---
name: "Pino Donaggio"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/pino-donaggio"
fi1m_id: "pino-donaggio"
imdb_id: "nm0006043"
tmdb_id: 14138
wikidata_id: "Q964311"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "24 November 1941"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-21T01:19:01.151576+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."
---

# Pino Donaggio

## Identity

Pino Donaggio

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/pino-donaggio
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** pino-donaggio
- **IMDb ID:** nm0006043
- **TMDB ID:** 14138
- **Wikidata ID:** Q964311
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pino_Donaggio, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q964311, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006043/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14138

Composer. Born 24 November 1941 in Burano, Veneto, Italy.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 24 November 1941, Burano, Veneto, Italy
- **Active:** 1973–present
- **Also known as:** Giuseppe Donaggio, Pino Donnagio
- **Frequently works with:** [Brian De Palma](https://film.one/person/brian-de-palma.md), [John Travolta](https://film.one/person/john-travolta.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 88 (2), 1980s 88 (1), 2020s 41 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 72 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Thriller 4, Horror 3, Crime 1, Drama 1, Mystery 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $46m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pino_Donaggio, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q964311, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006043/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14138

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Blow Out*](https://film.one/film/blow-out.md) (88)
- **HBO Max:** [*Carrie*](https://film.one/film/carrie.md) (86)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Pino Donaggio (born Giuseppe Donaggio) is an Italian composer, musician and singer. Born on 24 November 1941 in Burano, near Venice, he trained as a violinist at the conservatories in Venice and Milan and performed with ensembles including I Solisti Veneti before turning to popular music in the late 1950s.

After success as a singer-songwriter, notably with the 1965 hit "Io che non vivo" (recorded in English as "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"), Donaggio began composing for film with the score for Nicolas Roeg's *Don't Look Now* (1973). He is known for his long collaboration with Brian De Palma on films including *Carrie* (1976), *Dressed to Kill* (1980), *Blow Out* (1981) and *Body Double* (1984), as well as scores for *The Howling* (1981), *Piranha* (1978) and *Seed of Chucky* (2004). He has received two Italian Golden Globe Awards for his film music and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Soundtrack Academy in 2012.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Her Private Hell* (2026), Fi1m 41, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/her-private-hell.md)
- *Blow Out* (1981), Fi1m 88, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/blow-out.md)
- *Carrie* (1976), Fi1m 86, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/carrie.md)
- *Don't Look Now* (1973), Fi1m 90, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/dont-look-now.md)

## Complete filmography (160)

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

- *Her Private Hell* (2026), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 41, [page](https://film.one/film/her-private-hell.md)
- *Ferine* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Improvvisamente a Natale mi sposo* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Improvised Christmas* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Spin Me Round* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *The Old Man in the Rocking Chair* (2022), Music
- *Anemos* (2021), Music
- *The Lady* (2021), Music
- *Moon Landing* (2020), Music
- *Domino* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Mare di grano* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *My Name Is Thomas* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Die Welt der Barbaren* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Where I've Never Lived* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *The Great Rage* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *La Strada Dritta* (2014), Music
- *The Hole* (2014), Original Music Composer, Compositor
- *Madre, aiutami* (2014), series, Music
- *Patrick* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Passion* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *One Step from Heaven* (2011), series, Music
- *The Last Fashion Show* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Dirty War* (2010), Music
- *Winter in Wartime* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *At a Glance* (2008), Music
- *La vita rubata* (2008), Music
- *Milan – Palermo: The Return* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Fuga con Marlene* (2007), Music
- *Guido, Who Challenged the Red Brigades* (2007), Original Music Composer, Music
- *Don't Look Now: Death in Venice* (2006), as Interviewee
- *Antonio, guerriero di Dio* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Our Land* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Concorso di colpa* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Do You Like Hitchcock?* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Seed of Chucky* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Rivoglio i miei figli* (2004), series, Original Music Composer
- *Pontormo - Un amore eretico* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Soul Mate* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair* (2002), Music, Original Music Composer
- *Lo zio d'America* (2002), series, Music
- *Acting 'Carrie'* (2001), Music
- *Visualizing 'Carrie'* (2001), Music
- *The Making of 'Dressed to Kill'* (2001), Music
- *The Order* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Once Upon a Time in Sicily* (2001), Music
- *La banda* (2001), Music
- *Slashing 'Dressed to Kill'* (2001), Music
- *Dressed to Kill: An Appreciation by Keith Gordon* (2001), Music
- *Piovuto dal cielo* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Up at the Villa* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Operazione Odissea* (2000), Music
- *Cheeky* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Sulla spiaggia e di là dal molo* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *The Wasteland* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Un uomo perbene* (1999), Music
- *Before the Sunset* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Gunslinger's Revenge* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Il tesoro di Damasco* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Frivolous Lola* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Killer Couple* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna* (1998), series, Original Music Composer
- *Racket* (1997), series, Music
- *Die Stunden vor Morgengrauen* (1997), Music
- *The Game Bag* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *La terza luna* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Anxiety* (1997), Sound
- *New York Crossing* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Nach uns die Sintflut* (1996), Music
- *Squillo* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Festival* (1996), Music
- *Marching in Darkness* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Arcane Sorcerer* (1996), Music
- *Oblivion 2: Backlash* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Palermo – Milan One Way* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Never Talk to Strangers* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *I'll Leave It All Behind Me* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Segreto di Stato* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Un eroe borghese* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Unknown Soldier* (1995), Music
- *Troublemakers* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Il giorno del giudizio* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Oblivion* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Power and Lovers* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Giovanni Falcone* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Where Are You? I’m Here* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Mission of Love* (1993), series, Music
- *Colpo di coda* (1993), series, Music
- *Trauma* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Raising Cain* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *All Ladies Do It* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *A Demon in My View* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *A Fine Romance* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Indio 2 - The Revolt* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *The Sect* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Meridian* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Ritual of Love* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Two Evil Eyes* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Night Game* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Indio* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Jiboa* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Outlaw of Gor* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *The Gamble* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *Kansas* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *High Frequency* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *Catacombs* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *Appointment with Death* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *Zelly & Me* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *Phantom of Death* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *Dancers* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Sahara Heat* (1987), Music
- *Going Bananas* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *The Devils of Monza* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Jenatsch* (1987), Music
- *Gor* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *The Barbarians* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Hotel Colonial* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Tabloid Crime* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *7 Kilos in 7 Days* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *The Moro Affair* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Crawlspace* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *The Fifth Missile* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Savage Dawn* (1985), Music
- *Nothing Underneath* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *The Berlin Affair* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *The Adventures of Hercules* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *Déjà Vu* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *Attention* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *Nothing Left to Do But Cry* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *Body Double* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *Ordeal by Innocence* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *Over the Brooklyn Bridge* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *Don Camillo* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *Hercules* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *Street of Mirrors* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *Beyond the Door* (1982), Music
- *Death in the Vatican* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *Tex* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *Venezia, carnevale, un amore* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *Blow Out* (1981), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/blow-out.md)
- *The Possessed Hand* (1981), Music
- *The Fan* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *The Black Cat* (1981), Music, Original Music Composer
- *The Howling* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *Desideria* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *Dressed to Kill* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *Home Movies* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *Beyond Evil* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *Skin Deep* (1979), Music
- *Tourist Trap* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *China 9, Liberty 37* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *Piranha* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *Damned in Venice* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *Carrie* (1976), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/carrie.md)
- *Haunts* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *A Whisper in the Dark* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *Smiling Maniacs* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *Don't Look Now* (1973), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/dont-look-now.md)
- *Viale della canzone* (1965), as Pino Donaggio
- *Canzoni a tempo di Twist* (1962), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Pino Donaggio](https://film.one/media/person/170/gallery-ba1b2bac28f1.jpg) Pino Donaggio — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Pino_Donaggio_65.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Screenshot dal film Viale della canzone (1965)](https://film.one/media/person/170/gallery-f8c439a0f008.jpg) Screenshot dal film Viale della canzone (1965) — Tullio Piacentini / Federico Zanni, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Donaggio2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Screenshot dal film Viale della canzone (1965)](https://film.one/media/person/170/gallery-92a5d2a5d245.jpg) Screenshot dal film Viale della canzone (1965) — Tullio Piacentini / Federico Zanni, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Donaggio_1965.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Isabella Turso incontra Pino Donaggio in occasione della pubblicazione del suo album "Omaggio a Donaggio". (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/170/gallery-636770a46237.jpg) Isabella Turso incontra Pino Donaggio in occasione della pubblicazione del suo album "Omaggio a Donaggio". (2011) — Eddy Serafini, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Isabella_Turso_con_Pino_Donaggio.jpg/1280px-Isabella_Turso_con_Pino_Donaggio.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Pino Donaggio e Gian Luca Farinelli durante la presentazione del nuovo restauro del film di Brian De Palma Blow Out (1981), Festival Il Cinema Ritrovato, piazza (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/170/gallery-34296a0708f0.jpg) Pino Donaggio e Gian Luca Farinelli durante la presentazione del nuovo restauro del film di Brian De Palma Blow Out (1981), Festival Il Cinema Ritrovato, piazza (2023) — Nicola Quirico, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Pino_Donaggio_e_Gian_Luca_Farinelli%2C_festival_Il_Cinema_Ritrovato%2C_Bologna.jpg/1280px-Pino_Donaggio_e_Gian_Luca_Farinelli%2C_festival_Il_Cinema_Ritrovato%2C_Bologna.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kristine Froseth, Havana Rose Liu, Charles Melton, Nicolas Winding Refn, Sophie Thatcher and Pino Donaggio pose during the "Her Private Hell" photocall at the 7 (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/170/gallery-668542c7717a.jpg) Kristine Froseth, Havana Rose Liu, Charles Melton, Nicolas Winding Refn, Sophie Thatcher and Pino Donaggio pose during the "Her Private Hell" photocall at the 7 (2026) — Gabriel Hutchinson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/The_Cast_of_%22Her_Private_Hell%22_at_the_2026_Cannes_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-The_Cast_of_%22Her_Private_Hell%22_at_the_2026_Cannes_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Time Machine Award 2013: Time Machine Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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