Luis Bacalov

An Argentine pianist, he settled in Italy in the late fifties and built almost his whole career there. Pasolini hired him for The Gospel According to St. Matthew, which brought his first Oscar nomination. In the sixties he wrote for Italian westerns, including Django, whose song Tarantino brought back in Django Unchained. In 1996 he won the Oscar for Il Postino.

Style

Mediterranean melody, tango and piano, with a chamber orchestra.

Awards

Oscar for Il Postino (1996). Oscar nomination for The Gospel According to St. Matthew.

Discography

• The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) Spotify · Apple Music
• Una questione d'onore (album 1965) Spotify · Apple Music
• A Bullet for the General (1966) Spotify · Apple Music
• Django (1966) Spotify · Apple Music
• La strega in amore (1966) Spotify
• A ciascuno il suo (1967) Spotify · Apple Music
• La più grande rapina del West (album 1967) Spotify · Apple Music
• Lo scatenato (album 1967) Spotify · Apple Music
• Sugar Colt (album 1967) Spotify
• La bambolona (1968) Spotify · Apple Music
• Rebus (album 1969) Spotify · Apple Music
• Il prezzo del potere (album 1970) Spotify · Apple Music
• Lo Chiamavano King (album 1971) Spotify · Apple Music
• Si può fare Amigo (album 1972) Spotify · Apple Music
• Summertime Killer (1972) Spotify · Apple Music
• The Grand Duel (1972) Spotify · Apple Music
• L'ultima Chance (album 1973) Spotify · Apple Music
• La polizia e' al servizio del cittadino (album 1973) Spotify
• Partirono preti, tornarono curati (album 1973) Spotify · Apple Music
• The Man Called Noon (album 1973) Spotify · Apple Music
• L'uomo che sfidò l'organizzazione (1975) Spotify
• Colpita da improvviso benessere (album 1976) Spotify · Apple Music
• City of Women (1980) Spotify · Apple Music
• Le rose di Danzica (album 1981) Spotify · Apple Music
• Coup de Foudre (album 1983) Spotify · Apple Music
• La bugiarda (album 1989) Spotify · Apple Music
• Anni ribelli (album 1994) Spotify
• Il Postino (1994) Spotify · Apple Music
• La tregua (album 1997) Spotify · Apple Music
• Il cielo cade (album 2000) Spotify
• Il Consiglio D'Egitto (album 2001) Spotify
• Hidden Moon (2012) Spotify · Apple Music

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Listen

• Il Postino · Il PostinoSpotifyApple MusicYouTube
• Django · DjangoSpotifyApple MusicYouTube

Full biography on Wikipedia