Francesco De Masi (January 11, 1930 – November 6, 2005) was an Italian conductor and film score composer. He studied composition at the San Pietro a Maiella in Naples, under the guidance of Achille Longo, who was also his uncle. De Masi got interested in film music when Longo was asked to compose a soundtrack for a film, and he asked De Masi to be his assistant.^[1] De Masi's filmography includes scores for over 200 films and TV series, ranging from spaghetti westerns and sword and sandal epics to gialli and horror films, such as Lucio Fulci's Lo squartatore di New York (The New York Ripper). De Masi died of cancer at the age of 75.^[2] January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A conductor conducting a band at a ceremony A conductors score and batons Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. ... A film score is the music in a film, generally written for the film and often used to heighten emotions provoked by the imagery on the screen or by the dialogue. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Naples panorama. ... A film score is the background music in a film, generally specially written for the film and often used to heighten emotions provoked by the imagery on the screen or by the dialogue. ... Movie poster for Once Upon a Time in the West Spaghetti Western is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western film that emerged in the mid-1960s, so named because most of them were produced by Italian studios. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... S.S. Van Dines The Benson Murder Case, the first giallo ever published (1929). ... DVD cover showing horror characters as depicted by Universal Studios. ... Lucio Fulci (born June 17, 1927 in Rome, Italy - died March 13, 1996 in Rome, Italy (diabetes-related illness)) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. ...

De Masi also scored several action films, such as Enzo G. Castellari's Quel maledetto treno blindato (Inglorious Bastards), but he is best remembered for his work on spaghetti westerns. Unlike most other composers, De Masi started writing western scores slightly earlier than the genre's most influential musician, Ennio Morricone. As De Masi's music was less influenced by Morricone, his style had a distinctive sound. Many of his songs were performed by the low-voiced member of the I Cantori Moderni choir, Ettore "Raoul" Lovecchio.^[3] Enzo G. Castellari (July 29, 1938 in Rome, as Enzo Girolami) is an Italian film director. ... Quel maledetto treno blindato is an Italian war movie directed by Enzo G. Castellari, written by Sandro Continenza, Sergio Grieco, Franco Marotta, Romano Migliorini, & Laura Toscano, and starring Bo Svenson, Peter Hooten, Fred Williamson, Michael Pergolani, and Jackie Basehart. ... Ennio Morricone (born November 10, 1928; sometimes also credited as Dan Savio or Leo Nichols) is an Italian composer especially noted for his film scores. ...

De Masi was also very interested in classical music. He taught at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory, also conducting the conservatory's orchestra. In an interview, De Masi listed Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Maurice Ravel and Dmitri Shostakovich as his main classical influences.^[1] This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c 1525–2 February 1594) was an Italian composer of Renaissance music. ... Karlheinz Stockhausen (born August 22, 1928) is a German composer, and one of the most important and controversial composers of the 20th century. ... Joseph-Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875 – December 28, 1937) was a French 20th century composer and pianist, known especially for the subtlety, richness and poignancy of his music. ... Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich   (Russian: , Dmitrij Dmitrievič Å ostakovič) (September 25 [O.S. September 12] 1906–August 9, 1975) was a Russian composer of the Soviet period. ...

Partial filmography

• Ercole l'invincibile (Hercules the Invincible, 1963)
• Un angelo per Satana (An Angel for Satan, 1966)
• Arizona Colt (The Man from Nowhere, 1966)
• Vado... l'ammazzo e torno (Any Gun Can Play, 1967)
• Los quatro salvajes (Ringo; Face of Revenge, 1967)
• Quella sporca storia nel west (Johnny Hamlet, 1968)
• Sette winchester per un massacro (Seven Winchesters for a Massacre, 1968)
• Ammazzali tutti e torna solo (Go Kill Everybody and Come Back Alone, 1968)
• La battaglia d'Inghilterra (Battle Squadron, 1969)
• C'è Sartana... vendi la pistola e comprati la bara (I Am Sartana, Trade Your Guns for a Coffin, 1970)
• I Familiari delle vittime non saranno avvertiti (Crime Boss, 1972)
• La orgía de los muertos (The Orgy of the Dead, 1973)
• The Arena (1974)
• Vizi privati, pubbliche virtù (Vices and Pleasures, 1975)
• Quel maledetto treno blindato (Inglorious Bastards, 1977)
• Napoli spara (Weapons of Death, 1977)
• Kid Vengeance (1977)
• Lo squartatore di New York (The New York Ripper, 1982)
• Rush (1983)
• Thor il conquistatore (Thor the Conqueror, 1983)
• Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
• Fuga dal Bronx (Bronx Warriors 2, 1983)
• Cobra Mission (1985)
• 7, Hyden Park: la casa maledetta, (Formula for a Murder, 1985)
• Mortacci (Death to You, 1989)

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References

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External links

• Francesco De Masi at the Internet Movie Database