vn, 1909-1987 IT, Genoa
Musician / Composer / Arranger / Conductor of Soundtrack
A.k.a. Dino Farva
Italian composer, arranger, conductor and violinist. Born February 22nd, 1909 in Genoa, Italy Died August 21st, 1987 in Gavi, Italy Angelo Francesco Lavagnino was born into a family with musicians on both sides in 1909, and, attracted to the sight and sounds of a live theater orchestra, he first discovered film music as a boy during the silent era. He later attended the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Music in Milan, where he studied composition under Renzo Bossi. He graduated in the early '30s and, in the years that followed, he composed several symphonies, a large body of chamber music, a small group of symphonic poems, and one opera. He was also a teacher at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena between the ages of 32-53. Lavagnino began composing music for films in the early '50s, and by the time he'd retired two decades later, had amassed credits for some 300 movies, including Orson Welles' Othello and Chimes at Midnight, the science fiction thriller Gorgo, the fantasy film Lost Continent, the adventure yarn Legend of the Lost, and costume epics such as The Last Days of Pompeii (1960). Lavagnino had a special gift for melody and a talent for orchestration that manifested themselves in the best of those scores, particularly Gorgo -- whose folk-based soundtrack is often referred to as the prettiest score ever to grace a dinosaur movie -- and Legend of the Lost. Lavagnino was very nearly the choice of Sergio Leone to score A Fistful of Dollars -- having composed the music for the director's The Last Days of Pompeii and The Colossus of Rhodes. Leone was favorably disposed toward him, but the insistence of Leone's distributor that he meet with Ennio Morricone led to the revelation that they had attended grammar school together, so the director gave the assignment to Morricone. Despite losing that job, Lavagnino remained one of the busiest screen composers in England, and continued working until the mid-'70s on films that included his share of spaghetti Westerns. He died August 21, 1987.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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La Leggenda Di Fra Diavolo | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2018 | Album |
Il Relitto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack »In Full Stereo«) | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2017 | Album |
The Orson Welles / A.F. Lavagnino Collaboration | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2017 | Compil. |
Sapevano Solo Uccidere | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2016 | Album |
Madame Sans-Gêne | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2016 | Album |
Maciste contro il vampiro | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2016 | Album |
The Wonders Of Aladdin (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack »In Full Stereo«) | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2016 | Album |
Samoa, Regina Della Giungla | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2015 | Album |
La Maja Desnuda | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2013 | Album |
5.000 Dollari Sull'Asso | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2013 | Album |
T'Ammazzo!... Raccomandati A Dio (Trusting Is Good... Shooting Is Better) (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2012 | Album |
L’Ultimo Paradiso (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack »In Full Stereo«) | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2011 | Album |
Il Castello Dei Morti Vivi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2011 | Album |
Due Mafiosi Nel Far West / I 2 Sergenti Del Generale Custer (Original Soundtracks) | Giorgio Fabor / Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2010 | Compil. |
Totò D'Arabia (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2010 | Album |
Legend Of The Lost | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2010 | Album |
Dio Non Paga Il Sabato (Original Soundtrack) | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2010 | Album |
Sfida A Rio Bravo (Colonna Sonora Originale - Edizione Speciale) | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2010 | Album |
Historia De Una Chica Sola (La Cena) (Original Soundtrack) | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2010 | Album |
Vendetta Per Vendetta (Original Soundtrack) | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2009 | Album |
Attentato Ai Tre Grandi / Africa Ama (Original Soundtracks) | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2009 | Compil. |
L'Assedio Di Siracusa (Archimede) (Original Soundtrack) | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2009 | Album |
Oggi A Me... Domani A Te! (Original Soundtrack) | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2009 | Album |
Agente 077 Missione Bloody Mary (Original Soundtrack) | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino / Ennio Morricone | 2008 | Album |
Nel Segno Di Roma / Ponzio Pilato / Il Colosso Di Roma Muzio Scevola | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2008 | Compil. |
Dark Purpose (L'Intrigo) (Colonna Sonora Originale - Edizione Speciale) | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2008 | Album |
L'Impero Del Sole (Original Soundtrack) | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2008 | Album |
Agi Murad Il Diavolo Bianco / Ester E Il Re / Gli Invasori (Original Soundtracks) | Roberto Nicolosi / Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2007 | Compil. |
L'Uomo Dalla Pistola D'Oro (Original Soundtrack) | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2007 | Album |
Saffo Venere Di Lesbo (Original Soundtrack) | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2007 | Album |
Original Soundtrack From "Venere Imperiale" | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2007 | Single |
The Western Film Music Of Angelo F. Lavagnino | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 2006 | Compil. |
Science Fiction - I Diafanoidi Vengono Da Marte / I Criminali Della Galassia / Il Pianeta Errante / La Morte Viene Dal Pianeta Aytin (Original Soundtracks) | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1997 | Compil. |
La Maja Desnuda | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1997 | Album |
Requiem Für Django (Requiem Per Un Gringo) (Original Soundtrack - Original Filmmusik) + 4 Bonustracks! | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1996 | Compil. |
Gli Specialisti / 15 Forche Per Un Assassino (Original Soundtracks) | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino / Francesco De Masi | 1995 | Compil. |
Orson Welles' Othello (The Original Motion Picture Score) | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, Alberto Barberis, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Lyric Opera Chorus | 1993 | Album |
La Sposa Bella | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1991 | Album |
I Film Di Ursus | Roman Vlad, Riz Ortolani, Carlo Savina, Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1991 | Compil. |
Original Sound-Tracks | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1988 | Compil. |
Original Sound-Tracks | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1988 | Compil. |
Gli Ultimi Giorni Di Pompei | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1984 | Album |
Jovanka E Le Altre (Original Soundtrack) | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1983 | Album |
L'Ultimo Paradiso E Continente Perduto (Colonne Sonore Originali) | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1983 | Compil. |
Temi Romantici - OId Fashion | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, Armando Trovaioli, Carlo Rustichelli, Gianni Ferrio, Ivan Vandor, Carlo Savina, Mario Migliardi | 1977 | Album |
Angeli Senza Paradiso | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1971 | Album |
Orgasmo - Un Corpo Caldo Per L'inferno | Piero Umiliani, Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1969 | Single |
7 Eroiche Carogne | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1969 | Album |
Requiem Per Un Gringo | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1968 | Album |
La Battaglioa Dell' Ultimo Panzer | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1968 | Album |
America Paese Di Dio | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, Armando Trovaioli | 1967 | Album |
The Man Who Came To Kill | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1966 | Single |
Chimes At Midnight (Falstaff) | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1966 | Album |
5000 Dollari Sull'Asso (Colonna Sonora Originale) | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1965 | Album |
Saladino | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1965 | Album |
Kali Yug, La Dea Della Vendetta (Original Soundtrack) | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1964 | Album |
Dal Sabato Al Lunedi | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1963 | Single |
Vaticano II | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1963 | Album |
I Tabù | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1963 | Album |
Venere Imperiale | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, Carlo Savina | 1963 | Album |
Orazi E Curiazi - Solimano Il Conquistatore | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, Francesco De Masi | 1962 | Single |
Por Tres Dias - For Dancing | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1962 | Single |
Odissea Nuda | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1961 | Single |
Che Gioia Vivere | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1961 | Single |
The Naked Maja (Music From The Motion Picture Sound Track) | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1959 | Album |
L'enfer Dans la Ville / Polycarpe | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, Roman Vlad | 1959 | Single |
La Maja Desnuda | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1959 | Album |
La Maja Desnuda | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1959 | Single |
The Naked Maja | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1959 | Single |
Chanson De Lima / Alcatras | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1958 | Single |
L'Impero Del Sole | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1957 | Single |
The Lost Continent | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1957 | Album |
L'Ultimo Paradiso (Das Letzte Paradies) | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1957 | Album |
L'Ultimo Paradiso (Das Letzte Paradies) | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1957 | Single |
Musique Originale Du Film L'Empire Du Soleil | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1955 | Single |
L'Impero Del Sole | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | 1955 | Single |
Il Gattopardo E Il Cinema Da Ballare | Nino Rota, Philippe Sarde, Ennio Morricone, Michelangelo Antonioni, Giovanni Fusco, Riz Ortolani, Pierre Porte, Carlo Rustichelli, Antoine Duhamel, Daniele Sepe, Piero Piccioni, Dario Lucantoni, Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, Miklós Rózsa | Compil. | |
L'Oceano Ci Chiama | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | Single | |
From Italy Film L' Ultimo Paradiso = 映画「最後の楽園」オリジナル・サウンドトラックより | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | Single | |
Untitled | Cyril Watters / Luigi Zito / Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | Album | |
Continente Perduto | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | Single | |
Il Piave Mormoró | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | Single | |
Musicorama N.5 | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, Mario Nascimbene, Renzo Rossellini | Album | |
Superseven Chiama Cairo | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | Album | |
Musica per tutte le ore | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, Mario Nascimbene, Dino Farva, Mario Benna | Album | |
Gungala. La vergine della giungla | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | Album |
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino E La Sua Orchestra Soundtrack |