Artists

GIANNI FERRIO

Composer, arranger and conductor, he collaborates for a long time with the italian national television (RAI), signing soundtracks and opening themes for many tv programmes. Amongst them, the track "Non gioco più", performed by the singer Mina, which becomes one of the italian greatest hits ever. Gianni Ferrio and Mina estabilsh an artistic partnership which is destined to last many years, creating other masterpieces like the track "Parole parole". He composes about 120 movie soundtracks, ranging amongst the genres and working with the main italian directors.

ROBERTO PREGADIO

Mostly known for participating as a conductor to the italian radio and tv show "La Corrida" from 1968 to 1997. In the 60s he is pianist for the Orchestra di Musica Leggera of the Italian national television. He composes several movie soundtracks for romantic films and comedies, amongst which "Franco e Ciccio sul sentiero di guerra" ("Paths of War"), produced by Cinevox Record

AUGUSTO MARTELLI

A protagonist of the italian pop music both as a composer and as an arranger, he collaborated with the big names of the italian "canzone", like Mina. In the field of movie soundtracks his name will always be remembered for the soundtrack of the movie "Il dio serpente" ("The serpent's god") and its immortal theme "Djamballà".

BRUNO MADERNA

Eclectic and innovative composer, he is in touch with the main protagonits of the 20th century contemporary music (Pierre Boulez, Oliver Messiaen, John Cage and many more). He is the teacher of Luigi Nono and together with Luciano Berio he creates the Rai musical phonology institute and the magazine "Incontri musicali". He anticipates the structuralism and the electronic music. He composes some movie soundtracks like "La morte ha fatto l'uovo" ("A Curious Way to Love") by Giulio Questi.

AVION TRAVEL

In their career, Avion Travel have been able to deal with several music genres, ranging from rock to jazz and pop. Servillo and the others do not like labels and this is proven by the fact that they were not scared by other art forms and by creating music for movie and theatre. For example, they composed the wonderful soundtrack for "In una notte di chiaro di luna" ("Crystal or Ash, Fire or Wind, as Long as It's Love") by Lina Wertmuller.