Franco Pisano
Italian composer and jazz musician

Franco Pisano

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Italian composer and jazz musician
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10 December 1922(Cagliari, Province of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy)
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6 January 1977(Rome, Province of Rome, Lazio, Italy)
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Franco Pisano (10 December 1922 – 6 January 1977) was an Italian composer, conductor, arranger and jazz musician.

Born in Cagliari, Sardinia, the older brother of the composer Berto, Pisano studied violin, classical guitar and piano at the Conservatory of Cagliari. He started his career as a musician together with his brother in the jazz group Asternovas. He later focused on composing pop songs and musical scores for films and television programs. He died of liver cancer, aged 54.

Selected filmography

  • Operation Counterspy (1965)
  • Superargo Versus Diabolicus (1966)
  • How to Kill 400 Duponts (1967)
  • Goldface, the Fantastic Superman (1967)
  • Basta guardarla (1970)
  • The Virgo, the Taurus and the Capricorn (1977)