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Franco Battiato(1945-2021)

  • Music Artist
  • Composer
  • Writer
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Franco Battiato
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Franco Battiato was born on 23 March 1945 in Jonia, Sicily, Italy. He was a music artist and composer, known for Lost Love (2003), Children of Men (2006) and Musikanten (2005). He died on 18 May 2021 in Milo, Sicily, Italy.
BornMarch 23, 1945
DiedMay 18, 2021(76)
BornMarch 23, 1945
DiedMay 18, 2021(76)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win & 3 nominations total

Known for

Lost Love (2003)
Lost Love
5.9
  • Writer
  • 2003
Children of Men (2006)
Children of Men
7.9
  • Soundtrack
  • 2006
Musikanten (2005)
Musikanten
4.5
  • Composer
  • 2005
Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name (2017)
Call Me by Your Name
7.8
  • Soundtrack
  • 2017

Credits

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Composer

  • Franco Battiato, Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra: Torneremo ancora (2019)
    Franco Battiato, Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra: Torneremo ancora
    9.1
    Video
    • Composer
    • 2019
  • Dear Alexandra
    Short
    • music by: song ''Povera Patria''
    • 2019
  • I nomi del signor Sulcic (2018)
    I nomi del signor Sulcic
    5.2
    • Composer
    • 2018
  • Padre (2016)
    Padre
    5.8
    • Composer
    • 2016
  • Con te e senza di te (2016)
    Con te e senza di te
    Short
    • Composer
    • 2016
  • Franco Battiato, Alba Rohrwacher, and Luca Marinelli in Franco Battiato: Le nostre anime (2015)
    Franco Battiato: Le nostre anime
    7.4
    Video
    • Composer
    • 2015
  • Colpa di comunismo (2015)
    Colpa di comunismo
    • Composer
    • 2015
  • Per soli uomini (2014)
    Per soli uomini
    • Composer
    • 2014
  • Quando i tedeschi non sapevano nuotare (2013)
    Quando i tedeschi non sapevano nuotare
    Short
    • Composer
    • 2013
  • Love Stories (2013)
    Love Stories
    4.1
    • Composer
    • 2013
  • Franco Battiato: Testamento (2013)
    Franco Battiato: Testamento
    Video
    • Composer
    • 2013
  • Il viaggio della signorina Vila (2012)
    Il viaggio della signorina Vila
    6.3
    Short
    • Composer
    • 2012
  • Franco Battiato - Telesio dietro le quinte
    Video
    • original music by
    • 2011
  • Quiproquo (2011)
    Quiproquo
    5.6
    • Composer
    • 2011
  • Se hai una montagna di neve, tienila all'ombra (2010)
    Se hai una montagna di neve, tienila all'ombra
    • Composer
    • 2010

Writer

  • Franco Battiato, Alba Rohrwacher, and Luca Marinelli in Franco Battiato: Le nostre anime (2015)
    Franco Battiato: Le nostre anime
    7.4
    Video
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • 2015
  • Attraversando il Bardo (2014)
    Attraversando il Bardo
    6.3
    • Writer
    • 2014
  • Gesualdo Bufalino in Auguri Don Gesualdo (2010)
    Auguri Don Gesualdo
    • story
    • screenplay
    • 2010
  • Giuni Russo. La sua figura (2007)
    Giuni Russo. La sua figura
    7.3
    Video
    • Writer
    • 2007
  • Niente è come sembra (2007)
    Niente è come sembra
    5.5
    • Writer
    • 2007
  • Musikanten (2005)
    Musikanten
    4.5
    • story
    • screenplay
    • 2005
  • Bitte, keine réclame
    TV Series
    • concept
    • 2004
  • Lost Love (2003)
    Lost Love
    5.9
    • story
    • screenplay
    • 2003

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Padre
Trailer 2:37
Padre

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Alice e Battiato
  • Height
    • 6′ (1.83 m)
  • Born
    • March 23, 1945
    • Jonia, Sicily, Italy
  • Died
    • May 18, 2021
    • Milo, Sicily, Italy(long illness)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    He was also a painter under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani.
  • Quotes
    [About Quentin Tarantino] Does he think Italian cinema sucks? I think the same of his. I have no preconceptions about any kind of cinema, but I certainly don't like his trash.

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