# Piero Umiliani

Piero Umiliani (17 July 1926 – 14 February 2001) was an Italian composer of film scores.

## Biography

Umiliani was born in Florence, Tuscany. Like many of his Italian colleagues at that time, he composed the scores for many exploitation films in the 1960s and 1970s, in genres such as Spaghetti Westerns, Eurospy, Giallo, and softcore sex films.
His composition "Mah Nà Mah Nà" (1968) was originally used in Sweden: Heaven and Hell, a 1968 Mondo documentary about Sweden. It was a minor charting single (spending 6 weeks on the Billboard chart and peaking at #55, and reaching #22 in Canada), popularized by The Red Skelton Show, first airing in October 1969, and The Muppets, who covered the song several times; starting on episode 0014 of Sesame Street on 27 November 1969, then The Ed Sullivan Show three days later, and again on the syndicated series The Muppet Show in 1977. The track was also a hit in the UK, reaching number 8 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1977.
Umiliani's other scores included Son of Django, Orgasmo, Gangster's Law, Death Knocks Twice, Five Dolls for an August Moon, Baba Yaga, The Slave and Sex Pot. His orchestra score "Arrivano I Marines" for War Italian Style, a 1966 comedy about two USMC soldiers in Italy, is used in the Armored Trooper Votoms series as "March of the Red Shoulders".
His composition "Crepuscolo Sul Mare" was used in Ocean's Twelve. More recently, his composition Echi Della Natura featured on the soundtrack of Ashim Ahluwalia’s 2012 film Miss Lovely.
Outside of his film score work, Umiliani formed the rock band Braen's Machine with Alessandro Alessandroni.
Umiliani died in Rome in February 2001, at the age of 74.

## Selected filmography

| Year | Film | Directed by | Singles |
| 1958 | Big Deal on Madonna Street | | |
| 1960 | The Traffic Policeman | Luigi Zampa | A1: Titoli Di Testa / A2: Il Vigile |
| 1961 | On The Tiger's Back | | |
| 1961 | Creole Venus | Lorenzo Ricciardi | |
| 1962 | Getting Away with It the Italian Way | Lucio Fulci | |
| 1962 | Smog (1962 film) | Franco Rossi | |
| 1963 | Omicron | Ugo Gregoretti | Omicron (Titoli Di Testa) |
| 1964 | Intrigue in Los Angeles | Romano Ferrara | |
| 1964 | Samson and His Mighty Challenge | | |
| 1965 | La Celestina P... R... | | |
| 1965 | Sons of the Leopard | Sergio Corbucci | |
| 1965 | Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell | | |
| 1965 | The Reckless | Giuliano Montaldo | |
| 1965 | Two Mafiosi Against Goldfinger | Giorgio Simonelli | |
| 1965 | The Dreamer | | |
| 1965 | Agente X 1-7 operazione Oceano | Tanio Boccia | |
| 1965 | Lady Morgan's Vengeance | Massimo Pupillo | |
| 1965 | Operation Poker | Osvaldo Civirani | |
| 1966 | Man on the Spying Trapeze | Juan de Orduña | |
| 1966 | Agent 3S3, Massacre in the Sun | | |
| 1966 | Target Goldseven | | |
| 1966 | Ring Around the World | | |
| 1966 | Due mafiosi contro Al Capone | | |
| 1966 | Requiem for a Secret Agent | Sergio Sollima | |
| 1966 | Blockhead | | |
| 1966 | War Italian Style | Luigi Scattini | Arrivano I Marines |
| 1966 | Nero | Giovanni Vento | |
| 1967 | The bridge of Asia | Corrado Sofia | |
| 1967 | Blueprint for a Massacre | | |
| 1967 | Argoman the Fantastic Superman | | |
| 1967 | Italians and Industry | Romolo Marcellini | |
| 1967 | Lotus Flowers for Miss Quon | | |
| 1967 | Son of Django | | |
| 1967 | Last of the Badmen | | |
| 1967 | I barbieri di Sicilia | | |
| 1968 | Il marchio di Kriminal | | |
| 1968 | Two Eyes To Kill | Renato Borraccetti | |
| 1968 | Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine | Sergio Pastore | |
| 1968 | Sweden: Heaven and Hell | Luigi Scattini | |
| 1969 | Orgasmo | Umberto Lenzi | Fate Had Planned It So |
| 1969 | The Archangel | Giorgio Capitani | |
| 1969 | Gangster's Law | Siro Marcellini | Crepuscolo Sul Mare |
| 1969 | Witchcraft '70 | Luigi Scattini | |
| 1969 | Death Knocks Twice | Harald Philipp | |
| 1970 | Le Isole Dell'Amore | Pino de Martino | |
| 1970 | Five Dolls for an August Moon | Mario Bava | Cinevox / BX MDF 149: Cinque Bambole (Versione Coro) / Ti Risveglierai Con Me (Versione Film) |
| 1970 | A Quiet Place to Kill | Umberto Lenzi | |
| 1970 | Don Franco e Don Ciccio nell'anno della contestazione | Marino Girolami | |
| 1970 | Roy Colt and Winchester Jack | Mario Bava | |
| 1970 | Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Fifth Floor Neighbour | Ramón Fernández | |
| 1971 | Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold | Pasquale Squitieri | |
| 1972 | History and Prehistory | | |
| 1972 | Il Mondo Dei Romani | | |
| 1972 | Sex of Their Bodies | Luigi Scattini | |
| 1973 | La Ragazza Fuoristrada | Luigi Scattini | |
| 1973 | Baba Yaga | Corrado Farina | |
| 1973 | The Slave | Giorgio Capitani | |
| 1974 | La governante | Giovanni Grimaldi | |
| 1974 | The Body | Luigi Scattini | |
| 1974 | Blood River | Gianfranco Baldanello | |
| 1974 | Il domestico | Luigi Filippo D'Amico | |
| 1975 | Il fidanzamento | Giovanni Grimaldi | |
| 1975 | Sex Pot | Giorgio Capitani | |
| 1975 | The School Teacher | Nando Cicero | |
| 1976 | Eva Nera | Joe D'Amato | |
| 1977 | Twilight of Love | Luigi Scattini | |
| 1977 | Pane, burro e marmellata | Giorgio Capitani | |
| 1978 | Blue Nude | Luigi Scattini | |
| 1979 | Lobster for Breakfast | Giorgio Capitani | |
| 1980 | I Hate Blondes | Giorgio Capitani | |
| 1981 | There Is a Ghost in My Bed | Luigi Scattini | |
| 1981 | Teste di quoio | Giorgio Capitani | |
| 1981 | Quando la coppia scoppia | Giorgio Capitani | |
| 1982 | Vai avanti tu che mi vien da ridere | Giorgio Capitani | |

## Library music

| Year | Album | Singles |
| 1971 | Paesaggi | |
| 1971 | Synthi Time | |
| 1971 | Underground | |
| 1972 | Percussioni ed effetti speciali | Echi della natura |
| 1973 | Temi ritmici e dinamici | |
| 1973 | To-Day's Sound | Open Space (4:16) / Slogan (4:10) |
| 1974 | Mondo inquieto | |
| 1974 | Musica classica per l'uomo d'oggi | |
| 1974 | Nuove arie romantiche | |
| 1975 | Paesi Balcani | |
| 1978 | Discomusic | |
| 1978 | Motivi allegri e distensivi | |
| 1979 | Film concerto | |
| 1979 | Panorama italiano | |
| 1979 | Tensione | |
| 1981 | Album di viaggio | |
| 1983 | Suspence elettronica | |