SPLENDORE
The virtuous stick player Virna Splendore started this project at the end of the 90s. The result is the suggestive instrumental album "Guilty" where the magic of the stick is protagonist.
TEO USUELLI
Prollific composer of film and theatrical soundtracks. We can remember the artistic partnership that connected the composer with the director Marco Ferreri, for whom he composed most of the soundtracks of his movies, amongst which "L'Udienza" ("Papal Audience").
TONY ESPOSITO
Singer, composer and percussionist, Tony Esposito invented metropolitan blues. Together with other artists from Naples, he gave birth to "Napoli Power", movement that mixes Funky-jazz sound with world music and that becomes very popular in the 80s thanks to hits like "Kalimba de luna". He composed soundtracks for movies like "L'ombra nera del Vesuvio" and "Un complicato intrigo di donne vicoli e delitti" ("A Complex Plot about Women, Alleys and Crimes").
FRANCESCO DE MASI
The turning point in his career comes when his music teacher Achille Longo is asked to compose a movie soundtrack. De Masi is suddenly enchanted by the world of the soundtracks and he focuses himself to write film music, especially for Italo Western movies. His soundtrack of "Quanto costa morire" ("Cost of Dying") is a great classic in Cinevox Record catalogue.
NICOLA PIOVANI
Deeply connected with film music since his very early years, he starts his careeer collaborating with the director Silvano Agosti. He works with the songwriter Fabrizio De Andrè in creating the album "Non al denaro né all'amore né al cielo". He meets Marco Bellocchio, who asks him to compose the score for "Nel nome del padre" ("In the Name of the Father"). This experience consecrates Piovani as a soundtrack composer and leads him to meet with main italian directors, from Fellini to Monicelli, for whom he writes the score of "Il Marchese del Grillo" ("The Marquis of Grillo"). In 1999 he wins the Academy Award for the soundtrack of "La vita è bella" ("Life is Beautiful") by Roberto Benigni.
