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name: "Renzo Rossellini"
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born: "2 February 1908"
died: "13 May 1982"
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average_fi1m_score: 86
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# Renzo Rossellini

Composer. Born 2 February 1908 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. Died 13 May 1982.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 2 February 1908, Rome, Lazio, Italy
- **Died:** 13 May 1982
- **Active:** 1945–1954
- **Works often with:** Jolanda Benvenuti, Roberto Rossellini

## Biography

Renzo Rossellini (1908–1982) was an Italian composer, music critic and educator. He studied composition at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia in Rome and began composing for film in the 1930s. He wrote more than 100 film scores, including many for his brother, director Roberto Rossellini.

His work on the neorealist classics *Rome, Open City* (1945), *Paisan* (1946) and *Germany Year Zero* (1948) is among his best known. He also scored films by Vittorio De Sica, Dino Risi and others, and received two Nastro d'Argento awards for best score. Rossellini composed operas, ballets, symphonies and chamber music, and served as artistic director of the Monte Carlo Opera from 1972 to 1976.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Journey to Italy* (1954), Fi1m 84, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/journey-to-italy.md)
- *Rome, Open City* (1945), Fi1m 89, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/rome-open-city.md)

## Also known for

- *Caligula* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *Germany, Year Zero* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Paisan* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *Stromboli* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Europa '51* (1952), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *General Della Rovere* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *The Sign of Venus* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *The Flowers of St. Francis* (1950), Original Music Composer

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