He starts his career as a violinist. He composes chambre, symphonic and sacred music. Since the end of the 40s he dedicates himself to the creation of movie soundtracks. He collaborates with Orson Welles and with acknowledged italian directors like Monicelli, Lizzani, Bragaglia, Steno. He wins the Silver Ribbon for the soundtracks of "Continente perduto" ("Lost Continent") and "Vertigine bianca" ("White vertigo").
Also known as Oliver Onions, the De Angelis brothers arrange and compose several movie soundtracks in italian exploitation movies from the 70s and the 80s. Their music accompanies many comedies that feature as protagonists Bud Spencer and Terence Hill. Amongst them "Piedone lo sbirro" ("Flat-foot cop") and "Piedone l'africano" ("Flat-foot in Africa").
Composer, arranger and conductor, he collaborates for a long time with the italian national television (RAI), signing soundtracks and opening themes for many tv programmes. Amongst them, the track "Non gioco più", performed by the singer Mina, which becomes one of the italian greatest hits ever. Gianni Ferrio and Mina estabilsh an artistic partnership which is destined to last many years, creating other masterpieces like the track "Parole parole". He composes about 120 movie soundtracks, ranging amongst the genres and working with the main italian directors.
Deeply connected with film music since his very early years, he starts his careeer collaborating with the director Silvano Agosti. He works with the songwriter Fabrizio De Andrè in creating the album "Non al denaro né all'amore né al cielo". He meets Marco Bellocchio, who asks him to compose the score for "Nel nome del padre" ("In the Name of the Father"). This experience consecrates Piovani as a soundtrack composer and leads him to meet with main italian directors, from Fellini to Monicelli, for whom he writes the score of "Il Marchese del Grillo" ("The Marquis of Grillo"). In 1999 he wins the Academy Award for the soundtrack of "La vita è bella" ("Life is Beautiful") by Roberto Benigni.
He was a composer and a conductor and he started his career as a violinist. He conducted small and big orchestra in the first experimental tv programmes of the italian television. Starting from the 50s he dedicates himself to film music composition, creating more than 200 soundtracks. He arranged the works by other famous italian composers like Ennio Morricone, Armando Trovajoli, Nino Rota.
Cinevox Record catalogue includes some of the most famous soundtracks ever, along with works by some well known italian pop music artists. Lps, Eps, Cds released by Cinevox in the years are extremely rare and amongst the most wanted items for the collectors all over the world. Cinevox productions have been released also in the digital marketplace, distributed in the main streaming and download stores.
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