M. Zalla

M. Zalla was a pseudonym of the Italian composer Piero Umiliani (1926-2001), used for library albums he recorded in Rome as sound accompaniment for radio and television documentaries. Umiliani, born in Florence and known for film scores such as I soliti ignoti and the song Mah-nà mah-nà, used this name for some of his more experimental studio work. Zalla records include Problemi d'oggi and Africa. Umiliani made much of this music at Sound Work-Shop, the private studio he set up in Rome in 1968 and named after the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Problemi d'oggi came out in 1973 on Liuto Records.