Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi

Pivio & Aldo De Scalzi
Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi at Globi d'oro awards ceremony, 2014
Background information
Also known asTrancendental
GenresFilm score, world, progressive rock, new wave
Years active1991–present
LabelsI dischi dell'espleta, Creuza srl
Members
  • Pivio
  • Aldo De Scalzi
Websitewww.pivioealdodescalzi.com

Pivio (born 7 June 1958 in Genoa, Italy)[1] and Aldo De Scalzi (born 23 January 1957 in Genoa, Italy)[2] are two Italian composers, best known for scoring music for television and motion pictures. They are not siblings:[3] Pivio is a pseudonym for Roberto Pischiutta,[4] while Aldo De Scalzi is Vittorio De Scalzi's brother, founding member of New Trolls, an Italian progressive rock band. Aldo himself has written and composed many songs for New Trolls, including "Faccia di Cane", in competition at the popular Italian song contest Sanremo Music Festival in 1985. Moreover, in 1973 Aldo and Vittorio De Scalzi started together their own music studio, Studio G. and the record labels Magma[5] and Grog Records,[6] renowned for having hosted, during the 70s, the most talented bands from progressive rock Italian movement (New Trolls, Picchio dal Pozzo, Alphataurus, Pholas Dactilus, Latte e miele, Mandillo, Celeste, Sigillo di Horus). From 1976 on, Aldo starts playing with the progressive rock band Picchio dal Pozzo.

Meanwhile, in 1979 Pivio founded along with Marco Odino, the new wave band Scortilla, famous for the hit "Fahrenheit 451", in competition at the Italian music contest Festivalbar, in 1984 edition. Graduated with a degree in Electronic Engineering at Genova University, Pivio moved in Rome in the late 1980s. Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi started their collaboration during the 90s and throughout their career, have been in soundtrack work for various motion pictures, starting with Hamam (Il bagno Turco) directed by Ferzan Özpetek in 1997.

Moreover, in 1995 Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi started the side project Trancendental,[7] developing their interest in Mediterranean world music, crossing Maghreb and Middle East musical traditions and in 2004 started the record label I dischi dell'espleta and the publishing company Creuza S.r.l.

The duo

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Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi met during the 1980s when Aldo happened to be the sound technician for a Scortilla's tour. Then, Aldo (with Danilo Madonia, who made many arrangements for, among the others, Renato Zero), produced "Fahrenheit 451", the Scortilla's album, released by Warner. The duo Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi were born officially in 1991. with their debut album Maccaia followed, in 1995, by Mirag in which they explore middle eastern sounds, which were developed more clearly in Deposizione (released in 1995, with the nickname of "Trancendental"); in this album there are echoes of the duo's musical bias: progressive rock and new wave.

Film work

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When film producer and director Marco Risi and his wife and actress Francesca D'Aloja listened to the album Deposizione, the couple decided to contact Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi to get them involved with a film project: Hamam, the directorial debut by Turkish-Italian filmmaker Ferzan Özpetek,[8] produced by Marco Risi and starring Francesca D'Aloja and Alessandro Gassman.[9] The duo composed in twelve days the original motion picture soundtrack, inspired by Turkish musical tradition and melting ancient with more contemporary sounds. In 1997 Hamam was screened in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs section at 50º Cannes Film Festival, where gained audience and film critics attention. Released in Italy by Italian film distribution company Filmauro, Hamam stayed in theaters for almost three months and the original soundtrack sold more than 300,000 copies. For Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi it was the very beginning of a long career as composers for motion pictures. Among the others, they scored for Outlaw, I giardini dell'Eden, Harem Suare, Casomai, El AlameinThe Line of Fire, Piano 17, Barbarossa, Complici del silenzio,[10] We Can Do That, La peggiore settimana della mia vita, The Butterfly Room, Razzabastarda[11][12][13] and for TV series Distretto di Polizia, L'ispettore Coliandro and Medicina generale. The duo has had a long association with directors Manetti Bros., composing the music for, among the others, Piano 17 [it], L'ispettore Coliandro, The Arrival of Wang,[14] Paura 3D,[15] Song 'e Napule and the awarded musical Love and Bullets (2017 film).

Filmography

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Year Film Director
1997 Hamam Ferzan Özpetek
1998 Le faremo tanto male Pino Quartullo
1998 The Scent of the Night Claudio Caligari
1998 Viola Kisses Everybody Giovanni Veronesi
1998 The Second Wife Ugo Chiti
1998 I giardini dell'Eden Alessandro D'Alatri
1998 Elvjs & Merilijn Armando Manni
1998 Il delitto di via Monte Parioli Antonio Bonifacio
1998 Marriages Cristina Comencini
1999 I fobici Giancarlo Scarchilli
1999 I fetentoni Alessandro Di Robilant
1999 Harem Suare Ferzan Özpetek
1999 Outlaw Enzo Monteleone
2001 The Dangerous Sex Date Maria Martinelli
2001 Lupo mannaro Antonio Tibaldi
2001 Nella terra di nessuno Gianfranco Giagni
2001 Blek Giek Enrico Caria
2001 Se fossi in te Giulio Manfredonia
2002 Turno di notte Carmen Giardina
2002 Nati stanchi (additional music) Dominick Tambasco
2002 The Best Day of My Life (additional music) Cristina Comencini
2002 The Boys from El Alamein Enzo Monteleone
2002 El Alamein - The Line of Fire Enzo Monteleone
2002 Casomai Alessandro D'Alatri
2003 Uncut Jonathan Zarantonello
2003 Per sempre Alessandro Di Robilant
2004 E' già ieri (additional music) Giulio Manfredonia
2004 Tre giorni di anarchia Vito Zagarrio
2005 The Person de Leo N. Alberto Vendemmiati
2006 La fiamma sul ghiaccio (additional music) Umberto Marino
2006 7 Km da Gerusalemme Claudio Malaponti
2006 The Stone Merchant [it] Renzo Martinelli
2006 Piano 17 Manetti Bros.
2006 Maradona, the Hand of God Marco Risi
2007 Vedi Napoli e poi muori Enrico Caria
2007 Dark resurrection(additional music) Angelo Licata
2007 Last minute Marocco Francesco Falaschi
2007 Carnera - The Walking Mountain Renzo Martinelli
2008 Il mattino ha l'oro in bocca Francesco Patierno
2008 We Can Do That Giulio Manfredonia
2009 Complici del silenzio Stefano Incerti
2009 Hollywood on the Tiber Marco Spagnoli
2009 Barbarossa - Sword of War Renzo Martinelli
2009 Cavie Manetti Bros.
2010 Left by the ship Alberto Vendemmiati, Emma Rossi Landi
2011 Qualunquemente (additional music) Giulio Manfredonia
2011 L'infiltré Giacomo Battiato
2011 Questo mondo è per te Francesco Falaschi
2011 Some Say No Gianbattista Avellino
2011 Hollywood invasion Marco Spagnoli
2011 Box Office – 3D Ezio Greggio
2011 L'era legale Enrico Caria
2011 The Arrival of Wang Manetti Bros.
2011 Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane Marco Spagnoli
2011 La peggior settimana della mia vita Alessandro Genovesi
2011 Seven Footprints to Satan Benjamin Christensen (1929)
2012 A wild awakening Fulvio Ottaviano
2012 The Butterfly Room Jonathan Zarantonello
2012 All’ultima spiaggia Gianluca Ansanelli
2012 Giuliano Montaldo - Four Times Twenty Marco Spagnoli
2012 E la vita continua Pino Quartullo
2012 Fratelli minori Carmen Giardina
2012 Il peggior Natale della mia vita Alessandro Genovesi
2012 Razzabastarda Alessandro Gassman
2013 Anna Magnani a Hollywood Marco Spagnoli
2013 Essere Riccardo ... e gli altri Giancarlo Scarchilli
2013 Monk with a camera Guido Santi and Tina Mascara
2014 Amori elementari Sergio Basso
2014 Eppideis Matteo Andreolli
2014 Song'e Napule Manetti Bros.
2014 The sweepers Igor Maltagliati
2015 Le frise ignoranti Antonello De Leo and Pietro Loprieno
2015 Game therapy Ryan Travis
2016 Ustica Renzo Martinelli
2016 L'uomo che non cambio la storia Enrico Caria
2016 The long march Sergio Basso
2017 The startup Alessandro D'Alatri
2017 Love and Bullets (2017 film) Manetti Bros.
2018 Favola Sebastiano Mauri
2018 Il tuttofare Valerio Attanasio
2018 Restiamo amici Antonello Grimaldi
2019 Un'avventura Marco Danieli
2020 Tell Me Who I Am Sergio Basso
2020 Thou Shalt Not Hate Mauro Mancini
2021 Il silenzio grande Alessandro Gassmann
2021 Diabolik Manetti Bros.
2022 Belli Ciao Gennaro Nunziante
2022 Il filo invisibile Marco Simon Puccioni
2022 Io & Spotty Cosimo Gomez
2022 Diabolik 2 - Ginko all'attacco Manetti Bros.

Pivio solo filmography

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Year Film Director
1996 Cold ground Guido Santi
2001 Non dire gatto Giorgio Tirabassi
2005 Il bastardo e l'handicappato Giampaolo Morelli
2007 Sleeping around (with Danilo Madonia) Marco Carniti
2007 Dora Sergio Basso
2012 Paura – 3D Manetti Bros.
2014 Macabrus Manetti Bros.
2014 Murder Inc. Francesco Bovino
2016 It's fine anyway Marcello Saurino and Pivio
2019 The wisdom tooth Gregorio Sassoli
2020 Il caso Braibanti Carmen Giardina and Massimiliano Palmese
2021 Nothin' at all Matteo Malatesta
2022 B-Movie Matteo Malatesta

Film TV and TV-series

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Year Film Director
2000 La voce del sangue Alessandro Di Robilant
2000 Distretto di Polizia I Renato De Maria
2001 Distretto di Polizia II Antonello Grimaldi
2002 Per Amore Peter Exacoustos and Carmela Cicinnati
2002 Distretto di Polizia III Monica Vullo
2003 Questo amore Luca Manfredi
2003 Distretto di Polizia IV Monica Vullo
2004 Noi Peter Exacoustos
2004 Il tunnel della libertà Enzo Monteleone
2004 Il giorno del lupo – L'ispettore Coliandro 1 Manetti Bros.
2005 In trappola – L'ispettore Coliandro 1 Manetti Bros.
2005 Magia nera – L'ispettore Coliandro 1 Manetti Bros.
2005 Vendetta cinese – L'ispettore Coliandro 1 Manetti Bros.
2005 Ho sposato un calciatore Stefano Sollima
2005 Der Todestunnel Dominique Othenin-Girard
2005 Distretto di Polizia V Lucio Gaudino
2006 Il giudice Mastrangelo Enrico Oldoini
2006 Distretto di polizia VI Antonello Grimaldi
2006 Il bambino e la befana Manetti Bros.
2006 Rapidamente Manetti Bros.
2006 Morte di un confidente Manetti Bros.
2007 Il giudice Mastrangelo 2 Enrico Oldoini
2007 Distretto di polizia VII Alessandro Capone
2007 L’uomo della carità Alessandro Di Robilant
2007 Medicina generale Renato de Maria
2008 Distretto di Polizia VIII Alessandro Capone
2008 Il coraggio di Angela Luciano Manuzzi
2008 Anna e i cinque Monica Vullo
2008 Mai rubare a casa dei ladri – L'ispettore Coliandro 2 Manetti Bros.
2008 La pistola – L'ispettore Coliandro 2 Manetti Bros.
2008 Doppia rapina – L'ispettore Coliandro 2 Manetti Bros.
2008 Sesso e segreti – L'ispettore Coliandro 2 Manetti Bros.
2009 Distretto di Polizia IX Alberto Ferrari
2009 Medicina generale 2 Luca Ribuoli and Francesco Micciché
2009 Un caso di coscienza 4 Luigi Perelli
2009 Il sospetto – L'ispettore Coliandro 3 Manetti Bros.
2009 Sangue in facoltà – L'ispettore Coliandro 3 Manetti Bros.
2009 Sempre avanti – L'ispettore Coliandro 3 Manetti Bros.
2009 Cous cous alla bolognese – L'ispettore Coliandro 3 Manetti Bros.
2009 Moana Alfredo Peyretti
2009 666 – L'ispettore Coliandro 4 Manetti Bros.
2009 Anomalia 21 – L'ispettore Coliandro 4 Manetti Bros.
2010 Distretto di Polizia X Alberto Ferrari
2010 I delitti del cuoco Alessandro Capone
2011 Un Natale per due Giambattista Avellino
2011 Walter Chiari Enzo Monteleone
2011 Distretto di Polizia XI Alberto Ferrari
2012 Natale Coi Fiocchi Giambattista Avellino
2014 Rex 7 Manetti Bros.
2015 L'angelo di Sarajevo Enzo Monteleone
2015 Max and Hélène Giacomo Battiato
2015 Rex 8 Manetti Bros.
2016 Black Mamba – L'ispettore Coliandro 5 Manetti Bros.
2016 Testimone da proteggere – L'ispettore Coliandro 5 Manetti Bros.
2016 Salsa e merengue – L'ispettore Coliandro 5 Manetti Bros.
2016 Doppia identità – L'ispettore Coliandro 5 Manetti Bros.
2016 Tassista notturno – L'ispettore Coliandro 5 Manetti Bros.
2016 Cop Killer – L'ispettore Coliandro 5 Manetti Bros.
2016 Io non mi arrendo Enzo Monteleone
2016 Fuoco amico – Task force 45 Beniamino Catena
2017 Mortal Club – L'ispettore Coliandro 6 Manetti Bros.
2017 Partita speciale – L'ispettore Coliandro 6 Manetti Bros.
2017 Il team – L'ispettore Coliandro 6 Manetti Bros.
2017 Corri, Coliandro, corri – L'ispettore Coliandro 6 Manetti Bros.
2017 Smartphone – L'ispettore Coliandro 6 Manetti Bros.
2017 La fine del mondo – L'ispettore Coliandro 6 Manetti Bros.
2018 Tutto il mondo è paese Giulio Manfredonia
2018 Duisburg Enzo Monteleone
2018 Yakuza – L'ispettore Coliandro 7 Manetti Bros.
2018 Serial killer – L'ispettore Coliandro 7 Manetti Bros.
2018 Vai col liscio – L'ispettore Coliandro 7 Manetti Bros.
2018 Caccia grossa – L'ispettore Coliandro 7 Manetti Bros.
2019 Dottoressa Gio Antonello Grimaldi
2019 Illuminate 2 Different Directors
2020 Storia di Nilde Emanuele Imbucci
2020 Illuminate 3 Different Directors
2021 Masantonio Fabio Mollo
2021 Il fantasma – L'ispettore Coliandro 8 Manetti Bros.
2021 Tesoro nascosto – L'ispettore Coliandro 8 Manetti Bros.
2021 Intrigo maltese – L'ispettore Coliandro 8 Manetti Bros.
2021 Kabir Bedi – L'ispettore Coliandro 8 Manetti Bros.

Theatre

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Year Play Director
1999 K2 Edoardo Erba
2001 Junun Fadhel Jaibi
2002 La forza dell'abitudine Alessandro Gassmann
2003 Le crociate viste dagli arabi Consuelo Barillaro
2004 Infernetto Giorgio Tirabassi
2006 Corps otages Fadhel Jaibi
2008/2009 La parola ai giurati Alessandro Gassmann
2010 L’ebreo Enrico Maria Lamanna
2010 Roman e il suo cucciolo Alessandro Gassmann
2010 Immanuel Kant Alessandro Gassmann
2013 Riccardo III Alessandro Gassmann
2014 7 minuti Alessandro Gassmann
2015 Qualcuno volò sul nido del cuculo Alessandro Gassmann
2015 La pazza della porta accanto Alessandro Gassmann
2018 Fronte del porto Alessandro Gassmann
2019 Il silenzio grande Alessandro Gassmann
2020 After the end Marco Puccioni
2022 Racconti disumani Alessandro Gassmann

Awards and nominations

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2000 Outlaw Best Original Score Nominated
2003 Casomai Best Original Score Nominated
2009 We Can Do That[16] Best Original Score Nominated
2013 Razzabastarda Best Song Nominated
2014 Song'e Napule Best Original Score Won
2018 Love and Bullets Best Original Song Won
2018 Love and Bullets Best Original Score Won
2021 Non odiare Best Original Song Nominated
2021 Non odiare Best Composer Nominated
2022 Diabolik Best Composer Nominated
Year Nominee / work Award Result
1997 Hamam Best Original Score Nominated
1999 Elvjs & Merilijn Best Original Score Nominated
2002 Casomai Best Original Score Nominated
2007 Piano 17 Best Original Score Nominated
2007 Maradona, the Hand of God Best Original Score Nominated
2009 We Can Do That Best Original Score Nominated
2009 Complici del silenzio Best Original Score Nominated
2013[17][18] Razzabastarda [it] Best Original Score Nominated
2014 Song'e Napule Best Original Score Won
2015 Le frise ignoranti Best Original Song Nominated
2018 Love and Bullets Best Original Score Won
2018 Love and Bullets Best Original Song Won
2021 Non Odiare Best Original Score Nominated
2022 Diabolik Best Original Score Nominated
2022 Il silenzio grande Best Original Score Nominated
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2014 Song'e Napule Ennio Morricone Award - Best Original Score Won
2018 Love and Bullets Ennio Morricone Award - Best Original Score Won
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2000 Harem Suare Best Original Score Nominated
2006 Piano 17 Best Original Score Nominated
2013 Razzabastarda Ciak d'oro for Best Original Score and Best Song Nominated
2018 Love and Bullets Best Song Won
2018 Love and Bullets Best Original Score Won
2021 Il silenzio grande Best Original Score Nominated
2021 Non odiare Best Song Nominated
Year Nominee / work Award Result
1997 Hamam Best Original Score Won
1998 Elvjs & Merilijn Best Original Score Nominated
2009 We Can Do That Best Original Score Nominated
2013 Razzabastarda Best Original Score Nominated
2014 Song 'e Napule Best Original Score Won
2018 Love and Bullets Best Original Score Nominated
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2011 The Arrival of Wang[19] Best Original Score Won
2013 Razzabastarda[20][21] Best Original Score Won
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2017 Love and Bullets Best Italian Score Won
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2009 Complici del silenzio Best Original Score Won
2009 We Can Do That Best Original Score Won
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2009 We Can Do That Best Original Score Won
2018 Love and Bullets Best Original Score Won
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2007 [it] 7 Km da Gerusalemme Best Original Score Won
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2002 El Alamein - The Line of Fire Best Original Score Won
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2000 Hamam Best Original Score Won
Year Nominee / work Award Result
1997 Hamam Best Original Score Won

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