Amedeo Escobar

Amedeo Escobar
Born	14 August 1888 Pergola, Marche, Italy
Died	16 November 1973 Viareggio, Tuscany, Italy
Occupation	Composer
Years active	1931–1952 (film)

Amedeo Escobar (1888–1973) was an Italian composer of film scores.[1] He attended the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome where he studied harmony, composition and cello under Luigi Forino.[2]

Selected filmography

• Resurrection (1931)
• The Last of the Bergeracs (1934)
• The Countess of Parma (1936)
• I've Lost My Husband! (1937)
• The Thrill of the Skies (1940)
• Captain Tempest (1942)
• The Lion of Damascus (1942)
• Macario Against Zagomar (1944)
• Toto Looks for a House (1949)
• Toto Looks for a Wife (1950)
• Beauties on Bicycles (1951)
• Drama on the Tiber (1952)

References

1. Frayling p.32
2. "Escobar, Amedeo". Treccani (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-11-08. Studiò armonia e composizione e si diplomò in violoncello presso l'Accademia di S. Cecilia di Roma con L. Forino. [He studied harmony and composition and graduated in cello at the Accademia di S. Cecilia in Rome with L. Forino.]

Bibliography

• Christopher Frayling. Spaghetti Westerns: Cowboys and Europeans from Karl May to Sergio Leone. I.B.Tauris, 2006.

External links

• Amedeo Escobar at IMDb