Pino Donaggio

Giuseppe Pino Donaggio born 24 November 1941 is an Italian musician singer and composer of film and television scores A classicallytrained 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 dArgento 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 Donaggios 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 Italys prominent singersongwriters 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 Dont Have to Say You Love Me by Dusty Springfield and Elvis Presley His first film was the BritishItalian horror film Dont Look Now Since then he has composed music for several films including Dario Argentos 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 Palmas 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia