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Manuel De Sica (24 February 1949 – 5 December 2014) was an Italian composer. Born in Rome, the son of Vittorio De Sica and María Mercader, De Sica enrolled at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, in which he studied with Bruno Maderna. He debuted as a composer for his father's film A Place for Lovers (1968).
Born to Vittorio De Sica and María Mercader, Manuel is the elder brother of actor Christian De Sica and the father of director Andrea De Sica. His music has been performed by artists such as Dino ...
Manuel De Sica was born on 24 February 1949 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a composer and writer, known for The Icicle Thief (1989), Celluloide (1996) and Cemetery Man (1994). He was married to Tilde Corsi and Maria Lucia Langella. He died on 5 December 2014 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
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May 23, 2014 · Manuel de Sica’s music is difficult to categorise, and that in itself is its strength: it seamlessly crosses borders between ‘serious’ and ‘light’ music, touches on tragic events (In memoriam for the victims of the earthquake of Abruzzo and Emilia) or illuminates ironically films.
A composer of classical, symphonic and chamber music, De Sica is best known by the general public for the over one hundred musical scores he has composed for film and television since 1969. He received an Oscar nomination in 1971 for The Garden of the Finzi-Continis.
Dec 3, 2020 · Manuel De Sica, son of Vittorio, was born in Rome in 1949. A composer of classical, symphonic and chamber music, De Sica is best known by the general public for the over one hundred musical scores he has composed for film and television since 1969.
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Manuel De Sica, son of the famous Italian film director and actor, Vittorio De Sica, has been responsible for some eighty film scores, composed between 1968 and 2012. He describes his early influences as “Bruno Maderna and Henry Mancini” but also “two other outstanding figures of 20 th century music: Alban Berg and Béla Bartók.”
