--- name: "Alessandro Cicognini" canonical: "https://film.one/person/alessandro-cicognini" fi1m_id: "alessandro-cicognini" imdb_id: "nm0006007" tmdb_id: 12331 wikidata_id: "Q326646" roles: ["Composer"] born: "15 January 1906" died: "9 November 1995" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 92 average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-25T04:08:26.927351+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Alessandro Cicognini ## Identity Alessandro Cicognini - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alessandro-cicognini - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** alessandro-cicognini - **IMDb ID:** nm0006007 - **TMDB ID:** 12331 - **Wikidata ID:** Q326646 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Cicognini, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326646, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006007/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12331 Composer. Born 15 January 1906 in Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy. Died 9 November 1995. ## Details - **Work:** Composer - **Born:** 15 January 1906, Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy - **Died:** 9 November 1995 - **Active:** 1948–1952 - **Also known as:** A. Cicognini, M° Alessandro Cicognini, Cicognini, Sandro Cicognini - **Frequently works with:** [Cesare Zavattini](https://film.one/person/cesare-zavattini.md), [Giuseppe Amato](https://film.one/person/giuseppe-amato.md), [Vittorio De Sica](https://film.one/person/vittorio-de-sica.md) - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 93 (1), 1950s 91 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Cicognini, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326646, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006007/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12331 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Bicycle Thieves*](https://film.one/film/bicycle-thieves.md) (93), [*Umberto D.*](https://film.one/film/umberto-d.md) (91) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Alessandro Cicognini (15 January 1906 – 9 November 1995) was an Italian composer of film scores. Born in Pescara, he graduated in composition from the Milan Conservatory in 1927. He composed an opera, *Donna Lombarda*, which premiered in Turin in 1933, before turning to cinema in the mid-1930s. Cicognini scored more than 100 films. He collaborated extensively with Vittorio De Sica from 1946, providing music for *Shoeshine* (1946), *Bicycle Thieves* (1948), *Miracle in Milan* (1951), *Umberto D.* (1952) and other titles. He also worked with Alessandro Blasetti and contributed to the *Don Camillo* series. His scores often employed small ensembles. In 1965 he retired from film composition to teach. One of his soundtracks, for *Terminal Station* (1953), was reused in *What's Eating Gilbert Grape* (1993). He died in Rome. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Umberto D.* (1952), Fi1m 91, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/umberto-d.md) - *Bicycle Thieves* (1948), Fi1m 93, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/bicycle-thieves.md) ## Complete filmography (101) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Il pianeta che ci ospita* (2015), Music - *La notte dell'addio* (1966), Original Music Composer - *Don Camillo in Moscow* (1965), Original Music Composer - *The Pigeon That Took Rome* (1962), Original Music Composer - *The Last Judgment* (1961), Original Music Composer - *Don Camillo: Monsignor* (1961), Original Music Composer - *It Started in Naples* (1960), Original Music Composer - *A Breath of Scandal* (1960), Original Music Composer - *Everyone's in Love* (1959), Original Music Composer - *The Black Orchid* (1959), Music - *Bread, Love and Andalucia* (1958), Original Music Composer - *Fast and Sexy* (1958), Original Music Composer - *Holiday Island* (1957), Original Music Composer - *The Window to Luna Park* (1957), Original Music Composer - *Fathers and Sons* (1957), Original Music Composer - *Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge* (1956), Original Music Composer - *The Roof* (1956), Original Music Composer - *Time of Vacation* (1956), Original Music Composer - *Loser Takes All* (1956), Original Music Composer - *The Band of Honest Men* (1956), Original Music Composer - *The Bigamist* (1956), Original Music Composer - *What a Woman!* (1956), Original Music Composer - *Scandal in Sorrento* (1955), Original Music Composer - *Don Camillo's Last Round* (1955), Original Music Composer - *Are We Men or Corporals?* (1955), Original Music Composer - *Summertime* (1955), Original Music Composer - *It Happens in Roma* (1955), Original Music Composer - *The Art of Getting Along* (1954), Original Music Composer - *Too Bad She's Bad* (1954), Original Music Composer - *The Fate of Two Queens* (1954), Music - *Frisky* (1954), Conductor, Original Music Composer - *The Gold of Naples* (1954), Original Music Composer - *Graziella* (1954), Original Music Composer - *Ulysses* (1954), Original Music Composer - *Crossed Swords* (1954), Music - *The Anatomy of Love* (1954), Original Music Composer - *Bread, Love and Dreams* (1953), Original Music Composer - *We, the Women* (1953), Original Music Composer - *The Return of Don Camillo* (1953), Original Music Composer, Conductor - *Indiscretion of an American Wife* (1953), Original Music Composer - *Anna's Sin* (1953), Music - *Sunday Heroes* (1952), Original Music Composer - *La Favorita* (1952), Music - *La fiammata* (1952), Music - *Times Gone By* (1952), Original Music Composer - *Il segreto delle tre punte* (1952), Conductor, Original Music Composer - *Wanda the Sinner* (1952), Music, Conductor - *Wife for a Night* (1952), Original Music Composer - *Two Cents Worth of Hope* (1952), Original Music Composer - *The Little World of Don Camillo* (1952), Conductor, Original Music Composer - *Hello Elephant* (1952), Original Music Composer - *Umberto D.* (1952), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/umberto-d.md) - *Cops and Robbers* (1951), Original Music Composer - *Position Wanted* (1951), Original Music Composer, Conductor - *Miracle in Milan* (1951), Original Music Composer - *First Communion* (1950), Original Music Composer - *Tomorrow Is Too Late* (1950), Original Music Composer - *La strada finisce sul fiume* (1950), Music - *Cavalcata d'eroi* (1950), Music - *High Time* (1950), Music - *Paolo e Francesca* (1950), Original Music Composer - *Streets of Sorrow* (1950), Music - *The Flame that Never Dies* (1949), Original Music Composer - *The Earth Cries Out* (1949), Original Music Composer - *Vento d'Africa* (1949), Music - *Rondini in volo* (1949), Music - *The Mysterious Rider* (1948), Original Music Composer - *Bicycle Thieves* (1948), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/bicycle-thieves.md) - *Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris* (1948), Original Music Composer - *Unknown Men of San Marino* (1948), Original Music Composer - *Les Misérables* (1948), Original Music Composer - *Il cavaliere del sogno* (1947), Original Music Composer - *The Adventures of Pinocchio* (1947), Music - *Ultimo amore* (1947), Sound - *Cronaca nera* (1947), Original Music Composer - *This Wine of Love* (1947), Writer - *Shoeshine* (1946), Original Music Composer - *Two Anonymous Letters* (1945), Original Music Composer - *La resa di Titì* (1945), Music - *Scorned Flesh* (1943), Music - *Il nostro prossimo* (1943), Music - *Four Steps in the Clouds* (1942), Original Music Composer - *Quarta pagina* (1942), Music - *La maestrina* (1942), Music - *Primo amore* (1941), Music - *The Iron Crown* (1941), Original Music Composer - *Ridi pagliaccio* (1941), Music - *Giuliano de' Medici* (1941), Music - *Senza cielo* (1940), Music - *A Romantic Adventure* (1940), Music - *La nascita di Salomè* (1940), Music - *A Hundred Thousand Dollars* (1940), Original Music Composer - *The Sinner* (1940), Original Music Composer - *Beyond Love* (1940), Music - *An Adventure of Salvator Rosa* (1939), Original Music Composer - *Department Store* (1939), Original Music Composer - *Napoli che non muore* (1939), Music - *Ettore Fieramosca* (1938), Music - *Le due madri* (1938), Music - *Il corsaro nero* (1938), Music - *I due misantropi* (1937), Music --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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