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”
\n(The New York Ripper).<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
2008 Train Kept A-Rollin’ (video documentary) <\/p>\n
2008 Back to the War Zone (video documentary short) <\/p>\n
2008 Cinevento 2007: In Memory of Francesco De Masi (video documentary short) <\/p>\n
2007 Quelli del Maledetto Treno Blindato – Making of ‘Inglorious Bastards’ (video documentary) <\/p>\n
2005 Strange Stories from the West (video documentary short) <\/p>\n
2004 Fratella e sorello <\/p>\n
1991 Fuga da Kayenta <\/p>\n
1989 Mortacci <\/p>\n
1988 Thunder III <\/p>\n
1986 Operation Nam <\/p>\n
1986 Days of Hell <\/p>\n
1986 Follia amore mio (TV movie) <\/p>\n
1985 Sogni e bisogni (TV mini-series) <\/p>\n
1985 7, Hyden Park: la casa maledetta <\/p>\n
1984 The Manhunt <\/p>\n
1984 Deadly Impact <\/p>\n
1983 Thunder <\/p>\n
1983 Rush: The Assassin <\/p>\n
1983 Escape from the Bronx <\/p>\n
1983 Lone Wolf McQuade <\/p>\n
1983 Thor the Conqueror <\/p>\n
1982 Invaders of the Lost Gold <\/p>\n
1982 The New York Ripper <\/p>\n
1982 History of the Erotic Cinema <\/p>\n
1979 La carica delle patate <\/p>\n
1978 The Inglorious Bastards <\/p>\n
1977 Vengeance <\/p>\n
1977 Nazi Love Camp 27 <\/p>\n
1977 Nel silenzio della notte (TV movie) <\/p>\n
1977 Napoli spara! <\/p>\n
1976 Qui squadra mobile (TV series)
\n\u2013 Testimoni reticenti (1976)
\n\u2013 Omissione di soccorso (1976)
\n\u2013 La polizia non deve essere avvertita (1976)
\n\u2013 Ragazzi troppo fortunati (1976)
\n\u2013 Il botto (1976)
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1976 Private Vices, Public Pleasures <\/p>\n
1976 Cassiodoro il pi\u00f9 duro del pretorio <\/p>\n
1974 Silence the Witness <\/p>\n
1974 Robinson Crusoe <\/p>\n
1974 The Arena <\/p>\n
1973 Bawdy Tales <\/p>\n
1973 Terror of the Living Dead <\/p>\n
1973 The Big Game <\/p>\n
1972 The Weapon, the Hour, & the Motive <\/p>\n
1972 Crime Boss <\/p>\n
1972 La rebeli\u00f3n de los bucaneros (as Francis D. Masion) <\/p>\n
1972 La tecnica e il rito (TV movie) <\/p>\n
1972 Bloody Friday <\/p>\n
1972 The House of the Doves (as Francisco De Masi) <\/p>\n
1972 Hector the Mighty <\/p>\n
1971 The Manipulator <\/p>\n
1971 FBI Operation Pakistan <\/p>\n
1971 Quel maledetto giorno della resa dei conti <\/p>\n
1971 Zorro, Rider of Vengeance <\/p>\n
1970 The Weekend Murders <\/p>\n
1970 I Am Sartana, Trade Your Guns for a Coffin <\/p>\n
1970 La sfida dei MacKenna <\/p>\n
1970 Ostia <\/p>\n
1970 Una storia d’amore <\/p>\n
1969 Colpo grosso a Porto Said <\/p>\n
1969 Eagles Over London <\/p>\n
1969 Lesbo <\/p>\n
1969 Island of Lost Girls <\/p>\n
1968 Kill Them All and Come Back Alone <\/p>\n
1968 Sartana Does Not Forgive <\/p>\n
1968 Cost of Dying <\/p>\n
1968 The Moment to Kill <\/p>\n
1968 Sangue chiama sangue (as Frank Mason) <\/p>\n
1968 Johnny Hamlet <\/p>\n
1968 Two Brothers, One Death (uncredited) <\/p>\n
1968 Lady Desire <\/p>\n
1968 And Then a Time for Killing <\/p>\n
1968 Fifteen Scaffolds for the Killer <\/p>\n
1967 Any Gun Can Play <\/p>\n
1967 Un hombre vino a matar <\/p>\n
1967 Il magnifico Texano <\/p>\n
1967 Come rubare un quintale di diamanti in Russia <\/p>\n
1967 Seven Pistols for a Massacre <\/p>\n
1967 Renegade Riders <\/p>\n
1967 Kommissar X – Drei gr\u00fcne Hunde <\/p>\n
1967 Ringo; Face of Revenge <\/p>\n
1967 Master Stroke <\/p>\n
1967 The Three Fantastic Supermen <\/p>\n
1967 Your Turn to Die <\/p>\n
1966 Arizona Colt <\/p>\n
1966 Missione apocalisse <\/p>\n
1966 The Third Eye (as Frank Mason) <\/p>\n
1966 An Angel for Satan <\/p>\n
1966 Le spie uccidono in silenzio <\/p>\n
1966 FBI Operation Yellow Viper <\/p>\n
1966 The Murder Clinic (as Frank Mason) <\/p>\n
1966 Seven Dollars on the Red <\/p>\n
1966 Eroe vagabondo <\/p>\n
1965 Lone and Angry Man <\/p>\n
1965 Desperate Mission <\/p>\n
1965 Mutiny in the South Seas <\/p>\n
1965 Seven Rebel Gladiators <\/p>\n
1965 Serenade f\u00fcr zwei Spione <\/p>\n
1965 The Last Tomahawk <\/p>\n
1965 Fistful of Knuckles <\/p>\n
1965 Ranch of the Ruthless <\/p>\n
1965 Temple of a Thousand Lights <\/p>\n
1964 Die Goldsucher von Arkansas <\/p>\n
1964 Tiko and the Shark <\/p>\n
1964 Texas Ranger <\/p>\n
1964 La vendetta di Spartacus <\/p>\n
1964 Revenge of The Gladiators <\/p>\n
1964 Hercules vs. the Giant Warriors <\/p>\n
1964 The Lion of Thebes <\/p>\n
1964 Samson in King Solomon’s Mines <\/p>\n
1964 La jena di Londra <\/p>\n
1964 Man of the Cursed Valley <\/p>\n
1964 Hercules the Invincible (as Frank Mason) <\/p>\n
1964 Badmen of the West <\/p>\n
1963 Arms of the Avenger <\/p>\n
1963 Goliath and the Sins of Babylon <\/p>\n
1963 Il magnifico avventuriero <\/p>\n
1963 Scarlet Eye <\/p>\n
1963 Il segno del coyote <\/p>\n
1963 Lo sceicco rosso <\/p>\n
1962 Shades of Zorro (Italian version) <\/p>\n
1962 Hypnosis <\/p>\n
1962 Colossus of the Arena <\/p>\n
1962 The Carpet of Horror <\/p>\n
1962 Invasion 1700 <\/p>\n
1962 Sfida nella citt\u00e0 dell’oro <\/p>\n
1962 Kerim, Son of the Sheik <\/p>\n
1962 Toto vs. Maciste <\/p>\n
1962 Canzoni a tempo di twist <\/p>\n
1961 Pesci d’oro e bikini d’argento <\/p>\n
1961 Suleiman the Conqueror <\/p>\n
1961 Giovedi: passeggiata (short) <\/p>\n
1961 Mina… fuori la guardia <\/p>\n
1961 Fra’ Manisco cerca guai <\/p>\n
1960 Rapina al quartiere Ovest <\/p>\n
1959 Dagli Appennini alle Ande