Renzo Rossellini (composer)

Renzo Rossellini (2 February 1908 – 13 May 1982) was an Italian composer, best known for his film scores.

Born in Rome, he was brother of director Roberto Rossellini and father of producer Franco Rossellini. He died in Monte Carlo.

He composed the scores of his brother's films, and others such as Rome, Open City, The Children Are Watching Us or Il segno di Venere.

He also wrote several ballets, oratorios, cantatas, four operas—La Guerra (1956), Il vortice (1958), Uno sguardo dal ponte (1961), L'Annonce faite à Marie (1970)—, symphonies, chamber music, and songs.

Selected filmography

• The Ancestor (1936)
• Under the Southern Cross (1938)
• Princess Tarakanova (1938)
• The White Ship (1941)
• A Pilot Returns (1942)
• Luisa Sanfelice (1942)
• Giarabub (1942)
• Knights of the Desert (1942)
• The Two Orphans (1942)
• The Man with a Cross (1943)
• The Tyrant of Padua (1946)
• Before Him All Rome Trembled (1946)
• L'Amore (1948)
• Love and Blood (1951)
• Shadows Over Naples (1951)
• Messalina (1951)
• A Woman Has Killed (1952)
• For You I Have Sinned (1953)
• House of Ricordi (1954)
• The Lovers of Manon Lescaut (1954)

Awards

• Nastro d'Argento: Best Score for Paisà (1946) and for I fratelli Karamazoff (1947).

External links

• Renzo Rossellini at the Internet Movie Database