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Pino Donaggio

Pino Donaggio

Known For Sound
Birthday Nov 24, 1941 (83)
Birthplace Burano, Veneto, Italy
Popularity 1.0 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date May 12, 2024
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Biography

Giuseppe "Pino" Donaggio (born 24 November 1941) is an Italian musician, singer, and composer of film and television scores. A classically-trained violinist, Donaggio is known for his collaborations with director Brian De Palma, and for his work in both European and American genre cinema. He has won ... two Italian Golden Globe Awards, and has been nominated for two David di Donatello, four Golden Ciak, two Nastro d'Argento, and a Saturn Award. 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 in Venice, followed by the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory 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. 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", 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. His first film was the British/Italian horror film Don't Look Now. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pino Donaggio, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

Don't Look Now: Death in Venice

Don't Look Now: Death in Venice

2006

as Interviewee

Spin Me Round

Spin Me Round

2022

Original Music Composer

Anemos

Anemos

2021

Music

Domino

Domino

2019

Original Music Composer

Patrick

Patrick

2013

Original Music Composer

Passion

Passion

2013

Original Music Composer

Fuga con Marlene

Fuga con Marlene

2007

Music

Seed of Chucky

Seed of Chucky

2004

Original Music Composer

Augustus: The First Emperor

Augustus: The First Emperor

2003

Original Music Composer

The Order

The Order

2001

Original Music Composer

Acting 'Carrie'

Acting 'Carrie'

2001

Music

Up at the Villa

Up at the Villa

2000

Original Music Composer

Cheeky

Cheeky

2000

Music

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples

1998

Original Music Composer

Frivolous Lola

Frivolous Lola

1998

Original Music Composer

Oblivion 2: Backlash

Oblivion 2: Backlash

1996

Original Music Composer

New York Crossing

New York Crossing

1996

Original Music Composer

Never Talk to Strangers

Never Talk to Strangers

1995

Original Music Composer

Un eroe borghese

Un eroe borghese

1995

Music

Oblivion

Oblivion

1994

Original Music Composer

Power and Lovers

Power and Lovers

1994

Original Music Composer

Raising Cain

Raising Cain

1992

Original Music Composer

All Ladies Do It

All Ladies Do It

1992

Original Music Composer

Indio 2 - The Revolt

Indio 2 - The Revolt

1991

Original Music Composer

Meridian

Meridian

1990

Original Music Composer

Two Evil Eyes

Two Evil Eyes

1990

Original Music Composer

Indio

Indio

1989

Original Music Composer

Jiboa

Jiboa

1989

Original Music Composer

Night Game

Night Game

1989

Original Music Composer

Catacombs

Catacombs

1988

Original Music Composer

Outlaw of Gor

Outlaw of Gor

1988

Original Music Composer

Kansas

Kansas

1988

Music

Zelly & Me

Zelly & Me

1988

Original Music Composer

Appointment with Death

Appointment with Death

1988

Original Music Composer

High Frequency

High Frequency

1988

Original Music Composer

Gor

Gor

1987

Original Music Composer

Hotel Colonial

Hotel Colonial

1987

Music

Dancers

Dancers

1987

Original Music Composer

The Barbarians

The Barbarians

1987

Original Music Composer

Going Bananas

Going Bananas

1987

Original Music Composer

Crawlspace

Crawlspace

1986

Original Music Composer

The Fifth Missile

The Fifth Missile

1986

Original Music Composer

The Adventures of Hercules

The Adventures of Hercules

1985

Original Music Composer

Déjà Vu

Déjà Vu

1985

Original Music Composer

Savage Dawn

Savage Dawn

1985

Music

Body Double

Body Double

1984

Original Music Composer

Over the Brooklyn Bridge

Over the Brooklyn Bridge

1984

Original Music Composer

Ordeal by Innocence

Ordeal by Innocence

1984

Original Music Composer

Hercules

Hercules

1983

Original Music Composer

Tex

Tex

1982

Original Music Composer

The Howling

The Howling

1981

Original Music Composer

Blow Out

Blow Out

1981

Original Music Composer

The Fan

The Fan

1981

Original Music Composer

Beyond Evil

Beyond Evil

1980

Original Music Composer

Home Movies

Home Movies

1980

Original Music Composer

Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill

1980

Original Music Composer

Tourist Trap

Tourist Trap

1979

Original Music Composer

Piranha

Piranha

1978

Original Music Composer

Carrie

Carrie

1976

Original Music Composer

Haunts

Haunts

1976

Original Music Composer

Don't Look Now

Don't Look Now

1973

Original Music Composer

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