An actress and songwriter she is the sister of Mariangela Melato. In her career she performed several songs from famous italian movies, like "Canzone arrabbiata", included in the score of "Film d'amore e d'anarchia" ("Love and anarchy") by Lina Wertmuller.
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.
He dedicated most of his career to film music, becoming one of the most requested composers by directors like Rossellini and De Santis. Amongst the soundtracks published by Cinevox "Lo Scialo", from the eponymous tv movie directed by Franco Rossi.
Franco Bixio, Fabio Frizzi and Vincenzo “Vince” Tempera collaborated in composing several soundtracks for the italian cinema, ranging amongst the genres. Their greatest hits is the soundtrack of the movie “Fantozzi” ("White Collar Blues") by Luciano Salce (1975). Also the soundtracks of “Febbre da cavallo” ("Horse Fever") and “I quattro dell’apocalisse” ("Four of the Apocalypse"). The main theme of the movie “Sette note in nero” (7 Notes in Black) by Lucio Fulci was used by Quentin Tarantino in his masterpiece "Kill Bill vol. 1".
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