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- Armando Sciascia was born on June 16, 1920 in Lanciano, Abruzzo, Italy. He was a composer and actor, known for L'uomo che bruciò il suo cadavere (1964), The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein (1973) and Per un dollaro a Tucson si muore (1965). He died on June 23, 2017 in Connecticut, USA.
- After graduating in composition and violin at the Pesaro Conservatory, he moved to Milan where he joined the orchestra of the Teatro Nuovo and the Pomeriggi Musicali orchestra; he then forms his own orchestra, with which he begins to perform a series of instrumental pieces of his own composition together with international standards, and with which he performs throughout Europe.
- He was an Italian violinist, arranger, conductor, record artist and composer, also known under the pseudonyms of H. Tical and Pantros.
- He recorded instrumental albums for Philips Records and Fonit Cetra, and composed some soundtracks for films such as Tropico di notte, Three Bullets for Ringo (1966) and Metempsyco (also known as Tomb Of Torture , director Antonio Boccacci).
- He often used the pseudonym H. Tical when he wrote songs for other artists as 'Pooh', 'Equipe 84', 'Tina Polito' or 'Roby Crispiano'.
- In the mid-eighties Sciascia decides to retire, leaving the record company Vedette Records to his son Sergio, who, however, prefers to conclude an agreement for the sale of the catalogs with Errebiesse.
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