Carlo Innocenzi | |
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Born |
Monteleone di Spoleto, Perugia |
29 April 1899
Died | 24 March 1962 Rome |
(aged 62)
Carlo Innocenzi (29 April 1899 – 24 March 1962) was an Italian composer.
Born in Monteleone di Spoleto, Innocenzi is best known as a composer of musical scores for films; he composed over 150 film scores since 1933. From 1958 till his death, he focused on peplum film scores.
Innocenzi also composed several pop songs, and some of them were not only commercial hits but also became instant classics instant classic, notably "Mille lire al mese" and "Valeria ragazza poco seria". He was married to Sonia Pearlwing, who under the name of Marcella Rivi was the author of the lyrics for several songs composed by him.