Angelo Francesco Lavagnino

Angelo Francesco Lavagnino (22 February 1909 – 21 August 1987) was an Italian composer, born in Genoa. He is best known for scoring many films, including Legend of the Lost , Conspiracy of Hearts , Gorgo , The Legion's Last Patrol , The Naked Maja , Daisy Miller , and two directed by Orson Welles, Othello and Chimes at Midnight . He also scored several peplums and Spaghetti Westerns.

Lavagnino won the Nastro d'Argento award for Best Score twice, for Continente perduto (1955) and Vertigine bianca (1956). ^{[1] [2]}

Selected filmography

• The Devil in the Convent (1950)
• Mamma Mia, What an Impression! (1951)
• Othello (1951)
• The Tired Outlaw (1952)
• Woman of the Red Sea (1953)
• Marriage (1954)
• Un americano a Roma (1954)
• Toto and Carolina (1955)
• Tom Toms of Mayumba (1955)
• Sins of Casanova (1955)
• Continente perduto (1955)
• The Wanderers (1956)
• Roland the Mighty (1956)
• Count Max (1957)
• Legend of the Lost (1957)
• Engaged to Death (1957)
• The Naked Maja (1958)
• The Wind Cannot Read (1958)
• Passionate Summer (1958)
• The Last Days of Pompeii (1959)
• Nel Segno di Roma (1959)
• Gastone (1960)
• The Warrior Empress (1960)
• Conspiracy of Hearts (1960)
• Messalina (1960)
• Siege of Syracuse (1960)
• Five Branded Women (1960)
• Everybody Go Home (1960)
• Esther and the King (1960)
• Dreams Die at Dawn (1961)
• The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)
• Gorgo (1961)
• Duel of Champions (1961)
• Goliath and the Vampires (1961)
• The Wonders of Aladdin (1961)
• The Corsican Brothers (1961)
• Pontius Pilate (1962)
• Damon and Pythias (1962)
• Ulysses Against the Son of Hercules (1962)
• The Legion's Last Patrol (1962)
• The Old Testament (1962)
• Samson and the Slave Queen (1963)
• Samson and the Sea Beast (1963)
• Hercules, Samson and Ulysses (1963)
• Hot Enough for June (1964)
• Hercules Against Rome (1964)
• Castle of the Living Dead (1964)
• Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon (1964)
• The High Bright Sun (1964)
• Hero of Rome (1964)
• Revolt of the Praetorians (1964)
• Gunmen of the Rio Grande (1964)
• Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus (1965)
• Legacy of the Incas (1965)
• Dawn of a New Day (1965)
• Seven Hours of Gunfire (1965)
• Johnny West il mancino (1965)
• Doc, Hands of Steel (1965)
• Hands of a Gunfighter (1965)
• Agent 077: Mission Bloody Mary (1965)
• The Tramplers (1965)
• 008: Operation Exterminate (1965)
• Wild, Wild Planet (1966)
• War of the Planets (1966)
• God's Own Country (1966)
• Last Man to Kill (1966)
• Chimes at Midnight (1966)
• 4 Dollars of Revenge (1966)
• Assault on the State Treasure (1967)
• A Handful of Heroes (1967)
• Samoa, Queen of the Jungle (1968)
• Trusting Is Good... Shooting Is Better (1968)
• Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! (1968)
• The Son of Black Eagle (1968)
• Requiem for a Gringo (1968)
• Revenge for Revenge (1968)
• Battle of the Last Panzer (1969)
• Tarzana, the Wild Girl (1969)
• The Specialist (1969)
• Beatrice Cenci (1969)
• Angeli senza paradiso (1970)
• Zorro in the Court of England (1970)
• The Tigers of Mompracem (1970)
• Something Creeping in The Dark (1971)
• Daisy Miller (1974)
• The Regent's Wife (1975)

References

• Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, Il difficile mestiere del compositore cinematografico. Scritti, conferenze, interviste (1950-1984), a cura di Alessandro Cecchi, Roma, NeoClassica, 2022.
• Sergio Miceli. "Angelo Francesco Lavagnino", Grove Music Online , ed. L. Macy (accessed February 27, 2008), grovemusic.com Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine (subscription access).

External links

• Angelo Francesco Lavagnino at IMDb

1. "1955". Nastri d'Argento (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-09-22.
2. "1956". Nastri d'Argento (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-09-22.