| Bruno Nicolai | |
| Birth Date: | 26 May 1926 |
| Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
| Death Place: | Rome, Italy |
| Occupation: | Film composer |
| Genre: | Film score |
Bruno Nicolai (20 May 1926 – 16 August 1991) was an Italian film music composer, orchestra director, conductor, pianist and musical editor, most active in the 1960s through the 1980s.[1]
While studying piano and composition at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome, he befriended Ennio Morricone and formed a long working relationship, with Nicolai eventually conducting for and co-scoring films with Morricone. Morricone noted in an interview discussing the Dollars Trilogy, "I chose a great musician and friend to be my conductor: Bruno Nicolai, who conducted almost every score of mine from that point on until 1974."[2] Nicolai also scored a number of giallo exploitation films and wrote many scores for director Jesús Franco.
His work was featured in the Quentin Tarantino films [1] and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
| Year | Film | Directed by | Notes | Latest CD / Digital Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Romeo and Juliet | Riccardo Freda | ||
| Mondo Inferno | Antonio Margheriti | with Marco Vicario | Beat Records / BCM9587 / 2019 | |
| Vita Di Michelangelo | Silverio Blasi | Kronos Records / KRONGOLD007 / 2014 | ||
| 1965 | $100,000 for Ringo | Alberto De Martino | GDM / CD CLUB 7009 / 2002 | |
| 1966 | K.O. va e uccidi | Carlo Ferrero | Saimel Bandas Sonoras / 3998920 / 2011 | |
| The Spy with Ten Faces | Alberto De Martino | Quartet Records / QR337 / 2018 | ||
| Kiss Kiss...Bang Bang | Duccio Tessari | Quartet Records / QR337 / 2018 | ||
| Django Shoots First | Alberto De Martino | GDM / GDM 4149 / 2012 | ||
| Special Mission Lady Chaplin | Alberto De Martino | Digitmovies / CDDM082 / 2007 | ||
| The Christmas That Almost Wasn't | Rossano Brazzi | Digitmovies / CDDM047 / 2006 | ||
| El Cisco | Sergio Bergonzelli | Digitmovies / CDDM073 / 2006 | ||
| 1967 | Day of Violence | Alfonso Brescia | GDM / CD CLUB 7016 / 2003 | |
| Lucky, the Inscrutable | Jesús Franco | Quartet Records / QR337 / 2018 | ||
| Dirty Heroes | Alberto De Martino | Beat Records / CDCR 86 / 2009 | ||
| 1968 | Gentleman Killer | Giorgio Stegani | as George Finley | Digitmovies / CDDM036 / 2005 |
| Run, Man, Run | Sergio Sollima | Digitmovies / CDDM095 / 2007 | ||
| Roma come Chicago | Alberto de Martino | a.k.a. Bandits in Rome | Quartet Records / QR441 / 2021 | |
| Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankhamen | Ruggero Deodato | as Roger Rockefeller | Digitmovies / CDDM079 / 2007 | |
| The Last Mercenary | Mel Welles | as Dieter Müller | Beat Records / CDCR 32 / 1996 | |
| 1969 | 99 Women | Jesús Franco | Digitmovies / CDDM034 / 2005 | |
| Jesús Franco | Digitmovies / CDDM268 / 2014 | |||
| Desert Assault | Mino Loy | Digitmovies / CDDM049 / 2006 | ||
| Carnal Circuit | Alberto De Martino | a.k.a. Femmine Insaziabili | Quartet Records / QR463 / 2021 | |
| Flashback | Raffaele Andreassi | |||
| Geminus | Luciano Emmer | Edipan / PANCD2506 / 2014 | ||
| Zenabel | Ruggero Deodato | Saimel Bandas Sonoras / 3997610 / 2006 | ||
| Mario Caiano | GDM / GDM 4106 / 2007 | |||
| 1970 | Eugenie… The Story of Her Journey into Perversion | Jesús Franco | Digitmovies / CDDM030 / 2005 | |
| Land Raiders | Nathan Juran | Digitmovies / CDDM190 / 2011 | ||
| Nightmares Come At Night | Jesús Franco | Digitmovies / CDDM117 / 2008 | ||
| Arizona Colt Returns | Sergio Martino | Saimel Bandas Sonoras / 3998010 / 2007 | ||
| The Bloody Judge | Jesús Franco | Lucertola Media / LMCD 011 / 1998 | ||
| Count Dracula | Jesús Franco | Digitmovies / CDDM319 / 2022 | ||
| Adiós, Sabata | Gianfranco Parolini | Quartet Records / QR198 / 2015 | ||
| Have a Good Funeral, My Friend... Sartana Will Pay | Giuliano Carnimeo | as Anthony Ascott | Beat Records / CDCR 39 / 2005 | |
| Apocalypse Joe | Leopoldo Savona | Beat Records / CDCR 45 / 1998 | ||
| Cloud of Dust... Cry of Death... Sartana Is Coming | Giuliano Carnimeo | Saimel Bandas Sonoras / 3997910 / 2007 | ||
| 1971 | Christ from the ocean | Ramon Fernández | Digitmovies / CDDM159 / 2010 | |
| And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave | Juan Bosch | as John Wood | Saimel Bandas Sonoras / 3998010 / 2007 | |
| The Case of the Scorpion's Tail | Sergio Martino | Digitmovies / CDDM028 / 2004 | ||
| The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave | Emilio Miraglia | Digitmovies / CDDM040 / 2005 | ||
| Dead Men Ride | Aldo Florio | GDM / GDM 4150 / 2012 | ||
| Civilta Del Mediterraneo | Kronos Records / KRONGOLD039 / 2021 | |||
| 1972 | When Women Lost Their Tails | Pasquale Festa Campanile | Digitmovies / DGST025 / 2017 | |
| All the Colors of the Dark | Sergio Martino | Digitmovies / CDDM019 / 2004 | ||
| His Name Was Holy Ghost | Giuliano Carnimeo | as Anthony Ascott | Beat Records / CDCR 127 / 2014 | |
| The French Sex Murders | Ferdinando Merighi | |||
| God in Heaven... Arizona on Earth | Juan Bosch | as John Wood | ||
| A Virgin Among the Living Dead | Jesús Franco | GDM / GDM 4150 / 2012 | ||
| Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key | Sergio Martino | Digitmovies / CDDM016 / 2004 | ||
| The Case of the Bloody Iris | Giuliano Carnimeo | Digitmovies / CDDM013 / 2004 | ||
| My Horse, My Gun, Your Widow | Juan Bosch | as John Wood | ||
| The Red Queen Kills Seven Times | Emilio Miraglia | Cam Sugar / CS009RSD / 2022 | ||
| Ubalda, All Naked and Warm | Mariano Laurenti | Digitmovies / CDDM055 / 2006 | ||
| 1973 | The Big Family | Tonino Ricci | Edipan / PAN CD 2504 / 1997 | |
| A Full Day's Work | Jean-Louis Trintignant | GDM / GDM 2019 / 2019 | ||
| Man Called Invincible | Giuliano Carnimeo | Beat Records / CDCR 117 / 2012 | ||
| Forbidden to Know | Nadine Trintignant | Digitmovies / CDDM132 / 2009 | ||
| The Bloody Vultures of Alaska | Harald Reinl | |||
| Silverio Blasi | Edipan / PAN CD 2507 / 2014 | |||
| My Name Is Shanghai Joe | Mario Caiano | GDM / GDM 4174 / 2014 | ||
| 1974 | And Then There Were None | Peter Collinson | Digitmovies / CDDM320 / 2023 | |
| 1975 | Eyeball | Umberto Lenzi | Digitmovies / CDDM097 / 2007 | |
| Manhunt in the City | Umberto Lenzi | Digitmovies / CDDM100 / 2007 | ||
| 1977 | Don Giovanni In Sicilia | Guglielmo Morandi | Kronos Records / KRONGOLD012 / 2015 | |
| 1979 | Caligula | Tinto Brass | as Paul Clemente | Cimmerian Records / CRCD023 / 2017 |
| 1982 | Cammina, cammina | Ermanno Olmi | ||