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Piero Umiliani

Florence, Italy · 1926-07-17 – 2001-02-14

Piero Umiliani is credited on 901 releases across 295 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1953–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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901

Credits

295

Albums

8

Decades active

60

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Born on July 17, 1926 in Firenze. Died on February 14, 2001 in Roma.
Italian composer of film scores and library music. Founder,, and cofounder.
Best known for composing Máh-Ná-Mah-Ná / You Tried To Warn Me, which was originally used for a Mondo documentary about Sweden (Svezia, Inferno e Paradiso) and became world-famous in 1977 when performed for The Muppet Show. The song was also the theme to the Benny Hill show.
He helped form the style of the European '60s/'70s jazz-influenced film soundtracks which later experienced a revival in films like Kill Bill and Ocean's Twelve.

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Credited work

901 releases · 295 albums · active 1953–2025

  • Performance · 1,127
  • Other credits · 265
  • Production · 8

Studios: Sound Work-Shop Studio · Sound Work Shop · Fono Roma · Blows Yard Studios

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