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name: "Carlo Maria Cordio"
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roles: ["Composer"]
born: "24 February 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T14:35:01.789766+00:00"
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# Carlo Maria Cordio

Composer. Born 24 February 1952 in Rome.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 24 February 1952, Rome
- **Also known as:** Charles Cooper, Carlo M. Cordio, Carlo Cordio, Charles Scott

## Biography

Carlo Maria Cordio is an Italian composer, arranger, conductor and musician. He was born on 24 February 1952 in Rome and trained at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia, graduating in 1970, followed by studies in composition and conducting at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana and pipe organ at the Papal Academy.

He began working professionally in the mid-1970s as a performer on piano and keyboards for film scores and recordings, later composing and arranging for cinema. His credits include scores for numerous Italian genre films of the 1980s and 1990s such as *Cannibal Ferox* (1981), *Absurd* (1981), *Pieces* (1982), *Ator, the Fighting Eagle* (1982), *Ænigma* (1987) and *Troll 2* (1990). He also contributed electronic music to Federico Fellini’s *Prova d’orchestra* (1979) and *La città delle donne* (1980), and has worked with composers including Ennio Morricone, Riz Ortolani and Stelvio Cipriani.

*Sources: imdb.com, it.wikipedia.org, filmmusic.com, discogs.com, colonnesonore.net.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Troll 2* (1990), Fi1m 40, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/troll-2.md)

## Also known for

- *Pieces* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *Cannibal Ferox* (1981), Music Arranger, Music Director
- *Absurd* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *Ænigma* (1987), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Ator, the Fighting Eagle* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *Witchcraft (Evil Encounters)* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *Touch of Death* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *Shocking Dark* (1989), Original Music Composer

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