Francesco De Masi was an Italian conductor and film score composer. Born on the 11th January 1930 He studied composition at the San Pietro a Maiella in Naples, under the guidance of Achille Longo, who was also his uncle. De Masi got interested in film music when Longo was asked to compose a soundtrack for a film, and he asked De Masi to be his assistant. De Masi’s filmography includes scores for over 200 films and TV series, ranging from spaghetti westerns and sword and sandal epics to gialli and horror films, such as Lucio Fulci’s “Lo squartatore di New York”
(The New York Ripper).
De Masi also scored several action films, such as Enzo G. Castellari’s “Quel maledetto treno blindato” (Inglorious Bastards), but he is best remembered for his work on spaghetti westerns. Unlike most other composers, De Masi started writing western scores slightly earlier than the genre’s most influential musician, Ennio Morricone. As De Masi’s music was less influenced by Morricone, his style had a distinctive sound. Many of his songs were performed by the low-voiced member of the I Cantori Moderni choir, Ettore “Raoul” Lovecchio.
De Masi was also very interested in classical music. He taught at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory, also conducting the conservatory’s orchestra. In an interview, De Masi listed Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Maurice Ravel and Dmitri Shostakovich as his main classical influences.
2008 Train Kept A-Rollin’ (video documentary)
2008 Back to the War Zone (video documentary short)
2008 Cinevento 2007: In Memory of Francesco De Masi (video documentary short)
2007 Quelli del Maledetto Treno Blindato – Making of ‘Inglorious Bastards’ (video documentary)
2005 Strange Stories from the West (video documentary short)
2004 Fratella e sorello
1991 Fuga da Kayenta
1989 Mortacci
1988 Thunder III
1986 Operation Nam
1986 Days of Hell
1986 Follia amore mio (TV movie)
1985 Sogni e bisogni (TV mini-series)
1985 7, Hyden Park: la casa maledetta
1984 The Manhunt
1984 Deadly Impact
1983 Thunder
1983 Rush: The Assassin
1983 Escape from the Bronx
1983 Lone Wolf McQuade
1983 Thor the Conqueror
1982 Invaders of the Lost Gold
1982 The New York Ripper
1982 History of the Erotic Cinema
1979 La carica delle patate
1978 The Inglorious Bastards
1977 Vengeance
1977 Nazi Love Camp 27
1977 Nel silenzio della notte (TV movie)
1977 Napoli spara!
1976 Qui squadra mobile (TV series)
– Testimoni reticenti (1976)
– Omissione di soccorso (1976)
– La polizia non deve essere avvertita (1976)
– Ragazzi troppo fortunati (1976)
– Il botto (1976)
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1976 Private Vices, Public Pleasures
1976 Cassiodoro il più duro del pretorio
1974 Silence the Witness
1974 Robinson Crusoe
1974 The Arena
1973 Bawdy Tales
1973 Terror of the Living Dead
1973 The Big Game
1972 The Weapon, the Hour, & the Motive
1972 Crime Boss
1972 La rebelión de los bucaneros (as Francis D. Masion)
1972 La tecnica e il rito (TV movie)
1972 Bloody Friday
1972 The House of the Doves (as Francisco De Masi)
1972 Hector the Mighty
1971 The Manipulator
1971 FBI Operation Pakistan
1971 Quel maledetto giorno della resa dei conti
1971 Zorro, Rider of Vengeance
1970 The Weekend Murders
1970 I Am Sartana, Trade Your Guns for a Coffin
1970 La sfida dei MacKenna
1970 Ostia
1970 Una storia d’amore
1969 Colpo grosso a Porto Said
1969 Eagles Over London
1969 Lesbo
1969 Island of Lost Girls
1968 Kill Them All and Come Back Alone
1968 Sartana Does Not Forgive
1968 Cost of Dying
1968 The Moment to Kill
1968 Sangue chiama sangue (as Frank Mason)
1968 Johnny Hamlet
1968 Two Brothers, One Death (uncredited)
1968 Lady Desire
1968 And Then a Time for Killing
1968 Fifteen Scaffolds for the Killer
1967 Any Gun Can Play
1967 Un hombre vino a matar
1967 Il magnifico Texano
1967 Come rubare un quintale di diamanti in Russia
1967 Seven Pistols for a Massacre
1967 Renegade Riders
1967 Kommissar X – Drei grüne Hunde
1967 Ringo; Face of Revenge
1967 Master Stroke
1967 The Three Fantastic Supermen
1967 Your Turn to Die
1966 Arizona Colt
1966 Missione apocalisse
1966 The Third Eye (as Frank Mason)
1966 An Angel for Satan
1966 Le spie uccidono in silenzio
1966 FBI Operation Yellow Viper
1966 The Murder Clinic (as Frank Mason)
1966 Seven Dollars on the Red
1966 Eroe vagabondo
1965 Lone and Angry Man
1965 Desperate Mission
1965 Mutiny in the South Seas
1965 Seven Rebel Gladiators
1965 Serenade für zwei Spione
1965 The Last Tomahawk
1965 Fistful of Knuckles
1965 Ranch of the Ruthless
1965 Temple of a Thousand Lights
1964 Die Goldsucher von Arkansas
1964 Tiko and the Shark
1964 Texas Ranger
1964 La vendetta di Spartacus
1964 Revenge of The Gladiators
1964 Hercules vs. the Giant Warriors
1964 The Lion of Thebes
1964 Samson in King Solomon’s Mines
1964 La jena di Londra
1964 Man of the Cursed Valley
1964 Hercules the Invincible (as Frank Mason)
1964 Badmen of the West
1963 Arms of the Avenger
1963 Goliath and the Sins of Babylon
1963 Il magnifico avventuriero
1963 Scarlet Eye
1963 Il segno del coyote
1963 Lo sceicco rosso
1962 Shades of Zorro (Italian version)
1962 Hypnosis
1962 Colossus of the Arena
1962 The Carpet of Horror
1962 Invasion 1700
1962 Sfida nella città dell’oro
1962 Kerim, Son of the Sheik
1962 Toto vs. Maciste
1962 Canzoni a tempo di twist
1961 Pesci d’oro e bikini d’argento
1961 Suleiman the Conqueror
1961 Giovedi: passeggiata (short)
1961 Mina… fuori la guardia
1961 Fra’ Manisco cerca guai
1960 Rapina al quartiere Ovest
1959 Dagli Appennini alle Ande
