Musician, Composer. Son of the actor and director Vittorio De Sica, he graduated at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia in Rome. His first compositions were published by Ricordi behind involvement of Maestro Renzo Rossellini, artistic director of Montecarlo Symphonic Orchestra. He is best known for over hundred soundtracks composed for the Film and Television from 1969 to today. Manuel was professor of scenic music at the New University of Cinema and Television of Rome, founder of Associazione Musica Retrovata for the recovery of musical works unpublished or unknown, author of the books of tales "Il mio diavolo custode" and "La visita notturna ed altre storie". During his career, he received an Oscar nomination (1971) for "Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini" by Vittorio De Sica, won the Golden Globe Foreign Press (1988) for "Ladri di saponette" by Maurizio Nichetti , the Nastro d'Argento (1992) for "Al lupo, al lupo" by Carlo Verdone and the David di Donatello (1996) for the soundtrack of "Celluloide" by Carlo Lizzani. Manuel died as the result of a heart attack at the age of sixty-five.
Musician, Composer. Son of the actor and director Vittorio De Sica, he graduated at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia in Rome. His first compositions were published by Ricordi behind involvement of Maestro Renzo Rossellini, artistic director of Montecarlo Symphonic Orchestra. He is best known for over hundred soundtracks composed for the Film and Television from 1969 to today. Manuel was professor of scenic music at the New University of Cinema and Television of Rome, founder of Associazione Musica Retrovata for the recovery of musical works unpublished or unknown, author of the books of tales "Il mio diavolo custode" and "La visita notturna ed altre storie". During his career, he received an Oscar nomination (1971) for "Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini" by Vittorio De Sica, won the Golden Globe Foreign Press (1988) for "Ladri di saponette" by Maurizio Nichetti , the Nastro d'Argento (1992) for "Al lupo, al lupo" by Carlo Verdone and the David di Donatello (1996) for the soundtrack of "Celluloide" by Carlo Lizzani. Manuel died as the result of a heart attack at the age of sixty-five.
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