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name: "Domenico Savino"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/domenico-savino"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "13 January 1882"
died: "8 August 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T21:35:26.772861+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."
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# Domenico Savino

Composer. Born 13 January 1882 in Taranto, Italy. Died 8 August 1973.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 13 January 1882, Taranto, Italy
- **Died:** 8 August 1973
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1574728

## Biography

Domenico Savino (1882–1973) was an Italian-born composer, conductor and arranger who became a naturalised American citizen. He trained at the Regio Conservatorio di musica in Naples, studying composition, piano and conducting, before emigrating to the United States in 1910.

Savino worked extensively in film music during the silent and early sound eras, providing original scores and stock music. He received a composer credit on the part-talkie *The Patriot* (1928), directed by Ernst Lubitsch, and on *Who Is Happier Than I?* (1938). Much of his output appeared under the pseudonym D. Onivas; he also composed over 2,500 published works, many semi-classical pieces used in films and recordings.

*Sources: imdb.com, it.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org, grokipedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Patriot* (1928), Fi1m 72, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-patriot.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Taxi di notte* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Sidewalks of New York* (1931), Music
- *The Patriot* (1928), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-patriot.md)

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