Manuel De Sica

Manuel De Sica Son Of Vittorio Was Born In Rome In 1949. A Composer Of Classical Symphonic And Chamber Music De Sica Is Best Known By The General Public For The Over One Hundred Musical Scores He Has Composed For Film And Television Since 1969. He Received An Oscar Nomination In 1971 For The Garden Of The Finzi-Continis . He Won The 1988-89 Italian Foreign Press Globo D'oro Golden Globe Award For The Soundtrack Of "Ladri Di Saponette" "The Icicle Thief" Directed By Maurizio Nichetti A 1992 Nastro D'Argento Silver Ribbon For " Al Lupo Al Lupo" "Beware The Wolf" Directed By Carlo Verdone And The 1996 David Di Donatello Award For The Score Of " Celluloide " Directed By Carlo Lizzani. Most Recently De Sica Was Responsible For The Soundtrack Of Michele Soavi's "Cemetary Man " Distributed By October Films.
Additional Film Scores By De Sica Include "A Brief Vacation" 1973 Directed By Vittorio De Sica " Caro Papa" 1975 Directed By Dino Risi And " Folies Bourgeoises" 1977 Directed By Claude Chabrol. Television Projects Include " L'Eta Di Cosimo De Medici" 1973 Directed By Roberto Rossellini And "Cuore" 1981 Directed By Luigi Comencini.
Songs From De Sica's Film Scores Have Been Performed By Singers Including Ella Fitzgerald And Tony Bennett. DRG New York Recently Released A CD Entitled "A Manuel De Sica Anthology." read less