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martelli in 1972 3 november 2014 -lrb- aged 74 -rrb- milan , italy genoa , italy 190px 15 march 1940 augusto martelli.jpg augusto martelli
 augusto martelli composer , conductor , arranger , television personality
augusto martelli

augusto martelli -lrb- 15 march 1940 -- 3 november 2014 -rrb- was an italian composer , conductor , arranger and television personality .
born in genoa , the son of conductor and composer giordano bruno martelli , martelli is probably best known for the song `` djamballà '' , theme song of the 1970 film `` il dio serpente '' , which reached the first position in the italian hit parade .
he is also well known for having had a sentimental engagement with the singer mina , with whom he also collaborated as a composer and an arranger and with whom he co-fonded the recording company pdu .
after having been conductor in a number of rai variety shows , starting from late seventies martelli was also host of a number of tv programs , mainly for canale 5 .
he also composed songs and scores for a large number of fininvest tv programs .
