Gianni Marchetti

For the Italian tennis player, see Gianni Marchetti (tennis). For the American football player, see Gino Marchetti.

Gianni Marchetti (Rome, 7 September 1933 – Rome, 10 April 2012) was an Italian composer and songwriter. He collaborated with Piero Ciampi, lyricist Mogol, singer Bobby Solo and others.^[1] He also contributed to the soundtracks of around forty films.^[2] He also composed a number of solo albums including solstitium and equinox.

Gianni Marchetti
Gianni Marchetti conducts the orchestra of the Sanremo Festival 1970
Born	(1933-09-07)7 September 1933 Rome
Died	10 April 2012(2012-04-10) (aged 78) Rome
Occupation(s)	Composer, conductor, songwriter

Biography

Marchetti enrolled in the musical institution Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in his early life to study piano in Rome.^[3] As a composer and conductor, he began his career in 1956.

Selected filmography

• Tears on Your Face (1964)
• Top Crack (1967)
• The Wild Eye (1967)
• Kill Me Quick, I'm Cold (1967)
• The Killer Likes Candy (1968)
• One Step to Hell (1968)
• Congo Hell (1969)
• The Eyes (1969)
• Zorro The Invincible (1974)
• The Last Desperate Hours (1974)
• Emanuelle's Revenge (1975)
• SS Girls (1977)
• Ready for Anything (1977)
• Sexy Night Report (1978)
• Bedtime Stories (1979)

Bibliography

• Marchetti, Gianni (2010). Il mio Piero Ciampi: pagine di un incontro (in Italian). Coniglio. ISBN 8860632331.

See also

• Piero Ciampi
• Bobby Solo
• Nada Malanima
• Nico Fidenco