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Piero Umiliani (born July 17, 1926 in Florence, Italy –- died February 14, 2001 in Rome) was an Italian film music composer, most famous for his 1968 song Mah nà mah nà –- originally used for the Swedish mondo documentary Svezia, Inferno e Paradiso (“Sweden, Heaven or Hell”), in 1977 it became world-famous when performed on The Muppet Show. It is also a trademark song of the Benny Hill show.
Like many of his Italian colleagues at that time, he composed scores for many exploitation films in the 1960s and 1970s, covering genres such as spaghetti western, Eurospy, Giallo, and soft sex films. Although not as widely regarded as, for example, Ennio Morricone or Riz Ortolani, he helped form the style of the typical European ’60s/’70s jazz soundtrack that has recently been experiencing a revival through films like Kill Bill and Ocean’s Twelve.
Mah nà mah nà –- originally used for the Swedish mondo documentary Svezia, Inferno e Paradiso (“Sweden, Heaven or Hell”), in 1977 it became world-famous when performed on The Muppet Show. It is also a trademark song of the Benny Hill show.
Like many of his Italian colleagues at that time, he composed scores for many exploitation films in the 1960s and 1970s, covering genres such as spaghetti western, Eurospy, Giallo, and soft sex films. Although not as widely regarded as, for example, Ennio Morricone or Riz Ortolani, he helped form the style of the typical European ’60s/’70s jazz soundtrack that has recently been experiencing a revival through films like Kill Bill and Ocean’s Twelve.
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trlev wrote:
wonderful sounds
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ElFamosoDemon wrote:
The best
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IEatPoison wrote:
Amazing compositions.
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ocarlino wrote:
wonderful piero! grande!
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street_dawg wrote:
up! http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Piero+Umiliani/+images/50800159
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VoyagerSoleil wrote:
Piero kills at everything
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einekleine wrote:
The album "Synthi Time" comes highly recommended--
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remmy77 wrote:
Crepuscolo Sul Mare is such a beautiful song
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bazzo-182 wrote:
This is so relaxing...awesome tunes.
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ivanpavlik wrote:
I can't stop!
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peper41 wrote:
I love Tango. Great composition
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kudlatiques wrote:
Nice to hear your relaxing point of view.
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rumboon wrote:
I added some new photos of Piero.
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Beat_C wrote:
i finally found out who wrote the muppets-classic "mah na' mah na'" - halleluja! love love love the soundtrack for "Svezia, Inferno e Paradiso".
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audrey3011 wrote:
amazing...
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carol_s wrote:
To-Day's Sound makes me think of summer and the 60s/70s and italians riding bikes and getting hiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh
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anubiskaine wrote:
I just love this guy, Crepuscolo Sul Mare is such an amazing work of art,everywhere I go, instant chick magnet when I play this on my guitar, thanks Piero :)
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clubbinwar wrote:
why is the recording of crepuscolo sul mare so lo-fi? :(
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boigne wrote:
Mah Na Mah Na "trademark song of the Benny Hill Show"? Surely that was Yakkety Sax.
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LORGILEIN wrote:
The question is: What is a Mah Na' Mah Na'?
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