Franco Micalizzi
Franco Micalizzi is an Italian composer, arranger and conductor, born in Rome in 1939. He started out as a keyboard player in Robby Poitevin's band before moving to film music, and he is best known for his scores for Italian crime films of the 1970s (poliziotteschi), along with westerns, horror and comedy soundtracks. His breakthrough was the score for Lo chiamavano Trinità... (1970), directed by Enzo Barboni. He worked often with Umberto Lenzi, scoring Roma a mano armata, Napoli violenta and Il cinico, l'infame, il violento, and wrote music for Beyond the Door (1974) and The Visitor (1979).
