# Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi

Pivio (born 7 June 1958 in Genoa, Italy) and Aldo De Scalzi (born 23 January 1957 in Genoa, Italy) are two Italian composers, best known for scoring music for television and motion pictures. They are not siblings: Pivio is a pseudonym for Roberto Pischiutta, while Aldo De Scalzi is Vittorio De Scalzi's brother, founding member of New Trolls, an Italian progressive rock band. Aldo himself has written and composed many songs for New Trolls, including "Faccia di Cane", in competition at the popular Italian song contest Sanremo Music Festival in 1985. Moreover, in 1973 Aldo and Vittorio De Scalzi started together their own music studio, Studio G. and the record labels Magma and Grog Records, renowned for having hosted, during the 70s, the most talented bands from progressive rock Italian movement (New Trolls, Picchio dal Pozzo, Alphataurus, Pholas Dactilus, Latte e miele, Mandillo, Celeste, Sigillo di Horus). From 1976 on, Aldo starts playing with the progressive rock band Picchio dal Pozzo.
Meanwhile, in 1979 Pivio founded along with Marco Odino, the new wave band Scortilla, famous for the hit "Fahrenheit 451", in competition at the Italian music contest Festivalbar, in 1984 edition. Graduated with a degree in Electronic Engineering at Genova University, Pivio moved in Rome in the late 1980s. Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi started their collaboration during the 90s and throughout their career, have been in soundtrack work for various motion pictures, starting with Hamam (Il bagno Turco) directed by Ferzan Özpetek in 1997.
Moreover, in 1995 Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi started the side project Trancendental, developing their interest in Mediterranean world music, crossing Maghreb and Middle East musical traditions and in 2004 started the record label I dischi dell'espleta and the publishing company Creuza S.r.l.

## The duo

Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi met during the 1980s when Aldo happened to be the sound technician for a Scortilla's tour. Then, Aldo (with Danilo Madonia, who made many arrangements for, among the others, Renato Zero), produced "Fahrenheit 451", the Scortilla's album, released by Warner. The duo Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi were born officially in 1991. with their debut album Maccaia followed, in 1995, by Mirag in which they explore middle eastern sounds, which were developed more clearly in Deposizione (released in 1995, with the nickname of "Trancendental"); in this album there are echoes of the duo's musical bias: progressive rock and new wave.

## Film work

When film producer and director Marco Risi and his wife and actress Francesca D'Aloja listened to the album Deposizione, the couple decided to contact Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi to get them involved with a film project: Hamam, the directorial debut by Turkish-Italian filmmaker Ferzan Özpetek, produced by Marco Risi and starring Francesca D'Aloja and Alessandro Gassman. The duo composed in twelve days the original motion picture soundtrack, inspired by Turkish musical tradition and melting ancient with more contemporary sounds. In 1997 Hamam was screened in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs section at 50º Cannes Film Festival, where gained audience and film critics attention. Released in Italy by Italian film distribution company Filmauro, Hamam stayed in theaters for almost three months and the original soundtrack sold more than 300,000 copies. For Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi it was the very beginning of a long career as composers for motion pictures. Among the others, they scored for Outlaw, I giardini dell'Eden, Harem Suare, Casomai, El Alamein – The Line of Fire, Piano 17, Barbarossa, Complici del silenzio, We Can Do That, La peggiore settimana della mia vita, The Butterfly Room, Razzabastarda and for TV series Distretto di Polizia, L'ispettore Coliandro and Medicina generale. The duo has had a long association with directors Manetti Bros., composing the music for, among the others, Piano 17 [it], L'ispettore Coliandro, The Arrival of Wang, Paura 3D, Song 'e Napule and the awarded musical Love and Bullets (2017 film).

## Filmography

| Year | Film | Director |
| 1997 | Hamam | Ferzan Özpetek |
| 1998 | Le faremo tanto male | Pino Quartullo |
| 1998 | The Scent of the Night | Claudio Caligari |
| 1998 | Viola Kisses Everybody | Giovanni Veronesi |
| 1998 | The Second Wife | Ugo Chiti |
| 1998 | I giardini dell'Eden | Alessandro D'Alatri |
| 1998 | Elvjs & Merilijn | Armando Manni |
| 1998 | Il delitto di via Monte Parioli | Antonio Bonifacio |
| 1998 | Marriages | Cristina Comencini |
| 1999 | I fobici | Giancarlo Scarchilli |
| 1999 | I fetentoni | Alessandro Di Robilant |
| 1999 | Harem Suare | Ferzan Özpetek |
| 1999 | Outlaw | Enzo Monteleone |
| 2001 | The Dangerous Sex Date | Maria Martinelli |
| 2001 | Lupo mannaro | Antonio Tibaldi |
| 2001 | Nella terra di nessuno | Gianfranco Giagni |
| 2001 | Blek Giek | Enrico Caria |
| 2001 | Se fossi in te | Giulio Manfredonia |
| 2002 | Turno di notte | Carmen Giardina |
| 2002 | Nati stanchi (additional music) | Dominick Tambasco |
| 2002 | The Best Day of My Life (additional music) | Cristina Comencini |
| 2002 | The Boys from El Alamein | Enzo Monteleone |
| 2002 | El Alamein - The Line of Fire | Enzo Monteleone |
| 2002 | Casomai | Alessandro D'Alatri |
| 2003 | Uncut | Jonathan Zarantonello |
| 2003 | Per sempre | Alessandro Di Robilant |
| 2004 | E' già ieri (additional music) | Giulio Manfredonia |
| 2004 | Tre giorni di anarchia | Vito Zagarrio |
| 2005 | The Person de Leo N. | Alberto Vendemmiati |
| 2006 | La fiamma sul ghiaccio (additional music) | Umberto Marino |
| 2006 | 7 Km da Gerusalemme | Claudio Malaponti |
| 2006 | The Stone Merchant [it] | Renzo Martinelli |
| 2006 | Piano 17 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2006 | Maradona, the Hand of God | Marco Risi |
| 2007 | Vedi Napoli e poi muori | Enrico Caria |
| 2007 | Dark resurrection(additional music) | Angelo Licata |
| 2007 | Last minute Marocco | Francesco Falaschi |
| 2007 | Carnera - The Walking Mountain | Renzo Martinelli |
| 2008 | Il mattino ha l'oro in bocca | Francesco Patierno |
| 2008 | We Can Do That | Giulio Manfredonia |
| 2009 | Complici del silenzio | Stefano Incerti |
| 2009 | Hollywood on the Tiber | Marco Spagnoli |
| 2009 | Barbarossa - Sword of War | Renzo Martinelli |
| 2009 | Cavie | Manetti Bros. |
| 2010 | Left by the ship | Alberto Vendemmiati, Emma Rossi Landi |
| 2011 | Qualunquemente (additional music) | Giulio Manfredonia |
| 2011 | L'infiltré | Giacomo Battiato |
| 2011 | Questo mondo è per te | Francesco Falaschi |
| 2011 | Some Say No | Gianbattista Avellino |
| 2011 | Hollywood invasion | Marco Spagnoli |
| 2011 | Box Office – 3D | Ezio Greggio |
| 2011 | L'era legale | Enrico Caria |
| 2011 | The Arrival of Wang | Manetti Bros. |
| 2011 | Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane | Marco Spagnoli |
| 2011 | La peggior settimana della mia vita | Alessandro Genovesi |
| 2011 | Seven Footprints to Satan | Benjamin Christensen (1929) |
| 2012 | A wild awakening | Fulvio Ottaviano |
| 2012 | The Butterfly Room | Jonathan Zarantonello |
| 2012 | All'ultima spiaggia | Gianluca Ansanelli |
| 2012 | Giuliano Montaldo - Four Times Twenty | Marco Spagnoli |
| 2012 | E la vita continua | Pino Quartullo |
| 2012 | Fratelli minori | Carmen Giardina |
| 2012 | Il peggior Natale della mia vita | Alessandro Genovesi |
| 2012 | Razzabastarda | Alessandro Gassman |
| 2013 | Anna Magnani a Hollywood | Marco Spagnoli |
| 2013 | Essere Riccardo ... e gli altri | Giancarlo Scarchilli |
| 2013 | Monk with a camera | Guido Santi and Tina Mascara |
| 2014 | Amori elementari | Sergio Basso |
| 2014 | Eppideis | Matteo Andreolli |
| 2014 | Song'e Napule | Manetti Bros. |
| 2014 | The sweepers | Igor Maltagliati |
| 2015 | Le frise ignoranti | Antonello De Leo and Pietro Loprieno |
| 2015 | Game therapy | Ryan Travis |
| 2016 | Ustica | Renzo Martinelli |
| 2016 | L'uomo che non cambio la storia | Enrico Caria |
| 2016 | The long march | Sergio Basso |
| 2017 | The startup | Alessandro D'Alatri |
| 2017 | Love and Bullets (2017 film) | Manetti Bros. |
| 2018 | Favola | Sebastiano Mauri |
| 2018 | Il tuttofare | Valerio Attanasio |
| 2018 | Restiamo amici | Antonello Grimaldi |
| 2019 | Un'avventura | Marco Danieli |
| 2020 | Tell Me Who I Am | Sergio Basso |
| 2020 | Thou Shalt Not Hate | Mauro Mancini |
| 2021 | Il silenzio grande | Alessandro Gassmann |
| 2021 | Diabolik | Manetti Bros. |
| 2022 | Belli Ciao | Gennaro Nunziante |
| 2022 | Il filo invisibile | Marco Simon Puccioni |
| 2022 | Io & Spotty | Cosimo Gomez |
| 2022 | Diabolik 2 - Ginko all'attacco | Manetti Bros. |

## Pivio solo filmography

| Year | Film | Director |
| 1996 | Cold ground | Guido Santi |
| 2001 | Non dire gatto | Giorgio Tirabassi |
| 2005 | Il bastardo e l'handicappato | Giampaolo Morelli |
| 2007 | Sleeping around (with Danilo Madonia) | Marco Carniti |
| 2007 | Dora | Sergio Basso |
| 2012 | Paura – 3D | Manetti Bros. |
| 2014 | Macabrus | Manetti Bros. |
| 2014 | Murder Inc. | Francesco Bovino |
| 2016 | It's fine anyway | Marcello Saurino and Pivio |
| 2019 | The wisdom tooth | Gregorio Sassoli |
| 2020 | Il caso Braibanti | Carmen Giardina and Massimiliano Palmese |
| 2021 | Nothin' at all | Matteo Malatesta |
| 2022 | B-Movie | Matteo Malatesta |

## Film TV and TV-series

| Year | Film | Director |
| 2000 | La voce del sangue | Alessandro Di Robilant |
| 2000 | Distretto di Polizia I | Renato De Maria |
| 2001 | Distretto di Polizia II | Antonello Grimaldi |
| 2002 | Per Amore | Peter Exacoustos and Carmela Cicinnati |
| 2002 | Distretto di Polizia III | Monica Vullo |
| 2003 | Questo amore | Luca Manfredi |
| 2003 | Distretto di Polizia IV | Monica Vullo |
| 2004 | Noi | Peter Exacoustos |
| 2004 | Il tunnel della libertà | Enzo Monteleone |
| 2004 | Il giorno del lupo – L'ispettore Coliandro 1 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2005 | In trappola – L'ispettore Coliandro 1 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2005 | Magia nera – L'ispettore Coliandro 1 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2005 | Vendetta cinese – L'ispettore Coliandro 1 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2005 | Ho sposato un calciatore | Stefano Sollima |
| 2005 | Der Todestunnel | Dominique Othenin-Girard |
| 2005 | Distretto di Polizia V | Lucio Gaudino |
| 2006 | Il giudice Mastrangelo | Enrico Oldoini |
| 2006 | Distretto di polizia VI | Antonello Grimaldi |
| 2006 | Il bambino e la befana | Manetti Bros. |
| 2006 | Rapidamente | Manetti Bros. |
| 2006 | Morte di un confidente | Manetti Bros. |
| 2007 | Il giudice Mastrangelo 2 | Enrico Oldoini |
| 2007 | Distretto di polizia VII | Alessandro Capone |
| 2007 | L’uomo della carità | Alessandro Di Robilant |
| 2007 | Medicina generale | Renato de Maria |
| 2008 | Distretto di Polizia VIII | Alessandro Capone |
| 2008 | Il coraggio di Angela | Luciano Manuzzi |
| 2008 | Anna e i cinque | Monica Vullo |
| 2008 | Mai rubare a casa dei ladri – L'ispettore Coliandro 2 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2008 | La pistola – L'ispettore Coliandro 2 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2008 | Doppia rapina – L'ispettore Coliandro 2 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2008 | Sesso e segreti – L'ispettore Coliandro 2 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2009 | Distretto di Polizia IX | Alberto Ferrari |
| 2009 | Medicina generale 2 | Luca Ribuoli and Francesco Micciché |
| 2009 | Un caso di coscienza 4 | Luigi Perelli |
| 2009 | Il sospetto – L'ispettore Coliandro 3 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2009 | Sangue in facoltà – L'ispettore Coliandro 3 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2009 | Sempre avanti – L'ispettore Coliandro 3 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2009 | Cous cous alla bolognese – L'ispettore Coliandro 3 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2009 | Moana | Alfredo Peyretti |
| 2009 | 666 – L'ispettore Coliandro 4 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2009 | Anomalia 21 – L'ispettore Coliandro 4 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2010 | Distretto di Polizia X | Alberto Ferrari |
| 2010 | I delitti del cuoco | Alessandro Capone |
| 2011 | Un Natale per due | Giambattista Avellino |
| 2011 | Walter Chiari | Enzo Monteleone |
| 2011 | Distretto di Polizia XI | Alberto Ferrari |
| 2012 | Natale Coi Fiocchi | Giambattista Avellino |
| 2014 | Rex 7 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2015 | L'angelo di Sarajevo | Enzo Monteleone |
| 2015 | Max and Hélène | Giacomo Battiato |
| 2015 | Rex 8 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2016 | Black Mamba – L'ispettore Coliandro 5 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2016 | Testimone da proteggere – L'ispettore Coliandro 5 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2016 | Salsa e merengue – L'ispettore Coliandro 5 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2016 | Doppia identità – L'ispettore Coliandro 5 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2016 | Tassista notturno – L'ispettore Coliandro 5 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2016 | Cop Killer – L'ispettore Coliandro 5 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2016 | Io non mi arrendo | Enzo Monteleone |
| 2016 | Fuoco amico – Task force 45 | Beniamino Catena |
| 2017 | Mortal Club – L'ispettore Coliandro 6 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2017 | Partita speciale – L'ispettore Coliandro 6 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2017 | Il team – L'ispettore Coliandro 6 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2017 | Corri, Coliandro, corri – L'ispettore Coliandro 6 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2017 | Smartphone – L'ispettore Coliandro 6 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2017 | La fine del mondo – L'ispettore Coliandro 6 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2018 | Tutto il mondo è paese | Giulio Manfredonia |
| 2018 | Duisburg | Enzo Monteleone |
| 2018 | Yakuza – L'ispettore Coliandro 7 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2018 | Serial killer – L'ispettore Coliandro 7 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2018 | Vai col liscio – L'ispettore Coliandro 7 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2018 | Caccia grossa – L'ispettore Coliandro 7 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2019 | Dottoressa Gio | Antonello Grimaldi |
| 2019 | Illuminate 2 | Different Directors |
| 2020 | Storia di Nilde | Emanuele Imbucci |
| 2020 | Illuminate 3 | Different Directors |
| 2021 | Masantonio | Fabio Mollo |
| 2021 | Il fantasma – L'ispettore Coliandro 8 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2021 | Tesoro nascosto – L'ispettore Coliandro 8 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2021 | Intrigo maltese – L'ispettore Coliandro 8 | Manetti Bros. |
| 2021 | Kabir Bedi – L'ispettore Coliandro 8 | Manetti Bros. |

## Theatre

| Year | Play | Director |
| 1999 | K2 | Edoardo Erba |
| 2001 | Junun | Fadhel Jaibi |
| 2002 | La forza dell'abitudine | Alessandro Gassmann |
| 2003 | Le crociate viste dagli arabi | Consuelo Barillaro |
| 2004 | Infernetto | Giorgio Tirabassi |
| 2006 | Corps otages | Fadhel Jaibi |
| 2008/2009 | La parola ai giurati | Alessandro Gassmann |
| 2010 | L’ebreo | Enrico Maria Lamanna |
| 2010 | Roman e il suo cucciolo | Alessandro Gassmann |
| 2010 | Immanuel Kant | Alessandro Gassmann |
| 2013 | Riccardo III | Alessandro Gassmann |
| 2014 | 7 minuti | Alessandro Gassmann |
| 2015 | Qualcuno volò sul nido del cuculo | Alessandro Gassmann |
| 2015 | La pazza della porta accanto | Alessandro Gassmann |
| 2018 | Fronte del porto | Alessandro Gassmann |
| 2019 | Il silenzio grande | Alessandro Gassmann |
| 2020 | After the end | Marco Puccioni |
| 2022 | Racconti disumani | Alessandro Gassmann |

## Awards and nominations
### David di Donatello

| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
| 2000 | Outlaw | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| 2003 | Casomai | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| 2009 | We Can Do That | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| 2013 | Razzabastarda | Best Song | Nominated |
| 2014 | Song'e Napule | Best Original Score | Won |
| 2018 | Love and Bullets | Best Original Song | Won |
| 2018 | Love and Bullets | Best Original Score | Won |
| 2021 | Non odiare | Best Original Song | Nominated |
| 2021 | Non odiare | Best Composer | Nominated |
| 2022 | Diabolik | Best Composer | Nominated |

### Nastri d'Argento

| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
| 1997 | Hamam | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| 1999 | Elvjs & Merilijn | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| 2002 | Casomai | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| 2007 | Piano 17 | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| 2007 | Maradona, the Hand of God | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| 2009 | We Can Do That | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| 2009 | Complici del silenzio | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| 2013 | Razzabastarda [it] | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| 2014 | Song'e Napule | Best Original Score | Won |
| 2015 | Le frise ignoranti | Best Original Song | Nominated |
| 2018 | Love and Bullets | Best Original Score | Won |
| 2018 | Love and Bullets | Best Original Song | Won |
| 2021 | Non Odiare | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| 2022 | Diabolik | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| 2022 | Il silenzio grande | Best Original Score | Nominated |

### Bif&st - Bari International Film Festival

| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
| 2014 | Song'e Napule | Ennio Morricone Award - Best Original Score | Won |
| 2018 | Love and Bullets | Ennio Morricone Award - Best Original Score | Won |

### Ciak d'oro

| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
| 2000 | Harem Suare | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| 2006 | Piano 17 | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| 2013 | Razzabastarda | Ciak d'oro for Best Original Score and Best Song | Nominated |
| 2018 | Love and Bullets | Best Song | Won |
| 2018 | Love and Bullets | Best Original Score | Won |
| 2021 | Il silenzio grande | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| 2021 | Non odiare | Best Song | Nominated |

### Globo d'oro

| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
| 1997 | Hamam | Best Original Score | Won |
| 1998 | Elvjs & Merilijn | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| 2009 | We Can Do That | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| 2013 | Razzabastarda | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| 2014 | Song 'e Napule | Best Original Score | Won |
| 2018 | Love and Bullets | Best Original Score | Nominated |

### Premio Roma VideoClip

| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
| 2011 | The Arrival of Wang | Best Original Score | Won |
| 2013 | Razzabastarda | Best Original Score | Won |

### Soundtrack Stars Award

| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
| 2017 | Love and Bullets | Best Italian Score | Won |

### Premio FICE

| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
| 2009 | Complici del silenzio | Best Original Score | Won |
| 2009 | We Can Do That | Best Original Score | Won |

### Ciliegia d'Oro

| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
| 2009 | We Can Do That | Best Original Score | Won |
| 2018 | Love and Bullets | Best Original Score | Won |

### BAFF [it]

| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
| 2007 [it] | 7 Km da Gerusalemme | Best Original Score | Won |

### Premio Fellini

| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
| 2002 | El Alamein - The Line of Fire | Best Original Score | Won |

### Premio Musica de Andalusia

| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
| 2000 | Hamam | Best Original Score | Won |

### Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival

| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
| 1997 | Hamam | Best Original Score | Won |