Carlo Rustichelli (24 December 1916 – 13 November 2004) was an Italian film composer whose career spanned the 1940s to about 1990. His prolific output included about 250 film compositions, as well as arrangements for other films, and music for television. Life Born in Carpi, Emilia-Romagna to a family of music lovers, he gained a diploma in piano at the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini in Bologna, going on to Rome where he studied composition at the Santa Cecilia Academy. He had a wife (Evi), a son (Paolo, also a composer), and a daughter (Alida). Career He met Fellini in post-war Rome, and probably through him met Pietro Germi, for whom he composed his first major film score for Gioventù perduta (Lost Youth), and with whom he was most associated. He composed music for many Germi films in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. In 1972 he was commissioned by Billy Wilder to compose the music for Avanti!. Selected filmography The Lion of Amalfi (Il Leone di Amalfi) - 1950 The Crossroads (1951) Lorenzaccio (1951) The Enemy (1952) The Blind Woman of Sorrento (La cieca di Sorrento) - 1952 The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo (Il brigante di Tacca del Lupo) - 1952 The Legend of the Piave (1952) Prisoner in the Tower of Fire (La prigioniera della torre di fuoco) - 1953 Captain Phantom (Capitan Fantasma) - 1953 Mid-Century Loves (Amori di mezzo secolo) - 1954 Laugh! Laugh! Laugh! (1954) Cardinal Lambertini (1954) Disowned (1954) Desperate Farewell (1955) The Two Friends (1955) Rommel's Treasure (1955) They Stole a Tram (Hanno rubato un tram) - 1956 The Railroad Man (Il Ferroviere) - 1956 Fathers and Sons (Padri e figli) - 1957 A Man of Straw (L'uomo di paglia) - 1958 The Day the Sky Exploded (La morte viene dallo spazio) - 1958 The Facts of Murder - 1959 You're on Your Own (Arrangiatevi!) - 1959 Hannibal (Annibale) - 1959 The Giants of Thessaly (I giganti della Tessaglia) - 1960 Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete (Teseo contro il Minotauro) - 1960 Some Like It Cold (A noi piace freddo...!) - 1960 Long Night in 1943 (La lunga notte del '43) - 1960 Love in Rome (Un amore a Roma) - 1960 Divorce Italian Style (Divorzio all'italiana) - 1961 The Thief of Baghdad - 1961 Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile (Nefertiti, reina del Nilo) - 1961 The Four Days of Naples (Le Quattro