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Amilcare Ponchielli(1834-1886)

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Soundtrack
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Amilcare Ponchielli was born on 31 August 1834 in Paderno Fasolaro, Lombardy-Venetia, Austrian Empire [now Paderno Ponchielli, Lombardy, Italy]. He was a composer, known for No Reservations (2007), Fantasia (1940) and Kill the Irishman (2011). He was married to Teresina Brambilla. He died on 16 January 1886 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
BornAugust 31, 1834
DiedJanuary 16, 1886(51)
BornAugust 31, 1834
DiedJanuary 16, 1886(51)
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Known for

Aaron Eckhart and Catherine Zeta-Jones in No Reservations (2007)
No Reservations
6.4
  • Soundtrack
  • 2007
Fantasia (1940)
Fantasia
7.7
  • Soundtrack
  • 1940
Val Kilmer, Vincent D'Onofrio, Christopher Walken, and Ray Stevenson in Kill the Irishman (2011)
Kill the Irishman
7.0
  • Soundtrack
  • 2011
The Last Days of Pompeii (1913)
The Last Days of Pompeii
6.1
  • Soundtrack(as Ponchielli)
  • 1913

Credits

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Music Department

  • Joseph Calleja: A Tribute to Mario Lanza
    Video
    • song: "Cielo e mar!" from La Gioconda
    • 2013
  • Violeta Urmana in La Gioconda (2013)
    La Gioconda
    TV Movie
    • music
    • 2013
  • La Gioconda
    TV Movie
    • music by
    • 2007
  • La Gioconda (2006)
    La Gioconda
    Video
    • music by
    • 2006
  • La Gioconda (2005)
    La Gioconda
    TV Movie
    • music by
    • 2005
  • La Gioconda
    TV Movie
    • music by
    • 1995
  • Wedding Peach (1995)
    Wedding Peach
    6.2
    TV Series
    • background music composed by: Dance Of The Hours
    • 1995
  • Oddlee
    Short
    • stock music
    • 1991
  • La Gioconda
    TV Movie
    • music by
    • 1988
  • La Gioconda (1986)
    La Gioconda
    7.4
    TV Movie
    • music by
    • 1986
  • Joshua Bell, Hugh Downs, Renée Fleming, Alan Gilbert, Lorin Maazel, Natalia Makarova, Audra McDonald, Zubin Mehta, Itzhak Perlman, Louis Perry, Beverly Sills, Martin Bookspan, and Fred Child in Live from Lincoln Center (1976)
    Live from Lincoln Center
    8.5
    TV Series
    • music by
    • 1981
  • La Gioconda
    8.7
    TV Movie
    • music by
    • 1979
  • La Gioconda (1953)
    La Gioconda
    • music by
    • 1953
  • Ann Blyth and Mario Lanza in The Great Caruso (1951)
    The Great Caruso
    6.5
    • with the music of (as Ponchielli)
    • 1951

Composer

  • Die Staatsoper im Burggarten - Mit Elina Garanca, Benjamin Bernheim, Jonas Kaufmann... (2025)
    Die Staatsoper im Burggarten - Mit Elina Garanca, Benjamin Bernheim, Jonas Kaufmann...
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 2025

Soundtrack

  • Aneesa Ferreira, Shane Landrum, Nany González, Leroy Garrett, Ashley Mitchell, Turabi Çamkiran, Da'Vonne Rogers, and Devin Walker in The Challenge: All Stars (2021)
    The Challenge: All Stars
    8.2
    TV Series
    • writer: "La Gioconda, Act III: Dance of the Hours" (uncredited)
    • 2025
  • Larry David in Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
    Curb Your Enthusiasm
    8.8
    TV Series
    • music: "Dance of the Hours" (uncredited)
    • 2024
  • Jeremy Banster, Valérie Kaprisky, Chrystelle Labaude, Gabrielle Lazure, Mélanie Maudran, Maëva El Aroussi, Moïse Santamaria, and Gary Guénaire in Chronicles of the Sun (2018)
    Chronicles of the Sun
    5.0
    TV Series
    • writer: "La Gioconda, Act II: Dance of The Hours" (uncredited)
    • 2023
  • Wrecker (2022)
    Wrecker
    5.6
    • writer: "Dance of the Hours"
    • 2022
  • Harley Quinn (2019)
    Harley Quinn
    8.3
    TV Series
    • writer: "Cielo e Mar"
    • 2020
  • Making Good (2019)
    Making Good
    8.7
    TV Series
    • writer: "Dance of the Hours" (uncredited)
    • 2020
  • Natural World (1983)
    Natural World
    8.6
    TV Series
    • writer: "Dance of the Hours" (uncredited)
    • 2019
  • Brad Jones in The Cinema Snob (2007)
    The Cinema Snob
    8.2
    TV Series
    • writer: "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)" (uncredited)
    • 2019
  • Jim Carrey in Kidding (2018)
    Kidding
    8.0
    TV Series
    • writer: "La Giaconda, Act III: Dance of the Hours"
    • 2018
  • Mickey Mouse (2013)
    Mickey Mouse
    8.1
    TV Series
    • writer: "Dance of the Hours"
    • 2018
  • Maria Callas in Maria By Callas (2017)
    Maria By Callas
    7.2
    • writer: "La danse des heures"
    • 2017
  • Francesc Orella, Pau Poch, Albert Baró, Pol Hermoso, Marcos Franz, Júlia Creus, David Solans, Adrian Grösser, Iñaki Mur, and Elisabet Casanovas in Merlí (2015)
    Merlí
    8.6
    TV Series
    • writer: "Gioconda, danza delle ore. Act III"
    • 2017
  • Mafia III (2016)
    Mafia III
    7.0
    Video Game
    • writer: "Dance of the Hours" (uncredited)
    • 2016
  • Brian McFadden in Who's Doing the Dishes? (2014)
    Who's Doing the Dishes?
    3.8
    TV Series
    • writer: "Dance of the Hours" (uncredited)
    • 2016
  • Alan Ritchson in Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland (2016)
    Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland
    5.7
    • writer: "Stella del Marinar!"
    • 2016

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Ponchielli
  • Born
    • August 31, 1834
    • Paderno Fasolaro, Lombardy-Venetia, Austrian Empire [now Paderno Ponchielli, Lombardy, Italy]
  • Died
    • January 16, 1886
    • Milan, Lombardy, Italy(pneumonia)
  • Spouse
    • Teresina BrambillaJune 26, 1874 - January 16, 1886 (his death)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Portrayal

Did you know

  • Trivia
    His most famous opera is "La Gioconda", which contains "La danza delle ore (The Dance of the Hours)".

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