.ilmessaggero.it/spettacoli/musica/stelvio_cipriani_morto_anonimo_veneziano_1_ottobre_2018-4009741.html|publisher=Il Messaggero}} also known as Viostel, was an Italian composer, mostly of motion picture soundtracks, conductor and pianist.[https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=980CEFDF1038E23BBC4D52DFBF66838A669EDE The New York Times]
Biography
Though not raised with a strong musical upbringing, as a child Cipriani was fascinated by his church's organ. His priest gave Cipriani his first music lessons and encouraged the boy and his family. Cipriani attended the Santa Cecilia Conservatory starting at the age of 14. Around this time, he played in cruise ship bands,[http://www.freewebs.com/moviemusicitaliano/maestrointerviews.htm?bcsi_scan_80CA22F9AD71C623=U1ghJDIjvilzqMQWgaM+QwcAAAB6CgML&bcsi_scan_filename=maestrointerviews.htm 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 }} enabling him to meet Dave Brubeck. Upon returning to Italy, he began working as piano accompaniment for Rita Pavone.[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006008/bio Stelvio Cipriani - Biography]
Cipriani's first soundtrack was for the Spaghetti Western The Bounty Killer (1966). This was followed by his more widely known score for The Stranger Returns (a 1967 film, also known by the alternate titles A Man, a Horse, a Gun and Shoot First, Laugh Last, starring Tony Anthony). Cipriani would go on to compose other Spaghetti Western scores and also began composing poliziottesco soundtracks.
Cipriani became prolific in the Italian film world, eventually garnering a Nastro d'Argento for Best Score award for The Anonymous Venetian (1970). Furthermore, one of Cipriani's most famous scores would come about in 1973, the soundtrack for La polizia sta a guardare (The Great Kidnapping). The main theme was recycled by Cipriani in 1974 and 1977 for the scores to La polizia chiede aiuto and Tentacoli. This track was brought to the public's attention again in 2007 when it was featured in Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof. Some of the themes from La polizia sta a guardare were also used by Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani in the soundtrack for their first feature Amer. Cipriani was also noted for his score of the 1979 film The Concorde Affair.{{Cite web|last=Gregory Adams|date=December 7, 2015|title=Stelvio Cipriani's 'Papaya, Love Goddess of the Cannibals' Gets Reissued by One Way Static|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/stelvio_ciprianis_papaya_love_goddess_of_cannibals_reissued_by_one_way_static|access-date=2020-12-06|website=Exclaim!|language=en-ca}}
In a 2007 interview, Cipriani said that he had composed music for Pope John Paul II and was working with Pope Benedict XVI.
In 2014 he released his original composition "Anonimo Veneziano" ("To Be the One You Love") with the voice of International Recording Artist Veronica Vitale.
In 2017 he took part in some chapters of the episodic docufilm "Diario Di Bordo, Inside the Outsider," promoted by international recording artist Veronica Vitale.
Selected filmography
| class="wikitable" |
| style="width: 33px;" | Year
! style="width: 350px;" | Film ! style="width: 250px;" | Directed by ! style="width: 225px;" | Notes ! style="width: 325px;" | Latest CD / Digital Release |
|---|
| 1966
| a.k.a. The Ugly Ones | GDM / GDM 4155 / 2012 |
| 1967
| a.k.a. A Man, a Horse, a Gun | GDM / GDM 4154 / 2012 |
| rowspan="2" | 1968
| as Bob Raymond | Beat Records Company / BCM9532 / 2015 |
| The Silent Stranger
| | |
| rowspan="5" | 1969
| | GDM / GDM 4311 / 2013 |
| The Thirteen Chairs
| a.k.a. Twelve Plus One | Digitmovies / CDDM203 / 2012 |
| Agguato Sul Bosforo
| as Paull' Hamus | GDM / GDM 4323 / 2014 |
| The Laughing Woman
| also "Femina Ridens" | Digitmovies / CDDM103 / 2008 |
| War Devils
| as Bert Albertini | Kronos Records / KRONGOLD017 / 2015 |
| rowspan="8" | 1970
| Edipeon | | Digitmovies / CDDM273 / 2015 |
| Overrun!
| | GDM / GDM 4118 / 2008 |
| Whirlpool
| as J.R. Larrath | Digitmovies / CDDM204 / 2012 |
| Le Mans, Shortcut to Hell
| as Richard Kean | Digitmovies / CDDM221 / 2012 |
| Rough Justice
| a.k.a. The Beast | GDM / GDM 4122 / 2008 |
| The Loves of Daphne
| | CAM / Digital / 2025 |
| The Anonymous Venetian
| | Digitmovies / DPDM013 / 2013 |
| The Lickerish Quartet
| |
| rowspan="12" | 1971
| | Quartet Records / QR366 / 2019 |
| Finders Killers
| | GDM / GDM 4122 / 2008 |
| They Call Me Hallelujah
| as Anthony Ascott | GDM / GDM 4119 / 2008 |
| The Lonely Violent Beach
| a.k.a. Death Company | Digitmovies / CDDM246 / 2013 |
| Human Cobras
| | Digitmovies / CDDM224 / 2012 |
| I Due Della F.1 Alla Corsa Più Pazza, Pazza Del Mondo
| | Digitmovies / DGST012 / 2016 |
| The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
| | Digitmovies / CDDM069 / 2006 |
| Twitch of the Death Nerve
| a.k.a. A Bay Of Blood | Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 022 / 2016 |
| Blindman
| | Digitmovies / CDDM044 / 2005 |
| Death Walks on High Heels
| | Digitmovies / CDDM056 / 2006 |
| The Devil Has Seven Faces
| | Digitmovies / CDDM267 / 2014 |
| Deviation
| | Dagored / RED226 / 2016 |
| rowspan="11" | 1972
| | Quartet Records / QR189 / 2015 |
| Baron Blood
| | Digitmovies / CDDM046 / 2005 |
| Execution Squad
| Steno | | Digitmovies / CDDM150 / 2009 |
| The Boldest Job in the West
| a.k.a. Nevada | GDM / CD CLUB 7114 / 2012 |
| Timanfaya (Amor Prohibido)
| | Quartet Records / MS019 / 2013 |
| Return of Hallelujah
| as Anthony Ascott | GDM / GDM 4119 / 2008 |
| The Killer Is on the Phone
| | Digitmovies / CDDM212 / 2012 |
| Night Hair Child
| James Kelley & Andrea Bianchi | a.k.a. What The Peeper Saw | Digitmovies / CDDM261 / 2014 |
| Master of Love
| | Digitmovies / DGST 049 / 2021 |
| Il mio corpo con rabbia
| | CAM / Digital / 2025 |
| Tragic Ceremony
| | Digitmovies / CDDM204 / 2012 |
| rowspan="6" | 1973
| | Digitmovies / DGST 049 / 2021 |
| The Countess Died of Laughter
| | Digitmovies / DGST 049 / 2021 |
| Le mataf
| | GDM / GDM 4165 / 2013 |
| The Bloody Hands of the Law
| | Digitmovies / CDDM100 / 2007 |
| The Great Kidnapping
| | Cinevox / OSTPK 041 / 2021 |
| The Night of the Last Day
| a.k.a. La Notte Dell'Ultimo Giorno | Quartet Records / QR421 / 2020 |
| rowspan="9" | 1974
| | Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 039 / 2023 |
| The Student Connection
| | Penta Music / PTM008 / 2018 |
| Emergency Squad
| | Digitmovies / CDDM150 / 2009 |
| The Sons of White Fang
| | GDM / CD CLUB 7120 / 2012 |
| Processo Per Direttissima
| | Quartet Records / QR421 / 2020 |
| What Have They Done to Your Daughters?
| | Cinevox / OSTPK 041 / 2021 |
| The Balloon Vendor
| a.k.a. Last Moments | Digitmovies / SPDM007 / 2012 |
| Death Will Have Your Eyes
| | Beat Records Company / DDJ024 / 2013 |
| Rabid Dogs
| | Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 021 / 2016 |
| rowspan="11" | 1975
| | Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 028 / 2018 |
| Evil Eye
| a.k.a. Malocchio / Eroticofollia | Digitmovies / CDDM165 / 2010 |
| The Great Adventure
| | GDM / GDM 4165 / 2013 |
| Killer Cop
| a.k.a. The Police Can't Move | Cinevox / OSTPK 041 / 2021 |
| The Cursed Medallion
| a.k.a. The Night Child | Digitmovies / CDDM165 / 2010 |
| Mark of the Cop
| | Cinevox / CDOSTPK018 / 2016 |
| Sins Without Intentions
| | Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 038 / 2023 |
| The Angels with Bound Hands
| | Beat Records Company / BCM 9568 / 2015 |
| {{ill|Second Spring (film)|lt=Second Spring|de|Der zweite Frühling}}
| | Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 026 / 2019 |
| Due Cuori, Una Cappella
| | Quartet Records / QRMM009 / 2012 |
| Frankenstein - Italian Style
| |
| rowspan="10" | 1976
| I 4 Del Clan Dal Cuore Di Pietra | | Beat Records Company / BCM 9577 / 2016 |
| Where's Anna?
| | Digitmovies / SPDM014 / 2018 |
| Blondy
| a.k.a. Vortex | Quartet Records / MS020 / 2013 |
| Colt 38 Special Squad
| | Digitmovies / CDDM284 / 2018 |
| Take All of Me
| | Quartet Records / QRSCE017 / 2010 |
| The Mistress Is Served
| | Beat Records Company / DDJ005 / 2011 |
| Mark Strikes Again
| |
| Deported Women of the SS Special Section
| |
| Maria R. and the Angels of Trastevere
| | Beat Records Company / BCM9575 / 2016 |
| The Two Orphans
| |
| rowspan="8" | 1977
| as "S.W. Cipriani" | Digitmovies / CDDM199 / 2011 |
| Stunt Squad
| |
| Highway Racer
| | Digitmovies / DGST024 / 2017 |
| Sister Emanuelle
| |
| The Marble Faun
| | Digitmovies / SPDM006 / 2012 |
| Double Game
| |
| The Perfect Killer
| as Marlon Sirko | Quartet Records / QR218 / 2016 |
| Dear Wife
| | Quartet Records / QR531 / 2023 |
| rowspan="13" | 1978
| a.k.a. The Day Santa Claus Cried | Beat Records Company / BCM9534 / 2014 |
| Fearless
| a.k.a. Magnum Cop | Digitmovies / CDDM312 / 2020 |
| The Bermuda Triangle
| | Digitmovies / CDDM143 / 2009 |
| Last Angel
| | Beat Records / DDJ032 / 2014 |
| The Wild Geese Attack Again
| a.k.a. Skin 'Em Alive | Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 025 / 2018 |
| Bermuda: Cave of the Sharks
| as Anthony Richmond | Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 018 / 2016 |
| Covert Action
| | Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 010 / 2011 |
| The Bloodstained Shadow
| | Digitmovies / CDDM099 / 2007 |
| Child of the Night
| a.k.a. Enfantasme | Beat Records / DDJ013 / 2011 |
| Papaya, Love Goddess of the Cannibals
| | Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 006 / 2010 |
| Convoy Busters
| |
| Target
| | Digitmovies / DGST019 / 2016 |
| Secret Day
| |
| rowspan="10" | 1979
| a.k.a. Concorde Affaire '79 | Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 012 / 2014 |
| Tough to Kill
| | Digitmovies / DGST038 / 2019 |
| Encounters in the Deep
| as Anthony Richmond | Digitmovies / CDDM143 / 2009 |
| {{ill|Midnight Blue (1979 film)|lt=Midnight Blue|it|Midnight Blue (film)}}
| | Digitmovies / DGST023 / 2017 |
| {{ill|Lust (1979 film)|lt=Lust|it|Libidine}}
| as Jonas Rainer | Beat Records Company / DDJ021 / 2013 |
| From Maid to Lady
| | Beat Records / DDJ027 / 2013 |
| Lady Lucifera
| | Quartet Records / QR269 / 2017 |
| Hunted City
| | Digitmovies / CDDM306 / 2020 |
| The Great Alligator River
| | Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 017 / 2015 |
| Ring of Darkness
| as Peter Karp | Digitmovies / CDDM052 / 2006 |
| rowspan="7" | 1980
| | Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 014 / 2014 |
| The Rebel
| | Digitmovies / CDDM228 / 2012 |
| The Iron Hand of the Mafia
| | GDM / GDM 4311 / 2013 |
| Speed Driver
| | Beat Records / DDJ018 / 2012 |
| Nightmare City
| | Quartet Records / QR484 / 2022 |
| The Garden of Eden
| | Quartet Records / QRMM003 / 2011 |
| Desperate Moves
| a.k.a. The Rollerboy | Beat Records / DDJ020 / 2012 |
| rowspan="5" | 1981
| as Anna Bergman | Beat Records / DDJ022 / 2012 |
| Last Harem
| as Willy S. Regan | Quartet Records / QR174 /2015 |
| Vultures over the City
| | Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 023 / 2017 |
| Piranha II: The Spawning
| James Cameron & Ovidio G. Assonitis | as Steve Powder | Digitmovies / CDDM005 / 2003 |
| Pierino il fichissimo
| | Beat Records / DDJ019 / 2012 |
| 1982
| Pieces | | Gruppo Sugar / BOS 014 / 2016 |
| rowspan="2" | 1983
| The House of the Yellow Carpet | |
| Un povero ricco
| a.k.a. Rich and Poor | Digitmovies / CDDM217 / 2012 |
| 1984
| as Anthony Richmond | Digitmovies / CDDM285 / 2018 |
| 1985
| TV series | Digitmovies / CDDM328 / 2024 |
| rowspan="2" | 1987
| |
| Beaks: The Movie
| |
| rowspan="2" | 1988
| | Digitmovies / CDDM189 / 2011 |
| Don Bosco
| | Digitmovies / CDDM328 / 2024 |
| rowspan="2" | 1989
| | Universal Music / Digital Only |
| Electric blue
| | Universal Music / Digital Only / 2022 |
| rowspan="2" | 1991
| | Digitmovies / CDDM165 / 2010 |
| If I Didn't Have Love
| | Digitmovies / CDDM328 / 2024 |
| rowspan="2" | 1993
| | Digitmovies / CDDM284 / 2018 |
| Over the Line
| Ovidio G. Assonitis, Robert Barrett | | Warner Chappell Music Italiana / 1992 / Digital Only |
| 2000
| Death, Deceit and Destiny Aboard the Orient Express | | Kronos Records / KRONCD079 / 2017 |
| rowspan="2" | 2001
| | Kronos Records / KRONCD085 / 2017 |
| She
| | Kronos Records / KRONCD071 / 2001 |
| 2002
| | Warner Chappell Music Italiana / 2002 / Digital Only |
| 2006
| | Heristal Entertainment / 2016 / Digital Only |
References
External links
- {{IMDb name|name=Stelvio Cipriani|id=0006008}}
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{{Nastro d'Argento Best Score}}
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Category:Italian male film score composers
Category:Spaghetti Western composers
Category:Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia alumni